The making of a memory is never a waste of time, and everyday brings about 1440 memorable minutes, they are moments I would never trade for anything. This past week has been one of those weeks so full of memories that I can’t even keep them all straight in my head. I want to start this post by apologizing to you, because these are truly “ya had to be there” moments of my life, and as much as I wish you could experience them as well, all I have are words with which to paint these pictures. So bear with me, you’ll have to use your imaginations to really have any understanding of just how good and rich and full of life these moments were. :-)
A few weeks ago, Meghan and Cierra told us about a park they found that would be ideal for stargazing, but with the cold weather coming in we weren’t sure if we’d ever make it. then, God blessed us with a warm snap this week so a group of us piled into our cars and headed out.
I don’t know if we ever got around to really stargazing…but we did everything else, and that’s all that matters.
As soon as we got there we made a dash for the swings. As I was swinging with Meghan she exclaimed “this is a mix of so many of my favorite things!” we began listing all the favorites that was that night, swings, friends, hair down, wind, night, starts, Colorado, laughter, fun, that church steeple all lit up in the distance, God, life…
After the swings we did a parkour style game on the jungle gym. One person would do a move, the next would do that move and add a move, the next those two moves and add another, ect, until the last person had to do all eight moves plus a move of his own. It was so good.
After all that someone suggested we finally go to the field to stargaze, so all nine of us linked hands and ran into the darkness, screaming and laughing. When we got to the middle of the field we did a whole lot of nothing and everything, just about everything except stargaze. We played games like Indian Leg Wrestling, Finger Fencing, and we played the HA game until the count was around 50 or so (the HA game is when you all lay in a circle with you heads on each others stomach and the first person says “HA!” the next “HAHA” then “HAHAHA” and so on. But we got tired of just HA-ing, so it turned into many other sounds.
Then we went star tripping, then you look at one star and spin around really, really fast and then it feels like the world is on hyper speed! Chris added a new level and when we stopped spinning he’d run up and flash his flashlight in our eyes, so suddenly we’re blind AND dizzy!
We also just frolicked and ran, Cierra and I ran to the edge of the field, to where the darkness of the field sloped into the darkness of the world, and in the distance were the lights of the city. “how far can we run until we run off the edge of the world!” Cierra asked as we frolicked.
After that we went back up to the jungle gym. To escape the wind, which was howling, we decided to build a fort with our assorted blankets. After many tied knots and fail attempts to secure the blankets, we all finally crowded in. it was story time with Chris. Chris had many stories of his adventures in Europe when he was backpacking with his brother, stories that make us legitly creeped out. Half way through his second story, just as there was a crazy European man walking around Chris and his brothers tent, all of a sudden we hear a voice from outside our tent. “Police” it said. We looked at each other in confusion, police? Is that what they said? “um, did you say ‘police’?” Chris asked calmly, we were more confused than scared that the police would be interested in us in any way. “yeah, this is the police.” The voice answered, “what are you doing in there?”
Chris answered mater of factly, “story time.”
“um, ok, how many people do you have in there?”
We all counted out loud “uh, one…two…three…four…five…we have eight.”
“ok, is everyone alright in there?”
“oh yeah, we’re all fine” we all answered.
“ok, well, you know the park closes at 11:00, thanks in about 15 minutes, just so you know.”
“alright, thank you.”
“have a good night.”
And they walked away, they never looked inside and we never saw them. It wasn’t until after they left that we started talking about just how sketchy this set up did look!
Fifteen minutes and about three stories later, we packed up our fort and headed back to the cars, another memory made, one to be cherished. <3
