Vacation Bible School 2009

This year's theme is Camp Kids Rock. Christian and Maddy are having a great time! This is the first year I'm not assisting as Maddy usually gets too nervous for me to leave. Today, Samuel and I stayed behind to help out with a younger class (I was the Kindergarten aid).  He enjoyed singing and dancing with everyone! He and I had so much fun that I think we'll stay and help out tomorrow! Sam was like our little mascot, all the kids adored him!

Disneyland 2009

Here are a few, ok actually a ton of pics I took while at Disneyland. You might want to fast forward through them as the slide show is kinda slow.
We stays 5 days, but I wish we could have stayed another 5. I just love Disneyland!

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Disney here we come!

    Janice, also known as GA-GA, is generously treating our entire family of 15 people to a five-day trip to Disneyland, followed by a day at Knott's Berry Farm. Needless to say, we are all incredibly excited! While we're there, we'll be celebrating my niece Heather's 14th birthday on July 4th!

Day at the zoo

Day at the Oregon Zoo

Last week GaGa treated us to a day at the zoo! This was Samuel's first visit! His favorite part was the zoo train. The train ride is about 20 minutes long, I thought for sure he was gonna fall asleep but no way, he was having way too much fun! We ate elephant ears, saw just about all the animals and of course spent about an hour in the gift shop. 

GaGa helping Sam to walk!

 Sammy loves his binkys!

At the sea lion aquarium.

Sam loved the train. Maybe he'll take after his brother!

Squished in a cave :)

Sam kept calling the goats "Doodle" which is the name he gave our cat.

Maddy loves elephants.

I cast all of my cares upon you

Cares Chorus by Kelly Willard
I cast all my cares upon You,
I lay all of my burdens down at Your feet.
And any time I don't know just what to do,
I will cast all my cares upon You.
This is my favorite church hymn. Makes me cry every time I hear it. I break down when I realize that the only thing I have to do to feel better in life, is to just give myself, and my sins to Jesus.
What is your favorite hymn?