Tuesdays in the Summer

(Not my children.  Cute, though, huh?)

One of my favorite things about living in a small town are the fun activities that go on all summer. Within the next week will be the 4th of July fireworks (on the 3rd of July), the 4th of July parade (on the actual 4th), the fair parade and the fair, itself. That's a crazy amount of fun for one week!

This morning the children were so excited that the day dawned bright and sunny. Tuesdays in the summer are Mass at Noon/Picnic in the Park days. The number of families who come vary week to week. Sometimes the park is swarming with friends and sometimes we're the only ones there. Right now, my children are there but I'm not because baby Walter is still napping. As soon as he wakes up, we're off!

It was a Tuesday Mass at Noon/Picnic in the Park day when we first discovered Mayberry. The Holy Spirit had us driving by the church just as Mass let out and the front lawn was full of moms and children... including some we knew. We were invited to join them at the park and within half an hour I knew that we would be moving here. My girls were walking arm and arm with their friends and picking blackberries while my boys were running around with other boys and playing tag. Oh... this was the sort of community for which I'd always longed. By Friday we had contacted a realtor.