Sunday Evening Anecdotes

Tonight we went to the "New Members' Dinner" at our church.  We've been members for 1 1/2 years, but we've never RSVP'd in time to actually get to go.  This time I did.  They said to bring your whole family, which really means, "Bring your whole family to eat, and then expect your small children to be extremely bored, and restless, and almost to the point of being unable to sit still, while the people talk, and you don't get to hear because you're too busy shoveling carrots, grapes and ice cream in your kids so that they feel important too."  Wow.  No wonder they only say bring your whole family.  I don't hold that against them anymore.  Next point.

The Sunday school guy was talking, and said, "Can anyone say Englewood's vision?"  Hannah's hand shot in the air and she said, "ENGLEWOOD'S VISION!!!"  Too bad he didn't hear her.  But our table did and we cracked up. 

Then after the dinner we took the kids to their classes and went to the worship service.  We sang the "New Doxology" which is basically the Doxology with a chorus.  I watched the drummer, who I can tell is just that.  Sure enough, there was a guy that is truly a musician that was cuing him when to play the downbeat.  The New Doxology isn't exactly 4/4 time every measure.  I'm pretty sure there were some 2/4s thrown in there.  I wasn't paying enough attention to it because I was so enthralled by him having to take his cue from someone else, when the music leader wasn't sufficient enough for him, he had to have someone point at him.

Lastly, we were walking out of the church, by some really long windows.  Hannah kept stopping and watching herself in the windows.  Then she said, "I'm standing on a bush!"  Yep.  She was standing on the bush outside the window.  Hilarious. :)

The kids did great though. We went to pick him up and he said, "Mommy, I didn't cry!"  He's so big. :)