January 26, 2011

***BEFORE WE RE-CAP!!!  REMEMBER THAT THIS NEXT WEEK'S YOUTH IS NOT ON WEDNESDAY!!!  IT WILL BE ON FRIDAY AT THE ROSENORT ARENA FROM 7-9 - MEET THERE AND BE PICKED UP THERE, NOT AT THE YOUTH HUT!!!  BRING $3 TO GET IN!  THERE WILL BE SKATING GAMES AS WELL AS NON-SKATING GAMES IN CASE YOU DON'T SKATE, AND FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO PLAY HOCKEY - BRING YOUR STICK AND A HELMET!!!  FRIENDS ARE MORE THAN WELCOME!!!***

Now to re-cap!  We had a really, really good youth last week!  Shane led the 3rd and last Bible study from our mini series about the trinity.  Afterwards, we spent some time outside on our huge snow hill at the church (thanks to all the snow clearing!) playing some relay-like games.  We split into two teams and took on 5 challenges: 1)Build a pyramid 3 ft. tall out of snowballs the fastest, 2)Transfer as much snow as possible from one area to the other in a certain amount of time, 3)Toss as many snowballs as you can successfully into a big garbage can in a certain amount of time, 4)Try to find 2 bags of candy hidden in the snow the fastest, 5)Dig as deep of a hole as you can in attempt to completely hide your shortest standing teammate.  After I was completely cold and the youth were boiling hot outside, we headed inside for another fantastic snack - FINGER JELL-O!  I personally completely forgot how much I love finger jell-o.  I have a feeling this weekend will bring me many snacks of finger jell-o to fulfill this re-found snack that I love!  Thanks Aaron!!!

Everyone on top of the big mound outside!

Lloyd getting his game face on!

The winning team - Paige's team - building their pyramid of snow balls.

Carly's team building their pyramid!

Moi and Shane!

Throwing snowballs into the garbage can.

Shane in the line of fire!

The winning team - yet again Paige's team throwing snowballs.

James in the dig and hide - The dug him as far as deep as his bellybutton.

Alyia hiding away in their hole they dug - they only got to her....um....derriere.

Our whole group - wish the picture turned out a bit better - but the gang's all here!

It looks like Paige and Alyia are having a chip-eating contest....Alyia - get in the game!

Joseph showing off his jell-o teeth....how adorable.

The happy family in our youth group - Quinton, Carly,  oh boy....sorry Carly...you'll have to harrass me for forgetting their names...I know Daniella's the one with the bling?

James oh-so-lovingingly tossing chips at me.

Watch out Aaron....does something stink to your right?

Happy-go-lucky Paige!

Wednesday, January 19

This last week I had to take on the youth without Shane since he was at a trade show in Brandon.  For back up I asked my sister Tracy to come out!  We had a Bible Study - talking about the second part of the trinity - Jesus, followed by Balloon Verses Pop which was our key verse for the week (for details on that game go back a number of posts - we played it a while back), then had some delicious snack from Q and Alyia - brownies (which I have voted my favorite brownies EVER - Jeannine I will be e-mailing you for the recipe), chips and salsa, and the youth's favorite drink - Chocolate milk.  After that the kids got a round of "The Flashlight Game" in before we ended the evening.

Before you go on and take a look at the pictures....I know we discussed possibly going sledding this next Wednesday - due to a few different factors, if the weather permits, we'll just do snow games at church - not sledding - so no need to bring sleds, but still bring all your snow gear.

Q practising Parenthood to Daniella and....I forgot the other one's name!

Tracy keeping her calm by coloring...I think it's safe to say she prefers her

post-surgical patients over screaming jr. high-ers!

Snack time!

January 12, 2011

*Just a note before you read on - I noticed that I had the wrong order of days in the "Coming Up" column on the right side of the page.  So take note of that in case you were reading the wrong information for tomorrow night.*

We had our first youth night after Christmas break last week.  It was great to see everyone again.  We had a good time of hanging out before the Bible study, then Shane led us in our first Bible study of our mini series about the trinity and who God is.  Afterwards, we played a game which I'm not sure if we named...  Everyone got into teams of two.  One person was blindfolded and had to find as many ping pong balls on the basement floor as they could - all being directed by their screaming partner who had to sit on the sidelines.  It was quite entertaining to watch...and play!  After that, we played a couple of rounds of Sardines, and then ended the evening off with snack; chocolate cupcakes, chips, and chocolate milk!

Lloyd is back!  Full of energy from the couple of weeks off!

Our lovely ladies...isn't Carly just a doll!?

The boys playing a very intense game of ping pong keep-up

Me taking part in the game downstairs with Joseph as my partner - I could not hear a thing!!!

...Nice artistic shot, Shane!  A few steps to your right, Aaron!

Hahaha...Paige and Joseph chasing for the same ball I think!

...I've got to say, Lloyd and Carly definitely kicked butt at this game! 

I bet Lloyd has at least 10 balls in his pail right now.

Go Paige, go!

The yellers from the sidelines!

Scrambling for ping pong balls.

...Joseph's hand of many colours...