Alice in Wonderland Junior

I am REALLY behind on my blogging, but I just had to post the events of today. I will get back to VBS Week after this post. I saw the play "Alice in Wonderland Junior" advertised around town and knew I had to take Chloe to see it. It was showing at MDAA in Indianola. I invited my friend Sylvia and her daughter Vivian to join Ben, Seth, Chloe and me to go see it tonight. We ate at The Lost Dog Pizza Company (ate wayyy too much) and then headed over to the theater to see the play. Being the ignorant person that I am, we all arrived at the play with no tickets, and it was SOLD OUT! Every night, SOLD OUT! Stupid me! I felt like crying. Chloe had her heart set on seeing Alice for days. She absolutely loves the Disney movie. My stupidity almost caused my little girl a broken heart tonight. Thank God Ben is the person that he is. He asked the lady at the ticket counter if we could just let Chloe see Alice, because she would just be terribly upset if we left and never got to see her. She politely agreed. She walked us around the outside of the theater and got Alice to come outside to meet us. Chloe was star struck! She ran up and hugged her and could hardly take her eyes off of her. After being somewhat satisfied that we at least could see Alice, we headed back to the front of the building. I overheard a lady speaking to the ticket lady. This sweet, sweet woman was about to offer us her tickets! She had three, but we had 6 people. These people agreed to stand in the back while Chloe sat in my lap and Vivian and Sylvia took the other two. The lady's daughter was Alice! She had already seen the play, so she graciously let us have her tickets. Seth and Ben decided they would find more manly things to do while we went to see the play. We paid the lady for the tickets and got to sit right smack in the middle of the theater. The play was great! The cast was completely children and teenagers. Chloe kept her eye on Alice most of the time, weaving her head back and forth as she crossed from one side of the stage to the other. Thank God for the nice lady who had a heart for Chloe and thank God for Ben being the assertive person that he was. I learned a huge lesson tonight.

VBS Week - Day #4

Ella "worshipping the Lord" as Jeff put it. She was kicking her legs and making real excited noises while we were in Jeff Slaughter's class. He really made a big deal of it.Andrew in action! Haha! He was in a relay race wearing oversized boots.Ella loved watching Jeff and the kids sing and dance.Andrew's class got Groovy Group of the day and were invited on stage with Jeff.Ella and her Momma =)Chloe was worn out. She fell asleep with the extremely loud music and kids dancing everywhere.Chloe flicking her wet hair back.Conner getting a kick out of putting the water hose down his swim trunks.Jacob laying out in the water. He's safe!Jacob posing for a picture on top of the waterslide.Andrew posing for a picture on top of the waterslide. =) Ain't they cute?

VBS Week - Day #3

Conner wearing his cowboy get-upJacob proudly displaying the Christian flag. Attention! Salute! Pledge!Conner getting ready for the big picture.Jacob hugging a column???Jaron fixing his car, with a few helpers. Conner saddling up with Mirjam leading the horse at Family Fun night.
Conner riding his horse like a pro.Chloe and Jacob (AKA Prince Phillip) saddling up.Chloe was so excited. This is her "I am so excited" face.Jacob getting MSU painted on his face.Chloe getting a flower painted on her face.She wanted a yellow flower.Seth wearing his "Ole Miss" proudly.Conner had a gold and silver sheriff's star painted on his face.

VBS Week - Day #2

Andrew waiting for things to get started on the first day of VBS.The incredible set for Saddle Ridge RanchJaron brushing up on some of his moves before teaching his preschool music class.Chloe sitting with Mrs. Heather and Rachel on her first day of VBS.Conner enjoying his snack.Jeehaw Jeff and Seth's 6th grade class (Seth is next to the boy in the blue stripes)The crew taking an afternoon walk to Sonic for a treat. We spotted a chipmunk while we were walking.

VBS Week - Day #1

On Memorial Day, our crew for VBS this year and some extras all came together at Grammy's house. We all went swimming, played games, ate watermelon and snow cones, roasted marshmallows over a campfire, and a lot of other stuff. Uncle Dustin rough-housing with Conner Clark in the pool.Cousin Andrew made a relay obstacle course for all the brothers to compete.We had a water gun shoot out for the boys.Nephew Jacob proved to be a master at water gun shooting.Chloe enjoyed some watermelon and some swinging with Mrs. Jenny.Chloe swinging with her cousin Conner.

Chloe's first swim of the summer with cousin Seth.Chloe and Ella taking their first bath together.