Congratulations!

Time for a little braggin' from the Reimer home...the three cars that we created for the Awana Grand Prix all came home with the goods...the hardware...the trophies to go along with the three fastest times of the evening!!! Last night our Awana Grand Prix racing took place and our kids were pretty pumped leading up to the event. This was Olivia's first time entering a car and she felt confident going in. The boys were pretty hopeful as well but we reminded them all that there was no way to predict if their cars would do well and we wanted them to be prepared to handle defeat graciously.


As it turns out, they didn't have to worry about the defeat part as nearly every race they entered during the heats they came in first place. Olivia's car held the track record for most of the night but Andrew's car kept improving and in the finals, his car set the track record for the evening and Olivia's came in second and Caleb's car came in third for overall speed.
Andrew was in a different category then the other two and he won his category handily. When Olivia and Caleb were in the finals together, they ran four races in a row and it went back and forth between their two cars winning each race. In the end, however, Olivia's had a little faster time...she came in first and Caleb in second.

They were super excited and we enjoyed watching them all. We were also very proud of how they handled the victories modestly and cheered for their friend's cars all evening as well.
We went over to my folks for night and of course they had a blast re-telling all the stories of the evening.

This morning Sandy and I went to Winnipeg to the home school conference. It was excellent! The seminars and sessions were truly inspiring...challenging us as parents to strive for excellence in parenting our kids, training them, and preparing them for a life of victorious Christian living and serving in God's Kingdom.
Sandy ordered all our curriculum for the coming year and we purchased some other resources that we think will really help our kids be equipped to impact their world. We truly feel that the time and financial sacrifices we are making to prepare our kids to be bold believers is totally worth it. We are convinced that these choices are head and shoulders better than most of what the world is trying to "teach" this generation. We believe that during these few short years we have with our kids, our lives are about them...our focus is on equipping them, and our personal lives need to be put on hold for their sake...something about leaving a legacy, right?
And now we are home, tired but thankful that our lives are in the hands of the Creator of the Universe!
Have an awesome Sunday!
- Gerald