The Russo's

It's been a very hot summer! Hudson wanted to do something nice for the delivery drivers. We bought some drinks and fruit cups and set up an ice chest on the front porch. We had a few people take something. I was proud of him for the idea!  Making homemade pizzas We took the kids to the LSU Dairy Store for ice cream I wanted them to recreate a picture from when Gianna was a baby Went to see Mike the Tiger and showed the kids our brick  My mom celebrating Hudson's birthday late Fishing at the camp Jen took the kids to do some stuff like Top Golf and bowling  Lunch and swimming at Jamie's house Josh worked a lot in the beginning of the year! The plant's regular outage was supposed to be November- March. It went through July.  Around April 25th he started working nights until July 5th. We didn't see him a lot during those months. I was consumed with VBS for most of the summer also. We decided to do a family trip to Ponchatoula for 2 nights on July 26th.  We stopped...

There was a need this summer for someone to direct VBS. I had seen it done by others for the last few years. I felt like I could do it even though I knew it would be a lot of work. The theme was "Twists and Turns".  I started the planning in February and ordered the director's kit.    We did a work day to make decorations ahead of time and ladies from church helped. My Mom was in charge of decorating and made a lot of cute things and had good ideas. The theme included games- board games, video games and game pieces. It was a fun theme. We worked on things at home too. I used the old projector to trace images.  Josh and the kids were a big help. I found several churches in the area that donated decorations to us and that was a huge blessing! One of the hardest parts was making the rotation schedule. It wasn't perfect, but we made it work. Since this was my first time as Director, I planned the crafts, games and snacks. I had the teachers execute the activities in the ...