Our weekend

Friday was Grace's annual Parent Luncheon. Micah and I picked up pizza and joined the rest of the family at school for an hour. We ate on the middle school side for the first time, and this was wonderful-- otherwise we have to sit by the playground and deal with the kids wanting to play on it (along with about 200 other kids all at once). This way, we had a lot of space to ourselves, had a picnic table, and the kids played with the tetherballs afterward.

LOVELY weather as well. Fall has come! We were excited to wear long sleeves for the first time since about April. Today is 75, but we've had a few days that were only around 60.

Fri pm, I went to a handbells concert with my handbell buddies. Wonderful! 6 women play FIVE octaves of bells all by themselves. Our little group of 12 people plays 3 octaves... Plus, they did a lot with percussion, piano, voice, even clarinet. And in between songs, while some of the group rearranged bells, one of them did funny readings, etc. They invited people to go up afterward, so we went up and peppered them with questions about some of their techniques, like playing 2 bells in one hand. Now we're all eager try it. :)

While I was gone, Chad had to take Claire to a bday party in Greencastle (PA), so he and the other kids hung out at school, and they had a lot of fun, too.

Saturday morning, we headed out to the Martinsburg Airshow. On the way, it was raining. I hadn't brought raingear, and we were all tired and longing for home, so we turned around. I feel so blessed that we did! There was a crash at the airshow, and pilot died.

Sunday pm was our first Children's Choir of the year. We reorganized so now I am teaching all the first thru 5th graders-- with help from Pastor Dave. Could be up to 50ish kids, but was only 35 this week. We have a big musical this December, so we have a lot to do this fall.