VBS Fun and More Excitement

VBS is over. It was a very busy week, but I ended up off of work early 4 out of 5 days so I had some time to relax.

Our highest attendance on a given day was 57, but 72 total kids attended at least one of the days! Plus we raised over $1000 to go to Life Water International, so people who don't have access to clean water will now be able to!

I've uploaded a small amount of pictures here and I'll be adding all of mine to Facebook as well. Most of my pictures are staged pictures for the Spotlight Dramas that I was in charge of. Some are just candids though.

One of the crews making the "Let's Go!" sign.

Jack was proud of his sand project

My friend's little boy Dakota

Holding up a Bible for Spotlight Drama

One of the many water games that were played during the week.

Another couple of crews

Jack and Jacob after VBS one night

Jack and I on closing night.

I was incredibly exhausted on Friday night. I felt drained before the kids even started coming in. Plus the headache that I had wasn't getting any better. I stayed up for a while talking to Erica after I came home and then went to bed and didn't wake up until 10:30 yesterday morning! I can't even tell you how long it's been since I slept that long. It was almost 12 hours of sleep! I guess I needed it.

My exciting news is that my sister is getting married!

She stuck to the pact the 2 of us made and made sure that I found out first. We always said we'd tell each other first when we got engaged. It's been fun talking to her about it. It sounds like the wedding might be in February, but it isn't set yet. Hmm...leaving the midwest in the winter for some California sunshine? Heck yes! I am so there. Jacob isn't sure he'll be able to go or not because of school things. I wish he could, but if he can't, I know it will still be a nice trip out there. Once I know the date for sure, I'll be searching for cheap plane tickets again! I'm just so happy for her, Jim and Logan!

Since starting my diet last weekend I've lost 3 pounds! I'm really proud of myself. The only bad thing I ate was 1 bite of chocolate cake and quite honestly it didn't taste that great and I threw the rest away. I prayed that I could stay away from temptations, so I think God was helping me out on that one! I keep getting headaches though. I'm think it's because I'm not eating near the amount of sugar my body is used to. Now that Erica is engaged I have an even better reason to stick to losing weight since I'll be standing up with her at their wedding!