Sunday, January 17, 2016

Stick to the Code!

Madison's reward for doing her piano this week was a couple power discs left with Daddy by none other than Spider-man himself.  Actually, he didn't get this discs - he got a cryptic note that looked like this:

IAFLRXYROQUVLZ
KWTSAINQTFRTNO
FLIPNMDHRSTOHE
DKQISDCHSIJPLDM
DOVNSTENBWEGW
CABLNARRIBMUED

And if you figured out that her first disc was by her alarm clock, you figured right.  She got one of those decoder things for Christmas, the ones where you write in blue and red and orange, and then look through a red 'decoder' to see only the blue letters.  Daddy remembers these when he was younger, and so when this came around for Christmas, we thought it would be fun to leave a couple notes just like the one above, scattered throughout the house in a scavenger hunt.

We had DISGUST this morning, and it was just a great service overall.  The bottom line was a simple one:  "Sin is disgusting."  But the characters were spot on, as were the movie clips that complimented the service.  We filmed kids this week, all so our POV character could interact with them and set up a situation for our main character to have to deal with.  It went really well, and Madison and the rest of the full crowd really seemed to enjoy the morning's service.

When we got home, we did some more cleaning of the house.  We're having to dismantle Christmas one area at a time, and with the events of last week, we're somewhat behind in that regard.  In fact, this might be the latest we've ever really made progress taking things down.

The weather, by the way, is getting colder.  And it is windier too.  That said, we were primarily indoors today, after church at least.  Madison was working on her piano a bit, as we said earlier, but she's also been very faithful to work on her fasting devotional.  It requires a bit more effort than simply reading, and she is quick to hit the computer and look up scriptures and ask questions of us to get the right answers for her booklet.  We're so very proud of her - she's got such a heart.

We closed the day out a little later, playing Disney Infinity 3.0 of course.  We've finished one playset, "Rise Against the Empire," and were also tackling "The Force Awakens" as well.  But there's a lot more to do with the game, as Madison has been spending some time building worlds with race tracks and obstacles.

We went to bed a little later tonight because we don't have to get up so early tomorrow.  But still, we were tired when we eventually did hit the sack.  It's been a full day, but most Sundays are when you consider how long we're at the church.  But we still had some fun when we got home, and tomorrow, we'll have more time together, and more fun on another day off.

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