Sunny Sunday

Well, here it is, another Sunday blog from me! Again, Selena, Curtis, Nora, Levi and myself went for lunch and shopping since there were a few things that needed to be purchased. It is so much fun to spend time with those four people, and little Nora especially as she is so interested in everything in the stores! While Selena was getting some fabric, Nora and I went and 'browsed' the yarn aisle. She really liked all the fashion yarn on the shelves, and I looked at the prices and thought 'maybe later'. But then, in the middle of the main aisle there was a bin with similar yarn in the bags for $5.00. So I asked Nora about color, which one she liked, and she also had to ask her Mom what color would go with her winter coat. So I bought some yarn that is fashion yarn enough for the amount of time she will use the scarf and will get some other yarns for a fancy scarf in a few years.

I found a few good deals for some things as well, and feel that it was a good day overall. And now back to my regularly scheduled crafting! ;-)

Adult Code!

Today I got to go shopping for my niece's birthday present with my sister Selena! Curtis stayed with both kids so we could have some sister time and keep Nora from seeing what we were buying as gifts. Well, in the car afterwards Selena was trying to fill Curtis in on what she had bought and what I had bought. So our "code" consisted of quickly spelling all the words and abbreviating some specific brands of items. As we were talking, we kept spelling all the words we could, as quickly as we could and I commented to Selena and Curtis that in a few more years we would have to come up with a better code because Nora and Levi would be spelling more and more words! But for now, spelling it all works and gives the adults lots of fun as well!

Tuesday of VBS

We had a few more kids at VBS today, went up to 102 from 84! My class grew, technically, by one although I had some that were there yesterday and not there today! The kids are really learning to love some of the songs we sing in our general assembly time, and I am going to try to take a video of that, although I am not sure how well it will turn out!

After lunch today we were given the opportunity to go out and see a place known as a 'buffalo jump'. For those who are not aware, a buffalo jump is a location where the hills are steep enough that the Native Indians could force the buffalo off and cause them to die. Since buffalo were one of their main sources of food, clothing, and various other things this was an efficient and effective way of causing a great number of buffalo to perish while probably not endangering any of their own tribe members!

The hill we walked down was very steep indeed, and had to walk carefully to avoid both horse(well you can imagine), and falling and rolling down the hill. At the very bottom of the hill was a variety of bones scattered about where they had been left for who knows how many years! I nearly stepped on one shortly after getting down the hill! My aunt was fortunate enough to find two arrow heads, the orange looking one of which actually still felt quite sharp!

After slowly climbing back up the hill, I found what looked like a teepee ring, and just to the side of that the circle of rocks you see pictured above. Perhaps it is just my wild imagination, but to me it looks like it could be a firepit circle!

Hard to believe that this was a short half hour drive from Weyburn, SK where we are teaching VBS!

Weyburn VBS

After all these months of planning, and thinking and perhaps even some fretting, the VBS is finally here. The trip here was pretty uneventful, with the exception of a wild turkey darting out of the grass in the ditch along the Sask. highway! Didn't move much else, just came out of the grass!

I am teaching the youngest class of students at the VBS, the four-year-olds, and had 14 kids in my group today! They are all pretty excited about being at VBS, which is a very good thing!

All together we had 84 kids at the VBS today, and it will be interesting to see how the numbers for attendance are the rest of the week!