Spring Break Part Two

(In case you missed the beginning of the break, here’s the link)

WEDNESDAY: As we drove home from the beach on Tuesday, I thought that the kids were long overdue for a fishing trip with their grandpa. As soon as we got home, shook the sand out of all kind of places, and watered the newly planted flowers, I gave Gigi a call.

She answered laughing. The kind of laugh where I knew she had just been thinking of calling me.

“Grandpa and I were hoping he could pick up the older two for a fishing day tomorrow.”

I cracked up and told her it definitely wouldn’t work.

The kids had a great time and Papa Gigo informed me they now know how to do every single bit–tying the hook, baiting it, etc …–and would be able to fish on their own if I took them to the lake.

THURSDAY: I would say this day was our most unique spring break activity.

Six thousand librarians descended on the Oregon Convention Center. Moody had a booth and invited me to come sign. We had a fantastic time. So great, in fact, that my friend Duane asked me to write up a little something about it. The amount of fun couldn’t even fit in one blog post, though, so they put a Smorgasbord Part One and Smorgasbord Part Two up on their blog. 🙂 There’s lots of pictures of our family, and even one of a spy.

FRIDAY: The older kids went to their dad’s house and “Angel” stayed with my parents while I had a GNO. Church on the Hill in Mcminnville has the most amazing DivorceCare program. They decided to take all the women out for the night. Each of us received a pink carnation, complimentary dinner, chauffeured transportation, and great conversation.

SATURDAY: Picked the kids up from their dad’s and headed back to downtown Portland for the Rock & Worship Roadshow! We got there hours before the actual show started, forty-five minutes before the doors opened, and this is what the line looked like behind us.

In front of us, it branched into two different lines headed toward different entrances …

We barely got seats, but had a great time enjoying Fee, Sidewalk Prophets, Family Force 5, Remedy Drive, Francesca Battistelli, David Crowder Band, and MercyMe … all for $10! What service those bands do, performing for such little money to bring families together in corporation worship of Jesus.

The kids kind of enjoyed it a tiny bit. 😉

SUNDAY: We recovered from break.

4 Responses to Spring Break Part Two

  1. Susan J. Reinhardt April 12, 2010 at 11:55 am #

    Hi Christina –

    Love Mercy Me! I’m thinking about putting together a Sign Language Special using, “I Can Only Imagine.” I’m not familiar with the other groups.

    Blessings,
    Susan 🙂

  2. Christina Berry April 12, 2010 at 8:56 pm #

    Susan, that sounds great. I wasn’t too familiar with the names of a few of them, but knew their songs anyway. However, Fee was fabulous and made a new fan. 🙂

  3. quietspirit April 14, 2010 at 1:07 pm #

    Christina:
    You sound as if you had a very busy spring break. You made memories for your kids.

  4. Miriam Cheney April 15, 2010 at 10:41 am #

    What cute pic of the kids! Sounds like you had a fabulous Spring Break, a let’s-acutually-make-a-plan-and-stick-to-it kind of Spring Break. I have a whole knew level of admiration for you.