Crazy-Busy Weekend, Part 2

(See post below for Part 1)

It’s always a balancing act to get ready and out the door on Sunday morning in time for church. This past Sunday was more challenging than usual as we wouldn’t be returning home until the evening and had to pack gifts, clothes, food and directions for an event later in the day.

Bryanna was reading a lesson for the first time during the church service and it was a looong one! (Isaiah 61: 1-4 and 8-11). She did fantastically well – clear, loud, and confident (and there are some hard words in that reading!) I think she was overwhelmed with the number of people who came up to thank her afterward for the lovely job she did.

Then we raced over to the church gym to join the rest of the Club Matt children’s program in practicing for the final Christmas pageant being held next week (Sunday, December 21, 10:00 am).

The kids are a hoot and the pageant is a puppet show that has been filmed and edited over the last few weeks and will be shown to the congregation on Sunday. If you’re in the neighbourhood of St. Matthew's, feel free to drop by!

THEN, after church, we got back in the car and headed to Ancaster for our annual Christmas get-together with friends from Bryanna’s china travel group 70 (the reason for the baking I did on Saturday). Knowing this was the final event in our busy weekend, I gratefully accepted a glass of wine from our hosts and collapsed onto a chair for a lovely afternoon…

...the kids played, the adults chatted, we all filled ourselves with a wonderful meal and then sat back and enjoyed watching the kids open and exclaim over their gifts.

When we finally returned home, B. finished up some homework and Cassidy coloured. Later while B. played online with a new Webkinz, Cassidy and I watched Rudolph on television while I finished up my Christmas cards.

This was probably the busiest weekend of our Christmas season this year, but at the end of it all, I felt a warm glow…we had spent time with family and friends, the kids had had a great time, our home was warm and cozy and filled with twinkling lights and music, and in another week I will be on vacation for a nice long stretch.

Ahhh. All is right with the world.

L.