Beach

We went to the Aurora beach for a swim co-op today.

We talked and swam and played in the sand. James wonders what we could do there for 5 hours; talk, play, swim, talk, play, swim……

The only problem with the water here is it is sooooo cold. It was 95 outside, but the water was like 55 degrees (they said it was 70, I beg to differ!) I love this reservoir because it has nice shady tables and clear water. At one point a truck backed up to the lake and started spilling fish in. I thought about taking the girls over to see it, but then they’d say, ‘Ahhh, there are fish in here?!’, so the fish got left alone by us. I’m not sure Joel came out of the water in those 5 hours except for the one 15 min. break they gave. Even I got in with Joel dragging me as I screamed ‘It’s cold, ahhh, it’s cold’ with every step. It wasn’t so bad the 2nd time, but the first time it’s a shock. I’m still not sure that your body gets used to that temp., I just think your skin gets numb.

Here is Bethany after VBS tonight. She got covered in pudding.

What does pudding have to do with Jesus? Not much, they just did it to be silly. The story tonight was of the blind man and Jesus healing him. The put oatmeal on their eyes and listened to the story, then they went over to the ‘river’ to wash off the oatmeal so they could see. Yesterday they put stickers all over their body (some of the kids) and were lepers. They had to stay behind caution tape so the other kids wouldn’t get infected. Then they heard the story of Jesus healing the lepers, they all came out and took off their stickers. Grace is so happy she’s old enough to be there this year (she’s on Bethany’s team.)

Sunset.