Mother's Day

It's Mother's Day, and to that effect, we had Pastor Lance honoring Mommy in front of the whole congregation.  Here's a picture taken half-way back in the auditorium.

It was more of a story about faith, about Mommy's determination to beat cancer, about her goal of getting Madison and living - not dying.  She did all that, and stands victorious, and testifies to this day about God's healing power, and about the importance of never giving up.

You can see a bit of our Weird Science set here, but we'll be posting more pictures of that later, along with all of our cast in lab jackets.  This morning's skit was pretty fun, with lots of optical illusions to help illustrate that our eyes can trick us.  Of course, we were setting everyone up for "we walk by faith, not by sight."

But along the way, there were some other great gags, including a chili recipe that rivals all the great scientist recipes in the past, including Isaac Newton's Chili Blast-Off recipe of 1719, and Einstein's Theory of Chili Relativity.

After church, we went over to Nana and Ye-Ye's house to celebrate birthdays and Mother's Day, of course.  We had a big meal, and exchanged presents, and just generally had a good time.  It was plenty of time spent together, talking and enjoying each other's company.  Uncle Dave was not there, which was fine because it isn't Father's Day or his birthday.  More importantly, he needs to rest as he has some big procedures this week, dealing with the diagnosis he's been dealt with in the past few weeks.

The cousins performed a funny version of "When I'm 64" for Ye-Ye, as this was the year he was in fact 64.  And Mommy had this splendid strawberry pie that was just awesome, visually and of course how it tasted.  She put some effort into this thing, and it turned out simply stunning.  To say we enjoyed it was an understatement - Mommy really outdid herself.

We got home, and popped in Disney Infinity again for a short time.  We had Ronan the Accuser and Yondu to test out, which we did.  This got us thinking about Ronan the Accuser as a kid, which is probably when he first got that nickname.  Apparently, his friends were always pulling pranks, and Ronan was the first one to point the finger and say, "He did it!"  And from that moment on, he was known as Ronan the Accuser.  True story.

Madison went to bed, and for our continued research for our space themed series upcoming, we watched "The Reluctant Astronaut."  Never one to throw away ideas, Daddy had his notepad with him, getting ideas for skits and messages.  It's a fun movie, but so are most of the ones Don Knotts was in.  Don't expect a masterpiece, of course. But it was a pleasant diversion for Mommy and Daddy, who were quite exhausted from the day, and ready for a movie, and then a good night's rest…