So, the Keech family has had a pretty eventful weekend. Friday night we hung out with Eric and Kelly and the kids. Not really doing much, but Kelly and I went to a Pampered Chef party while the guys watched the kids. I say we should have taken advantage of the fact that we were husband and kid-less and gone out for karaoke or something, but we behaved ourselves.
Then, yesterday morning we got up what we deem as "early" for us (especially on a Saturday morning!) around 9:00 am. We drove out to Elk River to pick up Connor and his buddy, Braden, and met a bunch of folks from church to pack food at this cool place in Brooklyn Park. Feed My Starving Children packs up food for (duh...) hungry kids all around the world.
Here's a picture of all of us:
I'm sort of in the middle, Maddy and Connor are right up in front. Jason's the tall one in the back. We look awesome in our hair nets, don't we??
The actual food-packing time went by super fast. I totally want to do something like this again. We had fun, and I think it made an impact on the way my kids view the world a little bit. I feel like it's our responsibility to take care of people who can't take care of themselves. It's heartbreaking to watch the videos of these little kids who are eating dirt balls just to stave off their hunger. Turning a blind eye to it only makes the problem worse and results in more kids dying, so I feel like I need to get off my duff some more and get involved! Anyone wanna join me?
This morning we went to church and when we got home I took a long, glorious nap. I'm trying to get a ton of laundry done before we go to Wisconsin Dells next weekend. Until next post!!
