Gorilla Party (Happening Upstairs)

Maddie took these photos this morning of our great service at KidPak - you can see Bailee holding the message in a bottle, the theme of the the morning, still part of our series "Castaway Cove," of course.  We were holding those matching cards above, the front side of those with pictures of Gilligan's Island characters, and the back with parts of the bottom line that kids tried to guess in the right order.  It was a solid morning, and lots of fun too!  

And afterwards, we had ourselves a gorilla party!

So the context is that there's been a KPTV video we've used occasionally for the last few years, one where there's gorillas at a party, and they love ham sandwiches.  Of course gorillas don't eat ham sandwiches.  Nor do they party.  But regardless, it is what it is, and in our upcoming Summer Xtreme skits and videos, we reference the gorilla party.  And as a bonus at the end of Summer Xtreme, we actually filmed ourselves after church today, having a gorilla party.  Or at least a party where Frank (that's me in a gorilla costume) attends with the others, partying and having ham sandwiches.  And there's also those creepy baby dolls too...

Anyway, it was fun.  We got that filmed, and then we went over to Chef Wang's to pick up some Chinese food to bring home for a celebration.  Another party?  Yes, we had a Gotcha Day celebration.  Today is Gotcha Day, and yes, that means it's been fourteen years now since we first met Maddie.  Wow.  

Mom had a red envelope for Maddie, and we got her a Funko Pop figure of Mulan (holding a sword, of course!).  And the rest of the day was relatively quiet compared to the earlier portions.  We watched the slide show of our trip to China and meeting Maddie, all of it seeming as if were someone else's life a long time ago.

And tonight we watched "Kung Fu Panda 4," which was fun.  I had the bar lowered on this one, and it leaped over that bar rather easily.  We enjoyed it.  Certainly not on the level of the first two movies, but it was still a good time.  

And that was Gotcha Day.  We read a little tonight, more stories from Jabba's Palace, and after that we said our prayers and got everyone tucked in.  It was a fun day, and now it's time for some rest!