What's Been Going On

[DianaB]

We've had some very busy weekends for the last couple of weeks and have more ahead. The last weekend in September our community finally had it's Fourth of July celebration. Because of the flood we couldn't have it so it was postponed. It seemed really funny having it in the cool of the evening after one of our high school football games! A friend from church lives close to where they shoot them off so he always has a cookout that evening and invites a lot of us over. We had a good time but his wife recently passed away and we really missed her.

Then last weekend we had Homecoming which is a really big thing in our community. We had a parade (very small town, you know.....fire truck, kids on bicycles, our band and cheerleaders, horses, and motorcycles with a few Shriners thrown in!), carnival rides, arts and craft booths, activities all day long, and mini class reunions at the school. Our town's population is about 2,500 and we probably have 8,000-10.000 people who come. It was fun but I don't enjoy it as much as I did when I was younger.

Today we have our women's church group meeting. We're having what's called Rough & Rugged. We'll be riding 4-wheelers, shooting a bow and arrow, shooting clay pigeons, and target shooting, and ending with a hot dog roast and bon fire. It doesn't quite sound like a church women's group, does it? We've done this for the last couple of years and have had a blast so I'm sure that it will be as much fun as before!

So what have all of you been doing lately? Have your weekends been as crazy as mine have been?