The Rainforest

Last weekend, we woke up to a beautiful day outside and decided to take a short trip to The Rainforest. So, we jumped in the car....

....and drove an hour to The Rainforest. Even before we entered, we were met by a crocodile that was emerging from the swamp! Yikes!!

We were brave, and entered The Rainforest anyway. Suddenly, from up above, a large friendly snake appeared.

We continued our adventure and started to spot many, very wild, and somewhat familiar looking, animals.

Including "Dory!!"

We were really there to get some food. This particular Rainforest has plenty on the menu, and we've enjoyed dining there several times. Ok, it's probably our favorite restaurant right now, but a little out of the way. We took advantage of our opportunity to get up close to several more animals while we waited for our food.

Every few minutes, The Rainforest comes alive, with sounds of thunder and flashes of lightening, the animals start moving and you can hear elephants and gorillas. The dining experience is like none other, and a great place for the family to eat!

Cool Cakes

Saturday morning pancakes are a tradition here in our home. We have a new assistant to the Daddy-chef. Emma is now in the "I wanna help" stage. She whips up the usual buttermilk, or for a special treat, banana or chocolate chip pancakes. You're welcome to stop by for some cakes, but you may find us still in our jammies with bed-head hair!

5 Day Club

This week we enjoyed having half the neighborhood over every day for one hour of fun songs, Bible stories, missionary stories, and free candy! We had a total of 16 kids come and go throughout the week, enthusiastically participating in all the club has to offer. The club was taught by trained teachers from Child Evangelism Fellowship.

I loved watching 3 and 4 year old's raise their hands and answer questions right along with the 8 and 9 year old's. We had a 15 year old who enjoyed acting out the Bible characters during the Bible stories. We had a broad range of kids come, but they all did so well with listening and participating!

Monday and Tuesday the weather was very warm but we met outside anyway on the deck under a tent. By Wednesday, I had to come up with another plan before all the kids melted from the humidity outside. So our Backyard Bible Club turned into Basement Bible Club.

The kids enjoyed acting out the characters from the Bible Story of the Good Samaritan. We had Jesus, the Lawyer, the robbers, the Priest, the Levite, the Samaritan, and several other characters.

The kids (and some adults) really got into the hand motions during the songs!

Thank you to all the kids who came, learned their Bible verses and participated so well! Thank you also to my friends and neighbors who helped me out watching Emma during club, loaned me the tent, and brought your kids over each day!