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June 11, 2007 By Carole

On Friday Laura emailed me and told me to have a good weekend. She also said that she always looks forward to hearing about my weekend adventures because I do such exciting things. This weekend’s excitement was our church picnic. What? You don’t think that’s exciting?

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There was a wheel barrel race and a bubble gum blowing contest.

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There were Bible wars – that’s when you try to be the first one to find the Bible verse that’s yelled out – and three legged races.

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There were bubble contests, too.

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And best of all there was sitting around, eating and socializing. And knitting, of course.

It was a very pleasant Sunday afternoon. I almost couldn’t stand the excitement of it all.

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  1. DebbieB says

    June 11, 2007 at 6:56 am

    If Dale were my hubby, that pic of him blowing bubbles would definitely be my desktop background for weeks. Love it!

  2. Ruth says

    June 11, 2007 at 7:13 am

    aHA!! So now I know where my dad got the Bible races he used to hold for the Sunday School kids. He’d get a whole class up in front of the congregation, give us each a Bible, then say “1,2,3! (slam left hand down on Bible here) Find the book of ….. ” I was pretty darn good, if I do say so myself who shouldn’t.

  3. Kirsten says

    June 11, 2007 at 7:30 am

    Such a cute photo of Dale blowing bubbles!

  4. Judy says

    June 11, 2007 at 7:46 am

    I think you need to go back to work to have a good rest after that weekend. I wanted to tell you how beautiful your poppy picture was.

  5. margene says

    June 11, 2007 at 7:56 am

    Well, a touch of sarcasm I detect? It does look very relaxing, enjoyable and with knitting on top…not bad at all.

  6. Carol says

    June 11, 2007 at 8:08 am

    ~snicker~ Still sounds like fun!

  7. Beth says

    June 11, 2007 at 8:11 am

    I really like the bubble gum blowing picture. At first I thought it was just a bunch of people standing around. Then I noticed the bubbles.

    I’m not sure if they play games at our church picnic. These ideas would be good for it!

  8. JessaLu says

    June 11, 2007 at 8:38 am

    I don’t know how you can stand the excitement… ;o)

    (I should talk – the most exciting thing we did this weekend was grocery shopping)

  9. hillary says

    June 11, 2007 at 8:45 am

    Sounds like fun. It’s amazing how bubble blowing never stops entertaining people.

  10. Deb says

    June 11, 2007 at 8:54 am

    Did you win that cute guy blowing bubbles??

  11. Robin in VA says

    June 11, 2007 at 9:01 am

    Looks like everyone had a great time! You know blowing bubbles reduces stress!? I was just over at Birdsong’s and wanted to wish you and Dale an early Happy Anniversary! We also celebrate our Anniversary this week!

  12. amanda says

    June 11, 2007 at 9:06 am

    that does sound fun!

  13. Julie says

    June 11, 2007 at 9:07 am

    Love the picture of Dale! It does sound like a relaxing and enjoyable way to spend the day.

  14. Chris says

    June 11, 2007 at 9:27 am

    It sounds wonderfully restorative.

  15. Teyani says

    June 11, 2007 at 9:32 am

    bubble gum blowing contest? now I could win that one!

  16. Birdsong says

    June 11, 2007 at 9:48 am

    Being with friends, family, food and knitting is always the best part.

  17. Kellee says

    June 11, 2007 at 11:00 am

    Sarcasm or no, that all sounds WAY more exciting than our church picnics used to be. And really, who can resist a game called ‘Bible Wars’? 😉

  18. Elisabeth says

    June 11, 2007 at 11:16 am

    I always enjoyed our church picnic growing up. It was a hog roast at a park and we had church service outside and played games and stuff. Looks like you guys had a great time!

  19. maryse says

    June 11, 2007 at 11:35 am

    i would get my ass kicked at bible wars.

  20. Cookie says

    June 11, 2007 at 12:58 pm

    Sounds like a lovely afternoon. Is there anything that Dale can’t do?

  21. Lucia says

    June 11, 2007 at 3:48 pm

    It looks like great fun! I’d love to try a Bible race — I suspect I might do pretty well for a heathen, but I’ll probably never know.

  22. lisa says

    June 11, 2007 at 5:00 pm

    Sounds like a great time! Wheel barrel? Wheel barrow? This word always makes my forhead krinkle. It’s not a barrel with wheels, but what the heck is a barrow? Assuming you’ve spelled it right, why do New Englanders say the other? Are we just a bunch of hicks? (this isn’t any kind of dis to you dear, just wonderin’)

  23. Cynthia says

    June 11, 2007 at 5:45 pm

    Okay I love it! A good old fashioned church picnic – no wonder you are such a terrific person Carole!

    My favourite has to be the Bible wars – I would soooo lose!

  24. Beth says

    June 11, 2007 at 5:55 pm

    Looks like fun! I don’t remember my church ever having any picnics, but I think I would love them. I used to always win at Bible wars (we called them sword drills).

  25. Norma says

    June 11, 2007 at 9:16 pm

    I love the bubble contest! Yep, Laura is right. You and Margene are two of the best weekenders I know.

  26. Kelly says

    June 11, 2007 at 10:02 pm

    YAY Bible wars! Sounds like a good time to me!

  27. Laura says

    June 12, 2007 at 1:31 am

    Aww Carole!! I love this kind of excitement! It’s just a happy time. And you always want to take a nap afterward, huh?? 🙂

    We called the Bible Wars thing a “Sword Drill” and when I was a kid (5th grade or so) I was hard to beat! My Bible had a nice soft pliable cover and I had the books memorized perfectly! I wouldn’t be so good at it today. Hm. Maybe I should practice!

  28. Lynne says

    June 12, 2007 at 3:54 pm

    You know what? Isn’t it kind of nice that we really can enjoy a weekend without all of the usual worldly weekend “stuff?”

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