Weekend

On Saturday, Nate had his second basketball game. He's still digging it. The first game, the kids were all over the place, just trying to cover their man. In the second practice, they learned how to play a certain position, so the game started off with kids so busy playing their position, they forgot about getting the ball. Nate's the tallest one on his team, and does a pretty good job rebounding the ball. It's amazing that even in 3rd grade, it gets pretty physical out there.

That night we had Brad's surprise party for his 52nd birthday. Eli, Bob, Brad and I all found out around 10PM that the following Sunday is fifth Sunday. What's this important, you ask? The four of work on the "The Crew", our church's load-up and take-down crew on the fifth and first Sunday's of the months. It involves getting up about 6:30 AM on Sunday, loading up some huge crates on wheels, taking them to church and then unloading all 15 of them around the church. We setup some of it, setup a billion chairs (to Mark Hamilton's exact specifications), and then go grab breakfast. After church, we do it all in reverse. Anyways.... Going to bed at 2 didn't make it any easier getting up at 6:30. The pouring rain made it more fun, but not as much fun as having only Bob (he looked like death warmed over) and I showed up (Sue came later).

The kids dug the unloading part of it, and Nate was a big help. He volunteered to help out next time, even after I explained to it how early we get up in the morning. We had Ground Zero tonight, where Jason talked about the relationship between culture and holiness.