A guide to Catholic church for Hannah

One of the fun new activities Hannah will get to partake in while she's traveling with Grandma and Grandpa is church!!! I will admit I am a very lapsed Catholic and Hannah never goes to church except when we're visiting Grandma and Grandpa. Even then Lincoln usually rescues her and Jake by taking them somewhere to play under the guise of not interrupting the other churchgoers. Needless to say that isn't an option for the next few weeks but luckily Mom said Hannah did really good during church last weekend.

This morning as I was listening to my iPod I came across the soundtrack from The Altar Boyz. It's an absolutely hilarious - yet totally respectful - religious comedy that Hannah and I both enjoy. I thought now that she has recently attended church she'd appreciate this song all that much more.

All of you Catholics out there will also get a kick out of it. I'm sure Steph will get a good laugh too having attended Catholic Mass with me a time or two down in Arkansas.

Click here to listen. Enjoy!

We need to get these kids to church more often

This afternoon we braved the clouds and spent the afternoon out at the pool. While it was cloudier than we would have liked we had bursts of sun that were very pleasant. Around 4 p.m. Lincoln fired up the grill and we had a nice little cook out on the pool deck.

Jake: Let's do that thing where we look at the plates.

Me: What?

Jake: The thing where we look at the plates.

(everyone looks at Jake like he's crazy)

Link: Do you mean say grace?

Jake: Yeah.

(Tracy, Cheryl, Lincoln and I all turn our heads away to hide our laughter)

Tracy: Obviously you need to get your child to church more often......just as much as I do.

Jake: Let's all hold hands.

To be fair, in my family when we say grace we don't hold hands.......