This is about as exciting as it gets around here...

Shane is heading to Africa with 14 students in July, and there has been a lot of fundraising going on around here. To make a really long and incredible story short, they were miraculously able to raise over $40,000 in a week in order to book the trip. On Friday night they hosted a talent show and silent auction to begin raising the last $10,000 needed for the trip. So four other ladies from church and I decided to participate! I think every act in the show was serious except for ours! We sang a silly song that was a spoof on the church staff. Here's Amy dressed as her daughter, Callie, who is the children's director.

And here's me dressed as Shane.

I know, you thought it was him at first, didn't you? Amazing resemblance, huh? Oh, and the bow? Well, I guess I should fill you in on that little story. A few months ago Shane was in the middle of a sermon, and he began to tell a story that should have started with, "I was thinking back to when I was a 16 or 17 year old boy..." BUT instead of saying boy, he said GIRL. And of course it has been quite the joke since then! So we simply kept the joke alive on Friday night at the talent show!

Here are Luke and Kallie enjoying some refreshments in the lobby after the show.

...and enjoying the leftover props with the Cuppett's.

At this point in the post you are probably feeling a bit sorry for us if this is really as exciting as it gets. But check this next picture out...

Those are two of the guys from Casting Crowns, Juan DeVevo (left) and Mark Hall (right). Shane and I actually went to high school with Juan, and they were in town playing a concert, and Juan invited us up to their suite at the baseball game! It was so fun getting to talk to Juan and hear about life in the band. His wife is also in the band...she plays violin and sings backup. Isn't that fun??!

And last but not least, here's our sweet Seth at his 2nd grade awards. He got ALL-A HONOR ROLL and EXCELLENT CITIZENSHIP! It's funny, because Shane and I didn't even know he had gotten all A's until they called his name. Seth is pretty independent with his schoolwork, and we're so thankful for that. Seth, we are SO proud of you!! Oh, and a funny story...at the awards ceremony they gave an award called "Completion of 2nd Grade" to every child, probably because there were many kids who otherwise wouldn't have received an award. Well when Seth got home he said, "Mom, do you know why I was SO nervous during my awards? Because I was afraid I wouldn't complete 2nd grade." So cute!