NEW SAFETY DEMONSTRATION

Lucky Little Leprachaun

Sorry I've been away for a few days. We had a great St. Patricks Day in my neighborhood. My neighbor Jill found a little leprachaun under a clover in her yard. He said his name is Kai.

So, she decided to keep him.

We found out if you take off a leprachaun's hat , he can't sit up very well.

I think he wants his hat back.

Funny Flight Attendant

Hey- I think I worked with this person before.

GOD FAVORS

Hi Everyone, -Once again Pastor Troy's teaching this weekend was awesome. If you haven't taken the plunge to accept Christ and be baptized, I encourage you to just watch one of Troy's teachings online. There is still time today or just check out last week's teaching at http://www.flamingoroadchurch.com/ . No pressure just sit back , relax, and enjoy the teaching. I want to say that I am moved by every teaching at church , one I want to talk about is called God Favors. Pastor Troy did not teach this one, but it was a light bulb moment nevertheless. It was taught by Heather Palacios(http://www.heatherpalacios.com/), who is on staff a FRC. She just spoke about the little things that happen everyday in our lives that most people would call luck. Like when you just miss an accident on the road and you think if I hadn't had to turn around and go back for my cell phone at home, I would have been in that accident. That my friends is a God favor. Another one that Heather used is standing in line at Starbucks with your 2 kids and you're running late and someone says "go ahead of me". That's a God favor. We all have God favors in our lives whether we realize it or not. I feel blessed to be able to recognize mine and be thankful. So, next time someone let's you cut in line or you feel you are in the right place at the right time, say thanks. Heather if you're reading this Thank You, because hearing that teaching was a God Favor. :)

ZORBING

The girls -Full Speed Ahead!!

Daniella sliding out.

Be the Hamster!

We Made It!

Freezing and wet--It's winter there.

Has anyone out there got to go Zorbing? If you watched the Today Show you might have seen the anchors give it a try. They even have it on some truck commercial. That is what made me think of writing this. It has been a couple of years since we have done this, never the less, it's worth mentioning. My kids actually got to do it where it originated, in New Zealand. They had a blast. You could Zorb "wet", where they pour warm water into the Zorb then sling you down the side of a small mountain and you slip and slide inside the Zorb all the way down. My girls went inside the Zorb together with their friend Emily and the 3 of them slid down together. Miraculously, no one was injured and they loved it. Their friend Tim went down the mountain "dry" , where they strap you inside and you go head over heels down. You can go straight down or on a zig zag pathway. The owner said he was trying to get it over to the U.S., probably 1st to the Blue Ridge Mountains. I think there might be one there by now. If you ever get a chance to Zorb or if you have Zorbed before, let me know what you thought about it. Check it out at www.zorb.com .

Check out More Pics from this Weekend

I Hope You're Not Missing This!!!

HEY EVERYONE-- click on the link below to see my pastor at work and see what you're missing if you're not already plugged in.

Flamingo Road Church w/ Troy Gramling (Sundays on FOX) from Flamingo Road Church on Vimeo.

Weekend of Fun

Ice Skating-- Alex, JJ, Cass and Gaven

The church gang ice skating

Dance crew- Danny, Junior, Alex and Cassidy roller skating

Dancing buddies--JJ, Daniella and Julio

First Ladies of dance--Candace,Chelsea, Daniella and Sydney

You Go Cass!!

We had another busy weekend, but also had a lot of fun. The kids both had 2 dance performances each, Fri. and Sat.. After Sat. nights performance we took some of the kids roller skating at a local arcade and amusement center. They had "old school " roller skates, not roller blades, and the kids were a little freaked out by that. They had a great time though. Sunday morning was the new time change and church. I hope some of you got to watch it online because it rocked. It was incredible. If you didn't catch it , go to our church's website to the archives and check it out there. http://www.flamingoroadchurch.com/ . Don't forget to watch next weekend, I promise you won't be disappointed. The girls invited some of their dance friends to church and then after I took 11 church and dance kids the ice skating rink. They looked like circus clowns getting out of the car. More kids met us there where we hung out until it was time for church again. everyone had a great time. You know the kids are growing up soo fast, I really love hanging out with them and their friends and what's better is they don't mind having me around , most of the time anyway. :)

Cassidy On The Job

Cass and the pet shop owners

Cass and her work buds, Maritza and Courtney

2 chihuahua babies

I briefly mentioned before that Cassidy had an internship. Well , at her school they have a week off and they have to find a "job" in the community. If they can't find one, the school will place them somewhere. It's a great program for the kids to learn responsibility and what is like to have a real job. Our neighbor helped us out and got Cass a "job" at a local pet store. Cass loved it. She cleaned and took care of the little puppies. She did such a great job the owners said she could come back a couple of times a week to help out if she wants. We haven't been in this school long, only since Jan., but it is amazing. It's a Montessori school and the kids are taught responsibility, Independence, a big sense of community, and how to be an all around good person.

RATIONALIES

Hey Everyone, We are starting a new series at church this weekend. It is going to be amazing! It is called RationaLIES. Check out the trailer on the right. There is a website to accompany the series called www.satanspeaks.com . Don't worry it's nothing freaky. Don't forget you too can be a part of this--all of our services are live online. 2 Sat. nite and 4 on Sun.. Get the exact times at the church website at www.flamingoroadchurch.com . Don't forget Easter Sunday. We have 2 services good Friday, 2 Sat. and 7 on Sunday. Check one out and you can even be in your jammies.

Animal Palooza

Our weiner dog- Peanut

Cassidy with Lola II

Our basset hound-- Sally

Oscar the Chinchilla that Cass gave to her friends Junior and JJ

Olivia the other Chinchilla

Bubba , Daniella's hedgehog

Chancy our kitty cat

As you can see we are big animal lovers at our house. Cassidy has wanted to be a vet since she could talk. Sometimes animal trainer/vet/missionary animal trainer. We have had alot pass on also : a tortoise named Flash (after big money and IV drip to save him). 2 rabbits , 1 chameleon named John John,2 hamsters (1 that had eye surgery to save it after fight), a parrot (Lola I), 2 turtles, Skipperdy and Bob, that ran away( they actually did), and a kitty named Baby. What are some of your pets, past or present? Send me a pic and I'll post it.

Dancin' For The Dogs

The girls groovin' at the dog walk

Today the kids both had dance performances at the walk for animals in Ft. Lauderdale. There were hundreds, maybe thousands of dogs there. The kids danced and played with lots of cute dogs and we were home by 10:30am. Now it's off to Cassidy's internship at the local pet store(i'll tell you about that later), a hip hop workshop to learn new dances, and then church.