Another Successful Lock-in

Well, planning and implementation ARE the keys to a fun and successful lock-in.

I had yet another lock-in and training with the church acolytes. The same kids who came along to the Washington National Cathedral all came to the training and lock-in. We had loads of fun and games....some training.....and then went to late-night "cosmic" bowling. I must say we were all quite pooped by the time we got back to the church. We all readied for bed, ate cookie dough, popcorn and various other snacks and watched a movie. By 1 a.m. or so, we were all sound asleep.

My good buddy Lee was one of the helping trainers. He also spent the night as one of the adults with me. Also had the mother of one of the acolytes stay. She was awesome as well.

Went to Shoney's for a nice big, filling breakfast...then home to unpack and SLEEP!!!! As nice as sleeping on the floor of the parish hall was, I slept with Lee's daughter, Bea. She's a cover stealer!!!! It also got rather chilly last night. Let's just say that I didn't sleep all that well. My bed at home was a very welcome respite.

I have managed to get quite a bit of laundry done.

Had a great surprise. I'm in the middle of cooking supper, when my daughter and "pseudo-daughter" (neighbor) come in...."Mom, there's a man outside asking for Jeff & Kim Heath". Well, hubby and I go outside and lo and behold, there stands an ex-college classmate of my husband's. We hadn't seen him in over 20 years!!! He live in Puerto Rico and was back in Bristol for a College reunion (which he found out AFTER he got here had been changed to April!). He thought he'd look up some folks he hadn't seen in so long. Hubby and I were dating at that time but he found out we had married through a mutual friend. He looked us up in the local phone book and just showed up at our house. What a blast!!! He's a really nice, neat guy and it was wonderful to see him again.

When we first saw him on our front sidewalk, he said, "I knew I was at the right place when I saw your daughter. She looks just like Kim. This has to be their house." Funny people tell me my daughter looks like me. I don't really see it. But I guess she does. I take it as a GREAT compliment. She is drop dead gorgeous. I'm not gorgeous any more......but 20-something years ago, I wasn't too shabby.

Well, I've digressed here. Need to get my buns to bed so I can get up for church in the morning. We're including a commissioning service in the our late morning HE service. Commissioning of all the acolytes and leaders that is.

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And Even More Pics

A red Panda......ever heard of one??? I hadn't
Elephants
Our crew to the left...getting ready to process

Interesting random balls on a sidewalk. They were HUGE!



An interesting animal of the guinea pig family. He was as big as a colt!

And MORE Pics!

The White House
Another view of the Cathedral
And yet another
A sweet little panda eating
A sloth bear

More Pics

Here are some more pics of my trip to Washington, DC. Enjoy!


Vietnam War Memorial
Kaylyn is moved by a letter written by a girl to her grandfather at the Vietnam Memorial
My happy little family
The "crew" in front of the Cathedral
Just one of many altars inside the Cathedral

Most Unbelievable Weekend!

A couple of monks at the Washington Monument
Our acolytes and leaders prepare for worship at the Cathedral

My baby in front of the World War II memorial World War II Memorial
The sun sets behind the Lincoln Memorial

Well, I had hoped to have the opportunity to post some pics and blog while I was in Washington, DC this past weekend. Well........the best laid plans and all that. We were sooooo busy all weekend. I've not walked so much in my whole life. Miles and miles and miles and the heat! Good Lord. I am sooo tired.



But, the trip was sooo worth it. Except for sleeping and showering, we weren't even in our rooms. We stayed on the go the entire time. The service on Saturday was a big overwhelming for me. When I saw the kids walking down the center aisle in full regalia, I totally lost it! I was never so proud in all my life. I bawled like a baby. How embarrassing? Oh well.



The cathedral is absolutely magnificent. The service was phenomenal.



I saw so many sites. I'm gonna post a bunch of pics just to give you an idea of what all I got to do and see.



If you EVER get the opportunity to worship at the National Cathedral...DO IT!



Here's my picture diary of the trip. (I'll not post all the pics because that would be nearly 200).

Monday Madness

Whew! What a day.

Hurry and get child to school. Hurry and get to work. Hurry and get those letters out. Hurry and get all that information together. Hurry and......Hurry........

Go to meet with Music teacher after school. Meet with other homeroom Mom (yes, I'm homeroom Mom again) after school. Rush, rush, hurry, hurry.

Get home late. Make supper. Hurry, hurry. Daughter needs to make a simple machine and turn it in TOMORROW!!! The other kids had all weekend to make theirs. We have like 3 hours????

Call the teacher, "can we please have more time?" No answer. Please call me back.

Oy......what a day. On top of all that, I have all this homework to do.

At least we're getting closer to leaving for Washington, DC. Yaaaa hoooo

We've worked so hard for so long to make enough money for this trip. Now we've reached our goal and we're going! I've been planning and planning this thing for many, many months.

As my "Bro", Lee has stated on his blog, we'll be posting from DC. Hope to take lots of photos.

Well, need to hurry and fold the clothes in dryer (which is beeping at me). Need to rush off and do lots more reading of my Biology.

Whew. Somebody slow this ride down!!!!!