Friday, June 29, 2012

VBS!

I loved loved loved Vacation Bible School when I was younger, it just made my summer so much fun.  I was so super duper excited when Ninnie told me that her church was having a 2 & 3 year old class, and that I needed to bring Lily Kate.  I was also a bit sad to think that my baby is no longer "nursery" age and could go to her own class, but I got over that fast!  What a blessing it is to be able to have my babies start at such a young age learning about Jesus.

The week went great.  This year's theme was Amazing Wonders Aviation.  They "took a trip" to a different part of the world each day learning about missionaries that tell of Jesus' love.  We missed Monday because of a dentist appointment, but were there the rest of the week.  I didn't have a babysitter on Tuesday, so I went to VBS too.  I came to help in the snacks, but Lily Kate made me first go into the worship service with her.  It's about 30 minutes long and the kids sing songs, have a Bible and mission story, take up offering, and have announcements.  Lily Kate loved the music.  She moved, and sang, and did the hand motions.  Ok, maybe she moved, attempted to sing, and attempted to do the hand motions.  But none the less, she had a blast.  I walked her to class and kissed her bye.  I thought she would cling to her Mama and want me and that I would have to pry her off, but nope.  She kissed me and said "bye Mama, see ya later".  It really did warm my heart.  She got a little bo bo the first day, a wasp stung her foot.  She calmed on down as soon as Mrs. Susie gave her some magic ice cream! The rest of the week went great.  Friday Lily Kate's class got to play in water for the last part of VBS, and she loved that!

Here are pics from the VBS program that the kids did on Sunday morning.   Mrs. Susie gave an overview of the week, and each class sang a song and got a certificate.  This was Lily Kate's first program to be in!!!  Daddy, Lucy Cullen, Ninnie, Poppy, Mimi, Kasey, Whitney, P-up, Gage, Ella, and I were all there.  It was great.

Here are pics.  I hope to get a copy of Mrs. Susie's pics, as she got some great pics from the week.



One of the songs was "Say YES, YES, YES to VBS" and I still have it in my head.  Lily Kate can sing part of it too!  Her class was first, and they got to play their instruments during their song if they wanted to...

Lily Kate and her flute.  She plays it every day now, and sometimes bops Lucy Cullen with it!

Most days Lily Kate was the only girl, but that didn't bother her at all!  I think she actually loved it!

Mrs. Kim, Cooper on the floor, Jack, Lily Kate, Brently, and Mrs. April

Lily Kate really really liked Jack!

aren't they precious!

Ella's class!

Ella flying her plane...

Lily Kate was on the front row, and decided to get by the music teacher and help her with each class's hand motions!  She usually wasn't doing the right motion, but she was loving it!

Gage and his goggles!

Well the first year of VBS is over, and they all had a great time.  I can't wait until next year!  






Thursday, June 28, 2012

Cowgirl Ella!


Ella went to a week of horse camp this summer and she had a blast!  For those of you who know Ella, she does NOT like to sweat!  That is why she will not play any sports or do anything outside that might even possibly make you sweat.  Well Ella had a week full of sweat,  and guess what her chore was at horse camp...  scooping horse p**p!!!  Even with her unpleasant chore, and sweating non-stop all week, Ella had a wonderful time.  She learned so much about horses, and here are a few pics of their horse camp program...













My girls came along, and guess what Lucy Cullen did most of the time...


But Lily Kate sure had a great time..


She and Poppy got to pet a horse name Skip...


and give Skip sugar...





Gage and his pink umbrella... (it's really Ella's!)...


Lucy Cullen woke up and was so happy...


Lily Kate was Ella's biggest fan... and was so sweaty herself!

Then she spotted the boys playing basketball, so she had to play too...

and Poppy and Lucy Cullen ended up in the shade...








Nashville, TN!!!



We took a little trip.  Ok, a very long and hot trip to Nashville.   Seven hours quickly turned into 9, and I was so super duper excited to see Paw Paw's house at 10:30 that night.  Kasey rode with us, and the girls did GREAT to be so young, so hot, and so cramped.  (We took Taylor's Honda Fit.  And don't laugh, you would be surprised what can fit in the FIT!!!)  We went to see Paw Paw, Emily, Shelby, and Sydney.  I have many pics and videos from the ride, hopefully one day I will get those downloaded so I can share them.  Lily Kate got a bit silly, and I videoed Silly Lily. 

We had a great weekend.  We mainly just stayed around the house and visited and let the girls entertain us, which they did!  Especially Lily Kate!  We did manage to take a few pics, and here they are!

Paw Paw and his 4 kids...



and with Emily...

and with the grand babies...

Paw Paw and his grand girls...


three generations...

Kasey and the "very nosy and wants to always know what is going on" Lily Kate...

and with Shelby...

Lucy Cullen with Sydney...

Emily and Lucy Cullen (look at her sticking her cute tongue out!)...



Emily and Kasey...

Shelby and Sydney...

Yay, what a great time we had.  Until our next trip...