We met in our new facility at 6:00 pm and headed to a local mall to play some courses at the Lunar Mini Golf and do some window shopping.
Our junior sponsors (Justin, Jeremy, and Ashley) were able to make it and help us through the night. I love it when they're able to be there.
The hearts on Nicole's socks were shining brightly!
And they say that pregnant women have a glow about them. That was so true of Mrs. Jennifer. :)
Bruce had to work Friday night, but showed up sometime after we got back from mini golf. There was plenty of coffee and caffeine filled sodas to help keep him awake.
I'm so thankful for our gym and I know our boys are too, because they played hours and hours and hours of basketball. You'd think they'd get tired of it, but nope, no way!
We also divided all the kids up and played some kickball.
We popped popcorn and watched a Christian film that had us laughing and crying too. It was very good!
As the night progressed, we noticed the teenagers beginning to drop like flies and finding anywhere to lay down.
I found Brandon stretched out on the bottom of this table. I have to admit that at 4:30am, I liked his idea and wished I had thought of it first. haha
Gary planned ahead and brought a blow up mattress. Now that was some pretty smart thinkin'.
Christa plopped down in the floor. At least she didn't try laying on the tile.
And Dustin was totally passed out on the floor. The caffeine in that Dr. Pepper behind his head did not do its job for him.
Just a few of them went to sleep. For the most part, they were all awake through the night. Here they are just waiting for 6:00 am to roll around so we could go to breakfast.
We had several board games and video games that were played through the night also. Here I found Bruce and Brother Johnathan playing baseball, I think?
And if basketball in the gym wasn't enough for these guys, they played it some more on this little hoop in the banquet room.
Six o'clock did finally roll around so we loaded the vans and took them all to Ken and Mary's for breakfast. Ken and Mary's is a local establishment with down home cooking.
Brother Johnathan was the only one drinking tea at our table so he just drank straight from pitcher. lol
Some of them waited sleepy-eyed for their hot breakfast, while others dozed off on the table.
And this is the kind of behavior you get from the adults when they've stayed up all night.
Bruce loves breakfast, so he was more than happy to order all the breakfast food on the list. He got all of his favorite breakfast foods of eggs, grits, biscuits and gravy, and perfectly fried livermush. Boy did he enjoy it all!
I had two of their buttermilk pancakes with a glass of chocolate milk. They were very good.
I had two of their buttermilk pancakes with a glass of chocolate milk. They were very good.
We got home and in bed by 8:30, slept until just after 2:00, and finished the day off on a date to Northlake Mall in Charlotte and back home to our little town. I gotta admit that I did great Saturday, but Sunday morning I thought my body was ready to shut down. I made it though.
And that was our weekend with the youth group. We'll be going with them this Friday to hear them sing in a revival meeting at Brother Chris Emory's church. I haven't heard who is preaching there yet, but I'm looking forward to the meeting.
