Sleepover or Wakeover?

Obviously the person who named spend the night parties 'sleepovers' hadn't ever been to one because you really don't get much sleep. Since Dennis had to go to the States for a class I decided this was the perfect time to have a 'sleepover' with the girls in the youth group. The plan was for each of them to bring the assigned ingredients to make a huge batch of beef stroganoff, chocolate cake and salad; enough for us to eat and some to take to a family in the church whose wife is in the hospital with cancer. Dinner was ready around 9:30 - delicious. We then got comfy and watched a favorite movie of my mother in laws, "A Walk to Remember". It was a thought provoking, teenage, tear jerker. Dennis and I had watched it before he left to check it out - he had a good analysis. Imagine if Sandra D from 'Grease' hadn't changed to be like Danny but rather had kept her high standard...and there you start with 'A Walk to Remember'. We did actually get some sleep so that was good and it was another way to get to know each other.

'Nathan, Julieanne and a friend stayed upstairs most of the time watching Kung Fu Panda and eating snacks.

It was very touching when we took the meal to the husband whose wife is in the hospital on the other side of the country, he phoned her and put her on speaker phone saying that each time someone brought them a meal he did that so she could be a part of it. Great idea. He showed me around and then as we said good bye he started cry. He said he's just been amazed how the people in the church have looked after them and loved on them in such tangible, practical ways. How cool for the girls to get to be part of that!