Two Places

As a friend of mine says, last night I had to put on my super hero cape and figure out how to be in two places at the same time. Ella concluded her year of Awanas last night with a brief program and awards ceremony. Dave organized a much anticipated Council vs. Youth Group softball game. Both events went from 6:30 to 8:00.

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I decided, obviously, Ella was the priority. So first stop was for her. It was cute to watch her and her Awanas buddies in their blue vests running around the sanctuary. Then we all sat down to do pledges and hear each age group stand on stage and sing a song/recite a verse. Ella received a certificate and a book. Since her group, the Cubbies, is the youngest, they got to go first and we were able to slip out early.

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Half the fun of Awanas for Ella was the carpool she shared with her buddy Jared each Wednesday night. Experiencing "Cubbies" together each week bonded them even more. Jared cried when we snuck out early.

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Then off to the ball field, just minutes away (small town geography helped immensely in my Super Mom duties last night!) Dave's youth group plays softball against another CRC's youth group every year. The rivalry was getting a tad unhealthy, though, so Dave came up with this new plan to give everyone a much more fun time. The competition was fierce-- and it began last Sunday when Pastor Bruce, from the pulpit, invited the congregation "to come witness our high schoolers learn a lesson in humility and prowess!" Many of the students' dads are Elders and Deacons so the family rivalry was running high. It was awesome to see a huge crowd from the church come out the ball field to cheer on their favorite side. As it turns out, the youth group did have to taste defeat, but we were all winners for sharing a night of laughter and fellowship!

Delia was SO into the game. She never took her eyes off Dave and waved at him exclaiming, "Daddy throw ball!" each time he was in the field. Dave was the pitcher for his youth group.

It was a chilly night, we giggled with Jetta's girls over how many VMs we could get to fit under my one blankie (I think we had 8 at one point!).
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I'm bragging about my powers in getting us to hit two events in an hour and a half, but really it's my family I'm so proud of. Dave planned a phenomenal event that someone told us was "great for our church" and Ella completed a whole year of lessons and verse memorizing and can tell us all about sin and Jesus and heaven.