T-ball, Cheer Camp and... RAIN!!!

Whew, we have been busy getting into the routine of school and all of the activities. Katie started her dance classes and just loves it and Ben has started Tball! Ben did great at his first practice despite the rain. He was a little shy at first and wanted to stand right by daddy at first but when the coach told his group to switch stations he did and was such the little ball player. I was so proud of him. He is so stinkin cute out there. He is really in his element. As I type this he is lying on the couch with his baseball pants, socks, belt and cleats on!!! (he doesn't even have practice today) I can not wait until his first game!!!

Katie had a cheer clinic at the high school this past Friday night. They were supposed to perform at the pregame show before the football game, but it basically Monsooned!!!! It poured and poured and poured... so they performed in the gym. She did so great. They learned a dance and cheer and she was able to keep up with the moves... I was so proud of her too!!!

Here are some pictures from the two events!! ENjoy!


getting ready!


playing in the dirt!


Swing, Ben!


that is my little guy!!


I love this look, you can tell she is a little nervous... it was a HUGE crowd.... but she did GREAT!!


Good form!



A little sassy...





Mama and Katie!

Katie's First day of FIRST GRADE...

I just can not believe it... Katie started first grade today... Here teacher is Miss Joseph who is just fabulous!! She woke up as soon as her alarm clock went off and got dressed, made up her bed, brushed her teeth etc.... Let's hope this continues... HA!!!





That's my girl!!!

Happy Birthday Pop!

I LOVE having my parents 2 hours away!!!! We were able to meet half way in the big town of Alex City at the Ruby Tuesday for dinner on a Saturday night! Since dad's birthday was the next Monday, we thought we would celebrate with a HUGE carrot cake from Edgar's bakery! The kids just loving spending time with the Mimi and Pop!!



Me and my sweet daddy!!!


Pop and his grands!!!

so Far Behind....

Here are a few more pictures from my trip, I have like 500 so it is hard to choose which ones... I may be adding more for the next few months!!



We were HOT all the time, HOT... the children from our church put together little gift bags for our team and in them were these little fans that were the best things ever! The Spanish people laughed at us and said " oh, Americans, don't want to work for anything!" (they all use paper fans!) ha!



La Sagrada Familia... designed by GAUDI.. a huge cathedral so hard to put into words how incredible this building is..





this was an insane building designed by GAUDI way back in the 1900's... Amazing!

THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA!!! WOW!


Ok, We did actually have mission work we did while in Barcelona... We would sightsee in the morning and afternoon and around 5:00 head over to San Andreu to the church office where we would meet with David who would have our mission for the night. During the week we were there our goal was to blanket the neighborhood with pamphlets that presented the plan of salvation and information about the church and then at the end of the week, pass out invitations to the concert. We walked that neighborhood from one end to the other. We passed out almost 10,000 tracts and 3,000 invitations!!!! Our feet were blistered and sore to say the least. David, the pastor, told us as we were going to the airport that if he had tried to do what we did that week, it would have taken him YEARS! This was a very different type of mission trip in the fact that we may never know what seed were planted and what came from it. We may not know until we get to Heaven. In some ways that is so hard, but we felt like we accomplished what we were asked to do and felt very blessed and fulfilled by that! This trip blessed me in so many ways... the people on our team were so much fun. I laughed more that 9 days!!! It was good for my soul. I met amazing Christians from around the globe and was used by God to help grow a church. That is so cool to me! This was a trip that God had put on my heart and I felt like for that week that I was sitting smack dab in the middle of God's will for my life! WOW... what an amazing feeling!
I was ready to come home to see my family.. I missed them terribly... but I definately left a part of me back in Barcelona!


Sam passing out concert invitations!


I, of course, was drawn to the children! So beautiful!


David, the pastor and his two boys... Daniel and Moses... David is man with a true heart for God! He is the sweetest person and is serving the Lord with all his heart. What an inspiring man!


Here David is giving us instructions for the evening street witnessing!


In the lobby of our hotel, having our nightly devotions around Midnight!!!