Time off

I doubt we will get much riding in this week.  It's the week of Vacation Bible School (VBS) at our church.  Our little country church, has an average attendance of around 100 people.  Vacation Bible School is a big deal at our church.  We have an average of 40-50 people in the church, who help in one way or another< Tony and I, are helpers in the kindergarten group.  This weeks theme is the BIg Bible Broadcast.  Each night the kids get to participate in a game show, watch puppets, play games and do crafts.

Our daughter and her 4 children come and stay for the week of VBS.  During the day the kids swim, fish, go frog hunting, or play in the woods.  After supper, we all head to VBS.

 Last night after we got home from VBS, we had a camp fire.  It was almost 11 Pm by the time the kids got to bed, but after a nights rest they'll be ready for a new day of adventures today.

It's been a busy week with VBS and the other activities with the kids.  We got some more fishing in,  The kids caught about 9 fish on Friday,  took me a good while to clean them, some were kind of small, but when they were all added to what we caught earlier in the week, we had enough fish for a fish fry.  all the kids ate the fish except for Sarah, who said she liked to fish, but couldn't eat something that she had seen swimming around.                                                                                       

The kids spent some time playing the key board I got at a garage sale for a quarter.

We had one more campfire night  here at the house on Thursday night.  Tony and I had worked on Wednesday and Thursday, but  the kids had the wood all gathered for the fire.  Smores, for all who wanted them.  Tony and tim hosed the fire down, after we all went in the house. 

I would say the highlight of the week were the 4 wheeler rides at VBS on Friday night , and the dunk tank.  Tim, Sarah, Marc, and Luc had never been on 4 wheelers or ATV's before, so it was an extra big deal to them.  The church had a "trail" all laid out to take the kids on, and of course it included some hills and woods to go through.  I forgot my camera that night, but I won't forget the huge smiles on their faces as they rode past us.

If the all  kids memorized over 200 accumulative verses,  and attendance was 100 people, then Pastor Deemer was going in the dunk tank.  Throughout the day on Friday, we heard many comments from the grandkids, that "Pastor is going down tonight."  And sure enough he did.  Out of 70 kids, who each got one shot at Pastor, 8 kids were able to dunk him.  Luc was happily among the 8.  There were 3 other guys who got dunked too.  The kids each got 3 tries at each of them.  Those guys were in the water plenty.

After lunch on saturday Tony treated us all to ice cream at Mr. Pibbs.  Shortly after that Tracey and the kids headed home.  The cat came out of hiding, although she had gotten brave the last  day or 2 the kids were here, she was happy to have the house to herself again.  For us, it seemed odd to have the house quiet and empty.  It was a memorable week and tiring week  for all.