Fundraising Fun

4th, 5th, 6th April

Thursday night the Kinsey's spoiled us with a wonderful Middle East Feast. Tabbouleh, lamb kofta, falafel, the works. It was a fantastic night for food, but no so fantastic for calorie consumption. The boys went out and bought fancy desserts to share with everyone as a way of saying thanks to them - so we shared Drumsticks and Lemon Meringue Pie together.

Friday we fixed our hot water system. Yay no more cold showers. That was a win. Then Lana and I went to Costco to buy supplies for the youth group camp fundraising BBQ we were having on Sunday at church. We discovered that aside from plastic knives and forks, all the food is actually cheaper to purchase at Aldi, so we felt like the trip to Costco was a waste for buying supplies, but a great way to hang out together.

Friday night was the last night of youth group for the term. I played a game with the group called "Bring me the best..." and that went well - I will have to remember it for camp and for future! I always struggle to come up with good games, so trying to keep a record of them somewhere for future use.

Saturday I went to Aldi and bought the rest of the youth group supplies. Erin invited the girls over for dinner and a movie, which was awesome. She made pesto pumpkin pizzas with brie - and I ate way too many! It was so tasty. We watched Mean Girls and hung out with Jek and Helen.

Sunday was church, the day of the fundraiser! I was super encouraged to see how many kids were so enthusiastic, and how many kids pitched in to help. We had the youth group boys come early to help set up, the junior youth serving sausages and sauce and salad to people at church, the senior girls chipped in with the clean up, the boys were all on the barbecues - it just ran as smooth as I had hoped for and I was so thankful to God for it. Our youth are a huge blessing to us.

After church Soong and I went for a drive in my car, and he practiced driving manual. He can drive a manual, just prefers not to all the time. But I'm glad he knows how to do it!

Sunday night we went and had dinner with Dad and Grace and spent some time there chatting with them.

Monday I stayed home from work and went to the doctors again. This cough is back and won't go away but my doctor thinks it should disappear this week sometime. So I spent all of Monday watching Buffy and Angel - such great shows!