Yesterday Chris took the car to get an inspection to finally get a new tag. It didn't pass because there was an exhaust leak. We've know about the leak for a while but thought we'd see if it would pass inspection. Chris was able to fix the leak today with some help. As we were eating supper, he says, "Well honey, your car isn't going to sound so cool. It might be quiet now." A pipes up, "Except when kids are in the car. We will be loud and obnoxious and make lots of noise." And thus we guess we'll keep her for entertainment value if nothing else.
Friday, July 29, 2016
Saturday, July 23, 2016
Saturday to Play
The past few weeks we've been quite busy! For the fourth of July Chris and the kids went to OK for a lake trip! It was a lot of fun for them and I joined them Thursday that week. The weekend brought a wedding for Chris's cousin that the kids were in. We had a slight hicc-up when they were asked to carry a sign (we had prepped them for being a ring bearer so carrying a pillow and a flower girl) instead of what they were prepped to carry. They did very well though and were definitely the "cute" factor of the wedding. Then last weekend we went to Chicago to visit friends and so that I could run a half marathon. Whew. We are kind of glad July is over as it has been a very busy month.
Here are appropriate pictures. I'll leave you to guess which was what event.
Here are appropriate pictures. I'll leave you to guess which was what event.
Saturday, July 2, 2016
FPC Lenoir Is No More
Last weekend we made a quick trip to NC for the FPC Lenoir exit vote
from the PCUSA. We stopped in Nashville on our way down, spent two
nights back in NC then drove home Monday. It was a whirlwind trip and a
lot of fun. We got to see our old friends and the kids especially got
to see their best friends from our time there. We went swimming
Saturday after we got into Lenoir so I saw several people from my old
work. It seems like nothing is changing there for now.
Anyway, on our way down we stopped in Metropolis and there were fun cutout things at the gas station. We were going to try and see Superman, but didn't want to waste anymore time. We had wasted some time trying to get out of STL and managed a great close-up view of the arch.
Here is one of the kids after playing at the pool all afternoon. A has become quite the helping big sister. She quite bossy as well, so hopefully that will tone down some. We aren't holding our breath on that though. At least we know she'll be the one leading people off the cliff, not following people off the cliff. :) At least we can hope.
Sunday morning everyone was quite surprised to see us (not sure why as we knew there was a vote happening that night). The kids played with their friends and did some running around through the area.
The vote though was quite amazing. Before the vote there were a couple of people who got up to speak, both "for" staying and "against" staying with PCUSA. As had been the case throughout the past couple of years, the "for" people were very hardlined and non-negotiating. They wanted the "against" people to be grace-ful if they lost. Then the vote came back, EXACTLY what was needed. As in, if one vote hadn't been cast, or one vote for the "against" staying went the other direction, the vote would have failed. The people who had talked to everyone about how we needed to be grace-ful immediately walked out of the proceedings. We then had a couple of other corporation things to take care of before we could truly disband for the night. It was nice to get some closure on our time in NC. It is nice knowing that, yes, our vote does count. It was interesting to see the exactness of the vote, but as several people said, "God knew what we needed and gave us exactly that."
Anyway, on our way down we stopped in Metropolis and there were fun cutout things at the gas station. We were going to try and see Superman, but didn't want to waste anymore time. We had wasted some time trying to get out of STL and managed a great close-up view of the arch.
Here is one of the kids after playing at the pool all afternoon. A has become quite the helping big sister. She quite bossy as well, so hopefully that will tone down some. We aren't holding our breath on that though. At least we know she'll be the one leading people off the cliff, not following people off the cliff. :) At least we can hope.
Sunday morning everyone was quite surprised to see us (not sure why as we knew there was a vote happening that night). The kids played with their friends and did some running around through the area.
The vote though was quite amazing. Before the vote there were a couple of people who got up to speak, both "for" staying and "against" staying with PCUSA. As had been the case throughout the past couple of years, the "for" people were very hardlined and non-negotiating. They wanted the "against" people to be grace-ful if they lost. Then the vote came back, EXACTLY what was needed. As in, if one vote hadn't been cast, or one vote for the "against" staying went the other direction, the vote would have failed. The people who had talked to everyone about how we needed to be grace-ful immediately walked out of the proceedings. We then had a couple of other corporation things to take care of before we could truly disband for the night. It was nice to get some closure on our time in NC. It is nice knowing that, yes, our vote does count. It was interesting to see the exactness of the vote, but as several people said, "God knew what we needed and gave us exactly that."
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