Soccer parties

Well, we made it through the weekend. We had Ben's soccer party here on Thursday evening since so many were busy on the weekends. When Chris was handing out the trophies, the rooster would crow after he announced the names until he came to Ben. Poor Ben had no rooster crow. He waited and waited, and Chris moved on to the last trophy. After announcing Ben's friend Zach's name, the rooster crowed again. Ben was not happy with that bird, but it was hilarious.
Friday the heat moved in. Saturday morning we had 2 soccer games and a baseball game. For the first hour we had fog and clouds, but when that fog burned off, it was like an oven. I was at the baseball game with Fred, and we just kept thanking God that our game was the early one! Saturday night our county had Family Fun Night at the park. They brought in vendors and moon bounces and at dark they showed The Wizard of Oz on a huge blow-up screen. We brought 3 friends with us and settled down with our popcorn to watch when the lightening started in the distance. It had already stormed once and blown over. After about 10 minutes Chris said that we should go, so we packed up and marched to the van. By the time we were pulling out, they had stopped the movie and it started to rain. I have such a wise husband. We were able to get home and start the movie here before many people were able to get out of the parking lot.
Sunday we had a great church service and then a volunteer appreciation picnic. The kids all had to come to church too so the volunteers could be in the service, but that was fine since we all got glow-sticks on our way in. The theme was "Let your Light Shine," and it was such a fun day to be at church. After the picnic we had Peter's soccer picnic here. Despite the heat they all stayed outside and played kickball and basketball, jumped on the trampoline, and did the zip-line. It was a great day.