It was an exceptionally strange weekend. We had a Saturday with nothing scheduled. This is unheard of! Despite my saying I was going to clean up the little girls bedroom, it never happened. We did do a little cleaning, and I took this photo of Colin to prove to his future wife that I tried to teach him some cleaning skills.
The kids were all happy that Jim was home, but Saige decided to glue herself to him, just in case he should try to escape again!! I think he carried her around for most of the weekend! He did have to put her down for a while to get everyone around to fix a water line break though!
Our church is going through a little bit of an interesting time, as we have learned that the structure of the building is not in good condition. Despite efforts to fix and renovate, it is just not stable. Whereas they do not think the building is an immediate danger, they do think we have to make some decisions. Today, we had a meeting to decide if we should spend 1.2 million dollars to renovate the current building, build a new building, or ask the Archbishop to disband our parish. It was not a fun meeting to go to, and I have never felt sorrier for any person than I did for our new priest. He has only been here since July, he is only the messenger....oh man he does not have a fun job! He definitely did not ask to be sent here, to a parish with an old falling down building. The people were not overly kind to him, and I did feel horrible for him. In the end, I think we will be exploring building new church, as renovations have already been done to no good ending in the old building. That being said, I am sad, because they just don't build neat old churches like ours any more. My grandparents funerals, 4 of our children's baptisms, and all of our older kids first Communions were in that church, it holds a lot of memories. At least we will be moving forward and not disbanding, at least that is the plan for now.
After church, we had Langsgiving. It was awesome to see most of my cousins, and their families. The family has grown so much and there were babies and little kids running everywhere! I distinctly remember when our girls were born, Jim told me he had never really been around babies much....I don't remember a time when someone didn't have a baby to snuggle with! I have a lot to be thankful for. Especially for Aunt Diane who took a lot of time assembling a recipe book with all of grandma's recipes typed neatly (with actual measurements, not things like a drop or a spoonful). I can't wait to make some Dochin!!
The kids had a great time playing football with their cousins. Jim played for a while too, which is what I think prompted the need for ibuprofen before he went to bed tonight!
After the family fun, we watched Preston's flag football finale game. His team played really great, and he had a great coach and a fun team!
He played quite a bit of quarterback, and really seems to enjoy that position! He had a great season. (Preston is the one with the purple hoodie under his shirt).
Despite the fact that his coach is a Nebraska fan, he is a great coach and Preston learned a lot!
Now we are officially done sitting at outdoor sports until spring! And for that I am truly thankful!!
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