VBS

It was our 3rd year to do VBS at a church near us (not our church).  Its during the day, and ours is at night.  I think its fun for my kids to have a daytime VBS week.  It feels like a summer childhood essential.  So although there is some initial guilt of sending my kids to a church that isn't ours and I'm not helping with, everyone there welcomes us and its always a sweet picture to me of the body of Christ and a reminder of salvation.  We receive a great gift without doing a thing.  And I love what my kids learn each year!  

This was the first year Lily could go.  As I've mentioned, Lily is more shy than Peter and nervous about new social settings.  So it was perfect that the week's theme was "Facing Fear, Trusting God."  There were some tears but the staff were sweet to let her bring her blanket a few days and move over to Peter's class a few days.  By the end of the week, she was singing the songs, doing the hand motions and chanting, "Facing Fear, Trusting God!"  It was a sweet gift from God to work through that in this setting (and something we have to learn and do it over and over, right?!)

Here are pics from "Family Night"...  I convinced our friends, the Z kids, to come along with us all week!  :)

The "kids" on the "coaster"!  Mike is soo fun.  We love him.  So thankful for the strong & gentle man my husband is as we come up on 10 years of life together.

Peter told me his favorite song was "Change my Heart".  When I went and looked it up and saw the lyrics, all I could think was of course. 

ps- thankfully, I'm not feeling too nervous for K... we are mostly excited and trying to soak up every drop of these sweet last weeks of summer!!