When Mallory and Clara were here Tuesday, we made sweet potato casserole.  Here is Clara mixing up the topping.  It was yummy indeed!

When I got to Addie & Lee’s house yesterday to pick June and Mason up for church, they definitely had the seasonal spirit.  I got this quick picture of Mason before we headed back to the car.  Lovely!

Yesterday morning was a beautiful fall day for soccer. It was the jamboree in town, and we headed in to watched Clara play. When we got there she was just heading in to play goalie. Alas, I only get pictures when she misses the ball & lets the other team score, because otherwise I’m too busy cheering to think to take a picture :-/.

Next Saturday is Clara’s last game of the season, and it’s also our Haunted Trail Day, so I’m not sure if Jeff will be able to get to the game or not.  SO, I got Lindee to get this picture of our little soccer Wizard with us after the game.  She was in the middle of eating her post game snack, of course 🙂

Yesterday was Elise’s play at Rock Hill High, and Boo and I went yesterday morning to take Gran.  It was a special presentation of the play for some of the first graders from throughout the Rock Hill school district (alas, not Adam 🙁 ), but Elise got permission for us to also bring Gran, since she doesn’t go out after dark.  Here she is after the play, getting a big hug from our favorite Junior Rabbit 🙂

Then last night Jeff & I went back to see the play again with a very much older audience.  It was funny – I heard WAY more of the dialogue during the evening performance, but it was a little anticlimactic, since even though the audience laughed at the funny parts, it was NOTHING compared to how hilarious 400 6-year-olds thought it was when Piglet climbed underneath Pooh’s legs to get away from Kanga and Roo :-).  Lindee and the girls met us there, and Sherri came up with Rozzie & Isaac.  Clara took this picture of the adults in the group with our star – minus her ears, because that was the VERY hottest part of her costume :-).  It was just such a special day with our Leesy.

This evening was the Monster Mash for the 1st and 2nd graders at Bethany Elementary School, & since her dad had to coach a make-up soccer game, and her mom had to take Mallory to Nutcracker rehearsal, I got to go with Clara. Here she is all dressed up in her costume, ready to head out the door 🙂

It really was cute.  The kids went with their class to each of the 2nd grade classrooms, and in each one the teachers told something about what they are working on in reading throughout the year (I think maybe someone said they did math at another event.)  Then they played games and got prizes, and especially candy, in each of the classes.  That’s Clara in the blue jacket right in front of the camera, doing the candy walk.  It was a fun evening.

Yesterday afternoon June and Mason also got a chance to work on some tissue prints. This was a craft that was just a hit with everyone!

What a good day we had yesterday.  Kimbrell & I attended the nurture luncheon at church, where really, almost all of our shut-ins and other nurture folks were able to be there.  We loved that.  Then after we picked Mallory & Clara up at school we just went to their house to hang out, since Clara had a soccer game that afternoon & needed to be home early to get ready for that.  After they did their homework and before they took Kimbrell outside for a stroll, we made some tissue paper prints.  They were a big hit.

Then last night Sherri and Boo both came to June’s softball game, and were able to take in a Gladiator victory :-).  From left here are me, Mason, Lee’s mom Bennie standing behind Boo, June, Lee, Sherri, Lee’s dad Roger, Addie, and Jeff.  Afterwards Jeff, Sherri, Boo & I hit Pizzaman for a yummy supper before they headed home.  It was just a good day.

I keep the early service nursery at church on Sundays, and yesterday Sarah Robinson was in there helping me, along with her son AJ & niece Robinson. Ms. Meg came by & got the kids to all go with her to help set up the altar for the contemporary service.  It was covered with broken pottery, and of course Tommy’s sermon for the day was on the way we are all broken vessels.  He even broke a clay pot during the sermon itself, and we all took a piece, wrote our name on it, and attached it to a board there, to symbolize how broken we all are.  It was very cool – as was the fact that the kids got to help with the altar.  Meg says it’s their church and their privilege to serve is.  I love that.

Last night was a fun evening, as we headed over to Boo & Shea’s to celebrate Shea’s big day. The plan had been to have the party – complete with DJ – out on their patio, but the rain altered those plans just a little bit. They did, however, have a couple of tents set up out there, so folks could go in & out as they wanted. Here are Shea & a couple of he best, best friends, Debbie and Whitney, enjoying the festivities.

Lots of dancing was going on all night.  Here are Debbie and Shea (and Jenny) watching the folks dancing down the line.  It was a good, good time.