Daddy's Work Picnic 2010

Well last Saturday was the first-ever family picnic at NTK where Jerry works.  We all had a nice time, the kids loved being able to run from one blow-up thingy to the next and going from game to game to win "big" prizes, lol!  Jerry had to spend time in the dunk tank, since he is now a supervisor , and the kids all enjoyed taking a shot at dunking Daddy!  If they didn't actually hit the target with a ball...they would run up and hit the target with their hand.  They had all kinds of games that you could win fun little prizes and then they played BINGO and you could win larger prizes.  The biggest win of the day to us, was a $25 gift card to Rural King, yea!  They gave away an IPad and tons of gift cards, $25 being the lowest and $100 being the highest.  They gave away gift cards to Simon Mall, Apple Bee's, Walmart, Target, Bed Bath & Beyond, Pier 1, Meijer, etc.  I can't imagine what they spent in gift cards alone, yikes!  The meal was really good too--they had:  brats, hamburgers, hot dogs, potato salad, cole slaw, chips, desserts and lot of drinks.  We took full advantage of the un-limited drinks since it was like 93 degrees.  All in all, we had a great day and was able to spend the day with Jerry!  He has had to work so many hours lately, we have just about forgot what he looks like, lol!  Thanks NTK for a fun filled day!!!

Daddy and his baby girl!

Keegan ready to play : )

Ring-toss game

She dares to be different : )

Daddy playing BINGO with the boys

Jerry and his team playing in the tug-o-war game

Kallee met a new friend name Kailee--they went everywhere together and even

picked the same "faces" from the face-painting booth

Kallee getting her faced painted, this lady was SO good!

The finished product, she looked so cute!

The girls and their pink puppy dog faces : )

Kallee trying to dunk Daddy

Daddy taking us on a tour of the plant

Showing us the steps each item has to go through before it is done

Indiana Beach 2010

Well the kids did it again...they worked hard on their book reports and they earned tickets to Indiana Beach again this summer!  This has been an annual trip for several years and I would assume it will continue to be an annual thing, as long as our library offers it.  Talon was too old to earn one, so we ended up buying him a ticket, but we were able to get a

Buy-One-Get-One offer with a Coke can, so that was a great deal!  We enjoyed the rides, but we didn't enjoy the heat or the wait in the lines, UGH!  We normally go later in the month and later in the week, but the tickets only had a few available dates on them this year, so we had to use them before the 15th.  By going later in the month (August), most kids have went back to school already and by going on a Wednesday, everyone is working, so...oh well we learned our lesson --stick to a Wednesday : )  I didn't get to ride as many rides as I normally do, I just couldn't stand waiting in the hot sun for 30 mins. for a 5 minute rush, guess I'm getting old, ha!  Also, since Jerry had to leave early, that left me there by myself with the kids, so that meant I had to keep Kallee busy, so not time for the roller coasters.  She did LOVE the roller coaster we went on, in fact, we rode it 5 times for her : )  I think she will be a little dare-devil as she loved the fast rides!  Thanks to our library, Frankfort Public Community Library for this great offer, we sure enjoy it every year!!!

This was the first ride they rode when we hit the park!

This one cooled them off a bit, allows you to shoot water at one another!

She loved the antique cars, since she was able to drive them "herselth" (herself), as she says.

This is the ride I love, but wasn't willing to wait in the hot sun --the Steel Hawg!

We met up with some of our friends, The Huffers, the kids had fun riding rides with them! 
Keegan & Jake

Kallee & Nyree

This isn't a very good pictures, but Kallee loved riding the bumper cars too!

Talon riding the Sky Lift

Kallee getting a Caricature done of herself.

I have one of all of us now, can't wait to frame them and hang them up.

I so wanted the guy to draw her cute baby teeth smile, but he didn't : (  She has lost her bottom 2 teeth and thought it would look so cute in the picture.  I just might have to draw the teeth and the missing teeth in myself.

FBHC 2010 VBS

Well our VBS @ FBHC (fbhc.net) went great this year, we had a low of 129 kids and a high of 166!  The kids were full of energy and had a lot of fun!  Mrs. Sarah (Wolf) Fry did a GREAT job putting everything together and leading it again this year!!!  I was asked to do crafts again this year, so I asked a few ladies if they would like to be on the craft team and they said sure.  Of course none of us knew what we were getting ourselves into, so...we had to "wing it" pretty much every night since we kept running out of crafts no matter how many extra kits we put together.  One night I thought, I'll make 55 kits and that should be plenty--WRONG!!!  Well it was actually enough, but just for one age group, not the two age groups I planned them for, ugh!  It was a lot of prep work and a lot of work, but we made it through the week and still have all our hair left, lol!  It was great to see so many new kids, just hope we can keep them coming!  Thanks to "my" team--Bobbie Sullivan, Pam Wolfe & Lynette Cooper!  I would also like to say a BIG thank you to Sara (Fritz) Derscheid and her girls for making 166 cookies for us, for one night's craft, the kids LOVED them!!!  Here are a few of the 100+ pictures I took, so take a look at what we did.

I tried to find a few crafts that were special for the Tweens (ages 11&12), so they wouldn't feel as if we were making baby crafts all week : )  Here are the tie-dye shirts we did with them.

The ladies pulling the shirts apart so we could hang them to dry.

They turned out really neat, I was pleased with them and so were the kids!

Ms. Rachel Stafford with her team of kids, ya can tell they love her! : )

Each night we had a picture time where the kids had to do different things.  I was asked to take the pictures, so...here they are doing the motions to a song--"Deep & Wide"!

Crazy boys!

Mr. Josh Emery with his group, he did a great job and the boys thought he was great!

Miss Shaylee Johnson, Miss Karris Gardner & Miss Libby Gardner

Justin Huffer and his little friend

This is little Adrain, he is a normal rider on our church bus, what a kid!

More crazy boys!!

Cody Sullivan, Connor Davis and Jaida Waggoner

Kyler Gardner

Miss Kendra Peck, Miss Emily Watson & Miss Alyssa Johnson

Bus kiddos

Madison Bailey & her sister Natalie (smiling at me)

Talon and one of the kids in his group

This was a very powerful skit they put on one night, the kids were as quiet as could be!

David Fry playing the role of Jesus

Little Miss Abby Peck enjoying her cookie

Miss Naomi, she is Adrain's sister

My niece Courtney was a group leader too, here she is with a couple of her kids

Little man Caiden Fry, too cute!

Deanna Schuler decorating her cookie

Miss Julian Waggoner

Tween boys putting together a blanket that we will send to some missionary

Jakob Howie and his friend, they were there every night I believe.

The tween girls putting together another blanket

This was a smallest night--129 kids

Havin' some fun with the kids!

Bro. Mowery telling the kids "you make sure you come to VBS tomorrow night"!

Buses all loaded up and ready to go!

And they are off!