Busy, Busy, Busy: Days 14, 15, and 16

I've been keeping busy the last few days and the next few are no different. Fortunately for me and my blog, most of it has been very positive.

Day 14

On Sunday, we went to church where Pastor Bob helped us celebrate Mother's Day. I enjoy church so much because there are many things I emotionally connect with, one of them being when we sing or especially when the women sing on stage. They have such beautiful voices and you can tell they are not just singing the Lord's praises just because we're at church and that's what they're supposed to do. They are singing to Him. It's a wonderful thing. We sang the mom's favorite songs and when we sing the songs that have different parts for the women and the men, I like to just stop and listen once in a while. I'm sure not everyone, including myself, have good singing voices, but together it's an awesome experience.

After church we went to my mom and dad's, had some taco salad and dad helped the kids practice their golf swings. They both seem to enjoy it and we'll be going out to the range in a few days.

After that, we went to Kim's mom and dad's, had more salad, roast beef and potatoes. It's always fun being around Kim's family. The chatter is friendly, the kids have fun and there's usually food :).

I've been wanting to talk to Dennis and Jennifer about spiritual guidance since the first day I asked Adam about getting to know God better a few months ago. Dennis was washing dishes with Kim, and Jennifer was feeding the baby, but since she was alone, I asked her if I, or Kim and I, would be able to get spiritual guidance from her and Dennis. She said we would, and Dennis would be especially good at that. I was happy with that answer and began to walk away so she could have a little bit of privacy, but she still had something to say. I listened and walked away again, but she still wasn't done. In doing so, she made me very glad I asked. She called Dennis over and we spoke for some time. I'm hoping we can have them over soon.

Day 15

Immediately after work, we had to go to Colton's practice where his team was going to scrimmage with another. He didn't get to pitch, but he had some good at-bats and played well in the field. We went home and I played some poker for a bit. As I was sitting in the chair, Kim came and gave me a kiss. Not just any kiss, either. It was a fairly big kiss, followed by a couple smaller ones and then a final one that lasted about a second and a half long than the middle two. She said "Love you." and walked away. I'm so lucky. Thank you, Lord.

I won the tournament, by the way, due in no small part to The Kiss.

Day 16

We had our bi-annual audit at work and it went well. The auditor came into the lab, which they hadn't done last time, and asked me some questions. We're asked not to give more information then asked, so this was on my mind the whole time, and Dick said I answered his questions "perfectly". I got to leave a bit earlier than normal, where I had to get ready for the Piston game.

The Piston game was a very good time. Orlando kept it close for most of the game, but the Pistons pulled it out in the end. Colton always make these games fun. He always tries his hardest to have a good time. When the crowd gets really loud, he likes to scream at the top of his lungs. When they were introducing Orlando, he probably had the loudest "BOOOOO" in our section if not the arena. Unfortunately for him, it takes a lot out of him, and by the end of the game, he's pretty worn out. I pulled him up during one part late in the game where everyone was standing up. This pulled him out of his little funk, and he pulled me up the next time. We talked most of the way home, and I was surprised he didn't fall asleep. He asked if he could "Pleeeeease" read his book when we got home. Even though I knew it'd be very late when we got home, I hate to tell him no when he's asking to read. If it was T.V. or video games, that's one thing, but if your kid asks you if he can read, how can you say no :)?