April 9 – “Big Day-dom”

Big day at the Vaughan house.  Cousins’ sleepover last night, for one thing.  That is always an event to behold, to say the least.  Seven out of eight of the young Vaughan grandchildren (Noa was at home sick.  She started running one of those FUO’s – Fever of Undetermined Origin) were here from LaMarque and Waco and Galveston with the express purpose of … sleeping on Nani and DadDad’s floor.  Gotta love that adventurous spirit, that willingness to sacrifice, that challenge to still like each other in the morning. 

The highlight of the evening was movie time.  I actually made them watch the first half-inning of the Astros game, and tried to convince them that would be the movie time for this most noted of sleepover extravaganzas.  Didn’t really work.  They were only scared for a moment or two.  They do know DadDad loves his Astros.  But apparently he loves his grandkids a little bit more.  Speaks quite highly of those kids.  And the unanimous choice for the movie?  The new Star Wars flick, of course.  Just picked it up at WalMart the other day.  I think they had all seen it at the movie theater anyway.  Well, except Luke and Cailyn.  Luke is two and Mommy and Daddy nixed his viewing by taking him on a field trip to the fire station to see Uncle Nathan.  Cailyn couldn’t pass up a chance to see her Dad, so she went with them.  But the rest of the guys couldn’t wait to see it again. 

Oh, and the other reason for “Big Day-dom” around here?  Our new couch and chair arrived from Lazy Boy.  The delivery was supposed to happen sometime between 4 and 7 p.m.  We got “the call” around 2 that they would be here in 5 minutes.  That would be five minutes to clear out the old couch and love seat and get them into the garage.  Fortunately we had some strong grandsons around who proved up to the task.  They helped Uncle Josh muscle them out just in time for the deliverers to get the new couch and recliner in.  Yep.  Recliner.  That would be my part of the purchase.  Very comfy.  Can’t wait to really test it out.  Oh, wait.  Does the nap I took in it count?

Mark 5:36 says, “Ignoring what they said, Jesus told the synagogue ruler, ‘Don't be afraid; just believe.’”

Father, thank you for long-anticipated deliveries.  Nothing like anticipating a savior for 400 years, though.  Amen.