May 16, 2005

Happy Birthday, Julie :)

Well, we had a nice weekend. Friday, Brent and I went to lunch at Palani Drive over in the Libbie-Grove area. I had a smoothie! :) That evening, I went to the youth mission trip auction, while Brent headed to his first basketball game at Cool Springs Baptist. The auction was fun. It was a bit disappointing, though, because not many people showed. There were some really neat items. I didn't win anything, but I think someone won the personalized notecards I gave. I'll have to find out who so that I can start working on them. Brent's picture was going for a good amount the last I checked, too.

I skipped out before the auction was over to make it to Brent's second game. They won! But, unfortunately, the season is over (whew!.... no more driving to Mechanicsville!) :) Saturday, Brent left early to go to the track meet at Fork Union. I decided to head out around 11am and make it that way myself. I stopped by the meet and then headed out to explore the area. Yeah, well, that didn't take long :) There isn't much out there, but I did realize the drive back into Richmond didn't seem long at all. So, I hope that I can plan a visit to Richmond once a week, or once every other week. I did find the Family Dollar in the area, which was like finding a Target! It will be my saving grace! :)

I took Brent to the Greywolf Grill when he got back home....I had a coupon! Then, after filling ourselves to the brim, we used some movie passes he had received to see 'Kicking and Screaming'. It was funny. Maybe, I was just in that sort of mood. We didn't get home till almost 11:30. Sunday morning, I had to work on getting the last few items for the luncheon we were having at church for the returning college kids. We had BBQ! yummm! I basically skipped all of church to prepare everything. It was a pleasant morning, so I sat out on the bench under the walkway of the Education Building. It was so quiet and peaceful. Gave me a glimpse of what camp will be like.....with more bugs! I'm getting excited about it, though.

We went home after the luncheon and watched the Lights of Broadway video. Then, headed back to church for the youth music evening. The middle and high school bells and choirs perfomed. It was good. Brent had to stop his middle schoolers during their bell song and start them over...there was no way they were going to get back on track on their own! It was funny. He made a comment to make them feel better, telling them how Mr. Miller has done it to them before, too.

This week isn't as eventful, that I know of. Tonight, I babysit for the DeWitts, and Wednesday is the dentist. I do hope to catch on Wednesday this funny track thing at Collegiate. Today, tomorrow, and Wednesday, the coaches are going to run their own track meet against one another. I hope to see Brent in the hurdles or one of his best events. I think I'll only be able to catch a little bit of the event on Wednesday. I'm going to ask his mom to tape it :)

It's very quiet here today. There are only 4 of us and Weldon. Julie will be back tomorrow, so I hope to hear more of her engagement story! :) Hope everyone has a great Monday!

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