This weekend was a good one. As I said before, the Hurleys came up and stayed with us which was so much fun. They have 3 kids; Nathan (6), Elli (4), and Asher (2). They are pretty much the most interactive kids for their age you have ever met, for instance Asher doesn't really say many words yet, but he understand literally 90% of the questions you ask him. Nathan on the other hand will often ask you how your day was, as well as attempt to solve any problems you might be wondering about. Jon and Kerin, the parents, are pretty great too.
They came up Saturday around noon. Once they got here we all spent some time putting together some food for a picnic and took off for Falls Park. There was a little debate about whether we should go to Cleveland Park or Falls Park, but since the Hurleys haven't really spent any time in Greenville, Falls Park was an obvious choice. The rain held off, and it was quite pleasant downtown. The Reedy River is pretty low, so there isn't too much water falling over the falls, but the park is still an ideal area for Saturday general enjoyment.
After lunch we drove through downtown a little and then came home and hung out for a while. Thanks to lunch I missed the Clemson game, and it is probably good for my health that I did. Remember how I just posted about Clemson being mediocre every year? Well...
See my very factual facebook group entitled "How long is Tommy Bowden's Contract Again?" for more details. We are on our 3rd year now, and I am expecting a membership spike real soon.
So anyways, I started making dinner around 5 which consisted of chicken, baked potatoes, corn, and rolls. Something didn't work quite right with my chicken. Everything tasted fine, but the chicken was a little bland. I am capable of much better, so I was a little disappointed. Kristi made some delicious angel food cake for dessert (with strawberries of course), so that made up for the bland chicken.
We were able to hang out and have some great conversation with Jon and Kerin after dinner when the kids went to bed. All joking aside, they really are one of our favorite families, and we miss seeing them on a regular basis.
After everyone went to bed I watched some recaps of the crazy football day and also watched Alabama stomp Georgia. I love to see good coaches come in and turn around teams. Remember how down and out Alabama was a few years ago before Saban came in? I think they were 6-6 or something, and that was like 2 or 3 years ago. I must say they look pretty solid these days.
As usual I got up early and got to church by 7:15 today. When I got in, Joe and Brad were trying to troubleshoot a ground loop in the bass guitar rig so I helped a little with that. Ground loops are frustrating. After that I cleaned up the stage a little and then was the "shader" for the services this morning. This involved playing the videos, controlling the irises for the cameras, and turning the rear screen on and off for lyric display (I sometimes forget the latter). The announcement video was pretty hilarious today. I'm not sure if it's because I didn't help with the taping this time, or because it was really that funny. I think it was probably a combination of both. Oh yeah, and the stage looked really cool. They couldn't use any of the cans that I put on stands, which was kind of disappointing, but they were able to use the movers on the sails, and it still looked cool. Joe took some really great pictures and posted them on his blog (http://www.resurfacedblog.com/). You really should take a second and look at the setup. I think we may leave the sails up for a little while.
After the services the Hurleys, the Boyds, and Kristi and I went to Atlanta Bread Company. That was fun, but afterwards we had to say goodbye to the Hurleys as they left for Columbia. I'm sure we will see them again soon.
Tonight Kristi and I went to community group, which was fun. It seemed like everyone was still working some of the awkwardness out as far a sharing goes, but I think people will open up as time goes on. There is this one guy in the group that is into the stock market and was telling me that Wachovia is going to rebound big time this week because it dropped so far before the bailout came into play. I thought that sounded really interesting, so I talked to him a little about trading and then when I came home I registered for a TD Ameritrade account. Unfortunately if you direct deposit funds from your checking there is a large minimum, and I was only going to use just a little bit of my allowance from this month to see how everything works. Oh well, at least I have my account now, and I may save a little of my allowance and mail it in. The stock market really intrigues me. At times like this it also makes me happy I'm not an investor. All Kristi and I have right now is her 401k, which has pretty much been tanking ever since we got it (last year). I feel old just talking about this stuff.
After community group we came home and I watched a little football before bed time. What a great weekend, a little tiring, but great. I think the only one that didn't enjoy it was Lucy. She doesn't like kids, so she pretty much growled and barked for 2 days straight...how annoying. At least she's worn out now....good night!
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