vbs week in review

another week of vbs complete! and i must say that this is the least exhausted i have been at the end of volunteering all week - ever. things just ran super smoothly and our own kids didn't get too cranky from the late nights. i think it is just because they are getting older. here are some of the pictures showing all of the fun! a few of the pictures (aka the good ones) were taken by the church photographer/videographer. we had 377 kids the first night! and averaged around 340 all week. this was a record year for us. the slogan this year was do, be, give love with a 'back in time' theme.

being silly in the photo booth on our way to the volunteer dinner (they fed us for free every night which is part of the reason this year wasn't stressful).

my class found a small toad during an outside game and took turns holding/frightening it.

my class of 4- and 5-year-olds - and manning (he refused to go to the nursery - vbs starts at age 4))

volunteer meeting before starting one night - there were more than 240+ volunteers who made vbs happen before, during and after!

mason and maddux' class led by some friends from our bible study.

madelyn and her good school friend, sarah, who she called to invite.

mason (sitting front row) listening to the night's story.

selfie of us all in our shirts

 more photo booth silliness...

every night there were costumes and reenactments of bible stories for the preschoolers.

one of my girls who won for most watches on 'watch night' - get it? back in "time."

we were raising money for our mission in ichmul, mexico this week (for rice packing meals, school supplies, medical supplies, etc.). as a part of that, sweet frog gave 15% of sales to the church for mexico. we were more than happy to support the cause in such a tasty way! we went after vbs one night and it was packed! nothing like some sugar at 9:30pm!

they boys with "miss kaitlin" - we love her!

the keeping still while waiting selfie. manning loves just snapping away!

more with miss kaitlin

the older kids wrote how they can be/give/do love.

madelyn's idea.

madelyn was SO excited about this picture! she told us all about how she had posed before she ever saw the picture.

most of the classroom leaders.

madelyn's class.

all the preschoolers.

matt has to work too late to join us, if you noticed he wasn't in the pictures (although he did build us that awesome time machine). the goal was to raise $2500 for mexico. the kids brought in $2901.69! isn't that awesome? such a great week. love.