Near History Review

Joshua gets his football equipment.

Next week he starts conditioning. He goes 5:30-8:00 M-F.

Gracie spends the night and the girls went to the movies, made crafts, and played dress-up.

Elizabeth meets Zackary at lunch last week.

Joshua holds Zackary for the first time.

The kids had a great time at VBS

Joshua loved the singing and dancing.

Elizabeth liked the singing and the picnic.

Her favorite part was putting the cows up for doing the daily challenges.

The kids and I went to a family fun fair.

They loved going down the inflatable Titanic

Lizzie Won the Hula Hoop challenge for her age group, $25.00 to Target.

Vacation Bible School

It is that time of year again. Vacation Bible School. This year's theme is Avalance Ranch. The Dearborn churchputs on the best VBS program. The kids have a lot of fun. This year each of the children have received a cool t-shirt and a colored bandana. The decorations are great and everything runs smoothly. Best of all, the kids are excited about learning about Jesus. I know that this may be controversial to some, but when the packaging is exciting the kids become excited. Yesterday's verse was: The Lord is the only true God, Jeremiah 10:10.

Summer Bowling Fun!

The kids get a color sheet each week. At the bowling banquet they will each receive a book full of all of the color sheets that they completed while they bowled. They also get pins for strikes, spares, 30 point games, 40 point games, and a patch for 50 point games. Elizabeth has earned each of these.

Maddie plays the crane game. she is obsessed with it. Unfrtuanately this is not one of the games that is easy to win so each week she goes away upset.

The most important part for Elizabeth is looking good!

The Toledo Zoo

The butterfly exhibit at the zoo was wonderful. We got to see all kinds of butterflies as the flew all around us. One of the butterflies actually landed on Joshua's shoes.



It was a really hot day. I rented a wagon so the children could rest occasionally. Oh my! Thrying to pull both of the children in the wagon was a trip. I really got my exercise.