So, the week beginning that I’ve been looking forward to is now over (I hate it when that happens-just kidding). I had so much fun while I was with the Risers. Ok, where do I start? Um, ok. On Sunday, after the service and the fellowship meal I left with the Risers and we shot off to Josiah’s piano recital (that is totally up my alley). That lasted about an hour. And then we went to their house and started a game that they taught me…I forgot what it was called but it was cool. Especially because I won. :-P

We played that until we had to leave for the Small Group. We left the game on the table and when we got back we finished it. I think we went to bed somewhere around 11:30.

The conversations we had during the drive to the Butcher’s house (where the S/G is held) were very interesting and struck me as hilarious. In one of the conversations Josiah was talking about how he got a splinter and somewhere he said “Gotten” and Mr. Riser said that isn’t a word and said that it would make more sense to say that he “Got exsplinterated” he was kidding, but surely that is the funniest thing I’ve ever heard.

So we got to the S/G and, as usual, I had a wonderful time. My family wasn’t able to make it-ah, that reminds me, I want to ask my Mom why they didn’t come. Anyways, everyone kept asking me how I got there. I told them I walked. That didn’t work. So I let them know that until Tuesday I would be an IgaRiser because I was staying with them. Mrs. Williams asked jokingly if my family sold me. Yeah, they traded me for a goat.

There are a lot more interesting things that happened at the S/G, but my brain is not working. I’m so dead tired.

Ok, on to the next day. Well, first of all, I woke up totally confused “Uh, why aren’t there any chickens clucking under the window? OH SHOOT! I GOTTA MILK THE GOATS!” and then I was like “oooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhh, right. Yes! I’m not on milking duty today!” Poor Emmiko. Actually, they probably didn’t separate the goats while I was gone. So, never mind.

Anyhoo, at 7:00 I jumped in and out of the shower. And then I went into the living room and found a book by MacArthur and started reading it. I really want it. Mrs. Riser said that Mr. MacArthur signed to her. Talk about cool. He’s the 2^nd best pastor that exists (My pastor is by far the best).

This will take a while, but I need to stop and remember everything that we did yesterday. Alrighty, I’m not going to get everything, but at the moment I remember that I got a piano lesson, us kids jumped on the trampoline for a bit, we made rhubarb pie (first time I ever tried it and boy was it good! I told Dad that I had some and he goes “ew, ughugh.” while I’m there saying “It was the BEST stuff!”), organized some stuff in the kitchen, jumped on the trampoline with Mr. Riser, Johanna, and Josiah…that was really fun, at first it was just me and Mr. Riser and Johanna, so it was all red-heads on the trampoline until Josiah came along. Mr. Riser kept popping me really high…actually, it was more like I stole his bounce several times. Lol.  

Oh! And I started reading a book that Mrs. Riser is writing. It’s really really REALLY interesting. I only got through the first couple of chapters and now I’m like “Oh golly! What happens next?! I need to finish reading it!” but I think it might be a while before I can finish reading it.

We did lots of stuff yesterday. I can’t remember it all right now, though. If it suddenly hits me later I’ll blog it then, but for now I’m brain dead.

But today we rock climbed their chimney. There was one half of the chimney that was easy and the other was very hard. I think I climbed it 3 times and then I tried a 4^th time but I was too tired to make it all the way up.

The funnest part was coming down. I liked kicking off the chimney. Climbing up on the hard side was really difficult and hurt my hands. But it was really fun anyways.

Later they taught me a new board game. That was fun, too. But I came in as the first loser. :-D Mrs. Riser won.

Ok, I can’t remember anything else at the moment. I need to go to bed. But I had an awesome time. The Risers are really cool. I like them a lot. It was really fun getting to know them better. Our families are very much alike in many ways. It’s neat.

I hope to be able to go over there again. I had an awesome time. Alrighty, my eyes are watery. I REALLY need to go to bed now. I’ll transfer this word doc over to HSB later…maybe next week. Oh so tired.

Truly Brain Fried,

-Ryann  

By the way (oh, and this is an edit, I really went to bed when I finished typing that all out, I wrote that out on the 20^th and now it’s the 23^rd), most of the time I was with them I had the Reliant K song stuck in my head:

This is the Best Thing! The Best Thing That Could Be Happening!...

Love that song.