This Saturday, Brooklynne and I went out to the Durham holiday parade. A great time was had by all. Halleigh had the most fun and enjoyed clapping a waving to the people as they went by, but she was afraid of the Remax hot air balloon blasters that went by in the back of a truck. As soon as I have the pictures downloaded, I'll post a gallery.

Church at Blacknall was particularly good this morning too. I have to say, I almost didn't go. I hate going to the late service, because it always seems to drag into the afternoon, but we were up so late last night that we slept through the earlier time. We're also going to Anna Efird's dedication tonight at Emmaus Way, so there was a convenient rationale to sleep in, but Brooklynne and I have had trouble finding people our age to hang out with lately (everyone seems so busy) and we're both kind of itching for closer relationships with other people, so I wanted to try a new sunday School class, and I finally forced myself out of bed.

Two images struck me from church today. First, I love the story of Abraham finding the ram on the mountain tangled in thorns--it might be my favorite Bible story. The second image is that of God preparing a house for us. We were talking about Joseph being betrothed, but not fully married to Mary at the time she became pregnant, and the idea that in Jewish culture of the time, a man and a woman were attatched (kind of married?) when they shared a ritual cup, but they would not consummate the marriage or live together until the man went back and prepared a house for his wife. We discussed how Jesus shared a cup with his followers, and then went ahead of them to prepare many houses. For some reason, this was an especially touching image to me this morning.

In other news... I'll try to post the Giuliani report card by tomorrow evening.