We are just winding down from a very full, yet very fun weekend. It started on Friday, where we got to teach the Boulders (2-3 year olds) at School of Rock during church. The kids learned the Biblical truth, “God helps me,” through the fun games, activities and stories.

We didn’t have much time to sleep in on Saturday morning. We headed to Midway Stadium in St. Paul for the Kidney Walk. Gilda, Rafa and I walked for Team Target. It was so awesome to be around so many other people affected by renal disease and failure. Gilda was in good company with lots of patients, transplant recipients, health care workers and donors.

We were hungry after all that walking, so we went to our old ‘hood in South Minneapolis to visit El Nuevo Rodeo. We had a delish authentic lunch of ceveche, tacos, tostadas, enchiladas… yum.

Our friends asked us to go ValleyScare that night. It’s like regular ValleyFair, but with lots of fog machines and all orange and purple lights. We debated for about a minute before we decided to go. A 75 degree day in the middle of October? It would have been criminal not to take advantage of it.

We went on all our favorite rollercoasters and a couple of the haunted houses. I had never been in one before. Going into “The Asylum” probably wasn’t the best choice for a girl who doesn’t even watch scary movies! I had Rafa holding one hand and Laura holding another, so I was okay. I figured out if you don’t act very scared of the actors, they don’t mess with you … as much! We rode rides until the very end of the night – I can’t remember the last time we stayed out past midnight (really).

We got a ton of stuff done today. I painted the kitchen while Rafa worked on the trim throughout the upstairs. Rafa mowed the lawn/mulched some of the leaves. I got to sing for house church worship, and we spent the evening with our family there. Now – time for bed to start this week!