Our 4th of July holiday was a low-key one. We typically only do the big holidays in style, the rest of them are spent at home. Watching the boys destroy stuff and trying to keep our sanity. Garrett was particularly interested in fireworks this year. He watched some out of his window for awhile and then he and I sat on the back porch and watched more. We live out in the country (relatively out in the country) so everyone in our neighborhood was setting off their own fireworks which meant we had a pretty good firework display in our backyard.
The rest of the days leading up to this past Wednesday were spent in preparation for hosting our Bible Study group Wednesday night. Do the rest of you do this, or am I just neurotic? I spend days cleaning (not an in-depth, dust the baseboards and clean the windows, type of cleaning. Just dusting where I don't usually dust, wiping little fingerprints off of my doors, on top of the typical cleaning that's done before company comes over.) I also prepared most of the food ahead of time. On Monday, I made (my first) potato salad and we grilled a bunch of chicken. Tuesday I made a chocolate, chocolate chip pound cake and then we had to prepare for the Bible study itself. The host couple leads Bible study on their night (more on that in a bit). Plus each day was spent just cleaning up after my children's usual messes, fixing meals, and all my normal day-to-day stuff.
On Wednesday, I sliced up a bunch of tomatoes, shredded some lettuce, and set out some other stuff to go along with supper. We had grilled chicken sandwiches, potato salad, raw veggies with dip, and chips, plus cake for dessert.
Our study this summer has been on the book "Crazy Love" by Francis Chan. I've never read the book, though I've heard a lot about it. Somehow Keith and I lucked out and got chapter 5 for our week. If you've read the book, or even if you haven't, this is the chapter about how, if you're a "lukewarm" Christian, then you're really not a Christian in the first place. Talk about a shot between the eyes. It was totally fun to talk about how I didn't feel saved after reading that chapter.
"Crazy Love" deserves its own blog post and honestly, I'm not qualified to do one. But just know that it's totally convicting, so read it at your own risk.
The rest of my week was spent helping at our church's Upward Basketball and Cheerleading camp. I grew up playing basketball so it was fun watching these grade school kids learn different basketball techniques. I followed the 4th-6th graders during my time there. Which was fun, though I almost got punched by an unruly 5th grader. But, again, a story for another day.
This week looks to be a little less hectic, but still busy. Monday I'm making dinner for a family in our church who just had a baby. Plus I have to go grocery shopping because I could not do the first without doing the second, unless I serve them ham and cheese sandwiches. Friday is a church preschool playdate at a local bowling alley. This will be Garrett's first time to go "real" bowling.
Besides all the "real" bowling that takes place on the Wii.
I'm sure he'll think he's a pro before he even picks up a ball. I'm just hoping for no meltdowns due to the fact that he's a much better Wii bowler than he will inevitably be in real life.
Thankfully the days in between look to be uneventful. Though I have started back to my part time job at the church, so I'll be putting together the church bulletin and some other responsibilities during my downtime on those days.
During that time, I should probably refresh Garrett's alphabet memory. Tonight he thought an I was an L. Sounds like this summer break has caused a memory lapse. So between reteaching Garrett his letters and forcing Cooper to learn how to walk (the boy is downright lazy) and working on "work" stuff, I'm sure I'll have lots of free time.
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