MY BREAK IS OVER!

Well, not completely over. I'm just being dramatic!

My Jr. Higher's come back tonight from being away for seven days at camp! We really miss them, and I know that the Lord was not only working in their hearts all week, but all the other kids at well! I'm excited to hear about what they have learned and to see their walk grow in the Lord! My prayer is that they come home on fire for Jesus!

While they were gone, my three youngest attended VBS at a church by our house. This is their 3rd year of going, and they always have alot of fun! It's really, REALLY nice to be able to just drop them off and pick them up! Unlike our church, I stay the entire time and serve wherever they need me. It was nice being a "face in the crowd" and being free to come and go!

I told myself (and you) that I was going to declutter a room each day while I had that 3 hour window of alone time. Well, that didn't happen! I didn't declutter anything! In fact, one of those days I took an hour nap! Ahh..bliss! It was totally the Lord that I woke up JUST IN TIME to leave to pick them up! I was still in a daze when I was driving over there!

My highlight of the week was being able to go to brunch with one of my good friends. I wish I didn't have to leave so early to pick up the kids, but it just makes me want to go to lunch with her again! She's one of those friends where we can just vent and be totally real with each other!

Now, can you believe I didn't take one single picture of my kids this week? I was officially on camera break too, so I can't take credit for the following pictures. These were taken by someone from the church. It was so neat because they had a slideshow at the end of each day, plus they posted them on their church website every night. So, since it's all out there for the world to see, I feel comfortable posting some pictures of my kids with these other kids who I don't even know!

There's Eli right in the middle with the brown shirt. This is obviously during worship!

There's my Danny on the far right!!

This was Veronica's group that she was with all week! She is on the bottom left with the gray dress.

Here she is solo!

Danny boy and mystery girl!!

Eli (bottom row) with his group of peeps!

VBS (Vacation Bible School) IS DONE!

Our church just had their VBS program last week, and although it's only three hours long, I came home so pooped out! The funny thing is, is that my only job was to take pictures! I think it was the waking up at 6:45 every morning that did it! We had to be there an hour before VBS started because my oldest daughter was in the play all week and had rehearsal in the mornings. However, every day, we were later and later! We are totally NOT morning people! Anyway, the highlight for me was putting together a slideshow at the end of the week! I've never used the IMovie application on my MAC, but I was able to figure it out. It was pretty simple! I also put the song "Big House" by Audio Adrenaline in the background.

The best part was that over 40 kids got saved last week! Is that AWESOME or what????

Here are a few of my favorite pictures from this week. I'm too burnt out to edit them, but I think you may enjoy them either way!

Lining up outside before they go to class! That's Eli on the far left.

8am rehearsals! That's Miranda with the black top!

Miranda (on the far left) with her friends Britany & Michele.

There were over 100 kids!

Game time!!

Danny & his buddy!

Isaiah & his buddies! LOL

Veronica (far left) and part of her class!

Eli finishing up his "shield of faith" project!

The teens and tweens! LOL! My kids and their friends before we left!

There is a church by our house who is going to have VBS next week! We've gone there too for the last two years and I like it there also! My kids are not sure they want to go since they are TIRED of waking up early, and my two older kids are going Jr. High camp today and won't be back till next Saturday!!! Yay!!!!