Church picnic day is becoming notorious!
For the past four years we have had rain. As we did on Sunday, our church picnic day!
The rain started in the morning prior to our church service. There was a howling wind and slashes of water falling from the sky.
Then the weather calmed. The mud dried and the wind subsided. We had set up the picnic “tables” inside the auditorium. Our two main outdoor activities were to be a wagon ride and kite flying. Earlier in the morning we were envisioning mud and mayhem.
As we finished our lunch I ventured out with some of the kids who wanted to fly kites. We let out the string and they ran like crazy. The kites flew until the kids stopped. Then they lazily drifted to the ground – not enough wind power.
So the wagon ride was quickly organized. After a round of our local church dam, the kids came back reddened and a bit dehydrated.
Now, we might say this was a bust, but it wasn’t. I’m becoming more convinced that friends and fun are more important than some of the agenda we put forward. The adults sat and talked, the kids ran and played with each other. Not a bad thing!
Below are some of those kites that remained more on the ground than in the air!!
