Big Day!

Today was Robbie's last Sunday to be on staff at Bear Valley.

He has served as the Worship Pastor there for the past 5 years. Over the last several months, God has made it clear to us that He is calling us to something else. Calling us to what? We aren't sure yet. What we are sure of is that we have clearly heard His voice and want to be obedient. We are trusting that He will reveal His plan for us. This is a uncertain but exciting time. We have made SO many wonderful friends at Bear Valley and though we will miss going to church with them....we will definitely keep in touch! Here are the kids enjoying a donut at church this morning!

They will miss their weekly Krispy Kreme fix!

The children's ministry at our church sponsored a Splash Day today at a small local water park!

It was definitely one of the funnest things

we have done this summer!

(and we have done a lot of fun things!)

Here is Lawson about to jump off her first semi-high diving board. (It was about 4 ft from the water.) She has jumped off of lower ones before. She spotted this board across the pool and asked me to take her to it. I said sure but thought there was a good chance she would back out. (She is not a risk taker!) She climbed right up and marched right out.....about the time she got past the hand rails.....she got a strange look on her face. She walked out to the end...you could definitely see the fear in her eyes! I really thought this dream was over for her. Then she proved me wrong, psyched herself up and jumped in! She jumped over and over for about 2 hours today! She probably went off this board 25 times!
Then......Lawson got stung by a bee! Poor thing!
I thought this might cut our day short. She can be pretty dramatic!
We got her some ice from the first aid station to put on it. She cried for a few minutes.....then said she wanted to go swim again. As we were walking back to the pool she said,
"If another bee stings me, we will just get some more ice, right?" What a trooper!
Then for the last challenge to this day....
Lawson and Hudson both went down this water slide!

(the white slide)
Lawson (my non-risk taking child) has had the chance to go down a slide like this a few months ago.....and even though all her friends were doing it she would not. But, today she did it! And after she did, Hudson wanted to go....until it was his turn. Then he got cold feet. There was a cute blond lifeguard girl who kept encouraging him to go down. He was listening to her but wasn't convinced. The lifeguard girl had to slide down and take over the shift at the bottom of the pool. She told him if he would slide down, she would catch him at the bottom. And THAT was all it took! He came down and she caught him....and that was the beginning of his infatuation with her! He kept asking where she was and when he could swim to her. When we left today, he wanted to find her and tell her goodbye! We didn't find her though. He asked why we couldn't find her over and over on the way home until he fell asleep! His mommy is not too happy about him beginning to chase after cute girls at the age of 2!