We make a point to have one restful day each week, which works out to be Sundays for most of the family. Yesterday, however, was busy!
We all attend the first service at our church on Sunday mornings, but Silas always stays to work for several hours. Devon stayed for extra services yesterday to help in the grade school class, Tyler headed to Isaac's home, and Naomi was out of town on a church trip with other junior high kids. So Tim and I headed home without any little Ws. He left a short time later to collect firewood and I worked on stuff around the house.
Picked up Tyler a few hours later. He had a blast and Mindy sent me this picture of the two boys laughing together. I love it!
I had somewhere to be and Tyler obviously can't stay home alone, so I dropped him off at the church with Silas and Devon. Off I went to meet Sarah at Brown's Ferry Park. We hadn't hung out in way too long, so it was wonderful to spend a few hours walking to Starbucks for cold drinks, hitting the trails, and sitting on a bench overlooking the river while we chatted about life. Spending time with a friend and enjoying the beautiful weather was a perfect way to spend an afternoon. If only I'd thought to get a picture!
Meanwhile, the boys all went out to meet Tim to help with firewood. They worked all afternoon and were almost done unloading when I got home about 9:30 last night. They'd also collected some on Saturday, so this is the state of our driveway today.
I'm really thankful for all the hard work the Ws guys did with firewood over the weekend. Now to start chopping, stacking, and researching wood stoves!
My time with Sarah came to an end so that I could pick up Naomi, but I found out upon arrival at the church that their bus had broken down and they were going to be late. I didn't want to head all the way back home and it was past dinner time, so I accepted an offer to eat some of the mountains of pizza they already had waiting for the kids. I posted on Facebook that I was heading to Cold Stone, but no one was able to join me. That's fine, though. I had a gift card, my dairy-free kid wasn't around, and I don't mind eating alone. Ice cream was meant to be, whether people were with me or not!
Drove back to the church and spent half an hour walking laps around the hilly parking lot while I waited for the bus to arrive. Walking those laps is something I enjoy doing when I have time to kill, so it was nice to get an unexpected chance to get exercise while watching the sun set, seeing deer, and hearing the frogs and birds making all their noises.
Naomi (and her pretty arm) eventually made it back to the church, so I stuck around a bit while she and a friend we gave a ride to scarfed down some pizza before we took off.
All 6 Ws were home. Exhausted people went to bed. Hungry people ate. Filthy people showered. Tim left early for work this morning, but the rest of us slept 10-12 hours to recuperate from our not-so-mellow, but still really good Sunday.
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