April Youth Rally

Every April our church hosts the Bible Quizzing for Southeast Wyoming

and Nebraska and Saturday our church was packed with teenagers vying for the Bible Quizzing trophy. We had seven churches participating this year and all the kids did amazing as they answered questions and quoted Bible verses.

The competition was fierce and our teens came in third place,

only two points behind the the winning team!  

For game time, Mr. Mason taped huge squares on the cement floor

and played line games. One of the favorites was human PacMan.

The kids ran and screamed with laughter as they followed the lines trying to avoid being touched by the PacMan and being frozen. 

 

The teens also played Line Basketball, Warlords and Dodgeball.

Everyone had a blast and were exhausted and ready

 for food by the time game time was over. 

 

For dinner we made walking tacos which is a crushed bag of Doritos with a scoop of taco meat, (meat, beans, seasonings) and a scoop of cheese.

Easy to make, no mess and the teens loved them!  

We also had bottles of Root Beer and cookies for dessert. 

It was a really great day with lots of teens, lots of fun and lots of fellowship!  The next Bible Quizzing is at Camp Grace in June and our teens

will again have the chance to compete for the trophy!  

Goodbye Sugar (Again!)

 

 

 

Saturday Night I made an Ooey Gooey Butter cake and it was so good!
 I have to admit I absolutely love sugar and am, in fact, addicted to it!  Last spring Chep and I went on diets of healthy eating and exercise and over 6 months we lost over 30 pounds each!  Sadly life got busy for us again and I stopped cooking healthy and we stopped exercising and taking daily walks.  In only a few months all the weight we lost last summer came back! I was so happy when I was losing weight and loved being able to fit in smaller sized clothing!  My husband and I decided we had to get back on our diets and this time stick to it, no matter how busy or hectic our lives get.

 

I talked with several people in our church who I have heard saying in the last several months that they too need to lose weight.  We got together and talked it out and decided to go on a high protein/low carb diet together. 
This way we can encourage one another, share recipes, exercise together and help each other when we feel like giving up!  You know theses ladies are dedicated to losing as they let me take their picture!  We are all excited to start our diet together.  We will pose for and post another picture in five months and we are praying we will all see some big results!