Our Weekend

Our 2nd Annual Father and Son Feast on Saturday was wonderful!! We had double the attendance from last year! Including 3 new fathers. I am really excited about that because it is an upward trend. Who knows what next year will bring. I did a Nascar Racing theme and Paul taught on the Scriptures about finishing the race. He used movie clips from Days of Thunder, what guy doesn't like a good race scene?!? I also got 2 different race car crafts: a wooden one to paint and a metal one to design your own with markers. For food I did tons of junk (a feast!) chips, pizzas, chicken, candy, cookies, pop, etc. After some last minute preparations and putting all the food out, the girls and I disappeared upstairs during the Feast. I always love when the boys at the Corps say "Capt. Rachel, what are you doing here? This is for boys!" I just ignore them and say "pretend I'm not here!" giggle! Um, duh! Who else would do all the food, decorating, planning, praying and hosting? Those guys need us girls (and yes, we need them too!) We had to hang around to clean-up and re set-up for Sunday School. Last year I did Building and Tools for the theme. I'm thinking of a Hunting theme for next year...

The kids and I played Bingo on the back porch for over an hour last night while Paul worked on his sermon. I had even got little prizes this time from the 1$ store. I like getting stuff in a pack so I can open it and have more prizes, like gum, race car pack, etc. Ann chewed some gum right away and when she was dancing later the gum "disappeared". We looked all over for it on the carpet and the couches. I just gave up and figured she swallowed it. Later on she's yelling "I found my gum Mommy!" Well, it was in her hair! I tried to get as much out as I could, but ended up having to cut about a 2 inch long and 1 inch wide section. I was bothered by it. She told me- "don't be sad mommy, it'll grow back."

Family First Sunday School was this morning. We are still studying the 10 Commandments and today was #5 Honor your father and your mother. A good lesson and some great discussion with even the children piping in. I had to re-arrange the program a little though (do snacks first) so that I could nurse my fussy-this-morning Mary.

The boys got to have their 2 friends over this afternoon. They are brothers and in their same classes at school. It's not often we can manage having friends over so they are very excited to when we do. It's funny though... Paul and I both know their dad very well, we've both been pulled over by him.. he's a cop. Paul got pulled over when we first moved here because there was something wrong with the license plate. He just got a warning. After that we got to know him through him bringing us (The Salvation Army) some of his criminals for "counseling". He's not aloud to talk about Christ on the job... we are. Then I got pulled over about a year ago for speeding on the freeway. When he saw it was us, he was a sweetie and gave me a warning. The boys have been to their home and it went good. The boys only go over to 2 people's houses. We are very strict about that because who knows what they'll run across visiting at someone else's home. Just the other day, a 9 year old girl in our Corps got exposed to porn visiting at her friend's house. I don't know what might be playing on the TV? what kind of other people are in the home? do the parents cuss? have drugs around? affiliated with the Mafia? members of a polygamist sect? terrorists? who knows?!?! (well, maybe some of that is extreme) I guess I've witnessed enough bad stuff that it makes me cautious. I would rather have their friends over at our house. I don't mind being party central if it keeps my children under my nose!

Well, I better make likes eggs and scramble. Make like a leaf and leave. Make like a toe and jam. There are other things to do, like...RELAX... aaaaahh blessed Sunday with no afternoon programs! Yay!