blessed to be called mama: June in Review

I can't believe that a month has past since I've blogged. I was under the impression that when the boys were done with school and summer began, life would slow down. I have been terribly mistaken. It's been a roller coaster of events here in the Yoder household (all good, I must add).

We started out June with a outing to our first baseball game here in South Bend, Silver Hawks vs. Lansing Lugnuts. The weather was perfect and the food was delicious. We had a lot of fun. There was a place set up for the kids to play some games and jump around in one of those inflatable jump and slides.

Then we kicked off the summer with a party at the Williams' House, friends from church. Lots of great food and hanging out with friends. The kids played in the sprinkler to cool off. Maeci wasn't so sure about the water, so she kept herself busy with the bubbles.

The second week of June we held our church's annual Soccer Camp. We had over 400 kids from the community that took part in our camp. We had the opportunity to share Christ with these kids for 5 nights. Over 100 of them gave their lives to Christ. AMAZING!!!!! It was exhausting, but well worth it.

We also went up to Silver Beach in St. Joseph, MI on that Thursday with grandma Yoder. I love Silver Beach. You can spend the whole day there. Spend some time on the beach, then stroll into town for some ice cream. It's only 45 min. from home. It's clean, and there is also a great playground on the beach.

The boys started T-ball the following week. Not at all competitive, but lots of fun. It's the boys first exposure to playing sports with other kids. It's been really good for them. Jerimae has had the opportunity to go on Mondays to watch and help their team.

Zarek

Kaleb

We camped out for the first time on the weekend of the 20th. We were at the Pro-Life Festival, just south of Warsaw. Jerimae MCed a tent there. I don't think I will ever want to go camping again in tents until Maeci is 4. Maeci did not go to sleep until 1:30am. She finally just pooped out. If we were to go camping any time soon, it would have to be in some kind of camper/RV.

This last week of June, the kids and I went down to Indy to visit my mom. It was so fun. Tuesday we took the kids to the Indianapolis Zoo. I think the dolphins made the biggest impact on Maeci because she won't stop talking about them.

Cooling off in the water.

The boys also had the opportunity to go to VBS every night at Centennial Bible Church, the church we attended when we lived in Westfield. The boys loved it and they got to see some of their old friends (me too, I really enjoyed seeing my friends too).

Then on Thursday we took the kids to The Children's Museum. It was so much fun watching Maeci discover everything there. The boys, of course, didn't want to leave.