Surprise trip to the USA! :)

The secret is finally out... :) Blu's parents graciously gave us money for a vacation this year...after our trip to Tanzania fell through at the last minute, we were able to find cheap tickets to the USA! We surprised my parents and have spent the last week in Temple, TX and were able to surprise Blu's parents in Brownwood, TX today! It was a once in a lifetime opportunity and we are having a blast! :) We flew to Houston (spent a night in London during the Olympics!) and drove to Temple where we helped Ms. Carolyn surprise Ocker Church! We stayed with my parents for our first week and had a blast doing tons of fun things! Enjoy the pics! Baseball - it is HOT in Texas in August!!

Cute Cason playing baseball

Watching his favorite show Frosty the Snowman :)

Checkers with Grandpa!

We got to see Bro. Wade, Laura, BB, & Joanna and had some fun at Chuck-E-Cheese!

Cambree had said she wanted to get her ears pierced in America, so she did! Brave girl!

Reading time with Grandpa

We spent our last morning together at Lake Belton swimming and had so much fun!

Mama Dee helped Caedmon learn to swim underwater!

Me and my mama :)

We got to go to the church swim party at Lions Junction WaterPark in Temple - fun slides!

We also enjoyed two different concrete splash pads in Temple - our kids LOVED these!

It was a privilege to attend the 90th birthday party for Jennie Valentine - everyone donated to New Day in honor of her for her birthday and over $2200 was raised to cover the construction costs of Jennie's Play Station, the playground built in May!