Kids, Don't Try This At Home

Chris demonstrates his prowess on the parallel bars. Set-up for VBS is finished. We're just waiting to head out to see the monuments lit up at night.

Newfangled potato chips

One craft requires pringles cans. We found this collector's edition. It's almost as good as seeing the Washington Monument. Almost.

Sight-seeing will come later.

Getting everything ship-shape

Sunday we went to Bible class at 10:00 a.m. and church at 11. BLT's for lunch, then back to work making the whole school look like a ship. We thought this pose might help the portholes look more real.

Games

Chris is ready. The water balloon should be arriving any minute.

Last night we gathered for water balloon games in the church lot; perfect for a hot humid evening.

The Ellermans had our youth group and the Grace youth group over for burgers and hot dogs, and we rested and relaxed. Since everyone was pretty tired, we opted to save the night time tour of sites for later, and everyone headed to our hosts homes for a good night's sleep.

More craft pics

Eric and Carolyn work on Bible passage bookmarks to send home with the kids. Sam and Chris create feaux wood walls to create a ship atmosphere for the boat themed VBS.

Crumpling newspapers to fill paper "bricks" for a project is dirty business. Ashley, Courtney, and Megan promise to wash their hands before they eat supper.

Friendly Skies

Everyone shares a smile before the in-flight napping begins. The tray you see in front of Megan will soon become her pillow. Megan will become Courtney's pillow. Ashley's pillow will be the window. Sam will recline his seat. Chris and Eric will - amazingly - remain awake for the entire flight. We'll see how they do tomorrow.