Saturday, John and I worked at BLAM, a free faith-based youth event for grades 6-12, and invited Aeddon and Alden to come out to it. I didn't think they would come, with the whole faith part, but the words LAZER tag sealed the deal. We ran a GeoCaching site, and the boys went to the various options that included GeoCaching, Mini Golf, Crafts (Aeddon skipped that), LAZER Tag and a bounce house obstacle course. They had a surprisingly good time, didn't burst in to flames when the youth pastor talked about Jesus for 20 minutes, and (Aeddon) actually said "thanks for taking us, and convincing mom and dad to let us go." The time we have available to make these special memories pass quicker and quicker as they age, and become understandably less interesting in hanging with the old folks, so days like today - what a gift!
To top it off, we decided to go to the drive-in for a record setting 2x in one weekend, and mentioned it to the boys when we were taking them home. Aeddon wanted to see Star Trek, Alden wanted to see Iron Man 3. Since Star Trek was on the agenda for last night, Aeddon went with us, and we were treated to several hours in his company. Normally quiet and slightly withdrawn on the increasingly rare occasions he's here after school, he was gregarious and companionable, and I saw glimpses of the little boy he once was, and the man he will become.
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