I spent the weekend in Pella with Madison, Mil, and Kaitlyn. I am really glad that we went to see Kaitlyn because she so often comes to Story City and we rarely make the trip to see her. On our way there we missed the turn onto Kaitlyn's street and ended up going past Lake Red Rock. WOW! The water was SO high and they were using the dam to slowly flood the connecting river so most of the park was under water. Eventually we found our way to Kaitlyn's and later we went down to see the dam. The power of water is really incredible. Later we watched DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE MORGANS? It was a pretty good movie. We were asleep by 12:30, all 4 of us are not quite 20 years old and yet we can't stay up all night talking like we used to because we are too tired, ridiculous! On Saturday we walked around the square in Pella and found some good deals. I bought some fat quarters with fruits and veggies on them at the quilt shop to make a food themed quilt. It was a wonderful couple of days!
Today St. Petri was supposed to have church in the park but the threat of rain was too much so we moved it inside. Everything was going smoothly until the power went out part way through the Lord's Prayer. Jo played GOD BLESS AMERICA on the piano with the help of Abby's flashlight. When we finished the some what discombobulated service we were supposed to head downstairs for the potluck, but Angie kept almost everyone upstairs for trivia while some of us went downstairs to find candles. Just as we were lighting the candles the power came on and the potluck continued without a hitch.
