VBS and other fun

The week after school the kids had VBS at Cedar Grove Church.  We just love it there!  This is the 2nd year that Reggie has been a craft volunteer and he had some fun stories about some crazy kids.  They have great snacks which is the real reason he enjoys it so much!  Ainsley and Khalif had some of their school friends there, so they really enjoyed it as well.  They always have such great messages for the kids.  Next year, Ainsley will be a volunteer....she is getting so old, they are all growing up so fast these days.
We managed to squeeze in the fair before we left.  The kids got free tickets from school, so that was nice!  We saw an acrobat performance and the kids were amazed.  I think we are going to have to get Reggie some juggling balls, so he can work on that art.  He was into the yoyo this year and learned all kinds of tricks and was amazed watching the juggling guy.  Khalif and Ainsley enjoyed going on a few rides.  Ainsley and I went on a water ride and that felt nice since it was a hot afternoon.  We all enjoyed curly fries and cotton candy!  We visited the reptiles and petting zoo (this is always crazy funny) and wandered through the exhibits.  I keep encouraging them to work on something to submit...we shall see.  On our way out, they had the Budweiser Clydesdale's and they were so impressive.  They are so amazingly large and we learned that they sleep standing up for about 10-15 minutes whenever they need as we saw one dozing off.  That sounds miserable!

 I took a selfie with the Llama...that was a challenge and surprising we were both in the picture!

This guy was pretty amazing:

We also went to the Compassion Project.  It is like visiting a 3rd world country without actually having to go there.  It followed 3 children and told their stories and it was really eye opening for the kids.  I hope they realize how lucky they are!

We spent a little more time working on the yard and have the Bocce/pathway almost finished.  I didn't take a picture with all the progress, but this is the start and the kids and Ryan were playing frisbee on it.  We had many games of Bocce before we left and Reggie and Noah played putt putt golf.  In the process of moving things around, I broke the sprinkler line and didn't know it until the water came on.  Oops...Ryan is getting quite good at repairing sprinkler problems!  We just have the walkway left, which is the hardest part....it will be nice when it is finished!