sherriknits

We took our family to the county fair yesterday.  Our very generous friend bought our family (9 when you count the add-ons) and several other people front row tickets to see Lincoln Brewster.  It started out great…except the little imp only made it 3 strums in to the warm - up and put the hood up on his sweatshirt and covered his ears as tight as he could.  We moved way to the back and gave 2 good friends our seats.  We still had a great time and he participated in clapping and singing along.  I didn’t really think Lincoln would enjoy seeing him holding his ears like that, might have been a little distracting, we were front row center.  lol

The unfortunate thing was towards the end of the concert, the rain cloud we’d been watching just let loose.  It was a downpour of grand proportions.  I had an umbrella and shared it with a friend and the little imp.  We all got wet in some way, but it was definitely better than nothing.  He did get an encore in spite of the rain and since my friend thought it was over and had gone up front to find her hubby, I put the big boy on my lap and we stayed drier, but he was really annoyed with his wet shorts so we skedaddled over to the agriculture building to wait for dad….who was drenched when he found us.  All he could say was how cool it was, dripping wet and all.

I’m glad he enjoyed it so much because he had really bad news when he got to church yesterday.  He was leading worship so he went early.  He discovered his bass had been stolen!  It happened in a 20 minute period after everyone had left Sat. night. The church is often a hub of activity for various things, hubby always goes out Sat. night to get ready when he’s on the worship team.  When he left, a friend was playing guitar while waiting for someone else and he said yes, indeed, the bass was there.  We have church members who live right on the edge of the property altho they have to drive down the driveway and over to their home.  They heard the alarm and went up there to find a policeman standing in the foyer trying to find contact information. 

Here’s what happened…someone kicked in the side door and you can only make it 4 feet before the alarm system activates.  They must have dashed in and grabbed the bass (a fair jaunt through the sanctuary) and out the door.  The doors have all already been re-inforced. 

I appreciate his attitude because he has chosen to keep a good attitude.  I’m sure it’s not easy as he has to make phone calls to all area music stores, some pawn shops, etc.  We know it will all work out, but there was sentiment attached to that bass because of some emotional things he had worked through in life … he bought it at a time that he was re-focussing on what God was doing in his life.  It will be interesting to see how it all works out.

Back to the fair before I start crying because I am so proud of him.

We didn’t really look at the animals as we could have because we were wet and uncomfortable.  This little boy begged me to take his picture.

The little guy really enjoyed the train, especially when the engineer sent him a gift.

Candy!  However, he had quite a time understanding that the train dumped it into the little chute, so big sis got in there and showed him.  He laughed and laughed. Yea for sisters!

And last but not least,  I am done with clue 6.  I have all week to practice Cat’s new sock method. 

It’s really hard to photograph at this point.  I am intrigued with what it is going to look like.  It has really been fun and I may just take part again next year.