Cupcakes for Breakfast...

Is it really awful to allow your kids to have cupcakes for breakfast? I hope not. I'm giving in this morning. At least SJ did eat some strawberries before the cupcake. What a beautiful Saturday! With nothing to do, I'm going to enjoy just sitting around loving on my girls. This week has been fast and furious. We entertained our staff from church last night and had a great time visiting and re-connecting after all the summer "road trips". CDP grilled some awesome Beef Tenderloin! Our family will be somewhat disconnected beginning next saturday as CDP and I will be sharing the gospel in Nicaragua while our girls spend some quality time with my parents. I'm always excited about the trips but the closer the departure date seems to get, the more apprehensive I become. I guess I just hate leaving my children for such a long time. They will be in great hands and I'm sure will NOT miss me one bit! Can anyone say spoiled rotten?
After Nicaragua, our family will then enjoy some MUCH NEEDED R&R in sunny PCB, FL. We anticipate a long week of absolutely nothing but sun, sand, water and lazy days. I'm really looking forward to some time with my family without schedules and interruptions.
Well, I'm about to go check to make sure my kitchen still stands. I'll blog again before we leave...Have a great Saturday, Ya'll!

A funny from SC this morning...

We were out late last night...I mean until 1am....UGH! Both girls were sacked out in their car seats and SC was, to say the least, not happy about having to sleep in the car. I figured this morning would be a "sleep in" morning but oh no...not my SC. She was up at 8am and ready to go. I fed her gave her a cup and headed to my room to make the bed and start my day. I noticed after a few minutes she had made her way into my room with "something" in her mouth. I was curious so I simply asked her, "What is in your mouth"? She replied, "candy". I then asked, "Who gave it to you?", she replied without hesitation, "Yei, Yei." I know that doesn't seem very humorous to you but you must know SC's Yei Yei. He is notorious for giving her candy. Not just suckers or hard candy but chocolate. SC loves chocolate! Anyway, here's to Yei Yei, the giver of all things "candy"! Have a great day!

At home for a while...

So, CDP is back from Peru and the girls and I have returned from our visit to the Grandparents. We had a great time at VBS at Hillsboro Baptist Church and visiting friends and family over the holiday. Now it's back to "normal" in our little corner of the world.
Nicaragua is fast approaching so I'll be busy this week working on children's church stuff for our trip. Otherwise, I plan to clean house, play some tennis, play outside in the pool with the girls and hopefully catch up on conversation with CDP. Ten days is a long time without significant conversation with your spouse.....
Many of our friends are vacationing this week and we hope they have a blast being together as a family. Ours is coming soon.....CAN'T WAIT!

Where in the world is the Pace Family?

Well, we're off! Meaning the Pace's are traveling tomorrow. CDP is headed on Mission to Chachapoyas, Peru and the girls and I will be in Lorena with my parents. We have a full 6 days ahead of us as we will try to see all our extended family and friends while we are away. CDP will be back home next Saturday and I'm already looking forward to it! I just updated my blog to accept Twitter updates so maybe between email, facebook, twitter, blog and cell phone I can stay connected! WHEW! What did we do without all this Technology!
The girls are great and growing every day. SJ is such a great helper! She has accepted the role of Big Sister with ease. SC is...well...testing me....I'll leave it at that!
As I mentioned before, I'm now on Twitter and if any of you would like to follow me, just look me up. I really like it...much better than Facebook. There are no gifts, tags, pokes or anything...just simple communication about where and what I'm doing. Check it out....
Time to get ready for church...Chat with you all later!

Summer is here...

We are full swing into summer around here. We slept late this morning....well, SJ did....SC was up at 7:30....UGH....and we spent this afternoon in the backyard pool (kiddie version)! Anyway, we finished up VBS and Swim lessons last week and I'm so proud of SJ. She took right to the water and her swim teacher was just PERFECT for her. She's pretty much got the swimming down pat...she still needs to work on her arms. SC is also Miss No Fear when it comes to water....she is NOT afraid. I must be on my P's and Q's when she's around water...and she's fast too! VBS was really great and the girls had a great time. I taught 4th and 5th grade Bible Study just like last year. I really enjoyed it and it seemed the kids were really eager to learn! I'm still amazed at how good the cirriculum is each year....great stories and great music!
I'm now a complete Tennis addict! I figured this would happen! Our newly formed league starts play tomorrow....We'll play doubles on Tuesday mornings and Mixed Doubles on Thursday evenings. CDP has even taken it up...It's really nice that he and I can play together! We have 2 weeks until we leave for KY and the SBC and then the first week of July CDP leaves for Peru and the girls and I leave for Nai Nai and Yei Yei's. August will have CDP and I in Nicaragua and then Family Vacation in PCB in September. Summer is full and in between trips we want to see another Redbirds game. Our Sunday School Class met at AutoZone Park 2 weeks ago for a double header and sat on the bluff. We had a great time. We hope to catch another one when my folks are up for a visit. We've not been to the zoo recently but heard the butterfly/birds exhibit was really great.....maybe we should take that in on a cool day...if there were such an animal in MS in JUNE. I'm sorry I've been so out of touch lately. Busy, busy and no end in sight. I hope all of you are doing well. I do keep up with you all via blogland and FB...although I may not post all the time. I pray you all have a great summer with your families...Enjoy God's blessings...Never take them for granted....We deserve NOTHING!