An Extremely Busy Weekend

It was an extremely busy weekend. But let's add fun, challenging, exciting, loving, etc.

Ted and his girls: Isabella and Sydney. They love their daddy.

The most important part of our weekend and the top priority was with our grandchildren. Friday we picked up Sydney and Isabella at a half way point between Ted and us. Then we picked Rob's kids up from school and Syd and Bella met Elmise and Armon for the first time. Saturday I kept all five grandchildren all day. What a busy day. We played Bingo; jumped rope; played basketball; watched movies; went to the fun zone, nature center, and to church; ate, snacked, slept, argued, laughed, got mad...made up, and did all the things that kids normally do.

Haleigh, Elmise, and Bella jumping rope.

It was hard to say goodbye. We never know when we'll be together again.

We had tickets to the first home game of the Loons! So we met our small group friends at the stadium and had a great time rooting for our Loons! It was a beautiful day!

Linda, Donna, and Dianne.

Larry, John, and Jerry. They sat right behind us. We really had fun and hope to do this again. The Loons did great til about half way...and then something happened, they fell apart or something. The Lansing Lugnuts suddenly turned on and caught up and won the game!!!

We had to leave after the seventh inning because I had another commitment at 6:00. We were just sure the game would be over, but no. When we left it was Lugnuts 8, Loons 7. We heard later the Loons lost. How sad. 10-8.

Last evening at church it was missions movie night. Since I'm on the committee I really felt obligated to be there. And besides that I love movies. So that's what my commitment was. Well, the movie, Faith Like Potatoes, was very good. Jerry was tired so he came on home.

I caught a ride home later with Joanne. She always picks up our cans for recycling and I was telling her as we drove in that it's too bad we didn't have the cans ready for her so she could take them tonight instead of a later time. As we drove on through the yard and came to the house there in the middle of the drive was a plastic bag full of- you guessed it - tin cans! Jerry got them ready and put them out where we couldn't miss them!

Lord, thank You for a very full and wonderful weekend. If only the Loons had won! Thank You for our wonderful family and friends.