Camp

Off to camp for the weekend!  The boys are experiencing worship, bible study, the lake with the "blob", and swimming with their friends and cousins!  This week I wondered if it would be too much with all we have going this week, but for me it is a perfect opportunity to get ready for  our trips and spend some time with Cole at night while Dayne is away.  It is always nice to bond with them one at a time!  We will post pictures of camp if we get some good ones.  They each took a disposable camera so we will see if they are better than last year's photos!  

Family Time

Although we are preparing for the trip and have lots to think about, we manage to play alot! The girls have been over so much lately and I love getting to do girly things! We've made jewlery, painted crafts, and made pom pom characters. Family is so nice to have around!

Final Meeting before departure

We had our final meeting today for our mission trip.  WOW!  Excitement, nerves, and planning kept my mind spinning.  The boys were so attentive and willing to help out with any of the plans that needed to be made.  We tried to get Cole to be the Van Captain, but he didn't think he was up for the job quite yet.  Dayne is on the VBS/crafts team and is so excited to get all of the materials together.  We are just waiting to see what we can get donated to take with us.  Apparently,  we will be walking the neighborhoods, doing crafts, and having fun festivities at night showing the Jesus video.  We have so much to do before we leave-including church camp!  I am so glad I am not a volunteer for the weekend!  More later...

We are headed to Mexico in a few short weeks.  Yesterday we reviewed what it means to be on God's team.  The kids really have a good understanding of what to say when you evangelize.  They are amazingly pure, you know.  It blows me away to watch their little hearts be filled with God's love so strongly at such young ages.  It makes me sad to think of all of the hurt and pain of our own sin they will experience down the road.  I pray that through their walk and knowledge of Christ, they will have a stronger tower to lean on than I did.  I pray rebelliousness does not rule their hearts as they grow into the teenage years.   Most of all I pray to be a godly mom the depend on in times of crisis that can pray through the storms of life with them.  I want to be their earthly strong tower.  And a skinny one at that!!!  So, with that being said, I am eating a lot less this summer in hopes of catching the skinny train back to school.  I have overwhelmed myself with the pounds and MUST stop the madness.  Three days of starving and I do feel skinnier, but it will take a lot more.  I owe my co-worker credit for motivation.  She looked so good when school got out and I know she is doing even better since we have been home.  She has so much self control.  I don't even know what that is sometimes!  Well, I will close for now.  My bed has it's usual stack of clean items on it that need to find a home.  I am about to free cycle my whole house!  Love, hope, and healing!!!