Awana Awards Ceremony

Last night was the final night of Awana for this school year. The church always has a special awards ceremony to celebrate the hard work the clubbers have put into completing their Awana handbooks.

Thomas Edison worked very hard this year! He had to catch up because, last year, he did not finish his handbook. He had about half of the book left to finish. He completed that; then went on to the current year's book. He finished that early, so he was given extra Scripture to learn. He memorized the entire chapters of Proverbs 16, 26, 27, and 28. He has an amazing memory!


Here he is with his "Excellence Award" for completing the first 2 books for the T & T (Truth & Training) Club.

Then another photo with his Third Book Award.

He tied for first place for "Clubber of the Year" for the 5th and 6th grade boys.


Pocahontas earned her "First Book Award" ribbon for T & T. She was awarded second place "Clubber of the Year" for 3rd and 4th grade girls. She finished her book early as well and memorized the same chapters in Proverbs.

Leif Erickson finished out his time in Cubbies with his Second Book Award and he will move on the the Sparks Club next year.

Davy Crockett worked very hard on his second book in Sparks, but did not quite finish it. He had a great time in his second year in Sparks and had wonderful leaders who enjoyed having him in their group. Can't find his picture on my vast amount of photos on my memory card, but will add it when I find it!

Awana Grand Prix

Tonight was the Awana Grand Prix. It was a great challenge.

The three oldest participated, but little "Leif" will have to wait until next year when he is in Kindergarten.


Davy Crockett made a Mini-Cooper.


Pocahontas made a sporty car of her own designing. Her car made it to the final three cars, but was then defeated.



Thomas Edison won first place for design. He was very excited. He worked very hard at the clinic that our Awana has for the clubbers to make their cars.

On to the "Happy Pepper Patch"

Pocahontas experienced a great loss when her guinea pig died last night. He lived for 5 years, which the vet said is good for a guinea pig. It was sudden and unexpected. Pocahontas was crushed and her brothers were very sad too.

I was so glad we had taken time to take these pictures at Christmas time so we can remember sweet "Toffee".



He was such a sweet and beautiful guinea pig. His coloring was unique. We have not seen any other guinea pigs with this coloring and long hair.


He will be greatly missed, but Pocahontas is looking forward to loving another guinea pig in the near future.



We recently read in By the Shores Of Silver Lake about Jack going to the "Happy Hunting Ground", so Thomas Edison wondered if Toffee went to the "Happy Pepper Patch" as red peppers were his favorite treat.

Crazy Hats

Tonight was Crazy Hat Night at our Awana Club.

Thomas Edison used his electrical ingenuity to make his hat.

Pocahontas worked very hard to do all the paper mache on her hat.

Davy Crockett and Leif Erickson had more traditional "crazy" hats.

Christ the Lord is Risen today! Alleluia!

We had a wonderful Easter Sunday. We started the day with our family traditional Easter egg hunt. Then we headed off to church. We drove out of town to our friends' church to celebrate the baptism of their newest baby. He is such a sweet blessing.

After church, we headed off to Dh's aunt's house for her annual Easter potluck dinner. It was a good time with cousins and friends. The children had a fun time playing with bendaroos after eating their fill.

Easter Egg Fun

We had a great time dyeing eggs. Thomas Edison came up with a new technique and the eggs looked great.

Leif Erickson did not remember last Easter, so this was a whole new activity for him.

He loved it!

The trick: Loosely wrap masking tape around the egg before dying.

Tie-dyed eggs are the results.

Davy Crockett Turns 7

Today was Davy Crockett's 7th birthday. It is hard to belive that he is 7 years old. He had a fun morning playing with his new Lego kits.

It was a beautiful spring day and the first day of Soccer for Fun. Davy Crockett enjoyed his turn as goalie.