Happy 8th Birthday Christian!

Christian turned 8 years old this month! WOW! In another 8 years, he will be driving! Crazy to think about how fast time flies! 

Seems like just yesterday he was a little baby in his sweet crib...

Now he is growing up into a sweet, caring, smart, fun loving and handsome boy!

We are so proud of him!

This year, Christian wanted to celebrate his birthday in Van Buren at Pops and GoGo's house with family. We spent the weekend swimming, eating and having a great time together! Kimberly, Robert and Elizabeth came up for the birthday celebration too!

We had a wonderful birthday celebration with our family! HAPPY 8th BIRTHDAY CHRISTIAN!

The Blackburns come to Bella Vista!

It used to be a regular occasion for our friend Walter and Deborah to come visit us in Bella Vista. But as both our kids get older, we get busier and we don't get to see them as much as we used to. That's why we were so excited they came and stayed with us for the weekend!

 We took them to Crystal Bridges!

 We had a lovely dinner at Eleven that night with the Beards too!

 The next morning, we all went to the Bentonville Farmers Market!

Then we had lunch at Flying Fish. It was SO yummy! Thanks again Walter and Deborah for coming to visit! Hope to have you again soon!

Ruby's 4th birthay party!

A few weeks ago, we celebrated our friends Brandon and Susan's daughter Ruby's 4th birthday!

 Susan made the super cute Veggie Tales cakes!

Happy birthday Ruby!

VBS 2012!

Vacation Bible School at CUMC 2012!

This year was the first year I volunteered to be a leader at VBS! Elise and I lead the preschool music kiddos and we had a lot of fun! But I was singing those songs in my sleep that week! ;)

 Teaching songs and dance moves to preschoolers is a workout! 

Andrew LOVED the VBS music and still sings the songs and does all the dance moves!

 Christian had fun in his elementary age crew this year! He liked the science experiments!

The last day of VBS we had a picnic on the front lawn of the church. Brianna rode to VBS with us a couple times that week and they all had a great time!

Twilight Camp!

 Christian attended his first Cub Scout Twilight Camp last month! It was a four day evening camp that events were held from 5:30 to 9:00 each night. So no overnight camping but he still got to participate in the games that many of the far off three day overnight camps organize.

Christian tried archery for the first time! It was a little different since he was left handed but he got the hang of it and enjoyed it!

 Each night, they would do a craft. He made a rain stick!

 One of the rotations was water games, which was good because it was warm outside!

 They had to walk with a sponge on their head and drop it in the bucket then turn around and pass it to the next person!

 One evening, Christian and I went to Station Cafe for dinner before camp. It was yummy!

Another night, Christian build a birdhouse! He did a great job!

We were lucky we had good weather and it was not too hot yet the week of camp. Jim and I took turns volunteering as walking den leaders each evening.Christian had lots of fun! Thanks to all of our many wonderful Pack 525 den leaders and cubmaster!