KIDS CAMP!

got a cowboy hat

s' more face

So this past month or so (okay way more), I've been busy planning our annual Children's Ministries 3rd-5th grade Kids Camp! Woo Hoo! The camp is held every year in the Santa Cruz Mountains. These camps are so much fun (to plan and attend!). This years camp was called appropriately "Camp I AM", as it was all on the 7 I AM Statements of Christ (in the Gospels)-so it was great-All about Jesus! I must say that I don't spend too much time talking about our involvement in Children's Ministry, because, well, most people just want to see pics of the kiddos... but we are having so much fun doing it once again! Here's some pics of Brady (the kids both attended as well-they were loved on a LOT by the elementary girls to say the least!), and Ill have to post some of Tatum soon (she's been singing Pharaoh Pharaoh and the Bazooka Bubblegum song ever since we got home!). But it was a great time. Next on the agenda: "God's Wacky World Camp Out Adventure", which is a lil day camp for our younger guys in the church! (Tatum will get to be an actual "camper" at this one!) Fun summer times...

I have the greatest family

Jammin

A little Jam Session with Papa over @ there house this weekend...this boy loves music!! Maybe he inherited the mad music skills Papa Genes....how cool would that be?

Yard Work Part ...?

Grass! Now the front and back yards are twins. Riley slaved until 9:30 putting this stuff in. Next: a couple fences, flowers and a lot of weed pulling! Ugh.

Oh the endless face washing.

..Gotta love him though!!

Paying Up

Caught Riley going out the door to deliver a 12 pack of Pepsi's to the neighbor girl. Apparently Riley lost in a fierce game of horse, and owed her. Yeah, she's 9. Pretty sad Ry, pretty sad.

Tatums bright Idea

Today Tatum came up with a pretty great concept...or business rather (quite the entrepreneur I must say). I think it all is stemming from whenever we are out in public, and Tatum sees a dog, walking with its owner. My little animal fanatic will always ask (and I have tried to divert her MANY a time from it, especially when the dog is all snagled toothed and one-snap-away-from-killing-a-child-looking) but she will always ask her very specific line of questions as she passes by (very slowly) : 

"Is your dog friendly?"...then whatever the answer, she will follow with "Is he used to little kids?"  Many times, to her dismay (and the owner is either telling her the truth or also trying to divert) the owner will say, "Oh, no, he is not really used to kids." At that point Tatum without a doubt walks sadly away, knowing that the option to pet the animal is no longer possible. Yesterday, a similiar story occured.

 So today she came up with the "used-to-ing  Center". This is a place, as Tatum clearly explained it to me, that Dogs go, and learn how to get used to little kids. She said that all dogs should go there. In her mind this is the answer that would make the world all make sense. Brilliant.