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Family Night WOES
I awoke at 3:30 am and that was much too early to stay up so fell back asleep but started dreaming I was trying to get the girls ready for school and couldn't find any decent clothes for them. I finally got up at 4:30 am started the coffee and sat back down on the recliner only to hear something that didn't sound right. The coffee pot was overflowing from the top and not dripping into the carafe. I finally just strained out enough grounds that we each got one cup. Not a good start to our morning. Later that coffee pot was given a good scrubbing and if it doesn't work right tomorrow it will go in the trash and I'll order another one. Yesterday on the news we heard that today would be warmer and above 32 degrees so I went out at 6:20 am in a lighter coat and froze all the way to Sarah and Nolan's house. It was only 10 degrees outside and I don't think it ever made it up past 20 today. That news station was WRONG! The girls were dressed and fed, they just needed their hair to be brushed. Below is River playing with the real puppy and her toy puppy.
Nolan let the Rilla, the mama dog with the 4 puppies out before he left for work.
We drove back to our house to pick up grandpa Mark then drove to Alethia. Today was grandparents day and they had all of us grandparents for breakfast then a small program in the sanctuary.
The kids were all dismissed then we went to each classroom and visited each grandchild.
I forgot to take pictures of River and Zion's class but below is Eden's.
Zion had us filling out some papers and spent some time interviewing us. Next was Elisabet's class. Martha Kay and Dana were already visiting her.
The teacher in Israel's class didn't want to stop teaching so we just said hello to Israel.
We left then as I needed to get home and start cooking the party potatoes. Those were to go with the fried chicken I was serving at Family night tonight. Today just happens to be national Fried Chicken Day but I didn't know that when I drove in to Kroger on Monday to order and pay for 192 pieces of chicken. I explained I needed it on Wednesday Feb 4th at 5:00 pm. I watched the deli lady write it down, checked it over, gave her both mine and Mark's phone number. Once I paid for it had the check out lady give me 2 receipts then walked back to the deli and gave them the receipt to staple on to the order. Mark was going to be picking the chicken up and just in case he mislaid the receipt I wanted to make sure they knew it was already paid for. I finished making 120 servings of the party potatoes and put them in crock pots to keep warm while I made a quart of poppy seed dressing. Then the car was loaded with the 3 crock pots full of potatoes, one roaster (for the fried chicken) the fruit, rolls, butter, all the salad fixings and the desserts. I also put in plates, forks, cups and napkins just in case the church was out of those. I thought I was so prepared. I got to church by 4:45 pm and was unloading the car just putting things on the kitchen steps when Faith and Mackenson arrived. They helped carry everything up. Rhoda H arrived to help then Tim and Diane R and Eunice and they also brought dessert. Ruth and Fedi also arrived to help Mark was to pick up the chicken at 5:00 pm. He called about 5:15 pm to give me the bad news that Kroger had NO fried chicken prepared. The note was there with the receipt but no one realized it was needed TODAY. Diane got on the phone to call Snucks while Faith called HiVee but neither of them had enough fried chicken to serve over 100 people. I called Sam's Club about 5:25 pm and asked if I could order 15 pizza's and have it ready by 6:00 pm. They told me, "nope can't be done." Then I asked if I would order 12 pizza's could that be done and they agreed. Mark and David drove to Sam's got there just before 6:00 pm, paid for and got 12 pizza's, each was cut into 10 slices and we were able to have the prayer and start eating by 6:20 pm. 
We realized pretty quickly that 120 pieces were not going to be quite enough so Ruth and Fedi started cutting the last 5 pizza's into 15 pieces each.
By the time everyone had gone through the line we had 2 slices left. I've never served mashed potatoes with pizza before and hopefully will never have to do that again. I'm thankful Sam's has BIG pizza's and so very thankful for all the help. Caleb Plattner had the family night message on singing the Psalms. Click HERE if you would like to watch that.
Diane sent a video of the sunset tonight at Gulf Shores.
God really is good and the beauty of his creation cries out as proof.
