Going away party and STOP TAKING PICTURES!

So last night was fun. We had a small going away party for one of my YL girls who is going back to boarding school. We watched a camp video, all signed a framed pic of our group for her, ate cheesecake brownies and laughed, laughed, laughed. Then we had bible study, which was great too. Afterwards we went to Petco to purchase turtles, so she could release them...she talks about doing it...but turtles are $90, so we bought two white fish. As we walked around the store giggling and checking out the animals, the staff kept following us and telling us, no, we couldn't hold a turtle, no we can't take pictures of the animals, we needed to be quiet because the animals were trying to sleep...blah, blah, blah.

Our last stop was by the hamster cages. Here we giggled because two hamsters were, um, well, 'exercising' together. One actually looked like it was trying to get away from the other...then to our surprise as they separate and start cleaning themselves, it was TWO BOY hamsters. One's actual member was exposed to us and the whole group giggled and fell to the floor or to the corner laughing, someone said, "I've feel so violated!" Well, two staffers come over and ask us not to take pictures...which we weren't so it was a strange request. But then they told us to be quiet because the animals were trying to sleep. We were all standing around the hamster cage again when someone said, "um, no sir, I don't think they are trying to sleep." Someone else said, "No, they are, um, playing." I said, "THAT IS NOT playing!" Then everyone fell in a heap and started laughing again. As we started to leave the store another employee said yet again, that it was against store policy to take pictures. YES. We get it!!

Then we stood outside checking out our fish and (HA!) taking pictures as the staff inside watched. The girl that is leaving named them Barnes & Noble. Then we took the fish to a nearby pond and freed them. What's funny was, they didn't appreciate the freedom, because they kept trying to swim back to us on shore.

(Barnes & Noble)

It was a fun night.

Here's a verse from our bible study time together:

Psalm 25:9 - He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way.

Everyone liked this Psalm.