The rains of April and May are finally over!!!
Summer is probably my favorite time of the year (...ok I have lots of favorites...): there is sun and lots of it, there is water, lots of water activities. We play with water guns, water hoses, water sprinklers, baby pools, water balloons, water parks (like jelly stone perhaps?), splash pads and of course the pool!!! We like water around here. We like summer.
Perhaps one drawback to summer is the lack of church holidays to celebrate. But we do not need to fear because really we don't need a holiday to help us focus on God - sure holidays help us fall into a rhythm to prepare for the holiday but perhaps it is possible to fall into a rythm without a holiday. In fact Deuteronomy 6, teaches us to teach our children dilengetly the commands of the Lord, when we rise, sit in our house, walk by the way and when we lie down.
So we intend to make a point of getting into a rythm during the summer. Thankfully there are resources out there! My friend sent me a link to book the village church in Dallas created all about discipling your kids in the summer. It is free a full of great ideas! (http://thevillagechurch.net/mediafiles/uploaded/2/0e4217309_1431093168_2015-summer-family-activity-book.pdf) So yay - here is to a summer of discipling!
We decided to do a creation scavenger hunt at the zoo. Only it turned out more of a creation tour than a hunt but it was great. We listened to Genesis 1-2 on the way to the zoo and talked about all the neat things God created. We thanked God for all his creatures as we visited them. Best quote of the day was from Shiloh as we were talking about how strong and creative God is: "God's stronger and bigger than my arm." Yes he is. Also great about the zoo is the splash pad - God created water too!!!!
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