The Weekend

On Saturday we took a little hike at a state park. The weather was lovely. We rested by the creek--the boys played in the mud, then Q forced us all to try a corn-hole-like game that he invented. 

After that we headed straight to the church fundraiser, which focused on tacos--it's amazing to see the transition from when we first arrived and it was a dying all-white (and white haired event). I wondered how it could persist when no one is interested in it. Now it is lively and brings together the different demographic groups that make up our church. A great improvement. Someone bought our dinners, which was embarrassingly kind. The boys loved riding the mechanical bull, Blaze loved the bouncy house, and the pinatas were the absolutely highlight: All the kids dove on the candy in a frankly terrifying pile. (Also I repeatedly pulled the boys back to leave room for the person swinging a long stick, and Blaze was still hit in the head pretty good.)

On Sunday, we had two colleagues and their young child over for a brunch feast. The little one really loved our cars. It was fun to have a toddler around.