This isn't a SEXY barbecue, Daniel... yay for bottle lids!

Ivan picked me up at about 8:45, and I delayed him a bit because I had to look for my keys since I forgot where I put them. Thank goodness I found them in my red-and-black bag! Talked about the sunny hours being worth it even if you did get up early, Summer Conference, and some more stuff. Got to the church and helped Michelle / Joey / Emily / Daniel / Phil / Uncle Peter load up a LOT of stuff into cars before we went to the park - water bottles, carrots, celery, watermelon, ketchup, mustard, relish, animal crackers, Goldfish crackers, chips, juice, buns, balloons, garlic-onion Tim's chips, sunscreen, Purell hand sanitizer, wieners, ice, Freezies, coolers, and more! We were surprised when Michelle brought Hannah Montana / High School Musical coverings for the tables, but not too shocked when they tried blowing off because of the wind! When we got to the park, I helped carry some tent poles up a little hill. Margaret was in charge of the FoodSafe certificate in case someone came by to ask about it.

Saw some little kids that I knew from Awana: Dominick, Samantha, Victoria, John, and Luke seemed to have fun. There was an 18-month-old who had lots of fun with Emily blowing bubbles... he even had a Canada Day balloon to take home! Jonathan said that people had put hand sanitizer on his face... doesn't sound too pleasant! Talked to Vivian, Karen, Melia, Angus, Grace, Fidela, Vanessa, Lincoln, Isabel, Jose, Helen, Karmie, Cory, Nicholas, Chris, Christon, Wesley, Andrea, Chrystal, Auntie Esther, Auntie Ruby, Anita, Allison, Jenica, Uncle Peter, Nathan, Darren, Mark, Margaret, Mike, Emily x2, Auntie Ying, Audrey, Ivan, Cindy, Kevin, Auntie Kathy, Citrus, Olivia, Quan, Stanley, Sam, Jeremy, Dylan, and more people. Several people said they'd keep an eye out for me as far as rental properties went - I know Uncle Peter definitely can! Will have to call people tomorrow, too... checked out AMS Rentline when I got home, and found a $450 ad which gives preference to students or working people. It's a roommate arrangement, and Corey thinks they might be uptight and annoying about rules since they require references. Who knows!

Discussed Bard on the Beach, kite-flying, shoes, homeschooling, Ben, Erin, boobs, not wanting to think of people as making kids in a five-bedroom house, how Auntie Rebecca was being kinda creepy by attempting to recruit for Awana at the gathering, hearing "second annual barbecue" as "SEXY annual barbecue" (Angus and I heard the same thing!), cats, mice, funny videos, how Allison liked playing with real phones because she can tell the difference if they don't work (she gave me and Grace her bottle lid!), her cool sunglasses, moving, and more. People wanted to know where my siblings were, and it turned out that Steph slept in till 4. She deserves it, heh.

Had a good time overall, and kept out of the way mostly. Soaked up the sun on the blue tarp, checked Margaret's glasses for bubble circles, heard that the veggie dogs were TERRIBLE, and chatted to Helen about Jon's honeymoon and things like that. Baby Cory wanted to play with the grass, but couldn't really. Helen told Anita that her heart stopped when she couldn't find Nicholas at first, even in their house's backyard! (Danny had come home, I guess...) Anita said she understood - she doesn't want Allison to be all wobbly in the playground, because older kids could knock her over unintentionally!

Went back to the church with Sam and Jeremy, to help people unload (liquid) Freezies and everything else. Watched Lucas help people set up the tent again in the courtyard - no, we didn't get Uncle Eugene to help in the morning either! Read an issue of CHALLENGER magazine, and encountered the name "Summer Waters" in the back as a kid poet. Poor girl! The guys drove me home before doing other things, and I got home at around 3:45. Good times!