After Patrick was able to get some much-needed hrs. of work in on Friday and after an unexpected battery jump on the church van, we finally headed to LR w/ both kids. Two of the seniors in our MBSF group were getting married the following day, and we were honored to be asked to sing a duet in their wedding. We knew attempting it would be pretty crazy w/ a 3 wk. old & 2 yr. old...but we wanted to try our hardest to do this for them.
After attending rehearsal/rehearsal dinner Fri. night, we spent the night @ my Aunt/Uncle's house in LR. It was a very late night, but the kids did excellent!
Saturday was hectic and HOT, HOT, HOT! Man was it HOT! Of course there were some unexpected newborn (diaper) blow-outs/outfit changes @ the last minute and built-in potty breaks for the 2 yr. old (if needed), but all-in-all...the day went pretty smoothly. K definitely had some melt-downs during the reception due to a lack of a much-needed nap that day (2:00 pm wedding falling right @ nap time). But those are quite expected, so we dealt w/ it & moved on.
After the wedding reception and getting to reunite w/ many of our MBSF students who have all gone home for the Summer, we headed to 2 of our closest friends' home for dinner. Gary and Christen graciously hosted us Sat. & Sun. night, and we had SO much fun staying @ their home! We also truly, truly enjoyed getting to spend some time w/ Christen's sister and brother-in-law, Amy and Tim Sat. night as well. Their daughter, Cassidy, is only a/b 6 mos. younger than Kennedy. Those 2 girlies had a BLAST together the entire night!
There is always LOTS of fun, TONS of laughter, and a little hog-calling when we all get together! And those girls just eat it up! Thanks to both couples for such a delicious dinner Sat. night as well.
(Somehow I managed to only get pictures of Patrick, Gary & the girls that night. ??? Too busy catching up to take pictures I guess.)
We jumped in the van early Sunday morning to drive another couple of hrs. South to Dumas, AR. Patrick was speaking @ a sweet church in Dumas (aka="deputation") who has already been supporting MBSF (monthly) for many yrs. After a great potluck lunch w/ their church family and much conversation getting to know each of them individually, we drove back into Pine Bluff to see some other friends (who weren't home). After realizing that our friends weren't in town that wknd. (shucks!), we settled for a nice family nap in the Wal-Mart parking lot b/f the 2nd deputation that evening.
Sun. night, Patrick spoke @ a precious church in Rowell, AR. A handful of our students joined us for the service, and we were so thankful to have them w/ us. After the loooooong day in PB, we headed back to our friends' home to get a little sleep b/f heading back home early Mon. morning.
Thank you to any and ALL who hosted us @ some point during the wknd. And a special "thank you" to the wonderful churches who let us come share a/b the awesome ministry the Lord has blessed us with! We were more than pleased w/ our 2 munchkins, and we are overwhelmed w/ the beautiful pleasure we have of raising them both! The Lord certainly never gives us more than what we can handle, and we are so blessed.
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We had so much fun, too. Still makes me melt when I think of Kennedy singing "How Great is our God." Wish we could get together more often!! Love you guys!
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