Week 11 Mar 6-13

This past week Dave was in Palm Springs CA.  While he was gone we

have had Friday Sabbath Lego challenge.  This is a few of what they came up with: (ignore the messy background--real life here;))

 This is Peter getting out of the boat to walk on water.                 This is Ammon at the water of Sebus watching the flocks of sheep--isn't that cute (far left) and the armless man on the right:)

 bus trips and naps --awesome right?

 pool time and  lots of sunshine

Addie was "star" student of the week and asked I make a star in her hair:) Megan got a "hat" day and we practiced spelling words by using her animals to spell them f-e-w:).












Jordan got to meet some new friends in Bahrain.  They did some fun service projects. They took food (1 kilo of rice and then bags of fruit/veggies) to donate, then they also took toys to donate to an orphanage over there.  It was a great opportunity for my kids to think of others and pick things that they felt other kids would enjoy playing with from their own things.  Jordan also said they cleaned up a beach. He met others from Kuwait and different areas of Saudi and Bahrain.  Talk about learning new things and stepping out of your comfort level right?  I mean we're talking going to a new country. It may not be super far away but still.
I am so grateful for the sweet comfort that comes in knowing He is mindful of each and everyone of us and is aware of our needs.  I am learning a greater understanding of faith.
  This is some of the things he saw. The fort below is a place we are hoping to tour when we go as a family. He was cleaning the beach.  This is what they call the causeway--the island is Bahrain.

While he was gone we explored an exhibit that they displayed a few weeks ago called the "flower festival"  We were at the cultural event so we had missed it, but as we drove by it on the bus we saw this---and we didn't want to miss it!  So with the heat coming, we knew we needed to get over soon so we could enjoy it too.  Some of the flowers have already started to wilt but the big towers were amazing when they were all in bloom.  Still lots of beauty to see and the weather was SO nice.  We made quiet a trek to get there from the middle school (no 4 o'clock bus-:)) but it was worth it.

 A Peacock!  Can you see the wings and beak? My kids kind of are in the way:) haha

 This was a display made out of old glass bottles.

 We also did some shopping and I had to include this--Ryan is always like "Are we going to buy the dead fish?"--This one is bigger than it looks in the picture and it had teeth so they were all checking them out.  It would have been a great opportunity for me to reinforce the importance of good teeth brushing, but thought of it later! Drat.

 We worked out to Jillian--some of us fared better than others :)

And Haley went over to main camp to help with a service project for kids ages 0-5 years . She passed of some "good works" she is working on in yw's and did some slushy making and some face painting. She really enjoyed that and has asked for some:)