Friday night, Michelle and I went to Chuck E. Cheese and had a blast. Her suitemates Rachel and Lindsey came along, in addition to Rachel's boyfriend Andrew. We all had a great time. Our friends Norm and Robin Brumblay were there, helping their son Garrison celebrate his 4th birthday. We gave Garrison all the tickets we won, and he got to buy a rocket launcher. Dad said with a wink that they were gonna gave a great time with it.

Michelle and I had the worst experience ever at a movie theatre Saturday night. We went to the IMAX theatre at Opry Mills to see "Aliens of the Deep". The announcer said that the film would start after one trailer. The trailer ran for about 5 seconds before it came to an abrupt halt. After waiting for almost 45 minutes, the announcer said the problem with the projector was fatal, and that all tickets would be refunded. We went to the refund counter, and I told the guy that we were really disappointed in all this, because we had driven over an hour to get there. He apologized, and offered us free tickets to any movie, plus our refund. So, we chose to watch "Hide and Seek", with Robert DeNiro. It would have been a great movie, except there was a crying baby who would not settle down. The mother refused to take the baby out, so everyone else was mumbling and grumbling. It was horrible. Michelle finally got up and went to talk with the manager. He and the security guard basically said, "Tough shit. Deal with it." Jeez, it was horrible. I can't understand why anyone would take a baby to a movie like that.

Yesterday, my baseball meeting was really boring--as they always are. However, it is always nice to see old friends and renew acquaintances. Thankfully, it did not last too long, and were out of there.

Youth group was great last night. The kids were really focused, and we did a ton of work in preparation for World Vision's 30 Hour Famine. The kids are really excited. We have one kid that has not been attending church much in the past few months, and lat night we found out that her boyfriend has run into some serious legal trouble. I am going to try to reach out to them and see if there is anything I can do. I am deeply saddened by things that have transpired.

I hope everyone has a wonderful week. Peace...