Rockin' in the heat

Not sure if we were rockin' tonight, but it was hot...and loud! Praise band did an outdoor concert tonight. It was HOT! Here's the gang.

Did I mention it was hot? Also I'm nice and toasted on the right side. :) Some problems with the electronics, but we forged on through. Maybe the entire band should wear ball caps next Sunday. It's a good look for us don't you think?

Dusty was on photo duty tonight, so I think he snapped this one just for you Paul.

Nothing else was in the shot, just the pink lady!

Up late surfin' You Tube

Aaah the fun you can find on YouTube!

Tim Hawkins - Corporate Worship Songs

Just another Monday

Nothing really exciting to report guys. I spent part of this Monday how I spend a lot of Mondays. My house suffers from Post Weekend Stress Disorder and I usually spend some of Monday beating it back into submission. Today was no different. My knee is now 3 shades of purple and there is a 6-inch black and blue bruise on my leg where I caught the edge of the stairs. I could have posted a photo, but I really don't think that would add anything to your day. Hampster El Cinco has fresh bedding and will be reunited with his boy tomorrow. And after seeing the radar on tropical storm Edouard, I'm glad we're going to Florida next week and not now. Destin is not in the path of this storm, but maybe there will be better weather all around next week.

Adventures in stage diving and other random things

A rundown of our Sunday.

First - I attempted unsuccessfully to do my best mosh pit moves this morning. During practice before service I was walking across the church stage and rolled my foot out of my sandal. I know what you're thinking. This isn't the 1st time this summer, and when are you going to learn how to walk? I lost my balance and fell forward. Now normally I would have went down on my knees and caught myself. However I was about 1 foot from the end of the stage so when my hand went down....there was nothing....but steps. Needless to say I took a very ungraceful roll down the steps. Fortunately for me there was no one in the sanctuary except for the band. Sarah had left to make copies and came back in and found me sitting on the floor. When she asked what in the world happened my response was, "What we're NOT having the mosh pit during the 2nd service?" Then Mark informed me that usually you wait until someone is ready to catch you before you go diving off the stage. Good times! Here's the nice carpet burn I ended up with on my swollen knee.

Here's the little girls in Rachel's Sunday school class. They all wore their pink this morning. Too cute!

We had a pitch-in this evening before a meeting at the church. This was the dessert selection. Hmmm....seems like everyone had chocolate on the brain.

And this is for Bryson - Shadow pic. He likes to spend most of the day barricaded in his house. Aaron assures me that he does come out at night. I bet he'll be glad when you're back home B!

Summer Fun Contest

"Gotcha!"

I am entering this photo in the 5 Minutes for Mom Summer Fun Photo Contest. My brother catching someone off guard at a picnic with a water balloon.

MercyMe did a song just for me!

Well maybe not JUST for me. MercyMe has been doing something called Cover Tune Grab Bag on their blog for the past couple months. A couple months ago readers could request a song, any song, as long as it was clean. :) Then they took the suggestions and have been randomly choosing one and sitting down and singing it. The results have been quite hilarious. My suggestion was "Eye of the Tiger" paying homage to Dusty's Rocky fixation. Imagine my delight when I loaded up their blog last night and there it was. So check this out! And if you think this is funny head over to their blog - MercyMe S.L.O.B. (Spetacular League of Bloggers) and check out more Cover Tune Grab Bag!

He likes the night life...he likes to boogie!

Here you are, proof that Hamster El Cinco is alive and well. We thought Shadow might like a little party action, so we hooked him up with a lava lamp, party beads, and some party lights. You will notice that mp3 player at the bottom. It's playing "Hampster Dance", of course! :) We turned off all the lights except the party lights and turned on the music. I kid you not, the hampster ventured out almost immediately. He got a cool drink and ventured over to his wheel for a little while. Not running in the wheel, but climbing over it. Personally I think he was just trying to humor me, so I would leave him alone. I snapped the photo and then I took everything off the cage so he would be safe, and I did turn off the lava lamp so he wouldn't think he was being attacked by a ball of green radioactive goo. So Bryson, Shadow is doing well. He said that he hopes you're having fun and these Hackney people are a little strange, but he's having a good time. At least that's what I think he said, I don't speak fluent hampster.