VBS and Sargent!

I decided to do a backyard VBS and wanted to do waterplay as an activity so we bought a slip and slide.  The kids had a good time on it!  And bonus, it's so easy to set up even I can do it.  Anything to beat the heat while we are outside.

I was really happy with how our backyard VBS went.  First of all, it was hot, but it was also so rewarding.  The first day we had 8 kids, the second day 11 or 12 kids, and then back down to 8.  Every day we did a Bible lesson, craft, play, and ate lunch together.
Day 1:  Jesus wants us to be fishers of men.  Made tie dye shirts, ate sloppy joes.
Day 2:  Jesus wants us to serve Him and others.  We washed feet like Jesus did.  Planted flowers in pots, and ate hotdogs.
Day 3:  Jesus taught Zaccheus a better way-to do what's right.  We made a fish craft, and ate pizza.

I won't post too many picture from VBS, but here are a couple of my kids.

Not the greatest pictures to show how it went, but it was neat.  Our kids were very excited each day and I realized that the effort was worth it.  

Grandma D has been teaching Rachel's Bible class on Sunday morning and one Sunday they did the Woman at the Well.  Rachey wanted to make a "real"well that could hold water so this is what we came up with.  She was thrilled.

Reading books never gets old.  :)

Rachel read about half this book to Zane and then I think I finished it.  She did good!

More baking!

 We had a wonderful trip to Sargent recently!  The kids got to fish!

 Such a pretty evening on the dock.

 I tried a panoramic picture which didn't work.  It's very beautiful, but this makes it looks like there is a fork in the creek and there is definitely not. haha

Rachey's fish!

Zane's fish!

This boy definitely takes after his Daddy.  He loves fishing and didn't want to stop.