msmoon | Locked Up and Locked On :) (Reply)

Alright! Tonight's the big night. The night of our Nazarene Youth Lock-In. While I'm not nervous I am a bit anxious. First off, we had the idea of doing a lock-in for our youth (which is small, consisting of 5 members at the very most), but we wanted it to be relaxed and fun. Kids have enough things to deal with right? So, we decided on a game/movie night. So, the next night that the Youth met, we brought our respective Movie lists... mine was considerably longer -..- The kids went through them, and we decided all democratically which movies we would watch.

Our Youth consists of 5 members, 2 of which don't always show. The three boys are pretty much a fixture in the youth, and by 'boys' I mean the teenage brothers, Billy, Jillian and Jesse (they're hilarious once they warm up to you, let me tell you). Half siblings Takara and Lamarr come, but occasionally don't show. This is mostly because their parents seldom come, and sometimes they just decide not to call someone to come and pick them up. So, along with our usual 5, we've had 2 people invited. Takara invited a cousin and Billy has invited a friend as well, so that brings us to 7 Youth, 2 chaperons and ... my Dad and Mom. 11 People in total. But Dad's not staying the entirely night. He only just got in today around 9.

So far, we know that the lock-in will informally start around 5:30. We'll order pizza, and bring our snacks (of which, we have brought many). We'll have the PS3 for some of the games. After a few hours of this once it's gotten dark, Alicia wants the Youth to engage in a game called "Capture the Flag".... a game I've never heard of. Around midnight-ish, we'll start the movies and run them as long as anyone's awake. The movies that have been picked are (in random order)... Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat Annihilation, Iron Man, Prince Caspian, The Dark Knight, Evil Dead & Army of Darkness (though the boys are bringing those last two and one is on VHS or something)....not a likely selection of movies at a Youth lock-in, but the kids were very adamant about which movies they wanted =..=

In the morning, we'll cook a 'boyscout breakfast' for the kids, and then that'll be that :) As much as I'm anticipating the event, I'm also looking forward to tomorrow when it's over. I am going to enjoy the time spent with the Youth (I hope) because they're all great and fun... but I do so value my solitude ^..^ However, I'm sure I'll be all ... a-twitter (:D) tonight for the event.

I suppose that is all for now. I'll write later. Bye, Sunshines :)

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