Our VBS week with Anna

Well, another year of Vacation Bible School has come and gone.  It was a busy month getting ready for it, but once the week came, it flew by and was a success!!  Anna, my niece came to help lead crews....and she was a BIG help to me.  We had a great week with her and were so thankful that she came....she's welcome as our live-in nanny ANYTIME!!!

She came on Sunday after church to help me set up.  After spending all afternoon at the church, we pigged out on chicken enchiladas and home made cookies n' cream ice cream to get us ready for our big week :)

Having fun with Anna in the back yard.  The kids wanted her with them at ALL TIMES!

Especially Caleb....he loved to say Anna, Anna, Anna...over and over and over again and as the week wore on, he had his own special way of calling her "Annie"!  Anna said she went to bed at night with the sound of Caleb's voice in her head every night!!

After a hectic first morning, we headed to McDonald's for lunch and ice cream (as big as Caleb's head)!!

Anna was a big help with Grace when I need to be helping the other kids.  She had the touch when she picked her up to get her to stop crying.

Opening some fun presents from Anna

Caleb loving Anna!  I think Hayden must have been tired!

On Tuesday, we headed to Chuck E. Cheese's for dinner and fun.  The kids all had fun playing the games and winning tickets for some cheap prizes at the end!

I think even Anna had fun!!

On Wednesday, we had a weenie roast and s'mores with Papa.

It was a HOT day, so we ended by running in the sprinklers!

Running in clothes stressed Hayden out a bit...so he decided putting on a swim suit would be much better.

Thursday was a BUSY day...our final day of 2 sessions.  One in the morning and one evening session with families and kids.  We got a bouncy house this year which the kids loved!  I tried to capture Lilly after coming out (she was much more bright red in person!)  It was hot and the kids worked up a sweat!!

Good thing there was a water table for the little kids!  By the end, Caleb was soaking wet and had to be taken away because he was trying to drink the water :(

Fun BBQ

Closing program.  This year, the theme was "Sky" - where everything is possible with GOD!  The kids learned a Bible story each day and about trusting God.  We had lots of fun songs that the kids learned hand motions to.  We also had a food drive competition between boys and girls.  They brought in over 400 pounds of food this week, which I thought was GREAT!  The funny thing was that the girls were winning by a lot the 1st 3 days, and on the final day the boys brought in a lot of food!  We had a person counting up the pounds during our BBQ dinner and the boys were only 10 pounds off.  Right before we started the program, she came in and told me that the boys had just brought in 10 more pounds....so it was a tie.  Anna said "Everything IS possible with God"!!  We had been talking all week about whether to really make one side win versus the other, or just make it a tie so everyone was happy....I guess we didn't have to decide!  It was pretty exciting!

Anna helping me with my cannon launcher playing the game "will that launch"

Must have been enjoying the show!

Thanks Anna for all your help this week!  You were great!!!