Cave Quest!

The kids had great fun this year participating in two vacation bible school programs - first at Spring Meadows where Addison was allowed to participate and the next week at Markham Woods (where she was not yet old enough for their program to participate).  They had a great time, and the music this year was really catchy so they have all been singing it as they go throughout the day.  Super fun! 

Having a great time!  But, she would NOT go upfront on Sabbath - so ended up sitting in the pew with her parents.  Oh well, maybe next year!

Upfront at church singing his song - at Spring Meadows there were a total of almost 300 kids!

Our happy little guy!

Then this week it was off to Markham Woods.  They always have a great program and this year was no less wonderful.  Addison did wear her cave quest shirt though to the Friday night program, even though she didn't get to participate in this week.  At 3, she may have just been a little young as she seemed glad to be able to stay at home and play with London!

Kaleb up front with his age group

Zachary was totally into the singing on this night!

Zachary and his friend Christian - what a smile Zachary has on his face!!

 Addison usually is afraid of any "mascot-like" characters but this one she was not and she was quite proud of herself (although notice she is still holding onto Dad's hand!

In other news, the boys are back in hockey lessons and have been having a great time.  They are really learning well how to skate and do the skills, so that is fun to see - making their Canadian father's heart proud! :)  They are the ones in orange shirts in the pictures below.

They are in orange, to the left of the picture by the man in the yellow helmet

Addison has started to memorize her Sabbath School verse - and she wants to be a big girl like the boys who have the chapter and verse - so in this little video, she has decided to add her own numbers at the end!

Grandma was judging their cooking efforts in the boys' bake-off!  Don't remember who won!

She's always the daredevil!

At Costco - boys are both reading their kindles....while Mom pushes all 3 of them around.  What is wrong with this picture!!

Zachary was out helping his dad replace the screen - growing up to be a big boy!

the boys are off-roading in the rain, so they took an umbrella along

Sending a picture of himself to Mommy

This little girl is an amazing worker - always wanting to help!

Umm, if you look closely at her face, you can see almost a full chapstick container smeared all over her face!  Maybe a little more than you need Addi-girl

Super-girl hat on, along with some "war paint"

Cool turtle in our yard

Mid-flight in our game of hop scotch!

Girl wonder - building a very tall tower of blocks!

Phrase of the week:  During a birthday party last week, Kaleb's first grade teacher Mrs. Bukowski was there and shared a story with Karis.  During class, there were a group of kids talking about the Easter Bunny.   The kids were talking about whether the Easter Bunny was real, to which Kaleb said "No, the Easter Bunny is not real."  The kids began to argue with him to which he calmly replied "Well, why don't you ask the Tooth Fairy then if the Easter Bunny is real"  Ha ha ha - love it!

Zachary had a conversation about where chocolate comes from.   He replied "it comes from a cow-cow bean!"  When Amy began to laugh he said "no mom, that is one way to say it - that is how the Indians say it and I look like an Indian!" Okay sure - whatever!!