Welcome 6th Graders!!

Sunday, August 19th was sunny, warm, and full of water and laughter. What were we doing? Welcoming the 6th graders to Jr ZYO with a pool party.

The afternoon started with a devotion from Caleb then the quiet yard quickly got loud! All the kids were in the pool in a heartbeat. Josiah started the afternoon off right by showing off his mad basketball skills.

Others attempted the same feat and, while they were able to get the ball in the hoop, no one else had the pocket hanging out.

Before I knew it, kids were flying everywhere! Some off the diving board and some were being thrown in the water by adults and other kids.

Also happening was a full out water war. The kids had grabbed the water guns and were spraying everyone. Well, they kept to people in the water for a short period of time. Then they moved on to the spectators.

These kids are ruthless! Nobody was off limits. If you were near the pool, you were fair game. If you got in the pool, watch out! Those that didn't have guns were defending themselves with noodles. I don't know how many times I jumped because a noodle hit the water just right and made a very loud noise. At times the guns were being fought over and kids and adults were being dunked. We all learned that Savannah has an iron grip and trying to get a water gun from her is impossible! At various times during the afternoon a truce was called between a few individuals. One adult (Scott) had the great idea to put ice water in the water gun. That started a whole new war and at times it involved ice cubes, cold water in water bottles, and once it involved a bag of ice on Nathaniel's back. Brrr!

Josiah enjoyed playing the color game with people. The way this game works is Josiah holds you and you try to guess the color he is thinking of. If you get the color wrong, he dunks you. At one time Josiah tried to play the game with his dad and when he went to dunk his dad, Josiah ended up dunking himself!

Looks like he guessed wrong.

The afternoon ended with a wonderful meal. Our chef did an amazing job considering he was being shot at most of the time he was grilling (I told you they went after everybody). The burgers tasted great. I just hope the one I ate didn't have pool water on it. After the meal, the youth came up with a lot of event ideas for the year. I hope we can get to all of them!