Reflections from a weekend full of love

- Gracie was AWESOME. We had a blast and I will never forget what fun it was to spend time with the youngest Kimpton. We underestimate her. She was tremendous help all weekend - practically making all the lasagna, playing the computer to keep herself occupied, always remembering how to feed the pets or let out Buddy, scanning the groceries.

-Goofy conversation with Gracie at midnight to 2am while we drove home to the light of the full moon! So long since I was up at that time!


- She is capable of more than she probably gets to do because she's the youngest. I told Em she was born to be an only child :)

- "there were quite a lot of people in there" who says that at 6? :)

- I was so sad that she has such serious separation anxiety. In my typical fashion, I wanted to just fix it. But she was eventually okay going to Sunday school because a wonderful teacher stuck close to her.

- Finding the hot cocoa in the aisle was so fun! We bought the single packet and shared it after taking a shower and playing a game together in our pjs.

- She snuggled Gibson all under the covers when she went to bed and was sad that Buddy didn't join them too :)

- Emily and I had so much fun talking. Emily asked if I felt like when we got together - us or with Carrie or by herself with Mom if we practically ran out of breath saying all the things we don't get to say other times.

- Emily - "Are you going to at least put eyeliner on?" Ah yeah smarty, I just got up at oh-dark-thirty to work some before coming up to go with you to your dr's appt and thought I'd put it on in the car :)

- Laughed so many times. It was great seeing Sheri too - she's still as funny as ever.

- Awesome concert at Winter Jam 2010 - Third Day, Tenth Avenue North, Fireflight, Thousand Foot Krutch (can't believe my mom endured that one :)), Sidewalk Prophets, Robert Pierre, Revive. Just an excellent evening!

Only thing that would have made it better was having Carrie there. Good stuff. God stuff.

Some more photos

More confetti
The history of the band done on the catwalk.
Rising catwalk drums
Stage drums begin to rotate. See video in first post.

I love that Christ is not just a side order in their show. It's the main course. The song "I am Free" was the song they ended at both concerts.

And I love that the last words of the concert are

"I am free. The price has been paid."

Go Tour

Friday night I took Bob to his first Christian concert - at least his first as one of The Family :).

What a great time!!! Great music, great message and I got to share it with a great guy. Thanks twice to my sister Carrie and the Slusser family, I saw them in Indiana and thought Bob would really enjoy it. Carrie and I were talking about his birthday and I let her know that I was thinking about taking him to see them. They pitched in for his birthday and we decided to do it!! I thought the Newsboys put on a great show and I thought he'd appreciate it. And indeed he did!

http://bobmasterino.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-try-something-newagain.html Check out his preconcert and post concert reactions. Very impressive:)!

Article One's lead strings - a violin. I just love watching musicians that LOVE what they do.

Rush of Fools does "You Are," the song that he and the band did at church a month or so before.

Newsboys come out to "Shine" and two cannons full on confetti!! It was awesome being on the floor so close to all the action.
REALLY close when you consider the catwalk! Row G!

We just loved it. We had an awesome date night for sure! Thanks, Carrie, Dan, Emma and Hope!! And thanks to our Father who made the sharing possible on all fronts!!!

Newsboys Drum Stunt

It keeps getting loaded sideways because I took it sideways - that'll teach me not to do that. Oh and make sure to turn your sound down - the drums are irritating on the video. :)