WAYFEST

Some of the kids at the Shashaty's before the trip

Beautiful night!

Cass and the gang

Javan,Carson,Greg and Brett

Me and Kathy

Brett, Sean, Daniella and Nick

CRAZY VAN RIDE :)

Hi Everyone. Last weekend we got to go to an awesome outdoor christian music concert, thanks to our friends the Shashatys. They were kind enough to give us tickets along with 19 other kids. They rented a huge van and Guy Shashaty drove us all to the concert. It was a blast, as always the kids had so much fun spending time together. For those of you that don't go to our church, Guy Shashaty is a pastor there and his wife Kathy leads the kids Praise Team. The tickets were for a grassy hill at the amphitheater and the kids loved being able to run around while the different bands played. We brought lawn chairs and towels to sit on. It was a gorgeous day, not hot, that turned into a beautiful night. Kathy brought glow sticks and necklaces for all the kids and they had a blast running around in the dark. As the pics show the van ride itself was interesting as you can imagine.

Stewardess Obervation #2

Ladies and gentleman please TURN OFF and stow ALL electronic devices at this time. This includes cell phones, ipods, laptops, gameboys, blackberries, blueberries, strawberries....OK for those of you who fly frequently, you know where I'm going with this. It doesn't seem that complicated but believe it or not it is. When this P.A. is made maybe a handful of people at the very most listen. I don't know why because we don't say "Everyone but the passengers in row 12 and the guy in 23c need to turn off your electronic devices." Or "everyone that doesn't know how to correctly use an ipod, needs to switch t off for takeoff." Some people are sneaky and act like they are turning it off and when the flight attendant walks by they take it out again. Newsflash--we know you have it on, but we get tired of asking people to listen to directions. Sometimes I feel like I'm on a plane load of 2 year olds. I've actually had a flight circle for an hour because the signal from someone's cell phone was reeking havoc on some cockpit equipment. I've also had a guy that kept sneaking his cell phone before takeoff and wouldn't put it away. The pilot came over the pa with this:" Ladies and gentlemen I was going to tell you that we were going to be on time today ,maybe a little early , but now it seems we will be late. It seems the man in 16f thinks he's on a private jet and doesn't want to end his phone call. I'm asking everyone to encourage him to turn his phone off and give it to the flight attendant or we have to go back to the gate to take him off the plane." Guess what? People really "encouraged " him to turn his phone off. Most planes now are sophisticated when it comes to their cockpit equipment and it doesn't bother it at all, but I say at 36,000 feet, why take a chance? The airlines are now toying with the idea that they will equip the planes with the proper equipment so that cell phones work in the air. Personally, I say bad idea. The arguments I think this will cause will be plentiful. Can you imagine sitting next to a person whose phone keeps ringing and is talking loudly because hi signal is fading? What do you think about this idea?

Halloween Pictures

Trunk or Treat!!

Here they are FPL -working on our power(it came back on at 10)

Dan and Cass

Jordan, James and Cassidy

Kai-the adorable Pumpkin

Brianna - the beautiful Ladybug.

Trunk Or Treat

We had Trunk or Treat at our house this year instead of at church. I was all ready with my tons of candy (I had the good stuff too- Snicker bars and Reeses cups). As my fellow South Floridians know, it was extremely windy because of Hurriane Noel. Alot of my decorations blew down the street , so I had almost nothing left. At about 5:00 I went ouside to turn my Halloween lights on. They were on about 5 minutes and bam! No power! My entire side of the street went out. I didn't sweat it because I figured they be back on in a few minutes. Guess what-- that didn't happen. FPL came about 6 and parked 3 big trucks right in front of my house. No one could really see us sitting in the driveway trying to hand out candy and then it got dark and it was very dark with no power. I was yelling -Come and Get Your Free Candy! Believe it or not, I had alot of people. I handed out alot of Flamingo Road Church cards and even got some people to say they would come and try it out. God held off the rain for us just long enough to pass out ALL my candy and ALL my FRC cards. Daniella didn't want to go this year so she hung out with me at home, while Cassidy(the alien) went with her dad(the other alien) around our block with some kids from the neighborhood. For those of you reading this that don't live in South Florida check out our churches website at http://www.flamingoroadchurch.com/ . We are starting a new series next week called The Domino Effect. You can watch Pastor Troy Live online teaching. Check the website for times. I promise you will learn something and you won't be disappointed.

Stewardess Observation #1

SEATBELT SIGN 101

O.K. You're on a plane. Ding. The seat belt sign comes on. What does this mean to you? What? Get up and walk around, go to the bathroom, ask for water ? If you anyone of these was your answer then you agree with about 75% of the flying public. I don't get it people. SIT DOWN-FASTEN SEATBELT. It seems that people think that they can get up "I'll be quick."; they say. You only had 3 hours to get up ; definitely not enough time to go to the bathroom. Or could you be thinking "that's for everyone that doesn't know how to balance in the bathroom." Or, - "I'm not scared of a little turbulence." Well , take it from me people, it can happen when you least expect it-SEVERE turbulence. The seatbelt sign came on and about 15 seconds later I hit the ceiling 3 times -out cold. Babies were flying(which is another observation I will get to later), luggage was flying and everything that wasn't strapped in was hovering in the air. I was out of work 1 year and 9 months with injuries to my back and neck. So when that seat belt sign comes on , What will YOU do? and don't say ring your call light for a coke.

Brianna

For those of you who don't know her, this is Brianna. She is our neighbor and a part of our family. I watch Bri on my days off. She loves Daniella and Cass and they adore her. Everytime we are out together people tell me how much all 3 of my girls look alike. My neighbors are adopting her and it looks like it is almost finalized. Yeah!!!!

DANIELLA'S 14TH !!

Daniella had a party this weekend (thank you Grammy) to celebrate her 14th b-day. Wow! I can't believe she's 14. I think everyone had fun. Check out the awesome cake made by my friend Tara. It tasted as good as it looks.