End of basketball season, Ceili Rain Concert and Lauren winning the church logo contest..................

• On Saturday night, Kenny, myself and the kids along with good friends and their kids went to a Ceili Rain Irish concert (pronounced Kay-lee). We had great seats, the music was fun, and the company was exceptional. Oh, and Sound of Life Radio was at the concert too. I met and talked with Joe Hunter, the DJ I listen to every morning--I told him he looks nothing like his voice-he said he gets that a lot :)



• The church we've been attending was in need of a logo and asked the congregation to come up with a logo that would best represent the Hyde Park Baptist Church and its Biblical focus, the church would then vote on the top 5 and the winner would receive a gift certificate to the local pizzeria. Lauren, Alison, and Tommy entered about ten logos and were able to come up with some really creative ones. This past Sunday was the day to see the top logos and vote on one. Out of the top five, one was Lauren's--A cross on a hill with the church's name in block type letters. One was Alison's - A steeple with the church name next to it and one was a combination of Lauren's logo with three other entries mixed together - that was the one that won. Anyway, the kids thought it was cool to see their drawing's put into computer graphics and displayed on a screen in front of the church.

• This was the last week of basketball for Lauren, Alison and Tommy. It was the first year for Hyde Park Baptist Church to have a basketball program and it worked out really well--the coaches were great and the kids game has really improved--they're like animals on the court now--I posted some video so you can see for yourself ;)

**The first three videos are Tommy's group 8-11yr olds--he's the one taking the foul shot. The last two are from Lauren and Alison's age group. You can see its a co-ed league and the age range in their group is from 12-15/16 year olds. We're proud that our girls were able to hold their own with the guys. Our good friend Paul organized the league with the pastor's and members of HPBC. They really did such a great job not only teaching the kids the fundamentals of the game but also about God. Before each game the kids prayed together and at the end of each game there was a Bible challenge. Kenny was asked to step in a couple of times when a coach was out and he loved it.
(Alison is in the neon pinny and Lauren in the orange one.)