Friday night was spent at the mall with Grandma Good & our photos (thanks again!). Saturday morning, mom called and asked if I would like to join her shopping. Sure! She bought me a new shirt while we were out, and I wore it that afternoon to the Smoketown Picnic. As Postmaster, she's invited every year, and since Joshua likes airplanes so much, she invited us to come along with her as her "date/family" after asking the airport owner if he would mind. We arrived there at 5 pm, ate dinner together with Grandma & Faith (who's turn it was to spend the night at Grandma's house), and then it was time for the candy drop. An airplane took one pass near us, dropping candy for children ages 6 and up to collect. Shortly thereafter, the plane took another pass and dumped a lot more, and children under 6 went and collected. Shawn explained to Joshua that you're to pick up things and put them in the baggy provided. The Bean immediately grasped the concept, picking up a nearby dirty tissue and placing it in his bag. Grrrooossss!!! Daddy took it and disposed of it. Joshua did get a few pieces of candy, though. Good job!
Next, we watched as a man jumped out of an airplane that was so high, it barely looked like a dot in the sky. Thankfully his parachute opened, and he had a smoke thing attached to his leg that he made designs with in the air. When he landed right in front of us, I was sincerely impressed by the age of this man and his willingness to sky dive!!! Faith thought it was especially exciting. Grandma signed the two of them up for a free airplane ride and asked if we would like to go. Shawn & I agreed that maybe next year...we were afraid the Bean would start to scream up there. While it would have just been us & the pilot, we weren't sure that was still a good idea. We met the airport owner, who was impressed with how much Joshua likes airplanes. Joshua would grin and cheer, "airplane" every time one came in or landed and requested "more airplanes, please" when none were there to take off or land. Soon, though, the boys got chilly, and we decided to leave to head to LCBC for church.
This time it was Joshua who did really well in his class and Caleb cried. This was the first time I've ever been paged out of church. It was time to eat! Only, Caleb must have had a belly ache because he didn't want to eat. Eventually after we got home, he calmed down and ate. He wasn't screaming or anything, he just wasn't his typical happy self. The sermon last night was called "the year I got everything I wanted" and was taken from Ezekial when Solomon noted that everything we do under the sun is meaningless. They showed a short video of a baby turning into a young boy, turning into a teenager, turning into a college graduate, turning into a husband, turning into a father, turning into a grandfather, turning into a widower, and then a memorial sign. I literally bawled. How quickly it truly does fly! The whole point of the sermon was that we're all going to die. Nothing we do will change that fact, and truthfully even this king said that basically his wealth will be for nothing when he dies and returns to the earth. The ONLY thing that matters in this life is God, who will take us to the next. I was almost glad I was paged out because I was missing my kids at that point.
This morning we got up in time to go to LHOP for church. The sermon this morning was on being a friend and not expecting anything in return. They made the point that Jesus has chosen to be a friend to us that sticks closer than a brother...with his disciples on the night of the last supper, even though he had told them that they would betray him and scatter like sheep with no shepherd, he still chose to wash their feet. He was a friend that was a friend no matter how the other people acted. We are to show Jesus to others by being a friend without expectation of what comes in return and allow Jesus to fill that void in our lives. It was fairly interesting, too.
I just finished icing cupcakes that we are taking to small group tonight, and I was working on a writing job this afternoon. It has been a busy weekend! I'm hoping tonight goes well, too. Well, I must run and finish getting ready!
Next, we watched as a man jumped out of an airplane that was so high, it barely looked like a dot in the sky. Thankfully his parachute opened, and he had a smoke thing attached to his leg that he made designs with in the air. When he landed right in front of us, I was sincerely impressed by the age of this man and his willingness to sky dive!!! Faith thought it was especially exciting. Grandma signed the two of them up for a free airplane ride and asked if we would like to go. Shawn & I agreed that maybe next year...we were afraid the Bean would start to scream up there. While it would have just been us & the pilot, we weren't sure that was still a good idea. We met the airport owner, who was impressed with how much Joshua likes airplanes. Joshua would grin and cheer, "airplane" every time one came in or landed and requested "more airplanes, please" when none were there to take off or land. Soon, though, the boys got chilly, and we decided to leave to head to LCBC for church.
This time it was Joshua who did really well in his class and Caleb cried. This was the first time I've ever been paged out of church. It was time to eat! Only, Caleb must have had a belly ache because he didn't want to eat. Eventually after we got home, he calmed down and ate. He wasn't screaming or anything, he just wasn't his typical happy self. The sermon last night was called "the year I got everything I wanted" and was taken from Ezekial when Solomon noted that everything we do under the sun is meaningless. They showed a short video of a baby turning into a young boy, turning into a teenager, turning into a college graduate, turning into a husband, turning into a father, turning into a grandfather, turning into a widower, and then a memorial sign. I literally bawled. How quickly it truly does fly! The whole point of the sermon was that we're all going to die. Nothing we do will change that fact, and truthfully even this king said that basically his wealth will be for nothing when he dies and returns to the earth. The ONLY thing that matters in this life is God, who will take us to the next. I was almost glad I was paged out because I was missing my kids at that point.
This morning we got up in time to go to LHOP for church. The sermon this morning was on being a friend and not expecting anything in return. They made the point that Jesus has chosen to be a friend to us that sticks closer than a brother...with his disciples on the night of the last supper, even though he had told them that they would betray him and scatter like sheep with no shepherd, he still chose to wash their feet. He was a friend that was a friend no matter how the other people acted. We are to show Jesus to others by being a friend without expectation of what comes in return and allow Jesus to fill that void in our lives. It was fairly interesting, too.
I just finished icing cupcakes that we are taking to small group tonight, and I was working on a writing job this afternoon. It has been a busy weekend! I'm hoping tonight goes well, too. Well, I must run and finish getting ready!
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