circuit assembly

we had a busy and wonderful weekend! the assembly was so good (of course they all are.) the theme was 'safeguard your spirituality.' we learned what true spirituality is, why it's precious, why we should protect it, dangers to our spirituality, how to focus on spiritual pursuits and how we can stay spiritually healthy in this sick world. there were some thought-provoking, self-examination questions that really got me thinking. we didn't want to leave... but back to our daily life today.
here we are on the first day. doesn't mck's hair look pretty? she did that completely by herself. she slept on foam rollers that she did a certain way and when she came down the stairs, she looked like an old 1940's movie star!
chris had the baptism talk and did really good. he's been so sick and coughing so much we didn't know if he'd even be able to talk. right before the talk, he had a coughing fit--his face turned red, tears coming out of his eyes, etc. (that's when i started praying that he would just be able to make it through his talk!) he walked on stage and i was just so nervous for him. do you know that not once in 30 minutes did he so much as clear his throat!? after it was over, he said that it was only jehovah's holy spirit that got him through that! the rest of the day he coughed so much, at one point i thought he was really choking to death on a piece of candy i'd given him! but that 30 minutes of his talk was amazing!
here he is with trevor. trevor had his first part on the school (the bible reading) and he did a fabulous job--we were all so proud of him!
the weather was wonderful, for a change! we walked all around the ponds and just enjoyed the beautiful day.
here's mckinlee with one of her favorite babies~jori. they recently moved to another congregation and mckinlee misses them so much.
here's mck with alexa and jori's twin, jola. aren't they the cutest things ever?
here we are on day 2.
quinlyn loves "kinlee" (as she calls her.) she would not let anyone else take her, not even her own sister or brother. she kept saying, "say no trevor!" whenever he'd try to take her.
here she is with her little friend, bianca. darling!
here i am with michele.
and here's some more of us girls.
we got to eat sunday evening with our new circuit overseer and his wife, br. and sis. brooks and another family from our congregation. we had such a fun time and got to hear so many neat stories. it's so nice to get to know them on a more personal level. this may be the last time we see the brook's, so that was sad. they absolutely crack me up! if you click on the picture, you can see sis. brook's "bib" in her hand. apparently she always wears it, so she doesn't mess up her clothes. before she put it on she said, "i'm sorry, tim. i've got to put my bib on!" he muttered something like, "oh lord!" so. funny.

so that was our weekend. always kind of a let-down to get on with normal activities, but i've got a lot to do today. mom is coming tomorrow~so that will be fun! we've got to get to work on danielle's shower!!!

(and i've got to go buy cat food. we ran out and poor cosmo is not very happy. i found some salmon we hadn't finished in the fridge, so he got that treat, but obviously he can't live on that. well, i guess he could. but it would get kind of expensive!)