Mem Day Happenings

We had a fab Mem Day. The whole weekend was filled with fun activities.

Friday we had fun cleaning around the house and out in the yard. Dave played some golf in the rain...good times.

Saturday we had cleaned some more and bought massive amounts of food for our par-tay. Saturday afternoon we hung out in Clarkston and participated in a huge end-of-school party for the refugee kids. It was quite an adventure. HC and Annelise enjoyed playing duck-duck-goose with the kids. Dave grilled almost 200 hot dogs, and I spilled about 50 popcycles (that were not quite frozen) on myself.

Sunday was a big day. Our old bud Mike and his new wife Lisa flew into town on Sunday afternoon. Mike and I met on my first Sunday at Intown over 10 years ago. We were both single, and both had a lot of things in common...both being ridiculously intense and very passionate about working overseas. Several years ago Mike moved to Australia to get his masters degree, and then was off to Tajikistan, Uganda, Sri Lanka, and Papua New Guinea to work with some different NGOs doing humanitarian work. In between his assignments in Tajikistan and Uganda Mike stayed with us in Baumholder for a couple weeks, so Dave got the full Mike Experience. We also met up on his way from Uganda to Sri Lanka, and then he came and stayed with us again for a weekend shortly after HC was born. He is now married to Lisa and we decided we need to have a big party in Atlanta so we could all meet her and see Mike. It was like a Horizons reunion (Horizons was the name of our fellowship 10 years ago).

So, Sunday afternoon we had a bunch of adults and kids over for a BBQ. It was quite fun to see folks, some of whom I myself have not seen in several years. Mike and Lisa stayed with us Sunday night and then Monday morning we headed to Centennial Park for a little play and a little Chick-fil-a, which Lisa is now addicted to. Too bad they do not have Chick-fil-a's in LA, which is now where they are residing, for the moment.

Dave finished off the day by fishing, which is always a good way for him to recover from people overload.