Community Praise Church / Wii

We visited a church in Virginia today thinking that we would be attending a baptism of the daughter of one of my girlfriends. Somehow I had gotten my dates mixed up – the baptism is scheduled for next Sabbath. I liked that the people were friendly and that the praise leader talked quite a bit about worship. The challenge for us was the time - the drive there (almost 1 hour each way), the service length (2½ hours), and the wait to get out of the parking lot (over half an hour). I really enjoyed experiencing another church’s worship though and would visit again.

We relaxed for the rest of the evening, getting some groceries and playing Wii. Brian loves to play boxing on Wii. He always says, “Fight, fight” when he wants to play. He is so cute boxing! One of these days I'll figure out how to post a video clip ...

We had bought Wii for Kevin for his birthday in May in lieu of having a birthday party. The boys (and Kenton and I) have a lot of fun playing the Wii games. We like the fact that it is interactive. You have to move in order to play - boxing especially is a game that makes you sweat. It’s a great workout and a fun way to play video games.

For part of our bedtime routine, I read to the boys. Tonight we finished up a book called Treasury of Virtues, a large collection of stories/tales. The virtues we’ve learned about are: hard work (The Little Red Hen / The Elves and the Shoemaker); honesty (The Emperor's New Clothes / The Honest Woodcutter / The Boy Who Cried Wolf); friendship (The Four Musicians / The Lion and the Mouse); cooperation (Stone Soup); responsibility (The Bell of Atri); generosity (The Gift / The Selfish Giant); patience (The Ugly Duckling); wisdom (King Midas); moderation (The Fisherman and His Wife); courage (Jack and the Beanstalk); perseverance (The North Wind / The Tortoise and the Hare / The Little Dutch Boy); and love (Johnny Appleseed / The Velveteen Rabbit). I hope that when the boys remember these stories, they especially remember the virtues learned from them.