Day 640

This picture is not really from today (Wednesday 2/10). It is from today...this morning in fact. To understand this (actually not sure if you can), this is Josh standing at the bus stop in the cold rain. I am sitting in the car right next to him with the heater nice and toasty, yet my son chooses to stand outside in the very cold rain. This is not really what I was going to blog about though. My picture for the day was going to be of the nice relaxing room where I got my facial, but it was too dark and I didn't want to turn on the light and spoil the relaxed mood.

My Josh story is amazing...to me, although it should not be. We had dinner at church...like usual. We were much later than normal because my son went to PE with his sweatshirt on and when he got in the car we all quickly realized he needed to go home put on deodorant and change shirts. The joys of getting older..... Anyway, as we were trying to get ready to go to choir I was trying to chat and get the table cleaned up. I was getting a little angry because Josh seemed to be ignoring my request to help get stuff picked up. I went over and asked what was up. He said the "church guy" asked him to go on stage during the prayer. I said ok and went back to the table. A few minutes later Josh is on stage with the one of the ministers. He asked Josh his name, then he said, "OH you are part of the xxxx family. This family drives from xxxx, a long drive every Wednesday and every Sunday." Then he asked Josh to do the prayer. It was quickly obvious to me that he had NO idea he was going to be asked to pray. His eyes got kind of big and his face got red. LOL I was so proud of Josh. He prayed for the meal for about 100 people and he didn't break into the "God is great, God is good...." prayer. He prayed a real prayer. So proud of my son! He is growing into a wonderful young man.

Day 619

Well, remember that thing we had at church called "Celebration?" Tonight was the cast party aka Chilly bowl! It was quite funny. Santa came back in from Florida. We had Tommy the Intern chat with Darth Vader....the new intern. LOL Do you remember the camel story or Caleb's camel video? Well, we had the camel come and put on a show too. It was hilarious and filled with some pretty cool dance moves...before it fell across Stephen and John. LOL

Wednesday 1/20

Day 574

Today Caleb gets to sing in all 3 church services. My photos from the morning service didn't turn out. The camera and I were not agreeing. The photos from the evening service did come out, but you can sure tell how tired those kids were.

Here is Caleb ready to go!

Hannah before the last service
Josh before the last service
Samantha before the last service
I am thinking some kids didn't make it back...come to think of it one friend said she FORGOT to bring her daughter back. LOL
Caleb on the BIG screen

Of course I do have a video. This is from the second service...in the morning. Pause the playlist music to hear the kids sing.

Day 567

What was I thinking????? You would think that after last year's fiasco I would have learned my lesson. Nope, I didn't and you will probably see a post similar to this next year. I made yet another attempt to get the perfect picture of all 4 kids for Christmas cards. Let's just say the best shot of all 4 by the tree had a head chopped off and replaced with another. LOL Hannah just doesn't want to be any part of a group picture. Really, she loves photos, but sees the group time as a time to dance, sing, run around, and play ring- a-round- the roses. Here are some of the photos from my attempt this year...no cool montage set to music like last year. This is my favorite!!! My favorite from last year is the banner on Hannah's blog









Sunday 11/29

Day 546

I know, not my normal picture. I forgot.....It was a wonderful Sunday though. This is a picture of our Pastor dressed as Noah. We have started a series at church on Noah called Build a What?

Day 477

Can I just tell you today was busy!!! I will spare you the morning running and just share the afternoon. We were in the car ready to go when Caleb and Samantha got off the bus. We went to pick Josh up from school and headed toward church. The kids were so excited for Hi5 choir to start up again. It was also the kick off for Midlink. We all got to sit around and eat dinner. I got Hannah checked in to her class. Caleb got situated in his choir class. I went upstairs with Josh and Samantha. I am one of the helper teachers in the 3rd-5th grade Hi5 group. It was a little overwhelming, but all is good. After kids choir I took off downstairs to the adult choir rehearsal. Went over some music with them and then left for the Gathering Singers rehearsal. We went over some music and then went to the sanctuary for sound checks and more singing. I know my schedule sounds nuts, but it is so fun! We laugh so much! We also get caught up in worship and just pour out our hearts. I really love all my singing buddies too. :) This picture was taken in the sanctuary after I put my stuff down. We were just wandering in getting ready to rehearse with the band.

Day 474

Today is always a big day in our family. Of course it is always a crazy day in our family...as well as our Church. It was promotion Sunday. That means the kids go to a new Sunday School class today. In Caleb's case he moved up to Kid's Worship in the Clubhouse. He woke up this morning and started running around like crazy saying, "I get to go to the Clubhouse today" over and over again. He was just a little excited...don't ya think? Well, today also happened to be the first day of our new schedule. It made for a crazy morning. I forgot to put Hannah's carseat back in the car after the retreat, so I left a little later than I wanted. The teacher in the "early" room (Hannah goes there because I have to be early for choir) took the kids up too early, so I had to go search for her. I ended up just taking Caleb and Samantha early. I apologized and told them I wouldn't do it next week. I passed Josh off on my mom with instructions to show him where to go sit for the service. He has graduated from Clubhouse, so he goes to SS then church with me BUT I sing with the choir during that service so he has to know where to go and save me a seat. There were over 170 people in the choir for the early service this morning....we need a new row. :) The chapel now has a contemporary service in the early hour. It was packed! They brought in chairs and people still sat on the floor. Some of the off-site parking locations were also full. How awesome is the craziness???? So, take a breath and do it again next Sunday! Big things are happening, don't you wish you were there?