Sometimes it is the simple things in life that make me smile!  These cool colored water bottles were for the kids at the end of a scavender hunt after school one day!

The ministry in Panama was awesome.  Many people received Jesus into their life.  And many people heard the message for the first time.  Our children got to experience a new culture and handed out many tracts to the people.  It is an experience they are not going to forget soon.  Here are a few pictures.

The children made new friends and even though they spoke different languages they could still play together.  Love is the same in every language.  As long as they could throw a ball Cody didn't need to their name or the language.

Lauren and Kortnee handing out tracts to the fans.

The girls with Grandma Chica!  The nights got late and sometimes the girls got silly and who better to get silly with than Grandma Chica.

The sweetest watermelon you have ever tasted!  And oh so good at a hot and dusty ballgame.

Good game!

Willie pitching.

Panama City in the background and the pelican just happened to fly into the picture.

Huge boats coming through the Panama Canal.  It was quite fascinating.

Our family at the canal.

Lauren celebrated her 11th birthday in Panama.  But the celebration ended as soon as it started.  She hardly touched her piece of cake and spent the next two days in bed.

For more information on the ministry we went with here is the website. www.goscei.com

          Are you ever just blown away by the awesome-ness of God?  He know the desires of our hearts and he wants to give them to us.  His ways are FAR above our ways and many times we can't seem to understand why things happen.  Often times it is hard times that we can't see thru to His perfect plan, but sometimes he blesses us with things we would have never dreamed possible.  I am overwhelmed by His goodness in my life and as we enter this holiday season I am truly blessed!

For starters, my family is healthy.  What a blessing!! My husband loves me and our kids.  And he shows us in so many ways!  I have so much to be thankful for and then just because He can, God blesses me with the ability to decorate cakes.  Before I knew there was a need - He provided!  Amazing how he takes care of His children who he loves so much that he died for us.

So when you see a cake that I decorated, make sure you know that the credit for each cake that I make goes to my creator, who because He loves me gave me the ability!

Two sixteenth birthday cakes and a baby shower cake.

It is harvesting time and one of the kids favorite things to do is play in the corn that the combine dumps in the big truck!  "Belly flop"  "Cannonball"  "It's raining"