Why I started this blog...

I do not know many people who have clowns, monkeys, local elementary schools, petting zoos and party supply stores on speed dial.  Therefore, some of my friends have suggested that my life is way too interesting and that I should really be writing all this down, hence the blog :)

Let me catch you up to speed.  I am a wife, mother of two precious girls, daughter, sister, friend, Children's Pastor and most importantly, a child of a very gracious God.  I have the pleasure of working with children and planning events for them almost every day. My esteemed colleague, Ms. Sandy, and I have found ourselves in some pretty interesting situations over the last year and a half.  Just to name a few :

Kumba and Melinda

1. Ms. Sandy has chased a weenie dog down Island Road determined to catch it and return it home while I followed beside her in my blue Honda mini van with the driver's window rolled down trying to persuade her the dog would eventually find it's way home. We were late to pick up children from school that day.
2. We have shooed horses out of the road as we traveled to pick up a van load of children for a local school in the church van. We were late to pick up children from school that day.
3. We have visited schools with Kumba, a capuchin monkey, and his owner Sandy Knefel.
4. I have tried to push/ persuade a full grown donkey to enter Children's Worship for the Easter production.  (The donkey never made it inside.  We ended up bringing the children out to pet the donkey, however, many laughs were had at my expense)
5. We have handled earthworms, chickens, sheep, goldfish, and small ponies in the process of trying to teach a biblical truth to children.
6. We have been delirious from lack of sleep at Camp Placid.
7. We have stayed too late at church working only to realize there was a blizzard outside and we wondered if we would make it home safely.  We did make it home but, our husbands did not like the fact that we neglected to look outside even though they had called us several times to tell us the weather was getting bad.