Hallelujah Party

It is going to take me awhile to catch up on posting all the photos I've been taking lately, so you will have to be patient. Pictures of Jon Felipe's birthday and pumpkin carving to come. Here are the photos from the Hallelujah Party. Some of you will remember that we attended this last year too. It is sponsored by our church and held at the Dordt College Recreation Center. It is great fun! I love seeing all the kids in their costumes, everyone is having a great time, and it is free to anyone who wishes to attend. Here is Jon Felipe dressed as Curious George (or Monkey as he calls him). Okay, so he doesn't look much like a monkey. He was happy and he had a great time at the party and that's all that really counts :-)

As you can see, pretty much everyone in Sioux Center was at the party. Jon informed me that he was sure every student from his class was there. I love seeing so many of the kids I've gotten to know from volunteering at Kid Zone and at the public school. One of the bonuses of having an indoor party is it is light enough to actually see the kids' faces. Plus, they don't have to wear coats, so you can really see their costumes too.

Maria and her girlfriends were working "behind the scenes" at this fishing game.

About two dozen carnival games are spread out all around the gym. The kids play to win tickets. Tickets get traded in for small, medium, and large prizes. Every kid gets a ticket every time they play. The prizes are mainly various sized pieces of candy as well as some small toys. So, you play a few games, you trade your tickets in for some candy, you go play a few more games, get some more candy, etc., eventually leaving with a good sugar buzz.

Dwight and Luke ran the hockey game. All the volunteers got orange Hallelujah Party t-shirts.

The TP toss game. Self explanatory, I think.