Church and lazy afternoons

We tried Glen Meadows. To those of you wondering. I am not sure that we expected. Really, I am not. But I did NOT expect my kids to react the way they did. I expected Ellie to cry, because she cries even with people she knows. But not to the extent that she did...And then Faith. Faith was kicking to get her feet locked around Cam's waist and her hands were death gripped around his neck. He had to peel her off screaming and hand her over. That was hard. I cried. I wanted to leave. Gracie didn't even say goodbye. She sat down and started talking to the little girl sitting near her. Miss Social. She loved it! The service was good. Preaching great. Worship a little less than we expected, but good (we shouldn't expect things I think). However, the thing that I have forgotten is how different a large church is from the small one we are used to. There no one really talked to us other than the leadership (door greeters, nursery people, pastor) because they had no idea that we were visitors. Don't get me wrong, it was a friendly church with a welcoming atmosphere, but where we come from, you KNOW who is visiting. It was just different. And it will take getting used to if God puts us in a bigger church. But, I must say, I wanted to run "home" to Veribest. This is hard!!

The afternoon was beyond words beautiful. Me and my favorite girls (Cambry included) stayed outside ALL afternoon. We played in the leaves, cleaned up outside, I read a book. The girls were in a total land of pretend which is quite amusing to listen to. It was relaxing and just perfect. Cambry played photographer and took all sorts of pictures...I am trying to get a picture of the girls chasing one another for my blog header, but I am beginning to think that will be impossible...so I will put a dozen or more photos on here for your enjoyment. And I won't put them on a slideshow so that you can browse quickly...but I don't want to hear a word about how I put too many!! :) And if you want to them in their entirety (because really, there are too many to put here) go to my MySpace and click on pics under the picture of me. They are in the one called leaves...