The Swingers

 These two love to swing!

Yummy Goodness

 Caramel Corn

 Homemade doughnut holes...which is way better than buying them anywhere, but you must eat them fresh for best quality!

LJ was my glazer!

Helping Out with Chapel

 Kevin does chapel for the school that meets at  the same place our church is.  He's been taking the middle and high school students through a series labeled the "E Files".  Each week he has the kids act out a different story from Elijah and Elisha.  This time we did the acting for them.

The kids had a blast and did a really good job.

 This week it was "Death In the Pot"  reads 2 Kings 4 for more info.

Waiting for the students to arrive.

Military Style

Just for fun we lined are kids up at attention and told them the proper behavior for upcoming shopping trip...to which they all groaned.  Little did they know that we were actually taking them to an indoor play place.

Rock Gym

 LJ was a natural at bouldering.  He could scale up the walls without a problem.

 Audrey did a great job!  She is a little more cautious, but totally works through her fear of heights to conquer the wall.

 LJ resting between climbs

 Audrey made it to the very top of the wall!

Rejoice In Christ

 This past weekend I had the privilege of attending a Women's Retreat.  Usually, this is not my thing, but God totally blessed me through His word as we looked at what it truly means to Rejoice In Christ!

 The hospitality crew did an amazing job of decorating the place and making us all feel welcomed and loved!

 Here is the entire crew! I was super blessed to meet so many new ladies.  It's funny, because I usually know all about their teenage kids...it's fun learning more about each family!

Me...away from kids, enjoying life!

Josiah's Yellow Belt

 Natalie hanging out while the four oldest do their biweekly Karate class.

Yes, I'm a Karate mom...I think I need a bumper sticker, but I'm not even sure if they make them for cool sports, like Karate!

 It was time to watch Josiah test out of his white belt and for a yellow belt, 1 stripe.

He did a great job!  These pictures even show a tough side of Josiah, that I don't often get to see.

Our photographer friend offered to bring her awesome camera and skills to capture these pretty cool moments.  Super blessed to have these photos!