My Daily 5 ~ #4

358. That my kids had fun on their looonnnngggg bike ride field trip

(picture not taken today, but ironically that is exactly what Elisha wore, LOL!)

359. that everyone was safe

360. listening to their stories of memories made on this trip

361. long conversations with a friend

362. rest

My Daily 5 ~ #3

353. Eating free See's candy at work (that they sent to us to try to lure us into a fundraiser)

354. seeing the girls excitement for having an opportunity to play basketball

(she's under the basket in the sunburst, sorry cell phone photos are not the best)

355. watching the girls at practice

356. a hot shower! (after the whole water fiasco)

357. a nice cool evening

My Daily 5 ~ #2

(except there's 6)

347. watching my boys at practice

348. winning my fantasy football game this week (HA! Deb)

349. seeing Bethany ready and willing to start her new job cleaning shelves in the bookstore today and taking it seriously

350. chicken tacos

351. free milk (nevermind that I had to purchase 3 packages of oreos to get it, 4 if you count the pumpkin ones we added at the end)

352. my noisy old bird (23 years old) who still insists that you share 

your food with him each time you eat

Bonus Pic:

Her completed project!

My Daily 5

I started posting five things that I am thankful for each day on facebook as a challenge to a young man we are currently working with. I'm doing it so he has the motivation to do it too. I thought I'd post them here as well, and add pictures where I can. Although I did start my counting a while back ago, hence the reason the numbers are off...

342. Watching Elisha perform with the worship team

343. Getting organized (believe me, it's long overdue)

344. Working with Bethany on her science project and learning to let her do it herself

(it's supposed to be a heart model)

345. Quick dinners

346. Getting an awesome song stuck in my head:

Guess Who Started School Today?!

7th Grade

Age 12

6th Grade

Age 11 (almost)

Even though they pretended they weren't ready for school to start today, they certainly were excited when the day began. Bring on the 2014 - 2015 school year!

Kid's Camp 2014 In Pictures

Presenting Kid's Camp in photos:

Swimming

Games

More Swimming

More Games

Chef Yohn

Message

Group Photos

In the van

Sooo much fun!

Sadly this was Elisha's last year as a camper, as he will be thirteen before the next year. Thankfully God moved on camp this year and he (Bethany too) really stepped up and reached out to other kids in prayer. It was an awesome few days with some really great kids. I think this may have been the best one yet!

Soaring

It all started with these:

We got this crazy idea for a photoshoot (if you could call it that) and had some fun with it. 

It went from this...

and this...

to finally this...

and well, this...

It sure was fun though!