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Gone visitin'

The children were nestled all snug in their beds....finally! Wednesday nights around here tend to run late for the kiddos. FisherMan being the pastor means we are just about always the last to leave. Tonight was no exception but it was a nice night. Everyone likes to hang around after church and visit. Tonight the weather was pleasant instead of, oh.... frigid, so we could stand outside while the children ran around and screamed and played chase. The grownups talked and tried to stay upright as the little ones used us to hang on as they ran around. You know, the whole "you can't get me" game as they run around you.

When we got home the neighbor's dog showed up to visit, too. Wouldn't be a big thing but he got shot a few days ago! He had been staying up here for a couple of weeks and the children just loved him (i.e. parents were attached and blamed it on children's attachment) Well, he was out on his usual morning rounds of the neighborhood and we heard a shot, looked out and here he came making a beeline for our house. Traumatized my children as he ran back to our house bleeding everywhere...we called his owners and he has been at his house recuperating. So I guess he just came by to say hello, probably heard the children playing up at the church. He seemed to be doing great so the girls were very excited about it. (i.e. parents were thrilled he is ok and blamed it on children's concern)

Once the children were in, cleaned up for bed and settled down for a bedtime snack we turned on the TV in time to catch the last bit of You've Got Mail. It's so cool having these girls after raising a boy. They already love this movie too! (Does anyone else get to the end of that movie and just sigh contentedly?) It got so quiet FisherMan even left it on there and watched it with us. Mind you he will go along with the occasional chick flick but by late evening he is ready for Discovery channel, History, or some action movie.

GuitarMan is out looking at Christmas lights with the church up in town. I figure he can preview it and let us know what we need to do for the little ones. It's always nice to be up when he comes in. That is when we have our best visits as that seems to be when he likes to talk the most.

So that was the excitement in our lives today, visitin here and there. I know, excitement might be stretching it, but what can I say? Wal-Mart day has already gone by this week!

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