Monday, July 5, 2010

family

so as many of my friends know i have this craving for community or family within my local church. i think the gospel births this longing, but when i went home this weekend a few of the dots were connected as i was reminded of the way i grew up in my family.

friday night ....
i picked liz up to go home with me since she had no where to go for the 4th of july
drove home (with a few detours to get across the flooded river)
finally got home
grilled, chatted, ate
our neighbor/employee borrowed our van for vacation in MN since their van broke down (and they had been working in our shop all evening)

saturday ...
got up
ran
chatted with my bro between chores
breakfast at the local coffee shop with liz, mom, and dad (where we chatted with the owner of the coffee shop, the mail man, a classmate from high school)
went to a shop and tasted lots of wine and chatted with the 8 people who own/hang out there
stopped by grandma's house to chat
hung out with my mom as she cooked lots of stuff for the festivities the next day
helped dad with some training directions for the farrowing house for a new employee
looked out the window to see small children playing on our swing set
mom and dad left for a class reunion ... so liz and i grabbed some chicken and an avocado for supper, made supper, ate supper, and watched live free or die hard

sunday ....
mom, dad, liz, and i drove to omaha to go to the church i went to when i lived there (and stopped by my aunt's house on the way there)
we ate brunch in the old market
went to my relatives house for a 40th anniversary party ... helped set up for it, chatted on the deck, took a walk around the lake, hung out with relatives i knew, met new relatives, included liz in the family pic, played frisbee with some little girls, my dad, and a pastor relative that we chatted about church planting with, packed up food to take home
watched fireworks
drove home (slept all the way home)

monday ...
woke up, ate, chatted with dad and my bro about farming stuff, chatted with mom about life and friends and facebook
helped mom make brownies for a church something something
got in on a phone call from the local feed supply place in harlan that ran short on soybean meal so asked if they could use ours and replace it tomorrow when it's not a holiday ... dad said sure
ate 1/2 a brownie ... so the pan went in with one missing
grilled, ate, thought about leaving but ....
planned a labor day family staycation instead
was going to leave around 1 but ...
my dad's cousin and his mom and granddaughter (who keeps her show sheep at our house) brought out cinnamon rolls that the granddaughter made to practice for fair ... which we had to stop everything, chat, and eat some!!
then we stopped by grandma again to chat, ended up with some brownies to take home
then we were ... on the road again

all in all a great family time!

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