The Russo's

  I directed Vacation Bible School for the second year. The theme was Breaker Rock Beach - Standing Firm in a World of Shifting Sands. It was a really good theme and so important for these times.  News for the Week I did a snack survival kit for the volunteers  Buffalo Wild Wings donated food again this year The snack schedule for the week Grace and Mom did the opening rally skits and they did great Jules came a few nights We got props and decor from some churches again this year, so that was a huge help. I had to get Josh and Hudson to do games this year Mom did a great job in charge of decorating again and taught crafts.  Here are the crafts for the week, plus kindness rocks on the last day. My family was a big help during the preparation time and setting up. At first, I thought I didn't have enough volunteers for all the areas and the registration was low. It was discouraging, but God worked it out and the week went pretty smooth. We had 31 kids come.  We did...

We made a trip to Jennifer's house from June 28th- July 1st. My Dad came with us also. We went to Chuy's to eat on Friday night.  We stayed at an Air bnb that is owned by a friend of theirs. It was a cute studio apartment.  They let us use their pool. Hudson was practicing his casting.  Saturday morning we went to the creek area  The girls swam and the boys fished Hudson caught a few fish  The kids swam at the house that afternoon and Paw Paw joined them Jen and I took them to Urban Air to have a little fun We celebrated Nash's birthday on Sunday and Josh cooked pastalaya for their family and a few friends.  We had donuts and coffee on Monday morning at their house before we left. It was a nice trip and we had a good time, just hated to leave!  I had to show the rod holder that Hudson built to bring his fishing poles. He is so handy! 

Jules had her 7th birthday party One afternoon water started coming out from the toilets and laundry room drain in the house. It was the sewer backing up!! Josh was at a work function, so Hudson turned off the water to the house and it stopped. He started to dig when he got home to find the problem. He started out in the yard, but the block was close to the house. It took hours to figure it out, but our neighbor Mr. John was a huge help.  He added a clean out by the house, so it will be easier if that happens again. We got the septic tank pumped the next day also.  Gianna and Grace did a summer workshop in June at dance Hudson had been wanting to fish a pond near dance, so he came one day. It had "No Fishing" signs everywhere, but he still went!  Father's Day breakfast at church  I am so thankful to have Josh as our children's father! So grateful for everything he does!  We went to Raising Cane's for lunch with my Dad Hudson bought this cart for his fishing stuf...