So, wonderful friends, family and readers....

I'M BACK!!

What's new?

Well, Colsyn (my cousin) and Opa just left on Thursday the 12th. They were here for 9 days and we had an awesome time with them. 

Day 1: Pretty normal, picked them up from the airport and then I made TACOS 🌮, for dinner.

Cole had a blast with Leroy, cracking coconuts and grinding them, too. He had a lot of fun, considering he's the guy who doesn't like eating coconut!

Trying to get a coconut out of the husk


Day 2-3: Cole and Keaton went on the South deliveries with Dad. Along the way, they   encountered a few 'minor' problems, such as all the studs coming off one of the wheels of the truck and some parts breaking. Praise the LORD, though, He had angles around that vehicle because Dad was just pulling into a roadside stand to pickup some product, and that's when they realized the wheel had NOTHING holding it on!!!! Now, maybe that doesn't sound SO amazing, but you have to realize what the road they were driving on is like. The Hummingbird Highway made of twists and turns and hills and more curves, so it was SUCH a blessing that 

it didn't come of while driving!! 

Anyway, the boys spent many hours in a repair shop for almost 3 days, toured all the broken down and wrecked cars, and played on the lifts and jacks in the shop. So, Cole got to experience the 'ups and downs' of Belize.

Day 4-5: Boys returned from deliveries and also started a day of rest and the beginning of the Feast of Tabernacles, which was GREAT!

Day 6: Pretty normal........oh yeah, I think we went up to the Dela Rosas house and had dinner with them, then all us kids jumped into the pool in our clothes, then we played Spoons, and then went swimming in the dark and again! So much fun!

Day 7:Dad, Opa, Cole and Keaton went up to the Property and directed/watched a bulldozer flatten and clear where Oma and Opas house will be built. 

Anyway, we had great time with them!

Also, we have hired another employee, Forrest. He is doing our Belize City pickups/drop offs and also our Tuesday South trips. 

AND.................

Shoots Alive has a real, actual, super cool, WEBSiTE! We said Goodbye to our old order form, and Hello to a much easier, but better Ecomerce Website! Check it out by clicking on the link

=> Shoots Alive Website - Clicke HERE!

WARNING: Don't order unless you actually want it shipped to you! Shipping to Canada is probably 

really expensive!

Our next visitors are Uncle Doug(November 1-Jan 10), and Uncle Kyle and Aunt Mandy 

(November 11-18). Thanks to all you guys who have come to visit us, we love it!

So, that's it for now,

Paige 

Hello again!
I think it might be a good thing to stop saying sorry, sorry, sorry for being notoriously late on my posting. As everyone else, we have been fairly busy with many things.
Anyway, in this post I want to get off of MOST of the business side of life and show more of our fun and our surroundings.

So, way back there in March, Grady had her 7th birthday and we had a rockin' dance party. She had fun, especially since it happened to be while Oma and Opa where her!


Grady and Mom, dancing it up!!

For those of you who don't know, we have adopted 3 kittens; Cuatro, Audi and Lily.
Grady has gone through a miraculous transformation and she now cuddles the kittens like BABYS! Praise the Lord! They are her best friends, now.

Meow...

...Meow...

...Meow...

...Meow.



Ahhhhhh, relaxation.

Now, to some of our beautiful, tropical surroundings.

 
 







Ok, so the only business part of my post. We have just finished making a solar dehydrator! We have just put our first batch of test items into it; lime leaf, oregano, sage, turmeric, dill and some mint. we hope to soon test out fruits such as mangoes, pineapple, etc. and eventually natural teas.

 

Lime leaves

Peppermint

Sage(top) and turmeric(bottom)

 

 

 

Well, it was good to write again. Stay posted, which I guess I'M the one that needs to keep posting!

Well, see you!

Paige

Greeting friends. I bet you think I've stopped blogging. No I haven't. We have just been overwhelming blessed with visitors,  moving, a thriving business. I can't wait to post a good long blog to catch you up. but I'll warn you ...you'll need a coffee and little bit of time. But that is to come. for now since I am going to procrastinate for just little while longer I'll let Francis Chan do the talking.
There are many of you who I'm sure still don't have a great understanding of why we made such a drastic change or how we could venture out on this amazing path we've been on in the last few years. I've found it hard to entirely put into words what our hearts cry was but in this short clip that I came across I teared up because Francis spoke the words of our heart exactly! I hope you can see what stirred us and I will be a testimony to the truth that living beyond our comfort is the most rewarding way to see God's truth play out in our lives. I always preface that it's not just about moving to a new country ...yes, that is what we did but it looks very different for everyone. You can live in faith where you are today!
Be blessed and I pray that this word challenges that hearts of those who read it so you can reap the blessing of living in the Father's plan!
Stephanie

Francis Chan: Stop Idolizing Family