A Busy Weekend

This last Saturday night our choir gave us a going away party. It was a really fun evening with a lot of games, good food and friends! Hubby and I didn't realize it was a going away party til after the evening's events started! HA! I think we were a little dense there!! Anyway we were surprised at the end when they gave us handmade pillowcases that everyone had signed! The sentiments were all wonderful and some made us a bit teary. We're going to miss these folks!!

The pillowcases were made by my friend Chris and they will fit king sized pillows - they are a little hard to see, but the edging is sheet music! Perfect since we have been in this choir for more than 35 years!!

Sunday morning we went down to San Diego for MissA's dedication in church. In our denomination we don't baptise til the person is old enough to make that decision for themselves. But we do bring babies and dedicate them to Christ and the parents dedicate themselves to raise the child to know and love Christ. It's a really neat time! Well - of course MissA was adorable and when the pastor's wife was holding her and the pastor was praying for her, MissA grabbed her necklace and stuffed it in her mouth. It was so cute - and since there are always folks who don't close their eyes when someone is praying, a ripple of chuckles went through the congregation. We looked up to see her holding that necklace and happily chewing on it!

She is in that stage of getting teeth when the world is her chew toy - and at lunch, she "talked" Uncle Jeff into sharing his watch!

Sunday night was the annual Pie Auction at our church. Every year our teen department holds this event to raise money to send kids to church camp in the summer. It has gotten quite expensive for the week over the years and this helps more kids go at a reduced cost to their families! Pies - either purchased or home made are brought to either be served at $3 a slice or auctioned off. Folks also commit to bake a pie at some time during the year, and these "future pies" can be bid on too. It usually starts slow, but it doesn't take long for folks to get into the action. I baked 3 chocolate silk pies - (incredibly yummy!) - and during the evening they sold for between $150 - $200 each!! There were a lot of pies and in a 2 hour period we raised $6100!!! The last "pie" of the evening traditionally is the "pie in the face". This pie raises the most money, because all the bids go into one pot - I think it ended up at over $1200!! The person who had the most money pledged for them to get the pie, being a good sport, covers up with a plastic bag and the whipped cream flies! Many times Pastor has taken it, several times the Youth Pastor has gotten it, but this time hubby "won" the privledge!! He has been the chairman of the church board for more than 20 years and since we are moving, it was proposed that the new chair of the board throw the pie! So good friend Jeanne got the honors!! She was kind and only smooshed his face not his hair!!

Good times!!