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Apple Orchard


 It was a no school day for Luke, so we decided to have a fun day and call it a field trip. We met Alice and Grandma after lunch in Ames. We car pooled to the Cambridge apple orchard. It was a great day sunny and nice with a light jacket. We roamed the center that was all set up for kid fun, with a petting farm, pedal tractors, giant jumpy pillows, mazes, pedal go carts, giant slide, apple toss, hay ride, and a big pit of corn to roll in. I saw a few mom’s I knew and Luke found his very good school friend Alex G. with her family. We made our way through all the activities and even had an apple donut. The kids were having so much fun, I wish I had allowed more time. We got some good pictures too.
Our evening was full to the brim, so we had to head back to Ames at 4:30. From Taekwondo, to AWANA, to youth group. Jake followed me for the night and is happy he doesn’t have to do that every week. It was AWANA parent night, so I went with Luke instead of my bible study. Luke’s leader also happens to be a science professor and tonight he shared some experiments with the kids. He mixed chemicals and used them to explain the gospel. For example his mixtures would produce black for our sins, Red for the blood of Christ, and white for the cleansing of our sins. The boys enjoyed it. After AWANA, Luke told Jake that he can go on our date with us. Each week Luke and I go on a "date" to Dairy Queen for ice cream. 

   



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