Life as a Brandtito

The kids had the option to dress up as their favorite Nativity character for Awana tonight. Gavin passed, but the girls were not about to pass up an opportunity for a little costume time. Introducing, Mary & The Angel 

I could really use a weekend of nothingness....a weekend with no plans, PJ's and movie marathons. This does not appear to be in the cards for us anytime soon.  This weekend was as all others seem to be. Crazy Busy. Friday evening John & Gav headed to a Wahoo's game to celebrate Gavin's  AR victory. Much like, Annabelle did last year  Gavin topped the mini Brandts AR reading goal every semester for the entire year! Needless to say, this sort of celebrating did not involve girls tagging alone...most especially sisters and step moms.  So the lady Brandts settled for dinner out and a movie in. We even ate ice cream. IN THE LIVING ROOM. You heard that right folks, it was a crazy night. Saturday the mini Brandts had their Awana end of the year water party & I had a gun safety class at the Sheriff's Department. I'm applying for my concealed weapons permit (you know since work now involves going into vacant houses with strangers and all). Besides, I love...

Another year of Awana is behind us! The mini Brandts had their Awana awards this week & they did wonderfully! They performed their Awana song for the crowd before receiving their awards. I didn't get the song, but I did record the kiddos getting their awards. The video is below and starts right AFTER (of course) Annabelle's name was called. Annabelle is a "Spark" while Heaven and Gavin are both in "T & T" now.  Annabelle is in the white and orange right as the video is starting. In retrospect, I probably should have only recorded each of them specifically getting their award as this video is quite long.... I should really invest in a video camera...Iphones are not made for filming...  Annabelle received a special award for finishing two books this year, which takes a lot of work! The program is set up for each child to finish around 1 book per year.