Summer Weekend Four: Penguins, Parties and Parents

Have you seen Mr. Popper's Penguins yet?  AMP and I went to see it last Friday, and we both really enjoyed it!  We're not usually go-to-the-theater kind of people (we've only been to three movies together!), but I really wanted to see this, and I'm so glad we went.  Next up on our list is Cars 2, and we also want to see Larry Crowne.  Maybe we can hit some of these up while we're at the lake and it doesn't cost $20 to go to the theater!  :-)

Saturday, Mary Ellen came back in town, and she brought Lindsey with her, too!  It was fun to catch up and see them.  They drove up for Jordan's wedding (another Tri Delt) here in Dallas and stayed with me.  I borrowed my parents' air mattress and set it up in our third room/office.  It was a great excuse for me to clean that out and get it organized.  I'm not looking forward to packing this place come September!  {I don't think AMP realizes how much stuff I actually have.  Oh well!}

{Mary Ellen, Me, Jordan (the bride) and Lindsey at Baylor Homecoming last year}

While they were at the wedding, I went to a surprise birthday party for a friend from church.  It was fun to see them!  I didn't know it was going to be on the patio of a restaurant & was SO HOT.  But next time I'll know not to wear jeans there. :-)

I was waiting for them to come home and was already in bed when Claire and SMoo walked in to the apartment.  They came in my room and crawled in bed with me for about 30 minutes.  We had a great mini-slumber party.  I told them that I will definitely still need my girls' nights after I get married!

Sunday night, AMP and I went to hear the 86:12 Home Concert.  The kids sang all their songs and we got to hear some great stories from their week in NYC.  My favorite part was watching the parents of the kids as they were speaking or singing solos.  You could just see how proud they were.  

At the end when they were recognizing the music minister and youth pastor and saying thank you, the kids also stopped to thank Mom for all her planning.  She does a great job of delegating, but she is pretty much the logistical master-mind behind the trip.  She got a standing ovation and all the kids started saying, "Sheri!  Sheri!  Sheri!" from the choir loft.  The sweetest part to me, though, was watching Papa, who came with Jonita and the Flaggs.  He had tears in his eyes at this moment.  You're never too old to be proud of your kids!

We ate at Houlihan's for dinner that night afterwards.  Everyone was in rare form that night (as you can see from Mom's glasses), and I laughed extra-hard.  One of my favorite things is spending time with my family, and I love how Adam just fits right in.  It always makes my little heart so happy.  :-)