Labor Day Weekend

We had a fun Labor Day weekend. Thursday night, Shane's parents came up and stayed with Elizabeth on Friday and Friday night. I had to go in for a faculty meeting (Friday is my day with Elizabeth), and then that night we had a dinner for the faculty in my department and so Shane and I went to that. We had a good time and almost went to the movies afterwards to take advantage of our time, but we wouldn't have gotten home until well after 1 p.m., and I can't make those late nights anymore now that I get up by 6 a.m. every day.

Saturday, we drove to Temple for a family reunion with my dad's side of the family. We had a great time seeing everyone and visiting with people. I did find out that it's a small world because my cousing Lyndsay is dating a guy (Jeremy Sprott--any of you remember him?!) who attended ACU with me my freshman year. But I got to see them, so that was neat.

The kids had a good time playing around. The dessert table was right at their level, so Elizabeth kept sneaking chocolate and cookies and other goodies. Ha! They also had a good time playing in the cemetery out behind the church. Elizabeth even saw some pretty flowers and picked them up and took off running. My sister Kim got a really funny picture of it, and the memory makes me giggle.

After that, we came back home with my parents and my brother Kurt's kids. They spent the night with us and Elizabeth enjoyed hanging out with Nana and Teddy and Jackson and Shaelyn. She couldn't stop telling Teddy, "Teddy, look at my BIG GIRL PANTIES!" over and over and over. I also discovered that she's a little sensitive. Shaelyn was going to sleep in her room with her and then at the last minute she wanted to sleep in Nana's room. So, we moved the pallet to the other room and Elizabeth couldn't stop crying. I went up to check on her because I could tell she was so distraught and I asked her what the matter was and she said, "I want Shaelyn to sleep in my room." It really hurt her feelings that Shaelyn didn't want to sleep with her. I told her that she was probably scared and wanted Nana, but it didn't seem to help. Poor girl!

It sure is interesting getting 3 kids who are 2 and under ready for church on Sunday. I always get Elizabeth ready by myself because Shane goes up to the building really early, but it's very different with 3. Mom and I barely made it in time (but Teddy was able to make 2 coffee runs in the meanwhile!!). Ha!

Elizabeth's new thing is to break out into song right now. I mentioned that she loves to sing, but this has gone to even new levels lately. Her favorite song right now is "Jesus loves me." What's interesting is that when she sings it, she SCREAMS the words. She was even so loud in church on Sunday that our song leader ended up changing the closing song to "Jesus loves me" because "out of the mouths of babes" and "we should all think such pure, sweet thoughts as children." Too funny. I think Elizabeth is going to be a HUGE asset to us with church planting. She has no qualms about talking about Jesus...or shouting out songs as we walk around the neighborhood. :)