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VBS

this week is extremely busy compared to our typical schedule. vacation Bible school every night at cross creek. so far, so good. the program is called 'power lab' and uses some science-y type demos, examples, & games. loved this pic from yesterday.

AWANA

a couple weeks ago was the last nite of cubbies & puggles for the children. just liked this picture and wanted to share it. ~bec.

Snowy Palm Sunday

i dressed the children in their Easter finest yesterday for church since we won't be there for Resurrection Sunday and also since they were singing up front with the other children. so, we're all dressed up in springtime fun, and what's on the car? yes, an inch of snow! aye. o well. steve had to carry the girls across the muddy parking lot, but it was fun to be springy even though it was freezing. and i have an adorable little video of them singing to post. but that's not going to happen before we leave for vacation. maybe later. ~bec.

Rollerskating

tuesday evening we could be found at the rollaway. i was so excited to take the children skating! had a blast. our AWANA group (and some others in the area) went, $6 for the whole family including rentals. nice. oh, and steve pointed out the antiquated signage. love it. ~bec.

Concrete

or "concreek" as shelby usually pronounces it. spent most of the morning at church, watching them pour 14 truckloads of concrete into the forms for the new part of the building. pretty impressive. we all enjoyed it. i took lots of pics, and steve came for a bit to capture some video. had a great view from a sunday school window, so it was extra nice to be out of the cold and the mud. ~bec.

Shoeboxes

last week we packed shoeboxes for children in far-away places that don't have as much as us and who need to hear about God & His love for them. we went to the store, and each of the children picked out things to send to their boy or girl (i did angela's). i'm hoping to remember this exact program next year and do it again. one thing we'll do differently: i'll buy rubbermaid-type containers which we'll fill in the store. that way, we know how much to get. some of our boxes were quite full. this particular ministry is operation Christmas child by samaritan's purse. the children really enjoyed their blog, and it helped them get a better idea of what this is all about. ~bec.

Sugar Fix

the children are off to vbs again tonite. last nite, shelby & cyrus came home enjoying pixie stix. ugh. gross. but not just pixie stix, mind you. the GIANT variety of pixie stix. the ones that are about the height of elle mae! monday nite they brought home sugar in a pouch with a hard sugar stick that you lick & dip in the powdery sugar. i thought i should probably save these treats to feed them right before they go to vbs the next night. ha! ~bec.

VBS

today was the first day of vacation Bible school at cross creek. there were about 140 kids there! i was supposed to be the fotographer, but i had some preterm labor all day. (icky) so steve took my place - he took all the children to vbs, and he was the fotographer. it was a good thing. he said the one part of being fotographer was pretty labor-intensive (no pun intended), so he may be on deck all week. ~bec.