Camp

Our church took kids to a children’s camp put on by Lifeway this summer.  It was held at Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, MO.  I got to be a chaperone and go with Jaylyn for her first year at camp!  Mitzi was sweet enough to watch the girls when TJ was at work while I was gone.  Several of Jaylyn’s friends came too.  Some parts of it were rough for the younger ones, but I know they had a lot of fun too.  It was a huge group of children – Around 750 attended that week!

Here are some pics!

Bus ride – A little loud.  :-)

Malaine enjoying her food in the cafeteria

Morning devotion time.

More cafeteria fun

Water games

Nails!

Hair!

Games

Larry and I ready for OMC!!  (Organized Mass Chaos! – crazy whole camp game that is loud, crazy and very messy!)

Our church group

At worship

Signing shirts before they leave

                  (Not sure how Jaylyn avoided being in most of these pictures!)  One of the other adults took a lot of pictures and I still need to get a disk of his pictures.  Once I get those I can post more.)

Flashback: Trunk or Treat

This year’s (ok, it is last year now) family trunk theme (back in October. . . ) was “Alice in Wonderland”.  Lot’s of fun!

Here’s Diana’s “Down the Rabbit Hole”

My room with the little door ( and table with the “drink me” bottle)

They opened the door to see the rabbit running away and the basket of candy.

Debbie’s Tree with all of the signs that say “this way” and “that way”, etc.  (I didn’t get a very good picture!!)

Shannon’s car as the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party

The Laxton crew (Mark & Shannon as Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, Makenna as the Cheshire Cat, Sawyer as the Mad Hatter, Malaine as Alice, Sage as the Queen of Hearts, and Mavery as one of the flamingos.)

My kids . . . (Jaylyn as the White Rabbit, Adley as the Rose, Leighton as one of the Spade cards)

All the kids together

Flashback: Camp Jaylyn

Back in February, Jaylyn had her friend birthday party.  (Yes, her birthday is in December. . . )  Anyway, she decided on an indoor camping party.  It was lots of fun!  I didn’t get the greatest pictures, but here are some.

Giant blanket tent

Food (In case you didn’t know, girls can EAT! ha!)

They grilled hot dogs and marshmallows in the fire place.

 

Cupcakes!

             A couple friends couldn’t make it, but it was a fun themed party.  But, why do I keep saying ok to sleepovers???? 

Awana Commencement 2013

Awana has come to an end again.  It was Leighton’s first year, so all three had a great time learning about the Bible.

Zebra skirt girls getting ready for the commencement

Leighton ready for her first Cubbie award!

Sitting with friends

Getting her award

Comparing Cubbie bears with her friend

Her class

Adley and her friend

Getting her award

Adley’s class

Jaylyn’s award

Jaylyn’s class       

Adley’s Sleepover

Adley got to have her cousins over for their first sleepover together!  We had lots of fun with Sage and Mavery!  Jaylyn followed after her sweet cousin Makenna’s footsteps and made a special spa for them.  They had fun, fun, fun!

 

Hot tub!  :-)

Some chocolate fondue and fruit (Sage was enjoying the chocolate)

Some face cream and cucumbers

Adley too (it was steamy in there and kept fogging up my lens)

Sage too!  

Nails

Mavery said she was moving so her nails got a little crazy.  :-)

Time for bed!

Flashback: Jaylyn’s Baptism

Back in October, we were able to celebrate a very special day.  There is nothing more exciting than seeing God’s saving grace at work in the life of your child.  Jaylyn really had started this journey back when she was five.  We had lots of conversations about sin and our need for a Savior.  One conversation with TJ was where God really began working personally in her heart.  She knew she needed God’s forgiveness and prayed that He would give her a new life in Christ.  Since she was only five, we continued to pray and discuss and guide and teach her about salvation.  After some maturing and seeing some friends baptized, Jaylyn finally said that she wanted to be baptized too, to show what God had done in her life.  Our great friend, Travis, was able to baptize her and we had a great celebration day!  

She’s ready!

Cheese!

Here she goes!

And up she comes!

All finished!

Celebrating lunch at Breadeux

Family and friends came to celebrate too!

Enjoying some sweet cards and gifts