Closing Day

This morning's service from "Elevate" was probably the best of the series, as we figured out who the Yeti was, Scoobie-Doo style.  The path was cleared to go up and down the mountain, and everyone's acclimated and ready to march up to the top!

Obviously there was more to the service than just our little play.  We had an incredible worship service, and you can see Pastor Lance speaking here at the end.  It is incalculable how valuable this is to a parent to see this sort of service to our kids.  It really is the best children's service on the planet, and I don't even have to think about this a moment.  Nothing can top this.

After service... the set was dismantled.  A lot of the snow pieces will show up again soon at Brenau with the "Frozen" production as a backdrop for photos, but it was great seeing Madison on stage helping out with the other kids, all of them - along with volunteers and staff - carrying out the various pieces off the stage and to either a truck, or to Daddy's office.

We got home and did some piano, catching up there a bit.  But speaking of closing up things, we ended the Lara Croft game today, a co-op game that we've been working together on and off for the last few weeks.  Related, there's a Lara Croft movie coming out soon, but I'm not 100% about it presently, if Madison can see it or not.  We'll know as we get closer.  She really enjoyed this game though, anxious to play it each time she had a chance.

Tonight was a rebroadcast of the Olympic Closing Ceremonies, so there was a bit of closing going on today, wasn't there?

It happened this morning, but because of the time difference, we watched it all tonight, and it was special as always.  The drone technology is amazing, and slightly scary to be honest.  The imagery was beautiful, and the presentation by the Chinese and the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games was amazing.  We remember Beijing in 2008, having personally been there just shy of the Summer Olympics.  The Olympic Ceremonies there set the standard that all the Olympic Games since have tried to match.  No pressure there!

Anyway, we watched this tonight, and there's always a bittersweet sort of spirit.  The next time the Winter Games come, Madison will be 15.  Yikes!