This week

Well, it has been a crazy but fun week. I don't have one particular story, so I will give you some highlights from the past week as well as point out (to myself cause I often overlook things) some things that I am thankful for.
Next week is Vacation Bible School. Actually, the festivities start tomorrow, Sunday, so we have been super busy getting things ready for our big week. Next week will be busy, but the preparation week usually holds longer days at the church for our whole family. Autumn is in charge of all of the crafts, so on top of decorating, we have all of the crafts to prep too, so we pretty much lived at the church. It might sound like I am complaining, but it is quite the opposite....it has been a ton of fun to decorate and get ready this year. And I have awesome teachers and leaders, so it has made my job so much easier. Here is a rough schedule of what our week has been like (and again, I am so not complaining...I love VBS and the week before and I don't want to forget the details of it, so I am writing them all down):
Monday--10 hours at the church...we brought our lunch so we didn't have to leave. Oh, and this was the day that our youth left for Falls Creek, so they had leftover pb&j sandwiches. We ate their sandwiches and saved our stuff for later. Thankful for that. When we went to leave after our long day without leaving the church, I said, "Let's go girls.....finally time." They really did look at me and say, "But I thought you said we got to stay for a long time today." Well, I am thankful that they enjoy hanging out at the church ALL day!
Tuesday--We got a late start out of the house. Our friend lets us keep her one year old daughter while she goes on business trips, so we had her Tuesday and Wed. So off we went, first to the church to pick up the things the youth group needed at camp, then to the store to get more things they needed (remember we have 6 girls in tow) then off to camp. I am thankful that our sweet little one year old friend is the sweetest baby and didn't cry ONE time the whole day! I am thankful our four little darlings didn't really cry either! Good day! We got to visit with the youth group, visit my aunt and cousin who were at camp with their church, and go to some special places (I will have pictures later and explain why the places were special.) We got home after 11 or so. The girls had so much fun and I am so thankful that the youth girls are so sweet and love to dote on my girls. One girl curled S's pigtails, and she thought that was the coolest thing EVER!
Wednesday--more time at the church in preparation.....had a fun wacky Wednesday fun night with our church kids. We played pie-in-the-face musical chairs, so we had TONS of fun! Oh, and all of that time at the church that day, we still had the baby plus another friend's daughter who is A's age. I am thankful she is the best baby ever and likes to be rolled around in the stroller and entertained by the girls. I am also thankful that the girls were happy to entertain.....ok, they actually kind of sort of fought over who got to entertain her, but the fights were small and easily resolved. I am also thankful that our other little friend is such a sweet girl and good helper.
Thursday--I took the day off. We went to lunch at one of our favorite places and then went to the splash park. I am thankful that the splash park was free and that we had fresh blueberries to eat there. We went to the church that evening just for a minute to do a few things.......or actually for 5 hours........I am thankful that the girls were not real happy to leave the church! They really are good help and low maintenance when we are working on projects.
Friday--I spent the morning at the church and the girls got to be lazy at home.......fun. Then we got all dressed up, did fingernails, and went to a DEAR friend's wedding. I am so thankful we got to see so many friends that we love so much. I am thankful that H got to dance at the wedding. They all got to dance, but that was the highlight of the month for H. She LOVES weddings and parties in general. Her eyes are bright as she scans the room and takes in all of the details! It would not surprise me if we had a little wedding planner in the future!
Saturday--called the sheriff (I will tell that story later), lazy morning, worked at the church in the afternoon a little while, then we went to our friend Becky's to swim and catch up.
Aren't you glad I didn't give you the long version?! (that's a joke.........get it? cause this post IS really long!)
I can't wait for VBS........God did a great work in the lives of our youth and adults at camp, which will mean a great service tomorrow and awesome VBS. Can't wait!