...Style Your Sole...

This is a post about our little heartbreaker...

(Tulsa, Oklahoma 1993)

It has to do with this:

Yep, the common denominator for these two different shoes is...

HEARTBREAKER!

Back in Tulsa when Heartbreaker turned 3yrs old, for some reason, he really, really, really thought Nike shoes were the greatest.  He could spot that swoosh anywhere! He would let us know whenever he saw a pair of Nike.  Once, at church, he must have dropped something under the church bench, found it, and also made sure to say someone was wearing Nikes in front of us.  

Looking back at old photos, Heartbreaker didn't have any of those "special" Nikes.  Since then, he has had many pairs of Nikes and other brands, but I wonder what it was that had Heartbreaker's interest in that particular brand, back then?  

Goodness, he was just 3!

&

...fast forward (to 2006), when Girly-Whirly had been introduced to this friend of one of her dear friends. He was starting or  had just started up TOMS.  She told Ben about him and his idea to start this company, whose motto is: 

You can read about TOMS, HERE.

Around the beginning of 2007, Heartbreaker was invited to a TOMS shoe decorating party at church here in Georgia, where he purchased a pair for himself and a pair for both his sisters. From that time until now, he owns 5 pairs for himself and bought about 5 pairs total for others. 

Summer 2009, he decided to organize a TOMS shoe event to be held at CSF.  This TOMS event was a wonderful way for excited and giving college students to serve others, by joining up with a neat company that provides shoes for children that may not otherwise have been able to have shoes.

So, during Christmas break, he started taking photos for the following.

Here is an awesome video that Heartbreaker created from scratch for the "TOMS~Style your Sole" event (I love his creativity at putting this video invite together):

Here's a slideshow of some photos from Heartbreaker, taken at the event.

& One newsclip from UK's Christian Student Fellowship about the event...

Heartbreaker has always had a special place in his heart to help others. The summer after graduating high school, he was blessed to go on a church missions trip to Nicaragua.  He and some other school/church friends were able to raise money to be part of this team from church. They lived with local host families during their stay.

(I'll post another time about his trip to Nicaragua and also Girly-Twirly's 2007 Honduras Dental Missions trip and Girly-Whirly's 2009 Roatan Island Dental Missions trip.)

I was not able to get all my photos together for my post about our children's separate missions trips...so will link this post up with the Rigg's family Blog Hop...
"SERVING OTHERS".

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Please come back again...I will slowly but surely have those posts of their awesome trips that truly blessed them while they were "serving others".

Heartbreaker in Nicaragua (2008)

Girly-Twirly in Honduras (2007)

Girly-Whirly on Roatan Island (2009)

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...with most posts, I do try to include some past drawing orders.
Thank you Kori for the following drawing orders.

Blessings & Aloha!

(With my work schedule, I've been working on my post a little at a time 
throughout the week and then trying to post them for the 
Friday Photo Flashback with Alicia. 
And also joining in with this week's 

Friday Follow at Midday Escapades.) 

Thank you for stopping by, taking a look around, and commenting :o) 
(Also, it may take a while, but I will visit all those that have stopped by :o)

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