Day 1079 – Potlucks Are My Favorite!!

Today was the last day of my “marathon church photography week.” I realized I was up at church EVERY day from Sunday through Sunday this past week….and photographing all but Saturday.

Today at church we had a potluck! It was so much fun to just sit back, relax and chat with my fellow church members. I truly love my church.

Here’s a shot of some of the food. There were two sets of about 4 tables. LOTS of food. But you know me, had to photograph what I brought!

(mine is the veggie tray! I also took hummus and I think it was some of the best hummus I’ve ever made….if I do say so myself!)

Day 1077 – Kids Having Fun at Summer Blast

Today was the last day of Summer Blast, the Vacation Bible School at my church, Sovereign Grace Church.

Here are a few of my favs of the kids having fun!

The first is from crazy hat day. I LOVED crazy hat day! I wore my furry viking hat from Warrior Dash!

This is one of the teams voting for their favorite crazy hat on the team. Lots of great hats on this team!!

There is a time for games every night at Summer Blast. This game was my favorite. Two teams. Dodgeball rules. Three pins on the back end of each team. First team to knock over the other teams pins wins. If a kid gets out, he stands on the side in one of five spots, he moves down with each person who gets out, once the 6th kid is out, the first kid can plan again. Lots of movement and the kids seemed to really like it.

Every night they announce the three rules. The first two are obvious (don’t talk when someone on stage is talking and keep your hands to yourself). But the third rule is different every night. The first night it was, whenever someone says “vegetables” the campers have to sing “I Love Vegetables!” The last night was “Every time you see a squirrel, yell it out, point and freeze” (think the movie UP). It was so neat to see the kids getting so into everything. I think the last rule was my favorite. 🙂

See all of the images from Summer Blast 2012 here!

Day 1076 – Summer Blast 2012 Staff Highlights

As you know, I’ve been photographing Summer Blast, the Vacation Bible School at my church, Sovereign Grace Church all this week.

Today I wanted to share some of my favorites of the staff.

This is a skit about an invention that reads your mind.

Gotta have puppets!

The girls in this skit were trying to hide from a science experiment explosion.

Another puppet skit (I heart puppets)

See all of the images from Summer Blast 2012 here!

Day 1053 – Thankfulness Board

I got the idea from the marriage video I posted on Day 1035. If you didn’t watch it, the couple has a board in their home filled with post it notes with handwritten things they’re thankful for. Since God has been so overwhelmingly good to us, we wanted to do the same!

Here is the “yet to be filled” board of thankfulness and the materials to fill it!