Saturday, April 16, 2011

Family Ministry Day @ MBC & Palm Sunday

Yesterday was Family Ministry Day at our church. This was the 2nd one and I am glad that Colby and I have gotton to participate both years. We didn't get to go as early yesterday as I had hoped b/c Austin's parents were coming in on a cruise boat and Austin had to pick them up then they stopped by here for a few minutes to check out his new bed and tell us about their trip. When we did get to church we figured the car wash would be something good for Austin to help with and Colby might enjoy too. Colby LOVED it! He actually even helped out washing the cars. I stayed out there to watch him around the moving cars while Austin worked. It would have been too much to leave him out there and Austin try to focus on working so I stayed. It means a lot to know we are working together as a family to minister to the community and that is what the day is all about! After everyone got back at 12 there was a churchwide picnic. They had asked everyone to bring sides. The church provided fried chicken. Colby enjoyed it but didn't eat as well as I had hoped I think he was too excited by all the people. We finally convinced him to eat. He sat pretty well but towards the end was getting antsy and tired. We knew if we could keep him awake on the way home he would take a nice long nap. We all crashed when we got home. I finally woke Colby up at 4:30 because I knew if I didn't he wouldn't sleep that night! We had a nice afternoon just spending time together. We were even able to eat dinner outside and let Colby play in the backyard for awhile. Sunday was a fantastic day! First it was nice because Austin was off. It seems to be few and far between that we have a normal Sunday that the 3 of us get to go together. Austin is typically off 2 Sundays a month but it seems like so often we are out of town or have something else going on. I was in the nursery ofcourse for Sunday School. We were so pleased at the turnout! We had 4 babies, 2 toddlers, 3 three year olds, the entire 4 year old class was there, and the kindergarten and plus they had visitors! Its great to see we are having a regular group or attenders for Sunday School back there. Colby enjoyed his class. He is still enjoying the 3 year old Sunday School class. He does still hang with the toddlers during church though. Because right now we are combining the 3s and 4s during church and thats just too many kids and some of those kids are near 5 and just too big for Colby. I know he gets bored since the only toddlers are 1 year old little girls but I would rather him be with his appropriate age and not get trampled! It was so nice to sit in worship service. This was the first time since early March. The prek through 6th grade children sang which was neat to watch! It will be so neat to see Colby up there in a couple of years! They also showed a video/slideshow of the preschool easter party! After church we did our normal "thing" of going to eat at McAlister's. Colby didn't seem that hungry. It seems as if ever since he was sick Friday his appetite has not come back fully! I'm still hoping he's ok. We decided to let him go home with my parents. We hadn't done that in awhile and I thought Colby would enjoy it and my parents too plus this way Austin and I would have more time to rest and have some time to ourselves. We picked him up around 5 and came home and ate dinner then spent more time outside working in our little garden! It was a great weekend and we enjoyed having Austin off so much! Looking forward to Easter weekend since he will be off all weekend then too!

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