The unfortunate thing is we lived in the moments and didn't capture much on film. The weekend started early. The kids were on Fall break Thursday and Friday. That meant sleeping in 3 mornings in a row for me. Thursday evening we went over to be a part of the kick off of Youth Challenge 2007. They really have a great thing going for the youth there. We enjoyed touching base with friends and the speaker was unforgettable-Rob Deas. He had a great sense of humor but was also able to bring it around to an awesome illustration of Psalm 32: 8.
Friday afternoon, my friend Ronda, came and took all 3 kids for a sleepover. Their first ever! They were more than excited. After they left I got dressed , in a quiet house, for a date with David. We headed out to a dinner theatre in Indianapolis called Beef and Boards. The food was good but not great. The play was Oklahoma and they did a fantastic job. Live theatre is alot of fun and of course I'm partial to the play Oklahoma since I was born and raised there. We came home to a peacefully, quiet home. It actually felt weird.
Saturday morning, slept in again of course and got dressed in that same quiet home and went to breakfast with David at Cracker Barrel. It was a much needed time of fun and relaxation with the love of my life. We met up with the kids and the Englands at the mall where our children were not all that excited to see us. They weren't ready for their fun time to end. They were exhausted though. Saturday night we carved their pumpkins. I made Miss Ashley's to look like a kitty cat. Cameron was going for scary but it turned out more of a traditional Jack o'lantern style. The mouth was more of a smile than snarl. Sarah Brooke's was something in between.
Sunday was delightfully typical :) Church in the a.m. , dinner by David, big 'ol nap, church and catch up with friends in the p.m. We have added cantata practice to our Sunday evenings now too. For Fall our Sunday night snack is sliced apples and popcorn with caramel. Mmm
Well that wraps it up. A huge Thanks goes out to Danny and Ronda England for putting up with our kiddos and taking such good care of them. They want to do it every weekend. We said "okay" :)
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4 comments:
Sounds wonderful - glad you had a great time!
You are more than welcome....We all enjoyed having your little ones-They were so easy to take care of and my kids had a blast! Hope that you all had a relaxing, romantic evening...Thanks for the fresh flowers! I am enjoying them....though you didn't have to do that! I hope that your kids had enough fun that they will want to do it again sometime!...Did you mention every week??? I'll pencil that in on my calendar! ha! (I'll call you with the "big news" tomorrow! We are so excited!)
We've been to Beef and Boards several times and the food has never been quite as impressive as the entertainment. It's a lot of fun, though. Glad you enjoyed a date--I'm a little jealous. :)
Glad you got to spend some "adult time" with David. Isn't it funny how kids spice up our lives so much and seem such a huge part, whenever they are absent, it just doesn't seem right. It is nice to be able to get away with the love of your life ever-now-and-then though! :) How nice of Ronda and Danny to kid-sit!
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