A '12th Man' birthday party!

 Months before September 25th (his birth date), Timothy had decided that his 12th birthday needed to be a Seattle Seahawks '12th Man' party (if you don't know about the 12th Man, ask Google). He is definitely one child in our family who plans out his special days from beginning to end, or better yet, from breakfast to dinner!
He knows what he would like his cake to look like and he has a menu plan for all three meals. This year, we had such a big breakfast that no one needed lunch. So, we enjoyed two meals of his choosing. The peanut butter and jelly sandwiches will just have to wait to make another day more special!

Breakfast Menu: Pancakes with eggs and bacon

Dinner Menu: Pulled pork sandwiches

Cake Order: A peanut butter Seahawks football jersey cake.

Can you tell he loves Legos?!

The next Sunday, immediately following the teen service, we held a party for Timothy and his friends. This time I took the easy way out and made some cupcakes. My SS kids love them anyway! With the leftover icing from the cake, we were able to swirl the frosting and make some cool cupcakes in Seahawks colors!

Love these kids!

We were excited to find these "Little Smokies" which were newly available here, just in time for Timothy's football party! Perfect party food!

We also enjoyed tortilla wraps with ham and cheese.

 One other fun thing for the kids were the blue icecubes in the Mt. Dew. The kids loved them. We don't drink Mt. Dew but when it coordinates with your theme...it just works.

It was a wonderful day for everyone. Timothy was so happy that most of his friends were able to be here with him to celebrate his special day.

We ended the day with Timothy closing devotions in prayer.

We love our "12th Man"!

I really want to know...

I have been kind of silent on this, my personal blog for a while. Not just because of a busy schedule, but, I struggle with what to write about. I have never considered myself a great Christian with an abundance of spiritual wisdom to share with the masses. :) I am thankful for God's blessings and opportunities to see His hand in our family and ministry but sometimes I think the devil wants to discourage us from sharing those testimonies in order to prevent them from encouraging others. Sometimes it is little things that happen which,  mean a lot to us but, we may wonder if it really is "important enough" to be shared on a blog. So, while I work on writing about some of the posts I truly believe the Lord has impressed upon me to share, I have a question for you.

What would you like to ask about our field, family, etc. if you could? 

Will you please let me know in the comments (they are private until I "publish" them so I read them first) what YOU would like to read about on my personal blog? I am not trying to take the lazy route, I really want to hear from you because sometimes we get so used to life on the foreign field that we don't realize it is interesting to others to even know how we celebrate birthdays or what we can do for fun as a family. So, please, take a minute and leave me a question in the comments. I look forward to hearing from you!