diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/ProjectController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/ProjectController.php
index 5877c736..505534f2 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/ProjectController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/ProjectController.php
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ public function store(Request $request)
         Project::create([
             'name' => $request->name
         ]);
-
         return redirect('/')->with('success', 'Project created');
     }
 
@@ -27,6 +26,8 @@ public function mass_update(Request $request)
 
         // Insert Eloquent statement below
 
+        Project::where('name', $request->old_name)->update(['name' => $request->new_name]);
+
         return redirect('/')->with('success', 'Projects updated');
     }
 
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ public function destroy($projectId)
         Project::destroy($projectId);
 
         // TASK: change this Eloquent statement to include the soft-deletes records
-        $projects = Project::all();
+        $projects = Project::withTrashed()->get();
 
         return view('projects.index', compact('projects'));
     }
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/UserController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/UserController.php
index 9b8c73dc..668ba4d8 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/UserController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/UserController.php
@@ -4,26 +4,24 @@
 
 use App\Models\User;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
+use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 
 class UserController extends Controller
 {
     public function index()
     {
-        // TASK: turn this SQL query into Eloquent
-        // select * from users
-        //   where email_verified_at is not null
-        //   order by created_at desc
-        //   limit 3
-
-        $users = User::all(); // replace this with Eloquent statement
+        $users = User::whereNotNull('email_verified_at')
+            ->orderBy('created_at', 'desc')
+            ->limit(3)
+            ->get();
 
         return view('users.index', compact('users'));
     }
 
     public function show($userId)
     {
-        $user = NULL; // TASK: find user by $userId or show "404 not found" page
-
+        $user = User::findorFail($userId);
         return view('users.show', compact('user'));
     }
 
@@ -31,16 +29,42 @@ public function check_create($name, $email)
     {
         // TASK: find a user by $name and $email
         //   if not found, create a user with $name, $email and random password
-        $user = NULL;
+
+        $user = User::where('name', $name)
+            ->where('email', $email)
+            ->first();
+
+        if (!$user) {
+            $password = Str::random(8);
+
+            $user = User::create([
+                'name' => $name,
+                'email' => $email,
+                'password' => bcrypt($password), // Hash the password using bcrypt
+            ]);
+        }
 
         return view('users.show', compact('user'));
     }
 
+
     public function check_update($name, $email)
     {
-        // TASK: find a user by $name and update it with $email
-        //   if not found, create a user with $name, $email and random password
-        $user = NULL; // updated or created user
+        $user = User::where('name', $name)->first();
+
+        if ($user) {
+            $user->update([
+                'email' => $email,
+            ]);
+        } else {
+            $password = Str::random(8);
+
+            $user = User::create([
+                'name' => $name,
+                'email' => $email,
+                'password' => Hash::make($password),
+            ]);
+        }
 
         return view('users.show', compact('user'));
     }
@@ -52,6 +76,7 @@ public function destroy(Request $request)
         // $request->users is an array of IDs, ex. [1, 2, 3]
 
         // Insert Eloquent statement here
+        $user = User::destroy($request->users);
 
         return redirect('/')->with('success', 'Users deleted');
     }
@@ -60,7 +85,7 @@ public function only_active()
     {
         // TASK: That "active()" doesn't exist at the moment.
         //   Create this scope to filter "where email_verified_at is not null"
-        $users = User::active()->get();
+        $users = User::active()->get();;
 
         return view('users.index', compact('users'));
     }
diff --git a/app/Models/Morningnews.php b/app/Models/Morningnews.php
index 2335e17d..baf462b9 100644
--- a/app/Models/Morningnews.php
+++ b/app/Models/Morningnews.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 class Morningnews extends Model
 {
+    protected $table = 'morning_news';
     use HasFactory;
 
     protected $fillable = ['title', 'news_text'];
diff --git a/app/Models/Project.php b/app/Models/Project.php
index dc43be0e..6f5b54a2 100644
--- a/app/Models/Project.php
+++ b/app/Models/Project.php
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@
 
 class Project extends Model
 {
+    protected $fillable = ['name'];
     use HasFactory, SoftDeletes;
 }
diff --git a/app/Models/User.php b/app/Models/User.php
index e23e0905..a02bf342 100644
--- a/app/Models/User.php
+++ b/app/Models/User.php
@@ -41,4 +41,9 @@ class User extends Authenticatable
     protected $casts = [
         'email_verified_at' => 'datetime',
     ];
+
+    public function scopeActive($query)
+    {
+        return $query->where('active', true);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/Observers/ProjectObserver.php b/app/Observers/ProjectObserver.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7c1fa097
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Observers/ProjectObserver.php
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Observers;
+
+use App\Models\Stat;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
+
+class ProjectObserver
+{
+public function created($project)
+
+{
+    $project->save();
+   // DB::update('update stats set projects_count = projects_count + 1');
+    Stat::increment('projects_count');
+
+}
+}
diff --git a/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php b/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
index ee8ca5bc..10804ec4 100644
--- a/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
+++ b/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 namespace App\Providers;
 
+use App\Models\Project;
+use App\Observers\ProjectObserver;
 use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
 
 class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ public function register()
      */
     public function boot()
     {
-        //
+        Project::observe(ProjectObserver::class);
+
     }
 }