Big Weekend
This was a busy weekend for us...and quite enjoyable. It all started Friday with some impromptu worship time with my girls. Then we had lunch at McDonalds, which was arranged by Colin and his friend (mothers and siblings were invited for utilitarian reasons). The other mom is a gem and we had a wonderful talk. Ran a few errands and came home worn out!
Saturday I did some Christmas shopping with the one and only Aussie Annie to fill out the bag of goodies she was taking home to Australia. (She's been in transit since 5:00 this morning and she still has 4 hours to go!!). Spent the afternoon raking leaves....and you wouldn't even know it. Then it was off to Bricktown for sushi at Lotus with friends. Dinner was FANTASTIC. I had the chef's choice sushi platter, which was great...but my neighbor let me taste her beef stir fry and it was out-of-this-world delicious. We had intended to eat at Zio's, but there was a one-hour wait, so we walked the canal and found Lotus only half full. I feel sorry for all those people at Zio's now!! We certainly got the better deal! Not that there's anything wrong with Zio's.... Anyway, downtown Oklahoma City is very festive right now. Bricktown, Myriad Gardens and the Braum's Ice Skating Rink are lit up beautifully and most weekend nights you can ride the canal boats for free. The Crystal Bridge is free on Sunday evenings. The theater is open, too. You really must go!
Anyway, I digress....
Today we had church, a Christmas open house, a baby shower and a trip to Bethlehem (at the advice of Kyndal). The journey was wonderful, but we did have to wait about 1 1/2 hours before we got to go! By then, Spencer had fallen asleep, so we had to carry him all the way to Bethlehem. In a way, it made it more real. And it was certainly much less than Mary had to bear! Before our journey we were given papers identifying us by lineage. Roman soldiers stopped us several times during the trip and asked to see our papers. Colin seemed to understand it was all pretend until then. He whipped that paper out quickly, though. He did NOT want to be arrested! On our way home he asked if we were going back to that church. I said probably not, and he said, "Good. I wouldn't want to be arrested!"
Indeed.
This was a busy weekend for us...and quite enjoyable. It all started Friday with some impromptu worship time with my girls. Then we had lunch at McDonalds, which was arranged by Colin and his friend (mothers and siblings were invited for utilitarian reasons). The other mom is a gem and we had a wonderful talk. Ran a few errands and came home worn out!
Saturday I did some Christmas shopping with the one and only Aussie Annie to fill out the bag of goodies she was taking home to Australia. (She's been in transit since 5:00 this morning and she still has 4 hours to go!!). Spent the afternoon raking leaves....and you wouldn't even know it. Then it was off to Bricktown for sushi at Lotus with friends. Dinner was FANTASTIC. I had the chef's choice sushi platter, which was great...but my neighbor let me taste her beef stir fry and it was out-of-this-world delicious. We had intended to eat at Zio's, but there was a one-hour wait, so we walked the canal and found Lotus only half full. I feel sorry for all those people at Zio's now!! We certainly got the better deal! Not that there's anything wrong with Zio's.... Anyway, downtown Oklahoma City is very festive right now. Bricktown, Myriad Gardens and the Braum's Ice Skating Rink are lit up beautifully and most weekend nights you can ride the canal boats for free. The Crystal Bridge is free on Sunday evenings. The theater is open, too. You really must go!
Anyway, I digress....
Today we had church, a Christmas open house, a baby shower and a trip to Bethlehem (at the advice of Kyndal). The journey was wonderful, but we did have to wait about 1 1/2 hours before we got to go! By then, Spencer had fallen asleep, so we had to carry him all the way to Bethlehem. In a way, it made it more real. And it was certainly much less than Mary had to bear! Before our journey we were given papers identifying us by lineage. Roman soldiers stopped us several times during the trip and asked to see our papers. Colin seemed to understand it was all pretend until then. He whipped that paper out quickly, though. He did NOT want to be arrested! On our way home he asked if we were going back to that church. I said probably not, and he said, "Good. I wouldn't want to be arrested!"
Indeed.
posted by Jan at 9:33 PM
1 Comments:
aussie anne arrived home at 5.30pm monday having left at 7am sunday. Long long journey.
she has realized however that she is missing her friends email address. Actually she has no email addresses so is therefore only writing to those who write to her.......AND she HATES to be forgotten!
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