More Fair Pics

Yes, I know the pictures are mostly of my own kids and our good friends the Moen's, but I only had my camera one day and the dunking booth was BUSY! But, sooo much fun! We let the dunkers have 3 or 4 tries (sometimes more) when they completed a short Bible/evangelism questionnaire. We had 2 "quizzes" and our patrons could take them both each day for 2 tries a day. It was a great time being outside with the great fellowship of our friends and a chance to be a witness to the community. Vince Jr.(12 yrs) has the top hat on in the booth. Katja (7) and Natasja (3) had their face painted by the wonderfully patient gal in the next booth and Dusty (lovingly known as Ducky in our house) used a picture the face painting artist had and did his own rendition on Gunnar's (5) face. He did a great job!! And speaking of Dusty, I was so impressed by this young man last weekend as he played the prince in the summer youth play "Robin Hood." What an actor! He was really outstanding as were so many of the other actresses and actors. Dusty is 12 I guess and I have had the pleasure of knowing him for the last 5 years we have attended Community Bible Church in Bottineau. He did a great job and was so expressive and emotional. Gunnar and Natasja sat 2 rows in front of me in the FRONT ROW and sat mesmerized for the entire performance. There were times I wondered if they had fallen asleep, but they didn't! They were silent for the entire hour-long play except for the time when all the actors ran in front of them and then down the aisles. Natasja was a little scared by that commotion and when Dusty noticed this (from the stage!) he took just a couple of steps over to his right so he was lined up with Natasja (who loves Ducky, they are great friends despite the 9 yr. age difference) and he gave her a sweet smile and kept his eye on her until she settled. The amazing thing...he didn't miss a beat. He was on cue for every line and in between, his glance would switch to "the baby" and a little smile appeared on his face. Until she calmed down, which only took a couple of minutes. She didn't make any noise except for one gasp as the players passed in front of her, but she had that "OH MY" look on her face. When she realized she was OK, she turned around with a finger pointed behind her and yelled out "that's Ducky!" She turned around and sat through the rest of the play. I didn't see Gunnar or Katja and cousin Jaden move either except for the laughter and applause. I am just thrilled that I can take them to these types of events now and finally not have to worry about how they will act. Yeah!!