Wonderful Sunday

 When the night was over and a new morning arrived I was so glad to realize it was Sunday and almost everything was ready for the day. Mark went for a walk while I prepared breakfast. We thought about leaving early to wash Mark's car as it is really dusty again but instead just drove my car to church. What a blessed day we had in church. When mom and I went into church we saw David walking up in his black suit coat knew at that point he was probably going to have the morning message. This was so interesting. He explained parables in a way I had never thought of. I learned so much listening. If you would like to watch this message click HERE. Karen and Ralph Hoffstetter served lunch today. What a treat that was, she had home made chicken salad along with ham and cheese sandwiches, all kinds of vegetables and all kinds of home baked goodies. Karen is probably the best cook in the entire Peoria church, at least for serving huge groups of people. The afternoon message was by Mike Kaisner, one of my favorite stories of when Sennacherib threatened Hezekiah in 2 Kings 18 and 19. Great story, read it yourself or watch Mike's message by clicking HERE. After church we had 28 for dinner, just missing 2 of the family but had 4 others join us. The grandchildren were pleased to be back together. I had plenty of help getting the water cups filled and ready. 

The little girls play so nice together.

Zeke found the  boy toys.

The older boy cousins, Jack, Jace, Israel and Abe were active and play great together. They were out in the gym so no pictures as I was getting supper ready in the kitchen area. We had chicken teriyaki, wild rice, salad, just baked biscuits with jam and butter and home grown delicious sweet water melon from Jill and Bob Gangloff's garden. For dessert we had brownies and ice cream. The evening was quite nice so the group went out to play volley ball, some of the grand children swam or played on the playground. The older kids took turns driving the golf cart giving the younger kids rides around the neighborhood. Below are some pictures of the evening.

At one point we had 5 dads watching babies so their wives could play. Caleb was letting Emily play, Tyler was letting Samantha play, Nolan was letting Sarah play, David Jacob was letting Leah play, and Lee was letting Rhoda play.

These young fathers are so thoughtful and willing.

Braelyn was the hero in the video as she dove twice and saved the point.

The sun sets early now so they needed to turn the lights on for the last game.

I needed to go back into the barn to put away the left over food but had to stop and take a picture of Sally grazing as the sky was turning colors.

What a wonderful Sunday and I am thankful.