Fulfilling Weekend

Busy weekend. Friday was month-end at work. Not too busy until 2 pm, then it was frantic the rest of the day. Ceil had Anna at her ballet dress rehearsal. I picked up Will & Matthew after work. Will had basketball practice, and Matthew and I were actually early for small group. Joel rode home with Will to spend the night…Ceil arrived home to find them making French fries.

At eight Saturday morning I took Joel, Will, and Abby way over to John’s Creek for a science study session, then got some housework done before Anna’s recital.

Though I’ve seen their Grinch performance the last several years, this time while sitting in the back with John Fulton’s sisters it was heartwarming to see all the older girls looking on behind us, cheering on their younger compatriots. Anna and her class started in the back passing out candy canes during one early number, and she got to see her friends sitting with me. Each year Anna’s group gets more and more stage time.

After her last dance I slipped out and drove almost to Acworth to Will’s game. Since I didn’t know if I’d be on time due to the recital, someone else was lined up to keep score. Lots of people to talk to.

Ceil Christmas shopped that afternoon and evening. Will stayed for the varsity games and ate with the Normans.

Sunday’s “It’s Personal” message was good. Andy shared a list of possible reasons why parents might only have 2 kids instead of three…money, space, time, etc. Then he brought his smiling 11-year old daughter onstage to help as the audience come up with more reasons. Before starting he mentioned that she was their third child. While all the reasons on the previous list were relevant, once the Stanley’s found out they were having a third child those reasons didn’t matter any more…it was personal. Andy’s point was that becoming a Christian doesn’t really have to do with having questions about God answered. Instead most adults only become Christians because of something that happens to them personally.

Will and Anna went up to play with the whiffleball crowd. Matthew didn’t stay, so I played with him in the yard before running errands. Then Ceil ran up to the Avenue while I helped Anna on her Science Project. Killer display board. Looks like a parent helped, but all I did was help arrange colored paper and tape them down. While editing her speech I added a few jokes.