Adventure

Go Red Wings!

This week was spent on the edge of the couch, watching the hockey games.

I was still getting over last week’s nasty cold and, feeling really run down, sat on the couch a lot more than usual. Usual is never, so I guess I sat down a little more than never. I’m sure there’s a math equasion for that somewhere.

Memorial Day was spent sitting around the house, napping and generally feeling worn out. Did manage to get the flag hung, which I thought was important. We were going to have a BBQ and friend over to play cards like we did last year, but changed our mind when it was supposed to rain all day and I didn’t want to clean out the garage. It ended up being nice and not wet at all, but I enjoyed the quiet just as much.

Wednesday the kids went to daycare for the day. It was also the day for Pastor’s Confirmation Party for the 7-8^th graders here at the parsonage. We played Alaskan Baseball with a Pterodactyl, which is nothing like what my husband called it, Australian Football, which translates to “Soccer”, ran races blind folded, played Bible Trivia & Spoons then drank punch & ate two pans of Hanky Pankys. The kids seemed to enjoy themselves and Eden loved having ‘the big kids’ around to chase. Lars was cranky, but that’s not all that unusual.

The church building project is really coming along. I took some more photos off the camera and it’s really looking good. Will post eventually. Until the peak went up earlier this week, it kind of looked like an over-glorified garage, spanning the entire block. Now it’s starting to really look like a church! I’ve been asked by a lot of people in the community what we’re building and it’s nice to be able to share.

Thursday, Lexi & Kyra came over for piano lessons in the morning and ended up staying all day to play. When Lars went down for a nap, the girls put their suits on and headed out to the sprinkler. They came in for a few rounds of Connect Four before heading back out to the back yard. We planned to go to the pool once Lars woke up from his nap, but the thunder stopped that. Instead, they played “Go Fish” in their swim suits and made chalk drawings on the concrete. It was a perfect day.

That evening, Payton came to babysit and the hubbie and I headed to Scottsbluff for dinner at a Mexican restaurant. The food was delicious, but the waitress was less than friendly. Good atmosphere, as well. We then went and saw the Theatre West production of Altar Boyz, which is a musical comedy about four young Catholic men; Matthew, Mark, Luke & Juan and their Jewish friend, Abraham, who started a touring rock band to save the lost souls of the world. It started out as pure blasphemy, but ended up being modern day New Age Christianity and quite hilarious. Another pastor’s wife, sitting across the aisle from us, was laugh out loud funny. I thought she was going to wet herself. It was a hilarious show and I was grateful for the laughter.

In the end, we all had our prayers answered and we were heaven-bound. We rounded out the night by going out for drinks and dessert before heading back home.

Friday was a nice, relaxing day. At 6:00 p.m., an hour before Al was to take Eden to the first short track race of the season, she was standing in the kitchen, backpack on, jacket on, sun-block applied, earmuffs in hand, ready to go. Here’s a clip of our conversation:

Mom: “Eden, we still have to eat dinner.”

Eden: “I’m not hungry, I just want to go to the race.”

Mom: “You’re going to be hungry once you get to the race track.”

Eden: “No, I can get some pop corn.”

Mom: “Daddy’s not ready to go yet, he’s going to eat first.”

Eden: (yelling from top of the stairs) “Daddy, get ready to go!”

Mom: “Eden, you’re going to be too warm in your jacket for the next hour. It’s 90 degrees still.”

Eden: “It’ll keep the skeetos away.”

Mom: “Are you sure you don’t want to eat?”

Eden: “No, I’ll just sit here (on the stool in the kitchen) until Daddy’s ready to go.”

Oooo K

With school out, Camp Clarke Days is our official kick off to summer. It begins with a Grill out on Thursday night, goes through Friday with trout fishing fun, and finishes around 5p on Saturday, after a 5K walk/run, pancake feed, parade, craft show, food booths, health screenings, tomahawk throw, and this year, CHIP, which is a child identification program in case your child goes missing. I began my day with the 5K at 0630, following the participants on my scooter with a first aid kit and bottles of water. I hit the pancake feed before heading home to get the kids ready for the parade.

After that, we visited the booths at the community center, did the CHIP thing (Lars was a very good boy and did all the stations as he was told. Eden became shy and hid on my shoulder, refusing to bite on the dental thing-y, refusing to answer questions to the volunteer, and not opening her mouth for the DNA swab. They sent it home for me to do…) then grabbed some food and, after a picnic in the park with banana splits, we took daddy back to work and the kids and I went home for naps. At 5:30 p.m., everybody was still asleep!

All in all, Saturday was fantastic and, after a sun sapping day, the cool downstairs couch was waiting for us to occupy it and watch game one of the Stanley Cup Finals…the Holy Grail of all sport’s trophies. Lord Stanley is staying in Hockey Town!!!

Below, Eden all ready for the races, then at the races…