Congratulations to Luke

Today, my husband was ordained as a deacon in our church. We are so proud of him.

Now a Sparky

Kara has graduated from Cubbies to Sparks in the AWANA program and she couldn't be more excited. These are from the first night of Sparks this year.
Checking in:


She got her official Sparks vest the next week. I'll have to get some pics of that!

Our Cheerleader

For AWANA this past Super Bowl Sunday, the kids had to dress up like a football player or cheerleader. Kara was "posing" for the camera!

CVS/VBS

Our church's Vacation Bible School is coming this next week. This is Kara's second year and she is SOOOO excited. The director sent all the kids a post card reminder in the mail and she has carried it around with her ever since. Here she is holding tight to it while riding on a pony at a local store.

I'm helping with the music, which includes a lot of motions to learn, so she gets a sneak peak at all the fun songs. I'm hoping to get her on video singing some of them!

Also, sometimes she says VBS but sometimes she gets confused and says CVS (thus the title of this post).

Trunk or Treat

Last Sunday, our AWANA club held their annual "Trunk or Treat." Very talented and resourceful families in our church decorated their trunks with scenes of Bible stories. Here are a few of the trunks:








Here is the Tower of Babel that Luke made. It's pretty good if I do say so myself.

And a little closer:
And a little closer:
The kids dressed up as bible characters and can you believe I didn't get a picture of our little Queen Esther?!?!?!