Field Day 2015

Today was a jam-packed sort of day, and it all started out with what you see above:  the annual Field Day for the school.  There's Madison with some of her classmates - and a giant eagle named Cheshire, or something like that.  He's the school mascot, one who spent the day dancing in this small area to a lot of songs the kids have been listening to lately.  It was a great morning, and the temperature was just right, only getting really hot later on in the afternoon.  There were plenty of relay races and inflatables and snow cones and different activities to keep everyone entertained the whole morning!

And here's Madison in her camouflage relay race, pretty much the reason why her team won.  While others were struggling to get their gear on and off again, Madison was showing how it's done.  This may be because of all the costumes she has at home, but seriously, she did this so fast you could consider her a quick-change artist.  Her team won the relay race, and sat there waiting several minutes for the other teams to finally finish!

She had a fantastic morning.  Field Day is always a fun day, and it's good to see her diving in to compete with all the others, not afraid of anything.  Madison has a boldness that Daddy did not in 2nd grade, and I can't express how delighted we are about that.

So after visiting with Madison, we had a little of this:

Pastor Lance, Nana and Ba-Ba were talking about playing a game of tennis for some time now, and finally our schedules made it work.  Or, at least we squeezed that time in ourselves.  There was mulch to get, a field day, and lots of work to do a the office.  But we made some time to have a great tennis match in the morning.  Incidentally, Lance and Nana won the game against Ba-Ba and Daddy, although it was close:  6-5.

Daddy did get pretty sunburned today though.  That wreaked havoc upon the rest of the day, which was spent at the office.  There is so much to do for Summer Xtreme and Weird Science - we just had lots to accomplish.  We filmed a video in there too, along with writing and keynotes and all the things that make Sunday's upcoming service better.  There's a lot squeezed into that Sunday, and we're excited about that.

But one thing we did not mention is the day itself:  Mommy's birthday.  Today is the day!  She had a very pleasant day, doing quite a bit of gardening with her parents once the tennis match was over.  It didn't get too hot until later, so they were able to accomplish quite a bit.  It's still a work in progress, but we might have a pretty nice looking front yard by this time next week.  As for the birthday celebrations, those will have to wait just a little bit.  Daddy and Madison will probably do something there, but until then, that'll be top secret, hush-hush.

So goodbye again to May 8th.  This may have been said before, but it is the anniversary of Mommy and Daddy's first date.  We went to the 57th Fighter Group restaurant towards Atlanta, where Daddy had a rose waiting.  It was a pretty epic moment, as far as those go.  We talked for a LONG time while there, obviously the start of something that would change both of our lives.  It was just what she wanted for her birthday - she prayed for someone to give her a rose and take her out.  Daddy didn't know that prayer, but had a rose for her anyway, one waiting at the restaurant.  The food was great, the view was nice, and the evening unforgettable.  All of this now seventeen years ago... on this very day.