things you can do

I am not posting this to toot my own horn, but to share something that Ben and I did that turned out to bless not only friends, but us too! We belong to a Connect Group at church and we are so blessed to have already bonded and done life with a new group so quickly. (We were terrible leaders compared to belonging to this new group!) Last weekend, one reason the girls were so tired was b/c I invited all of the CG children to come spend Friday evening and have pizza, popcorn & movies while their parents went out. The only rule was they had to go on a date together and they had to talk about anything but work and kids. At 1st everyone thought we were crazy, but then one couple took us up on it. These boys were so well-behaved; they had fun, the girls had fun, and I discovered boys weren't that scary! The mom and dad was so appreciative and you could tell they enjoyed themselves. So, just wanted to share an idea of a way you could bless someone - for parents getting a babysitter (especially last minute) is the hard part, planning what to do is easy!