October 16 - “One full day”

First stop yesterday was a celebration. It came in the form of a birthday party for Luke at Urban Air. That’s one of those places where the floor is basically made of trampolines. It also has somewhat of a ropes course for the older kids. The kids played for almost two hours, then met around a table for cake and gift-opening. Everyone seemed to have a great time.

 

From there we made our way around the corner to a place called Slim Chickens for lunch. Strangely enough, the course of the day was … chicken. It reminded me of Chick-fil-a … a lot. The food was pretty good. Definitely something Josh and his kids enjoyed.

 

Next on the docket was a soccer game for Caleb. Caleb and his squad really seemed to dominate the game early on. In fact, it looked like one of their strikers might end up with an early hat trick when he scored the first two goals.  But the other team settled in and made a game of it.  Final score was 2-1. 

 

Next we went to Zak’s football game. American football this time.  Well, sort of.  He plays six-man football, which has a lot of different rules from eleven man.  There is a boatload of scoring in this brand.  And Zak’s team certainly did its share.  The final score was 72-24, and they stopped the game midway into the third quarter.  Another rule of the game.  If one team is 45 points ahead after halftime, they game is called due to the mercy rule.

 

Did I mention that I also attended a tea party here in Waco?  AnnaGrace was our hostess.  She poured our tiny cups full of water from a tiny tea pitcher. Even had some gingerbread cookies.  Then Luke arrived.  He sneakily drank everyone’s “tea” and ate all the cookies. Hey. He’s a growing boy. Great fun.

 

John 1:5 says, “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”

 

Father, thank you for soccer games and football games and tea parties and nine-year-old birthday parties.  Great times, for sure.  Amen.