I had great time with David, Adrienne, and Becca this weekend. Thanks for coming up to visit for the weekend and hear me “preach” on Sunday guys! The sermon went okay, I guess. I was in charge of conducting the service, which turned out to be the harder task of the two. People just kept standing up and giving more and more announcments that were not scheduled with me beforehand. If I ever do it again, I am keeping my hands on that mic! It wasn’t that big of a deal, though — I just cut out the sharing part instead. Those people will just have to keep God’s work to themselves for a week. Overall, I feel the sermon went well and that I communicated the lesson aim with some sort of clarity. I’m still trying to find out if it was recorded or not. There were like seven families on a cruise together last weekend, including the pastor and the sound guy. I dunno if the fill-in sound guy recorded the message or not. If he did, I’ll post the audio here. If he didn’t, then maybe I’ll just post my PowerPoint or notes or something, I dunno. We’ll see.

The rest of the weekend was fun. Lemme see if I can remember what we did…

Friday
– David, Adrienne, Becca arrive at my apartment.
– I make chicken helper for dinner.
– Go to Ft. Worth to see a show of Steven Speaks, an artist that Becca and Adrienne enjoy.
– Briefly meet up with Dana at First Saturday downtown Dallas. Dana leaves and the four of us walk around a look at people’s old computer junk.
– Arrive back at my apartment around 3:00 AM, eat a little snack, and go to bed.

Saturday
– Sleep in! I make pancakes for breakfast/lunch.
– Play Xbox at church with youth group all afternoon.
– Dan contacts us about Ruby Ann!!!!!
– Head home to get changed and quickly eat some frozen pizza.
– See an improv comdey show at Comedy Sportz Club in Westend.
– Walk around Westend.
– I open a “kitchen in a box” present from David, Adrienne and Becca.
– Go to bed early since girls need at least an hour to get ready for church.
Sunday
– We look at pictures of the Roobster (Ruby Ann ) online.
– Church: Sunday School and I “preach.”
– Eat out at Chillie’s for lunch.
– Lay around the apartment talking and relaxing while David plays with music on my computer.
– We check the family site for more pictures of Ruby every hour or two.
– Becca and Adrienne bake brownies.
– Drive to Ft. Worth and see Fighter Pilot in the Omnitheater.
– Watch The Pacifier on my computer with my new THX-Certified surround sound system.
– David and I watch a Christian stand-up comdey DVD while the girls fall asleep.
– Go to bed a little before 2:00 AM.

Monday
– Sleep in.
– Look at more pictures of Ruby Ann.
– Eat brownies for breakfast. – Hang out at the Galleria.
– Go to Fry’s Electronics for fun and to check iPods for Becca.
– Hang out at my apartment to talk and relax (play Simpsons Clue)
– Dana comes over for dinner (MANacotti). – David, Adrienne and Becca drive back to Houston.
– Dana leaves shortly thereafter and I head to Edna Jane’s house to help with her computer.

The End

• Weekend with Schmoyers and Tharpe
• Fun weekend in Minnesota
• Lots of random updates
• Thanksgiving pictures
• Apartment finalized