VBS and since then

So I know I have been delinquent again! I guess the first thing I need to tell you about is that we had a very successful VBS week. My friend Kim and I directed it not fully knowing what we were doing. Our goal was to have about 50 VBS kids and we had an average all week of 80. It was absolutely wonderful! The reason I say we didn't fully know what we were doing was to point out the fact that GOD gets the glory because without HIM Kim and I would have surely flopped at it!!!

Also this week Makenna is at camp. My baby got to go to camp for 5 nights! She comes home tomorrow night and I am just thinking that she has just got to say she can never do it again because she missed me too much. Now as I type that, I will tell you she WILL NOT say that. She loves camp and was so excited she could stay 3 extra nights this year.

On Monday this week the girls and I went blueberry picking with my friend Crystal and her oldest daughter Alyssa who is Aspen and Haven's age. I LOVE blueberry picking. Mainly because you can eat as many as you want as you pick. I will try to remember my camera next time and share some pictures with all of you.

I also haven't mentioned that I have 3/4 of my basement cleaned out. It took my 2 FULL days and I know I have 1 day to go. My voice is not good right now and I do not want to make it worse by cleaning down there. The last time I did it for 2 days I was really sick (asthma) for a few days. But I need to get the rest of the stuff gone through because I am having a garage sale (with the help of my friend Crystal) the second to last weekend in August.

We are going to be going on a family vacation with Kim and Jared next month. We are going to be going to Mammoth Caves, KY and Ripley, OH. Well, we will actually have to stay in Maysville since Ripley doesn't have a hotel to speak of. :O) Then while we are all gone, Kaelyn is going to be going to CA with a friend and her family to meet another friend and her family there. The ones they are meeting there are from LA and live here in MI now. They invited Kaelyn and Grace and will be taking care of their needs. They are going to get to go to the taping of a Hannah Montana show and possibly meet her backstage afterwards. Now I know that TV stuff isn't everything but it's just such a neat thing for her to get to experience. She is so excited!

Oh, I also forgot to mention when we got home from out July 4th visit in Ohio we came home to slowly find out that we had been hit by lightening. We lost our stereo receiver, a DVR/satellite receiver, a phone, an alarm clock and our cable box on the outside of the house was fried. Needless to stay it will be an expense to replace it all. Thankfully the cable co. fixed that for free since it was outside but we have yet to even seriously consider replacing our stereo. It ended up being the most expensive thing on the list to replace.

I am thinking that's it for now. I hope to take a bunch of pictures on our vacation to share with all of you. Maybe Kaelyn will have some fun CA pictures I can share too. :O) But for now I am picture-less!