8 AM Church?

No, I'm not kidding. Due to some growth (Yay!) in Mountain Home, particularly our congregation, we have had to move our church time from 9 AM to 8 AM to accomodate some space issues and make room for the other congregations that meet after us. Today was our first go at it and we did better than expected. I got up at 6:15 AM, showered, got somewhat dressed, woke-up Mary and then started making pancakes (A Sunday AM tradition, one of the things we can count on them wolfing down, thanks to the syrup) for Sarah and Nathan and then woke them up at about 6:50. They commenced eating while I kept cooking, cooling, cutting and coating (w/ syrup) the pancakes for the ravenous kids. We had prepped all of our stuff the night before and showered the kids on Saturday as well. We had set out the kids church clothes the night before, so we got them dressed quickly after they ate breakfast. We were out the door at about 7:45 and were at church 10 mins early! Not bad! We'll see how long that lasts... probably a one or two hit wonder depending on when little Jane arrives. The kids have definitely been a little more tired this morning, though we only woke them up about 30-45 mins earlier than normal. I feel sorry for the members of our congregation that live about 90 mins away up in the hills! They were there though!