One very cool thing about being in the south is that they have vacation bible school. This is a week long FREE camp, where the kids do an amazing amount of crafts and music and most importantly, learn more about God and the Bible. They make it as fun and appealing while teaching them. Caeley just finished her second VBS of the summer. The theme of the VBS was "Boomerang Express", a kind of "we're going on a journey and exploring" for God if you will. I can't tell you how much Cales LOVES these camps! Throughout the week, the kids learn different songs and different lessons. And at the end of the week, it is time to get together and have them lead worship for the night. Caeley sang three songs and she did so well! I have taken a lot of cute video of Caeley in the past, but these are some of the best! There is A LOT of video in this post, but it all is really good, so do it in a couple of sittings if you must, but do watch, you won't be sorry!
Check Caeley half way through this one going out of her way to touch the girl's hair in front of her, and the reaction the girl gives back!
AND WHAT ABOUT ELIJAH??? If you had any worries that Boo Boo wasn't having fun, this should ease your mind!
Now I know some of my friends who are reading this might find it a little crazy that there would be all these kids doing these synchronized moves in the church to these hokey songs. It might even seem a little cult like. I understand where your coming from on that. I used to feel that way too when I would see things like this on TV. But as I watched my kids so happy, dancing and singing about God, I've had a change of heart. Caeley got up every morning excited to go, she had a blast every day and she learned so much. If this is what the church needs to do to help reach out to the little kids, then so be it. All I know is that I wished I could have gone to this rather than CCD when I was a kid!!!
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Caeley's first dance recital
Caeley has been taking dance classes on Thursday nights for the last 3 or 4 weeks now. She also went to a week long dance camp at the same school! It was every morning for the week, and on the last day, there was a small informal recital to show us what they had worked on. One thing we love about this program is that it is VERY loose and emphasizes fun. Here are the excerpts!
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Christie's First Night!
Christie starts officially tonight as an ER doctor. When someone comes into the ER tonight, she will be the doctor taking care of them. Not assisting, not watching, but actually being the doctor! How awesome is that?? We are all very proud of her. Here is a clip of her leaving for her shift tonight! GO GET EM HONEY!!!
The Future Of Dance?
We worked very hard to get the kids, especially Caeley, into activities to help with the transition down here. One of the things we found for Caeley was a dance class! She has it once a week, and these highlights are from her second week. She will be going to a dance camp every morning next week! Enjoy!!
Thursday, July 2, 2009
OFFICIAL DOCTOR STUFF!!!
I've realized that there hasn't been a whole lot of documenting the reason why we're here in the first place, Christie's residency. It's not that we don't want to, but it's not something easily done. So when we have cool stuff to show off, we most definitely will do it. This link is one of those things! Very official looking. We had all of Christie's fellow residents over for a dinner a few weeks ago and these people are super, super nice. I could see myself hanging with them even when Christie was at work. Check it out!
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
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