Saturday, June 8, 2019

June 8 – “Grillin’ Godzilla”


So yesterday was the celebration for Zak’s birthday.  Actually his birthday is tomorrow, but they will be back home in Waco by then, so we jumped right in while the iron was hot, so to speak.  Thirteen years old.  A teenager.  Have fun, Mom and Dad.

The festivities started out with a lunch in LaMarque.  Kel grilled some burgers and dogs and chickens.  Good stuff. 

Next we went to a movie.  Zak chose “Godzilla, King of the Monsters.”  Can’t beat monsters and explosions.  The younger ones went to see “Life of Pets” and the ones in the middle saw “Picachu Conquers the World,” or something like that.  We went with the monsters.  The movies itself was a bit of a slow starter.  I confess – Chris and Cailyn caught me napping.  But Chris took my hand and that kept me awake until the fighting and blowing up stuff started.  I understand I wasn’t alone in my blissful slumber.  Josh said he had to get filled in on what he missed by Caleb.  And apparently Christi and AnnaGrace had a nice little nap in their theater. 

After the movie we came back to our house for some pizza.  Well, it took us a while to actually get the pizza.  The person in front of us ordered twenty.  Quite the wait time. 

Back at the house the kids organized a badminton tournament.  Sadly, there is no more volleyball.  Scooter ate the ball.  But badminton.  Not net.  I didn’t even know badminton was a thing in their vocabulary.  Micah did mention that they would have to go to England to play in the finals.  Not sure who won.  Not sure they are sure, either. 

Brian and Jennifer stopped by to give us some peaches.  Corey and Janell and Brennan saw all the action, so they came over as well.  Lots of noisy around here.

Zak’s evening choice was to watch the NBA finals game.  However, at halftime he switched it over to Netflix and put on “Indian in the Cupboard” for the little guys.  Classy move, Zak.  He later disappeared into the office and watched the rest of the game on the computer.

Meanwhile I Watched the Astros on my iPad.  The good guys won on a walk-off double in the 11th inning.  The movie ended not long after the two games.  And surprise of all surprises, it didn’t take long for the kids to give up and fall asleep.  Didn’t take for the adults to join them, either.  Long day.  Good day.  Happy birthday, Zak.

2 Timothy 1:9 says, “He has saved us and called us to a holy life – not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace.  This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time”

Father, thank you for Zak and the thirteen years you have blessed us with him.  Amen.

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