Happy Happy Birthday Rachel dear!

Happy Birthday to this gorgeous girl! Glad it was such a great day! Love you! (Emily)

WHAT TO BRING FOR THE RETREAT ON FRIDAY!

Remember to bring:

* A FAVORITE THING--but bring EIGHT NOT SEVEN 

    because we will box up one of everything and send it to Tracy. 

* SWIMMING SUIT for sauna and hot tub.

* Either, A SLEEPING BAG, a KING-SIZE SHEET, OR
   just SLEEP IN THE BEDS there and wash and dry the sheets before you go. Also bring a PILLOW, and a TOWEL.

* A FAVORITE GAME FOR SEVEN TO PLAY, OR EIGHT,

* A FAVORITE MOVIE YOU THINK EVERYONE WOULD
   LIKE for late-ish Friday night. (if no consensus, we'll vote.)

Dynamic d'Evegnees

Getting home from Church at noon increases not only the time we have for family play, but apparently it sends our kids' imaginations into a new dimension where costumes roam free and super-hero-powers come alive.

A few Sundays ago the kids were playing downstairs while I was causing a wave of domestic destruction in the kitchen and preparing Sunday dinner. When I went downstairs I found them in a huddle of heroic proportions, collectively fighting off galactic bad guys en masse. They had already created the cast of characters, complete with the description of their super-powers and a plot for their upcoming movie (which is still in negotiations with the producers--aka the parents who own the expensive equipment).

The names, the powers, and the costumes were all their own--I'm just the lady that brought it to the big screen!