How The Deal Went Down, Part I-B

SATURDAY
Woke up with the kids at around 6:30 and let Kristen sleep for just a bit. We all got up and started getting ready for some fun family time. Rob had to run around and video some of the home groups. When he got back, we all went to Chuck. E. Cheese for some arcade partying. (Didn't eat the pizza, just just thirteen bucks on games. Jonah used his tickets to buy cotton candy. God bless the kid.)

After the games, we went to lunch. Chinese food.

Now, get this: I've never eaten Chinese food. Ever. Ever, ever. It was okay.

After lunch, we headed back to the church. Kyle had already arrived and the sound man was setting up. Adam and Romack got there about 40 minutes later and we started setting up. Naturally, there was all sorts of confusion - somebody forgot to bring gear, FBC Sanger didn't have a lot of gear to spare, but we got it worked out.

It was loud. Really, really, really loud.

Practiced until about 5. I ran home, showered and changed and headed back over to the church.

In the first set, we played I Am Free, And Higher, Dancing Generation, You Gave Sight and Align. In the second set, we played All The Freed, Let The Praises Ring, Dancing Generation, I Am Free, Unchanging and Take Me Higher.

I don't really know all the correct slang, but I think its safe to say something along the lines of:
WE GOT CRUNK
WE HELD IT DOWN
IT WAS THE JAM
IT ROCKED

Or some such.

After much music, Robert took us to IHOP. I got the all-you-can-eat-pancakes and downed massive quantities of Diet Coke in an effort to fight off sleep. We checked the band into the hotel, then headed back to the church to work on levels for Sunday morning worship and decide what we were gonna' play.

All told, I left the church a little after 2am. Went to bed somewhere in the vicinity of 3.