October 15, 2006--Meeting Crosswalk friends

We got to meet Garsy and her family Saturday. Her husband, Tysdaddy, had originally wanted to set it up as a surprise, but his wife saw over his shoulder while he was PMing me about it, so it wasn't a surprise in the end. It was fun, though. They brought over some donuts and our kids played outside on the trampoline and upstairs and they visited for a few hours. It was neat getting to know them better. Rachel about wore poor Garsy out, though! She's a very affectionate girl who demands undivided attention from everyone. She wanted Garsy to herself the whole morning!

After they left, we went to a local park with trails and hiked for about a mile with the kids through the woods. They really enjoyed that. It was the perfect fall day--a little on the cool side, but plenty of leaves to swish through.

Today at church the pastor was teaching about gentleness and self-control (the last two fruit of the Spirit in the series he's been teaching) and he'd read a verse about how how women should put on a gentle and quiet spirit. There was a couple in front of us. I saw the man nudge his wife a bit when the pastor read that verse, and I heard the woman whisper loudly, "I have a gentle and quiet spirit!" as she smacked him on the leg.