Sorry for the delay in this edition, but when Vacation Bible School starts up just about all other activities come to a halt. VBS is always a highlight of the summer for our whole family. Vicki taught Second Grade and I did the videos again. We had a great time and averaged 200 or more each night. Since our curriculum had an island theme this year I have caught many people on tape doing the hula (including Vicki). The kids (and adults) really enjoyed seeing all their “moments” on the big screens.
BRING A FRIEND? On the opening night of VBS, during the worship rally, one of the leaders asked the kids to raise their hand if they brought a friend. Of course, the understanding is that the friend is someone who doesn’t attend church. When Ben and his best buddy, Ethan Bibb, heard this they looked at each other and raised their hands (Ethan and his family attend our church). Ben had a hard time understanding why he and Ethan couldn’t bring each other. All the adults who know what a pair of characters they are got a good laugh.
VBS ended Thursday night with family night. (For those of you who have never seen our church, we have a stained glass window with Jesus on it above and behind the baptismal pool. This was covered with a retractable blackout shade.) Four teenagers had performed a series of skits all week and a slight modification to their script the last night called for us to raise the screen covering the stained glass window. When this happened Nate looked up and full of awe gasped and exclaimed, “Jesus is here!”
SCARY BUGS. So Ben yells out to Vicki, “Hey Mommy, would you come kill this spider?”
Vicki said, “Why don’t you kill it?”
Trying to sell Vicki on the idea of being his arachnid hit woman he said, “It’s pretty small so you can come kill it.”
“Well, if it’s so small you can take care of it.”
Then he got about as close to admitting his fears as he’ll ever get, “But it’s kind of a fat, small spider so you need to kill it.”
VULTURES. At lunch yesterday Nate was pretty tired and looked like he didn’t feel up to snuff. Vicki noticed and said, “Nate, you don’t look so good. Would you like to go on to bed?” He liked that idea and left the table. Not five seconds after leaving the room Jenna voiced her concern saying, “Nate didn’t look too good...,” and then added with a hint of optimism, “...can we have his Cheetos?”
Nate was still a little under the weather today. Usually when he is sick he is pretty good natured about it, but like myself, he doesn’t like to be fussed over. I went in to check on him today after he disappeared to his bed and after asking several questions I finally asked, “Do you want me to leave you alone?” “Uh-huh,” came his honest reply.
CARS. We took the kids Friday afternoon to see Cars. This was Nate’s first movie in a theatre. Pixar has lived up to their animation genius. Some scenes looked very realistic, to the point of making you believe it was shot on film. The story was very good to, but we were disappointed that the screenwriters had put in a few jokes that got really close to the line for what is appropriate in a G rated film. I think my biggest disappointment was the comment the lead character, Lightning McQueen, made about the town he found himself in. While it was true to his character to make a derogatory comment about Radiator Springs they could have chosen his words a bit better.
A QUICK VISIT. Aunt Linda and Uncle Bob have breezed in for a quick visit. They are on their way to visit the Yerglers in New Jersey and stopped by so Aunt Linda could go to the Cross Plains High School Alumni banquet. They leave tomorrow, but plan to stop off here on their way home for a longer visit. We went out to eat with them tonight. We had planned on dining at the Catfish House but they were so full we went to a Chinese buffet instead.
Joe
