Spring Break Recap

Kids always think Spring Break is such fun, especially when an extra day is tacked on.  Yes, the elusive "100 Year Flood" struck Lowndes County, providing a bonus day to their break.  Never mind what that extra day does to a parent's nerves....  Actually, it wasn't too bad.  Everyone was well (yay) and well behaved.  We never reached the point of running them all out of the house just for a moment of silence.

On Thursday, we loaded up for Orlando and Lads to Leaders.  It was a good convention, much better than last year, at least for us.  Last year was just utter chaos.  We literally pulled up in time for Friday night's big gathering last year.  Going down on Thursday made a huge difference.  The kids all did their speeches and song leading, and they all did very well.  Congrats to Benjamin on his second place speech.  As far as good times go, though, the high points of the trip was also the simplest.  On Thursday night we loaded up and went to Olive Garden with Ryan, Nikki, and Carla (and all the kids).  Olive Garden was horrible, but the 2 1/2 hour ordeal was worth getting to spend some quality time with our good friends.  Then, in the mornings, several of us guys met and drank coffee.  I can't remember who all participated in that, but I know that at one point or another, Clark, Mark, Jubie, Ryan, Charlie Copeland, and Mike Johnson showed up.  Throw in a couple of quick trips to Sea World on Thursday and Saturday afternoons, and all in all, not a bad little trip.

That is not to say, however, that it was not without its difficulties.  Emma ran a fever all night Thursday, then had quite the upset little tummy.  And it stayed upset until this past Wednesday morning.  I had a touch of the bug on Friday, Stacy on Saturday and Sunday, Shelby on Sunday night, and now Benjamin.  Of all of us though, Benjamin has been by far the most affected.  It is no fun to be sick, but especially on your birthday!  He did, however, get what he wanted for his birthday.

This week has been filled with the usual craziness.  We just started getting Emma better, then Benjamin gets it.  I've been doing (or at least trying to do) a lot of catch-up work.  Last night was week 5 of this quarter at Georgia School of Preaching, and on that subject, let me a quick shout out to Paul Copeland for teaching for me last week.  And getting ready to head back to Florida.  This ought to be an interesting trip.

One more note to add.  We now have a refrigerator raider.  Four kids, and we finally got a refrigerator raider.  I haven't managed to get a picture of her yet, but she just opens that door up and gets whatever she wants.  I will keep working to capture that.