Yes,
Dawnie, I'm finally posting a blog.
As I told my cousin last weekend at Dennis' wedding, I've become so enamoured with
Facebook that I've totally neglected my blog. I guess I'm hoping that she will join, but maybe it's better that she keeps up her blog. That way I can feel guilty about it and eventually make a new post now and then.
Now, yes, I know, my decoration is a bit outdated in that it is no longer spring, but hey, one thing at a time...
Anyway, the reason for my renewed interest in my blog today is because I've had too many great things happen today that would be too long for one status update on
Facebook. And at first I thought, well, I could just post something different every hour, but since I know you all are
SOOO interested in everything Masters-related, you might miss something... so here goes...
As usual, Sunday mornings for us now start off with our anticipation of a morning at River
Pointe Church. Most of you know that we started going to River
Pointe back in March, and we've been enjoying it ever since. We have met so many fantastic people, had the pleasure of meeting with a very dynamic - and normal,
relateable Senior Pastor (HI PATRICK!) and the kids love the River Kids Children's Ministry. Mike and I are excited about a marriage series coming up called "Happily Ever After" that we started last week.
So anyway, we look forward to Sunday mornings are very much. Our routine is to get there a few minutes early because you just never know what
JJ is going to start with.
JJ is one of the Music Worship members and he's just amazing. One morning he started out with an electric guitar driven song that really woke every one up and got the blood pumping. Another time he played a rousing instrumental version of "Are You Gonna Go My Way" by Lenny
Kravitz. Yes, in church. My very first visit to River
Pointe he opened the service with "You Found Me" by The Fray, and from then on, the music had me. But this morning was the icing on the cake! He had a special treat for me when he opened with "Show Me What I'm Looking For" by Carolina Liar, which is quickly becoming one of my new favorite bands. (And for those of you who know how much I love Keane, that's really saying something!)
I leaned over and told Mike now I can add this song to my
playlist! I've created a
playlist on my
iPod called "The Best Of River
Pointe" and on it I've added every song I already have in my music library that has been played at church, usually led by
JJ. They include "Love Story" by Taylor Swift, "1-2-3-4" by The Plain White T's, "You Found Me" by The Fray to name a few. Now I get to add Carolina Liar! And then Chad
Strader took the mike to play "Saved", an awesome song off of his "Roots and Wings" CD. (You can find it on
iTunes, check it out!)
Lots of music this morning and I almost didn't want it to end!
But there was more good stuff coming when a friend of mine had his daughter dedicated at the church.
Devyn is so delicious I could just eat her up!!!!
A nice surprise is that Patrick was there this morning to lead the service. I don't know why I thought he was going to be gone (maybe because he posted on
Facebook that he was thinking of driving in from Austin for the service today??? I LOVE
FACEBOOK!!!!!) but it was nice to see him there. Like Mike said, I don't really like for things to change much!
The service was fantastic. I went from smiling to laughing, to swallowing a lump in my throat as Patrick challenges us to look carefully at ourselves and our relationships with Jesus.
Next week is very exciting, because all of our dads are joining us for church! We've invited them to come for the service and then stay for an early lunch. The kids are looking forward to having them come with us.
After church, we took off immediately for Moody Gardens. Michael's parents had asked us to bring the kids down there to see the Dinosaur exhibit that is currently showing. Figuring this is a shoe in success as far as Hayden is concerned, we were in!
Well, we got there, bought our tickets and walked over to the exhibit. But about ten steps in, Hayden totally lost it! Something about the life-sized robotic dinosaurs with the realistic grunts and growls wasn't sitting well with him, and he dug in. It was hard not to laugh hen he wails loud enough for everyone to hear "
NOOOOOO!!!! I DON'T LIKE THE MEAT EATERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Daddy finally had to take him out for a while, talk with him, and then carry him back in again. He hadn't moved too much from where he was before as far as his willingness, but FINALLY, he warmed up. Although at first he still wouldn't get too close to the robots, he did get comfortable enough to fully explain the characteristics of each dinosaur. Correctly, too. Although since many of you know Hayden, I know you're not surprised.
We went back and forth through the exhibit three or four times for the kids to get their fill of the dinosaurs. Once that was finished, we made our way over to the Kids Zone and they had a chance to dig for fossils with little paintbrushes. They really liked that!
We left Moody Gardens and drove the Seawall looking for some ice cream. Reluctantly, we stopped at Ben and Jerry's. (Typically, I will avoid contributing to the business of HUGE libs...) I could almost forget as I enjoyed my cone of "Chocolate Therapy"....
So a very full, contented day today. Right now, we're sitting, having jambalaya, and the kids are already bathed!!!
Dawnie, I'll try, I promise, to keep up better with my blog, okay! Have a great week everyone!
