A Sunday Surprise

Sundays are our day off; as the Lord took a day of rest, so do we!  Today we went to St. James Chapel for Mass.

The front of St. James

And got to spend some time catching up with family and friends!  What a blessing to speak with our loved ones.  And as a part of living in community we were surprised by the afternoon’s activities.  Around 1pm, some of the young girls (about 10 years old) came around to inform us of an archery contest taking place at 2pm.  They took down RSVP’s on a loose leaf paper and wrote sticky note reminders that said “Come at 2:00pm.”  One of the single young women made medallions for each of the kids and I made bags of candies for all of the winners.  Ben abandoned our broken car that he was working on fixing to set up the archery range.  It was all hands on deck!

Raeleigh woke up just in time for the festivities.  We gathered on the one of the family’s porch and all the archers were lined up ready for the 4 rounds of competitions, kids & adults included.

From the youngest archer:

To the oldest archer:

From the funniest technique:

To the prettiest competitor:

All were winners, or should I say warriors:

And Raeleigh and mama got to watch

When Raeleigh wasn’t trying her own skillz!