Tonight was extremely busy as we tried to pack many activities into our 3 hours together. We started off the night by eating out together at Arby's. It was Anne's turn to pick and we all thought it was a great choice. Although, not all of us did a good job of following the new tips we learned from Christina on healthy eating. Some of us wondered if those yummy fries counted as veggies for our "healthy plate" :).

Tonight, we only had one lesson on how important it is to not rain on someone's parade. This was a very funny video clip and we all admited that we may at times also get kind of negative with our friends about ideas we aren't that happy about. We learned that:
• It’s hard to be someone’s friend if you automatically shoot down all their plans and ideas without considering their merits. If you don’t respect any of their ideas, you show that you don’t respect them as people
• A good way to show that you care about someone is to be receptive to their ideas and look for ways to help them carry out their plans.
• If you have serious concerns about something a friend or acquaintance wants to do-if you sincerely believe that it’s not in their own best interests-you can voice your concerns in a way that shows caring and consideration. When you’re caring and considerate in sharing your concerns, others will generally be caring and considerate in listening to your concerns. What you get from people is generally equal to what you give.

Bryce and Anne also added the following:
Bryce: We are reading a different book – Janette Oke, Love Comes Softly. My grandma’s in the hospital and she had surgery this morning. My dad went to visit her at Sanford. We are planning for our Halloween party next week.

Anne: I was thinking about picking Tuck Everlasting for our new book. I am going on vacation this week to Arkansas. There is a movie that I want to see, by Nicholas Sparks. I haven’t read the book yet, Dear John. I have a new blog and it is called Reesie’s Kitchen.

We finished out the night reading some more of our book. Next week, we will meet at the same time and same place, but we will be having our Halloween party. Bryce picked for us to order in pizza from Pizza Ranch, we will be playing some games & we will read some scary stories. Plan on bringing $10 cash with you to pay for the pizza. You may get some change back from Kristen, but we want to make sure that everyone has enough money with them. See everyone next week!