Whirlwind Week

Whew!  I must say the first official week of the summer was a SUCCESS!!!!  It was crazy, busy and insane.  I had a lot of laughs, a lot of worries, a lot of proud moments, many times where I wanted to pull my hair out, and looking back it was amazing!

When I said I would be the director of Vacation Bible School at our church, I don't think I truly understood what I was getting myself into.  I thought, "Hey I can handle this.  I'll kids kids signed up, do some PR, make sure everyone has their materials and order shirts."  No problem.  Ha!  I wish.  I did do all those things but I also talked to parents if their kids had any problems, I had to "remind" the Jr. High helpers (over and over again) why they were there and that their jobs were to help with the kids, not to socialize, I had to learn how to work the sound system, computer, get pictures uploaded every day, make sure everyone had materials, count offering, ring bell, write newsletters, talk during closing every day, kiss boo-boos, coral kids, etc, etc, etc.... :)

It was stressful and I had 2 things I worried about most of all.  1.  The Merry Go Round (It scares the crap out of me...I know it's a VBS tradition but 50 kids and 10 helpers going a million miles an hour while I am waiting for it to fly off its hinges and into orbit with kid parts speckled everywhere).  2.  Talking in front of people (Give me a room of little kids and I'm fine.  Once you get large groups or adults in there, I can't do it.  I want to puke in my shoe at the thought of talking in front of people.).

This week, no one got hurt on the merry-go-round and I didn't puke and talked every day.  I would say that's an accomplishment.

It was a fun week.  I helped out last year and loved watching the kids grow and mature.  Cole is growing up way too fast!  Here are a few pics from the week.

Other highlights of the week:

My sister and niece came and stayed the week with us.  Kimm and I went and got our hair done and our cartilage pierced on a whim.

Blake and Hunter stayed with Nana in the mornings while we were at VBS and Hunter shut Cole's face in the car door.

We went swimming lots.... and I decided that sometimes it's important to do what you WANT to do, not what you HAVE to do!

And had some much needed "adult time" Friday night!