Super Summer Spectacular! Aaah-HA!

So... how many kids are there?! I only have FIVE. :-) We're part of a group of 25 - the B-2's. The Blue Group is about 100. We're the little group - Green and Yellow are about 150 each and Pink is 200 large! Then there's the Preschool depts! But I only have FIVE. That'll do me!

Aidan, Ainsley, Caleb, Davis and Kaden... what an awesome group of kids! My favorite time is the worship and singing. The kids Pastor is leading live with a little kids' band called the Splats.

My kids love the Games, of course. The funnest part is running away from leaders (huff, huff, gasp) and getting soaked with the water guns!

But we've done all kinds of things this week! The unscheduled event was the cricket catching at snack time. I don't know anything about who went home saying they were eating crickets at SSS! (Not mine! My boys brought bug catchers so they could keep them, "and sell them" added Aidan.)

Celebrating Life

The "Father -Son" breakfast followed by a trip to the Flight Museum was a hit! Jim and Jeremy had a great time hanging out with some great guys at a great place. This picture was taken in the cockpit of the Spruce Goose! Our kids were totally jealous. Only, we had a super day, too, 'cause...

It was Angie's Birthday!!!!! Yay! The day was pretty hot, so after ice cream cake (what a great idea!) we checked out Scaponia Park with swimming gear!

My kids loved hanging out with Uncle Jon and Aunt Angie and their cousins. The water was sooooo cold! It was refreshing! We could have stayed all day except for the bugs that seemed to be gathering from miles around in growing numbers!

Friends

Great blessings start young sometimes.

Camten is that wonderful age where he's determining who his "very best friend" is. Almost every day it's someone new, and Mom is only on the list if he's not in trouble.

Austin is on the list, and Jessa would be on Trinity's list if we could discuss it. She tried crawling some and decided it's nice being a big girl... phew!

1st Annual VBS at the Scappoose GAP

The Armour of God...
Great theme, Great program, Great leadership!
Great crafts, Great "mad scientist"!
Totally FUN people in a totally fun place!



My kids thought we'd found one of the best events of the whole year and asked me to clear next year's schedual so we wouldn't miss a single day! This year we had to pause in our pursuit of fun to attend a Birthday Party... which turned out to be a BLAST, too! Amazing how that works!

"The Best 4th, Yet!"

Papa Jim started the Truck Fort tradition for the 4th. Usually he empties out his own truck and lays out rugs or blankets... this year we provided a parts truck and he brought the tent top and blankey "rug". Daryl and Becca also came with little Hannah and Dad, or Pastor Mike, or "just Mike". What a Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th!!!!!!

Ted and Robin invited us to join them in the Classic Rides parade in Corbett! We won 2nd place for our totally awesome truck and had a GREAT time! Nana (and Papa Jim) made it just in time despite closed roads and detours.

We taped squirly Bible verses on our candy and passed out Gospels of John, running out of everything about a third of the way along the parade route! Then we just smiled and waved, "HAPPY 4TH!" Everyone smiled and waved all over town all day... right through the car show and fair, where the big boys each won goldfish. We headed home loaded with treasures and candy for a short rest before our fireworks display on our hill. "The Best 4th, yet!"