Full Weekend

Man what a crazy weekend this was. I know that it wasn't as crazy as some peoples probably, but still for us it was pretty full. We had something every day that had to do with either the youth or the church in general, and really for the most part it all had to do with the youth. Three straight evenings of doing "extra" things with the youth can really start to take it out of you I tell you.

Friday night started us off with going to Winnsboro for the Relay for Life. We took 7 young men with us to go and walk and do the various things to help raise awareness about cancer as well as to honor victims and survivors both. The youth did pretty good, but to be honest it was hard for them (and us too) because it ended up being different than we thought it would be. It was supposed to be outside at the track, but due to the threat of rain it was moved to the City Park Auditorium. That made it a bit more crowded and harder to walk, but we did the best we could with it. Roni and the Wild Things were fantastic and seemed to have a good time.

It got a little crazy that night. It seems that sometime between 2:30 and 3:00am there was a tornado warning for our area. The main thing that I can remember about that was the phone ringing about 2:45 and me staggering into the hall to answer and there being no one on the other end. Then again about 3:00 the phone rang and when I answered it announced the warning and urged us to take cover...so I went back to bed after a few minutes. But there was a lot of wind and high wind, and there were several tree limbs on the ground as well as a few trees themselves.

Saturday was rather full with the vet clinic hosting a "Pet Fair" from 12:00-2:00 that we went to. The Wild Things all enjoyed getting to see the many dogs and horses and people that were there, as well as getting to eat free hamburgers, hot dogs and snow cones. Roni took all of their picture on a tree that we believe was taken down by the storm the night before:

After spending the morning there, Dad and I headed to Tyler to pick up comedian Bob Smiley who came and did a show for us in Quitman Saturday night. We had a great time with Bob and the show was fantastic. We had about 142 people there, and we all laughed for most of the night (all except one couple from what I heard. Why you go to see a comedian and not laugh or crack a smile I'm not sure, but oh well.). Bob was instantly taken in by my family and the girls in particular seemed to take to him. It was a cool thing to be a part of.

Then finally for Sunday night we had a dodgeball tournament in Lindale at First United Methodist Church.We took 19 youth and we had a blast. I will admit that neither of our teams finished in the top 3, and they did get a little bit of the shaft in the championship bracket. The kids all seemed to have a great time with this, and honestly the Wild Things did awesome. It was not in the plan for Roni and The Wild Things to go, but that is how it turned out. All three Wild Things spent the evening hanging out with other kids and watching the games. They are all such great kids, my Wild Things. To top it all off, and this is simply the icing on the cake, the cherry on the Sundae, but after Sunday night the Spurs are up 3-1 in their series against the Mavs. Like I said that is simply the icing on the cake.

I hope that you all had as good of a weekend as we did, even if you weren't going 57 different ways at one time. And now here's to a good week. Peace and Love y'all.