Church Independence Day Celebration

Don't they look yummy?! Carl and Trey worked hard on Saturday to get them done just right so we could have them at our church's celebration on Sunday evening.

Trey took his job of spraying the apple juice seriously!

Miss Peyton. Yes, she is my favorite baby :)

We had a group of people from almost every age group!

My mom was doing tattoos, so she was definitely a favorite to the little kids!

Our own little gospel group

My mom gave Kynnlea about 5 tattoos before she was satisfied!

We put a volley ball net up in the back and the kids (and adult kids) had a blast...even in the heat!

In fact my three kids stayed back there the entire time except when they were eating!!

Jaxen was helping the kiddos do sparklers

Makena Faith

Noah with his sparkler

Carl worked very hard this weekend, bless his heart! He was thrilled to be asked to smoke the meat for our First Annual July Fourth Celebration at our church. Trey was a big help this time. He likes when Carl gives him specific jobs to do. We had a great crowd and the meat was delish!!

I'm so proud of my guys :) Love them to the moon and back. I feel awful because I didn't get a picture of my family at this event. We had a photo booth set up and everything! The girls were there and had lots of fun playing volley ball.

I would definitely say that it was a successful community outreach! We had visitors and hopefully we showed them that us "church people" aren't really all that bad!!

Much Love,

Beth

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