VBS and Our Anniversary

Well, I've certainly taken a long enough break from writing! The last couple weeks have been fun - sometimes, but busy - all the time! We had our first VBS in our new building, and although we didn't fill the building quite to bursting this time, it was a great time with our kids and our visitors. I can't resist posting a couple pictures! We had so much fun!

Our theme was building up
We had a great group of people there to help!
Pinterest inspired building snacks :)

What a blessing our little church is! God has been very good to us!

Matt and I celebrated our first anniversary together this month! We both worked on the 10th, so we took Thursday evening and all Friday just to enjoy being together. Thursday night we took Grandma and Grandpa Martin out for dinner. We owe them a HUGE thank you for fixing the air-conditioning in our car and room! We then spent the evening at their house and just enjoyed their sweet company. Matt and I pray that we will love each other just as much as they do even after we've celebrated 50 anniversaries together. 
Friday we went to Ikea. While I looked for inspiration for the baby room, Matthew looked for ideas for the church. But we both had fun! In the afternoon we went to Shady Maple, the largest buffet I have ever seen. The most impressive part of that place was the building! It was beautiful! 
Then came the part we'd both been waiting for - Noah's Ark at Sight and Sound! Several months before we had seen Jonah together. The great thing about Sight and Sound is that they always present a great presentation of the gospel at the end of the show. It was beautiful as they pulled away everything but the door of the ark and a section shaped liked the cross. Just as there was just one way into the ark, Jesus is the One way to Heaven. 
It was a wonderful way to end our anniversary celebration! 
We had a piece of cake from our wedding and it was surprisingly good! 

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