Our last 2 weeks have been quite hectic but very fun. For Memorial Day, we took a trip down to Gulf Shores with the kids. It is an eight hour trip with a newborn and a 3 year old. Just past the half way point on the way down, I thought to myself, "What are we thinking! Two kids in a car for this long." And the trip was definitely frustrating at times. Yet looking back, it was totally worth it. We had some great times on the beach with Jacob, and we got a pop-up cabana for Ava to stay in on the beach with us. Some real moments of Americana with your family at the beach and playing with your kids in the surf. Good times.
Then came VBS which is the highpoint of any children's ministry at a church. It was a great event with decisions for Christ and positive teaching and reinforcement of God's truth for our young people. Many visitors and unchurched families. The theme was tropical, Hawaiian. To conclude VBS, we have a Sunday night "Family Night" with a musical the children do and a dinner afterwards along with inflatable games for the kids to play on. We did a luau style dinner and it went over great. Lots of good energy in the crowd with people talking and laughing and being part of a community. So positive and encouraging and a great way to end the VBS.
Today, Shannon is crashing in bed all day to recover. Thursday we go to get her carcinoma spot fully removed. Wednesday is the 2-year anniversary of her parents' death. Like family vacations, life gives you some great moments coupled up next to tough moments. You have to celebrate the good to keep the bad from bringing you down. Life keeps on keeping on and we have to too until the Lord comes again and we get to dance in the sky with him.
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