After church today (great services, by the way) we headed South to Marion to attend this year’s ordination service – held at Lakeview Wesleyan. Our good friend Craig Helfrich went with us to join in the festivities – we haven’t been able to spend time with Craig since before Ella was born, so this was a GREAT opportunity to play “catch up”.
We got to Wabash, Indiana at around 1:30 and decided to stop quickly and eat some lunch. We stopped at a Pizza Hut buffet and quickly scarfed down some pizza when suddenly Ella awoke from her dream-like status and began to cry continuously. Apparently she wanted some of the pizza we were shoving into our mouths.
After a diaper change and a few walks around the parking lot, Ella would NOT settle down and when we looked at the time it had already passed the 2-o’clock hour. Ordination started at 2:30 and we were still about 45-minutes from our need-to-be-at destination.
Thus the flexibility. A quick phone call to Pastor J apologizing for my not-being-there and we headed back toward Warsaw.
After a meal, Ella’s attitude change and in order to salvage our time with Craig, we headed even further North to his place on Lake Wawasee where I enjoyed the jetski and we all enjoyed a cook-out dinner, some horseshoes and friendly company. It was a great “spontaneously planned” afternoon! Thanks to Craig for being spontaneous and for hosting us in his home this evening!
Pictures from today are here.
Some must-see photos of Ella:
