A busy weekend

My goodness- this weekend went in a blur- home from work on Friday to Gideon's birthday part- 8 boys all aged 7 or 8- man are they loud! All the old favourite games came out- fluffy bunnies; cereal box; the flour game; the chocolate chopping game and so on. It was possibly the loudest 2 hours of my life. Then came the clean up and a collapse in the chair.

Up at 530 on Staurday morning to catch the bus to catch the train to London. Funnest event of the day- getting stopped by the police at 530am to see if I was alright/ a terrorist/ a drunk- who knows why? Boy- was the meeting long. meanwhile Ruth took Eleanor to dance festival, Gideon to taekwondo (he passed his grading with flying colours), then cleaning Gideon sick up from the car, then to Morrisons, then to Costco and home to make tea!!! Think I got the better end of the deal.

Sunday- I was due at Church at 915am. We had a new Bishop called today, and I needed to interview and call his two new counsellors- that was really nice. Rob Lord is our new Bishop- he and his family are really nice and good people and I look forward to him being my, and my family's new Bishop. Couple of interviews after Church, a short meeting with Bishop Lord then home- back out 1/2 hour later to set up for Gideon's baptism.

Wow- what an event was that- there were over 100 people there (family, friends, ward members)- we had invited a number of people who are not members of our Church and over 20 of them came- it was really nice that they could share the evening with us. It was such a nice service, with great talks (Pete and Vicki); songs (Liz and Primary) and it was just so lovely. It is always an honour and a privilege to baptise and confirm people; but probably doubly so when it's your own children. As we stood in the font and watched people file in- and then with each of the ordinances we felt so close to each other as a family and to the Spirit.

Home and bed!!!!! An amazing weekend- but one whose busyness we don't want to repeat too soon. Having said that- the week so far just seems a continuation of that with work, activities, meetings and the like!