Peachoids and Pants

Today was the end of the fast, and the beginning of chocolate!  For weeks, this snowman lollipop thing was taunting us in the pantry.  Let's just say he isn't taunting anymore!

In church this morning, we had a special service where we prayed for all the kids - it was a "Miracle Prayer Service," the annual service to conclude our twenty-one day fast.  This morning, they finally announced a new church building in Spartanburg, South Carolina.  So now there are four Free Chapel churches.  We've helped out a lot at Gwinnett, and haven't been to the OC location yet.  The Spartanburg location is a little over two hours away, just up the road from here.  I can't tell you a single thing to do in that area, other than drive by.  No doubt we'll be heading up there soon, so I suppose there'll be more to learn about in the region as the days go by.  Presently, the only thing I know about is Gaffney's big peach.  That's a little further up the road, right next to the interstate.  Each time we made the long trip up north - or the long trip down here, we'd pass by the big peach.  And all of us would look out our windows at the glorious huge majestic sphere.

Or rather, it's sort of a sphere.  It's actually called a Peachoid.  Or rather, it is the Peachoid.  It is 135 feet tall and holds a million gallons, and looms over the horizon as you drive along the highway.  There is a certain humor about this structure that I'm not going to dive into here, but recently the thing has been featured on a major television show and suddenly everyone knows about the Peachoid.  Now that we have a small reason to head up in that direction, you can assume we'll have a picture of Madison in front of the Peachoid.  That will be only the start though - I cannot wait to introduce her to the crazier side of American tourism.  We've seen it all, from Wall Drug to the House on the Rock to South of the Border.   Great stuff!

After church, Madison and Daddy assembled Cloud Cuckoo Land, which launched an afternoon in a serious LEGO direction, where we played with the toys for a bit, and then played the "The LEGO Movie" video game on a quest for pants.  This is a bonus thing to find on each level, and so we're quite dedicated to finding all the pants in the game.  For one, each pair of pants gives the wearer a unique ability or characteristic.  Secondly, we'll finally have the answer to the age-old question, "Where's My Pants?"  We added to the LEGO character collection today in a serious way today, with Emmet and Wyldstyle - but also this one here:

Unikitty is back in style, pretty much the only character that Madison played as in the game.  And she'll have a big part in the message that Daddy is preaching this upcoming Sunday.  Tied to the Vikings, the theme is berserker, and there is this scene in "The LEGO Movie" where Unikitty pretty much berserk.  It'll be fun to share with everyone.

Meanwhile, the Northeast is bracing for a blizzard.  No snow here, of course.  But we're wet. And cold.  That's just perfectly lovely, isn't it?  That's my sarcastic voice there.  In all things, it could be worse, of course.

It's been a good weekend.  Daddy is amazingly stressed about the Easter play, something he's been working on this weekend quite a bit.  He's given himself a self-imposed deadline of this weekend to finish the script, but it is coming along nicely thus far.  The stress comes from the weight of importance.  It's a big message.  With God's help, we'll have it done right.  We can't do it without Him!