I don't think that I've ever been in a place before where I wake up on Sunday mornings and I am excited about going to church like I am here. The energy Beltway (the church we attend here) can generate is crazy and on average about 4,000 people attend the 3 different services!! Growing up in a conservative ELCA Lutheran church I'm used to singing traditional hymns & having a very structured service. The experience here is much more contemporary and definitely brings a whole new meaning to the terms "praise & worship". It has stretched me beyond my comfort zone and taught me that if I can shake my body at the gym to hip hop music, and pump it up at home while I'm cleaning house to my favorite rock tunes, then I can raise my hands and praise God for the wonderful works He has done in my life. Think about how passionate people are about sporting events, and that is for people they don't even know personally. Shouldn't you have that passion times 10 for the One who gave you your life and everything in it!??? Something to think about...
After church 9 times out of 10 we go eat lunch somewhere in town and run errands. However, we were "in town" all day yesterday and it is raining AGAIN, so we came home and all changed into "comfy" clothes and are enjoying a nice relaxing afternoon.
Much different than yesterday! Colby's soccer game was ok, but he took a hard hit. He was charging down the field getting ready to score, and he and another boy from the other team collided and Colby went down. Even through the wind, and from the opposite side of the field, I could hear my baby crying. The coach went to him first, and when he tried to get up and fell straight back down, Jarred ran to help as well. Turns out he took a cleat to his knee. Even though his knee is pretty banged up, the worst damage was to his ego. He didn't want to go back in, and we had to ride that fine line of being sympathetic and covincing him not to quit. Thankfully he's looking forward to practice tomorrow!!! We enjoyed the home and garden show as well. It was very informative and we were able to get lots of ideas as well as contact information for our patio expansion/pergola. We were so inspired that we even outlined the flowerbeds for the front yard. We're going to hold off on purchasing plants until we can drive around and see what grows best here.
Well, the boys are off to tiger scouts, so I see a tea party with the girls in my immediate future. Have a wonderful rest of your weekend!
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