Let's start with Friday, I got home at 4 PM after working the previous 16 hours. I took a shower and would love to be able to say that I helped my wife get the kids ready, but that would be a lie. We went over to our Sunday school teacher's house. The men went to the garage and played Halo 3 while the women and kids went inside the house and socialized. There were only three families from our class at the event. The host family thought there was a chance that their youngest child might be coming down with a cold. The child's symptoms sounded like "teething" to me, so we braved the elements. There were another 5 men there to play Halo 3. The men had a great time shooting each other. I was definitely a target in this group of men. You would never know they had jobs and families by how well they played Halo 3. As one of my buddies (also a target) asked them "how many of you played Dungeons and Dragons as kids"? That summed up the game play perfectly. Back inside the house, the kids actually played well together so the wives had a nice time as well. Fortunately, I did not have to work Friday night.
My parents came over to our house Saturday morning at 8:15 AM. We all loaded into the Suburban and took off to pick up my in-laws. After picking them up, we headed to Reliant Center for the Reliant Park World Series of Dog Shows (http://www.reliantdogshows.com/). My daughter loves animals and we thought that she would enjoy the puppers (her word for dogs). We were correct. She had a great time as I think that we all did. One event in particular stuck with me, Canine Musical Freestyle. This is where people go out in front of hundreds of other people and dance with their dogs. This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NutzSiRpYBc&feature=related) video shows what it can look like. What I watched, was not quite there yet.
Saturday evening we had a block party in the small green area that is in front of our house. About 10 families from our circle and the nearby neighbors were in attendance. We had a large jumper for the big kids and a small one for the not so big kids. Food was grilled and a margarita machine was working. I did not work Saturday night either. We called it a night at midnight and the party was still going at 3 AM.
Neither the teacher nor the director of our Sunday school class were there Sunday morning. The teacher and director are married and the director and her kids were sick, so the teacher had to take care of them. This put my wife and I back in charge. Jen fell right back into her role and did a superb job with the announcements. Then it was up to me to "teach" the lesson. Well, we were supposed to talk about "speaking in tongues". A subject that I know very little about, so I called an audible. I asked the class to tell us the story of how you and your spouse met and became a couple. I really enjoyed hearing the stories. A few of them I had heard before, but some I had not. I thought it would be a good way to facilitate some community in our group, and I hope that it worked.
Immediately after class, Austin and I drove into Houston for his 1st degree purple belt Karate tournament. Needless to say, he won (whooohoo). It was his fourth straight victory at the tournaments. He did his best and had fun and that is what matters.
Sunday evening we met at Chuy's Comida Deluxe for Mike's birthday dinner. The food was excellent as usual. The hatch green chile sauce is worth the 25 mile drive. After dinner, we went to Mike and Courtney's house for desert and a little Rock Band. My parents and in-laws were in attendance. They kept requesting songs that they might know, so we played "Margaritaville" by Jimmy Buffett. It is a tougher song to play, especially on the drums, than you might expect. We finally called it a night, drove home and got the kids into bed.
We need a weekend to recover from our weekend!
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