Summer Break: Week 4

1.) We are loving having time together as a family!  These two smiling boys are having a great summer! Every morning Zander asks: "what are we doing today?"  I think the bar has been set pretty high that we have something fun to look forward to each day.  (Note:  Outings also keep mommy from going crazy!)

2.) My best friend and college roommate, Sam, came to visit with Pete and their two kids!  I met Sam 16 years ago as we were moving into OUR freshman college dorm room.  It is so exciting that God brought us together all those years ago and we are still able to get together now with our husbands and kids!  Her youngest, Penelope, and my oldest are both four years old right now (Penelope is about 6 months older than Z).  So it is always fun to see them play together!  I included a comparison shot from when the two of them were together two summers ago... I can't believe how times flies by!

 Above (2017), Below (2015)

 3.)  Every day this week we have been attending the "Maker Fun Factory" at our church Vacation Bible School.  Zander is having a blast every morning and I have truly enjoyed teaching elementary kids each day as they rotate through the various rooms of the factory!  I have been teaching the bible story of Abigail from 1 Samuel 25 in the Rising Bread Bakery.  We connect how a baker uses ingredients to make bread into different shapes to be used for different purposes just as God used Abigail (and her personality traits of being a quick-thinker and a peacemaker) to help David not do something he would regret.  We then connect it to how God uses us for various purposes that are unique to the qualities He has given us and teach our bible verse (Jeremiah 29:11-"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord.  Plans to prosper you and not to harm you.  Plans to give you a hope and a future".)  The kids even got to taste some of the bread the baker made during the lesson!  I included a picture of our "team" at the end.  Maddox goes to the nursery while we are in VBS and they come for the songs at the opening and closing ceremony.  It is so fun to watch Maddox dance to the music with his friends!