The Sangamon River–it overflowed

by chuckofish

How was your weekend? We had a very stormy Thursday here in flyover country.

You may have heard–tornados in Illinois and Indiana! DN sent this scary video he took from their backyard deck:

But it was a beautiful sunshiney, low-humidity day on Friday and we took advantage of it.

In the morning I went to an estate sale and got a new/old garden ornament…

I went down to the Link Auction Galleries and picked up the painting I won last weekend. Then I picked up lunch at Straub’s (chicken salad) and headed to daughter #1’s house. From there we went to her pool and sat out in the sun for a couple of hours. Then we headed out to Wildwood where the boy bbq-ed smashburgers and we indulged in daughter #3’s guacamole (from DN’s famous recipe). I was fairly exhausted by the time I got home!

Saturday was dark and intermittently rainy so I took that as a sign to stay home and take it easy. Mr. Smith did get a shampoo that afternoon and afterward he and daughter #1 came over to my house for a visit and a glass of wine. He kept watch while we talked. It’s his job and he takes it seriously.

I went to church on Sunday and heard a good sermon on Psalm 28—The Lord is my strength and my shield! We sang great hymns and I held it together until the last verse of the communion hymn–c’est la vie. We continued studying Tim Keller’s book on prayer in our adult ed class–excellent. Afterwards I went to Trader Joe’s to stock up for the week. Onward!

In other news, Katie lost her first tooth…

…and the boy shared this video of the National Anthem at the soccer game on Friday night–pretty cool:

That’s Dan and Shay (country artists) and, yes, that was Tom Cruise singing with his hand on his heart standing next to handsome David Beckham! I may have to watch some soccer.

P.S. Keep daughter #1 in your prayers this week as she is helping with her church’s VBS–every evening after work! They do get dinner, but, wow! That’s dedication.

Have a good week!