Heading to China

Waiting in the airport for one of many flights to leave. Kayla, Tiffany(practicing her peace sign for the trip), and Will.
Our home for 14 hours. They did have tv's in the backs of every chair, and showed several movies. You could pick what you wanted to watch. That really helped it to go by faster. We got to our gate ready to go, only to find out it was delayed for SIX hours. Uuuuggghhh!!!! So instead of arriving in HK at 6:00pm we got there at midnight. It worked out fine, we went straight to bed. :) We were ready!
Hong Kong. Not so much China, it's more of a New York City feel. Britian turned power back over to China in 1997 after having power for 150 years. They are still heavily influenced by Britian. Driving on the wrong side of the road and all, and the minding of the gap when you get off the subway. :) Our hotel room in Hong Kong. These beds were soft and comfortable!
You had to put our card in the slot for the power in the room to come on. They would only give you one card. So when you left the room your air went off. LOVELY!! We could sometimes stick a comb or something in them to get them to stay on. That didn't always work.
McDonalds in Hong Kong. Tiffany is obsessed with ketchup and they only gave her one packet. She had to go back and beg for more. This was a constant battle for her. Not that Chinese food tastes good with ketchup. They did have an ice cream sundae with red beans and green tea sauce. I was so tempted, but I somehow refrained. ha!

We are home and recovering from our trip to China. It was absolutely amazing and God allowed us to be apart of some incredible things. Hopefully through this blog I can share a glimps of how BIG He is, and how he is working not only in America, but China, and all over the world. I will be posting in the coming days. I have a lot to share. Thanks to those who were praying for us and my kiddos. Mykids did great and the team all survived the culture shock. I can't wait to go back!!! Well, I could do without the 14 hour plane ride. :)

On the way in we were able to stay in Hong Kong for two nights to get our sleep schedules worked out. They are 13 hours ahead of us. So as I should be in bed right now, it is only 1:00 pm over there. It will take me awhile to get readjusted. We got to see some sights in Hong Kong and get our last fill of western food (McDonalds, Outback Steak House, etc.)before we headed into mainland China.

China Bound!!

Packed and ready to go. Yes, this is all I am taking. I know some of you are shocked!!
See ya later mom! KG in serious need of a nap.
BYE! BYE!

Tomorrow morning EARLY, T and I are headed to China with some teenagers!! We are excited, but dreading the loooooooooooong flight! We will be gone 12 days. I will not be able to blog while we are there, but will journal and have MANY pictures to share when I get back. Thank you to Nana and Mimi for taking our kids and keeping them happy! Good luck! Pray for KG, every morning for the past week she asks, "You go to China today?" Me-"No, not today." KG-" I gonna miss you.".......... "You coming back?" Me- "Oh yes!" KG-"You bring me a surprise?" :)

See you in two weeks!!!

Bibleman to the rescue!

CT as Bibleman.
KG and CT at PF Changs.

This past weekend we had to run to Mardel's to pick up some stuff for Graduation Sunday. CT remembered that this was the store with the Bibleman outfit. He had seen it about 2 months before and had talked about it on and off. I told him that if he wanted it, he could use the money that he had saved in his piggy bank. He had me get it down off the shelf for him and he studied it for awhile. Then he had me put it back because he couldn't decide if he wanted to spend his money on it. We did this about three or four time before he finally decided that he would buy it. They also had a pretty cool sword that went with it, that he was dying to have. I was impressed though, he had enough money to buy both, but he didn't want to spend ALL of his money. He just went with the cape and mask. Miss KG found a wand that makes noise and insisted on buying it. I told her that if she wanted it she had to use her own money for it. So I said, "Is that okay?" She replied without a second thought, "Oh, yeah!". I'm a little worried about her.

Since we were in T town we headed on over to PF Changs for dinner. Some friends of ours had given us a gift certificate, so we decided to use it. PF Changs doesn't disappoint. Of course CT wanted to wear his Bibleman outfit in, but Daddy wouldn't let him. He did wear it the next day to Chili's and Wal-Mart. People just smile at him.

Eatin' Crickets

CT watching Daddy hit the ball. He made a home run!
KG Eatin' her crickets.
The Crickets. :)
KG and Jessica!! Hope your having fun at FC Jess. :) You made the blog.
KG and Mommy.

T is playing softball again this year, so we have been having a ball going out to the park to watch. KG has learned about crickets AKA sunflower seeds this year. We think she came up with this name because every time Mrs. Brenda went to crack one for her she had to tell her "Hold on, let me crack it for you." So from crack it to cricket it is. She would be content to sit and eat them the whole game. Daddy's team has done really good this year. I think they have only lost one game so far.

KG's Makeup

So proud of her make up.
Bubba thought he would help her out.

KG does not stay out of my make up, so I got her her own. :) We found an old make up bag with some powder (almost empty), lip gloss, and brushes. She LOVES it! We also straightened her hair this day. She was so funny, and excited to have her own make up.

AWANA Carnival....

CT was pumped about is sno-cone.
CT playing a game.
KG and her little friends enjoying their sno-cones.


Wednesday night we had a carnival at church for the end of the year celebration of Awanas. It was also a chance to sign up again for the fall. CT enjoyed playing all the games and collecting all the "craptacular" I mean exciting prizes. ha! He had a great time though. KG got to play on the inflatables with her friends.

Bye Bye BSF and Wee School!

CT with his BSF teachers.
KG with her BSF teachers.
CT with Ms. Tiffani.
KG with Ms. April

This past week was our last day at Bible Study Fellowship and Wee School. We have enjoyed being involved in both. BSF is an incredible Bible Study that the kids and I both get to be apart of. We are learning the same things at the same time. This year we did the study of the book of Matthew. Next year we are doing the study of Moses. The kids really enjoy it and have learned so much. If you are looking for a Bible study to challenge you and keep you accountable you should check out BSF. I'm sure there is one close to you. The literally have them all over the world. We rushed home from BSF (which is about 40 minutes away from us) and headed to our Wee School promotion. The kids sang songs and had a little party. They were sad that both of these activities are over, but will be looking forward to going back in the fall.