After the Sunday service at our church, we had a communion service for the church family. Rich and I were sitting with David between us, Victoria next to me, and Carolyn next to her. During the start of the service it seemed that some of the younger teens might need some "guidance" (hehe) and Carolyn went over to sit by them. This left Rich and me to make sure that somehow a 7 and 9 year old kept their eyes closed during prayer and didn't spill their juice. I thought that was the hard part. I must have told Victoria three times to be careful to sit still and not to spill on her Easter dress. She was so careful and adorable to hold her little cup carefully, and kept glancing up at me with her eyes shining, the cup grasped tightly in her hands. David sat like a statue, too. I ended up being so careful and attentive to the kids that I ended up moving my own hand and spilling all over myself!! I immediately started laughing and so did Victoria and David. What a picture we made, two great kids sitting there grasping their cups tightly, and me in the middle with juice all over my lap, laughing during the middle of the Lord's Supper. It reminded me of the "dates" my dad used to take me on when I was a little girl. To this day I can't remember where we were going on this certain one, but I remember that I got dressed up in this pink flowery dress, and we went to grab a quick dinner before going to wherever it was that we were going. Dad told me repeatedly not to spill anything on my dress. I was sooooo careful, and I ended up without a spot while he spilled something all down his white shirt and he had to go home and change.
David is 9, Tory is 7, and Maddie is 3
It was great to spend this Easter with the friends we have made since we have been here. We hit it off with our Pastor and Pastor's wife (Tom and Carolyn) immediately when we met them, and we love their kids too. Madelyn doesn't get mentioned in the story because she is only 3 and was in the nursery. She is a pistol--everything from cutting her own hair, to coming in from the yard looking like she rolled in the mud--then she becomes a giggling little girl, playing with her dolls in the tub to clean up.
Tom & Carolyn
It makes me think of our friends Jim and Nanette from CA. We vacationed together with them in January. They had their 3 kids with them, and we had a great time! We really miss them, but thankfully Nanette is great about taking pictures and letting me keep up with the kids that way. :)
Nanette & me, Chloe is all bundled up in the middle and Seth in the front pack. It was freezing!!
Happy After-Easter! :)
