Safe arrival

We arrived in Hobe Sound, Florida tonight at 6:35 safe and sound. Very tired, hot and sick of riding in the van! LOL!
Here are some trip highlights:

~We left our house around 3:15 Thursday. We got ready to leave and I could not find my keys and had several anxious moments digging for them! I un-buried them from my packed diaper back-pack and we were off...

~Two hours into our trip and we were forced to take a detour in a small town that completely turned us around! We lost about an hour trying to figure out how to get back on track!

~Ben accidentally dropped his Transformers coloring book out the window into the middle of the street! Guess who retrieved it?! I was able to get it before it got ran over!

~We drove until 5am this morning before stopping to rest. Completely exhausted, we slept for a few hours and then got back on the loong road....

~Sad discovery: When we stopped to rest, Becca and Ben had changed places and somehow or another the van seat was flung a little too hard and smashed into the dvd player strapped on the back of my seat! You guessed it....when we went to put in a dvd later on, we discovered that the screen was cracked and totally un-usable! After many tears, we moved on and survived without movies the rest of the trip! LOL!

~ We crossed Florida state line at noon!
We are staying at the Collins families very nice and cozy house! More updates later......
Keep us in your prayers!

Bakesale results and Abby's 5th Birthday

Our God is truly amazing! I am happy and thankful to report that He has provided more money we needed to make our TLC trip! The bakesale was a success! We leave this week for Florida. Please pray for protection for our family as we travel. We will be at Boot Camp for a week and then flying to Haiti on the 9th of June. Please pray for our family and our team as God brings us to your mind for strength, endurance, grace, protection and culture shock! THANK-YOU!

Here are some pictures:

Here are some of the baked goodies I made.

I baked around 20 different recipes. I was in the

kitchen all day Mon. from early in the morning

until midnight that night! God gave me a nice,

cool day to bake!

Here was our set-up at Walmart. We sold quite

a lot! Well worth it! A BIG thank-you to Aunt

Becky for making noodles for us to sell! They

went fast!

Ben was our sign-holder for the first part of the

day! The girls and the Quakenbushes came and

helped later on in the day. Thanks to everyone!

It got pretty warm and the kids found a great

shady spot!

Abigail's 5th Birthday-May 24th:

Abigail Joy is now 5 years old!

Her birthday was this past Sunday.

She looked so pretty in her dress that

I just had to take pictures!

Celebrating with Elli:

Sorry that this is a little blurry! Elli and Abby

usually celebrate their birthdays together and here

they are with their cake I made them.

Cute personalities shining! Elli will turn 5 on

June 2nd.

Abby with her BIG DQ icecream cake

at G-pa and G-ma Hirschys! She loves

ballet stuff!

Opening her presents. Lots of coloring books

and a BIG purple ball!

With all her fun presents! Including a

gift card for Walmart!

I leave you with the little man all set to travel!