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Hello to all and hope all is well with everyone. Just wanted to brag on my boy for doing a fine job on his first pitching of his baseball career. He was very nervous but did a great job and we were very proud of him. Rob is coaching the team and it is lots of work but does enjoy being with the kids. I think my sweetie is so cute and I can not believe he will be 12!!! Pray for our little team because they have not won a game and it is very sad. I mean blow outs like 25 to 2. So all I have to say is go big Cardinals try your best and go for it!!!!

Grace Kathereine and the Garden

Hello, I hope everyone is having a great day!! Just wanted to share a picture of my sweet girl's 1st tomato from her tomato plant!!!! I was so happy to see her smile about it. I just wanted to share with you and I hope everyone is having a great summer day!!!! KIM

My Sweet Husband and Memories of a Friend

Hello and good day to everyone. Just want to send a quick note about Memorial Day!!


Just wanted to share a memory of a special friend Steve Maddies, who was killed on his final weeks in Iraq, as he was taking a right side ride. That is where they are teaching the new people;e their job. He was our good friend and we had spend time with he and his wife on many trips to Mississippi. This still hurts Rob very much and all his other friends. Please remember his family in your prayers. It is very hard when it hits home like that. Many units from here are back on mobilization orders again and yes that includes my hubby.... So it looks as if we will be going through this again but I hope that plans will change and he will not be send anywhere. Thanks so much for your prayers and support!!!!








Here is a picture of my special solider and our family. God Bless All of our troops who have or will serve!!!!!!!

Have a blessed day, KIM

Nathanael's Promotion Night

Yes, it is...... Promotion Night for our 8th graders and yes it is a very emotional one. I have been reading on my friend Cassie's site about her tears and a whole week on them. Cassie I am feeling your pain!!!! My first born is going to ....high school !!!! I have cryed for many days now as I think about the next four years. Where did the time go and does he have good memories and a good foundation to move on to the high school?? I have being thinking about his first everything and how he did this and what his favorite toy was....... you know that Mom stuff we think about!!!! I ask him to hug me now (his 160 pound self) and I get "Mom I am too big to hug you now!!!" and I just want to cry!!!


So please pray for him as we prepare for this in August that he will do well and have a great year. He is going to play football and join ROTC. So he will be very busy and just please pray for maturity to come his way!!


I have to tell you about what he said as we were getting ready to go and just talking about his future. He know he struggles and we have been praying for him and this move. So he said "Mom, I had a dream and it was a paper with words on it, so I was looking at the words and it said.. "Do not be afraid" . Then he said I think God is talking to me and I totally agree with that!!!!!!! I think God is talking to us all in some way but are we listening is the question!!!???? Thanks for sharing this moment with our family. We love you all and hope for a blessed day for you! KIM

Nathanael's Big RETURN !

Well, Nathanael made it back on Thursday the 15th about 10:03p.m. And yes he was very tired and very excited to tell us about his trip. They all returned safe and sound with many great memories to share.

I was very proud of him and we missed him lots, but this was an answered prayer for him to go and do well and that he did. THANK YOU SWEET JESUS!!!!! He has taken 4 rolls of film but then lost one and his mp3 player...... so we hope he does better next time on keeping up with his things. He came in and got right on the computer and started showing me all the places they saw and he also had taken a sheet of paper and traced the name of a person with our last name on the Vietnam War Memorial. He said how he had cryed when he saw all the names. It really touched him where we are a military family and he is all about history. This was a great trip with lots of learning and we hope to take all the kids back in the fall. We are thankful for his happy return!!! KIM

Nathanel and Grace Katherine

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THANKFUL THURSDAY

Well, this has been a long and busy week for my family, but I am thankful for it!! My first thing I am thankful for is my Nathanael's Big Adventure, because this is a blessing and answered prayer for him to be in D.C. as we speak. Yes, I am thankful for the hope that God gives us in this life. God Bless you Than and I hope you are having a great time. ( I know he is. He has called and told us all about it and has taken about 81 pictures as of 8 this morning LOL so that tells you for sure he is having fun!! Thank you Lord for this trip!!)

I am thankful for the flowers and the happiness they bring. I love the face of sweet purple and yellow pansies. These are my favorite and Grace Katherine and I enjoy planting flowers together and talking about their sweet smiling faces that they have. (She also has a sweet smiling face.)

Thankful is truly what I am this day as we have had heart breaking moments with 2 of our furry family members ( Angel and Bella our labs that ran away on Tuesday night about 6.) So we have looked for 24 hours and the kids cryed themselves to sleep as I did also. The oldest is 9 and has had leg surgery a week ago so we were sad. So last night we started the search again and found someone who had seen them so we went house to house until....... YES !! there they were on the road that Rob had just went up calling their names. I guess they hear his voice and was trying to find him. My mom was here so she drove me to look for them so it was a team event with a thankful ending and an answered prayer!!!!! Those dogs are like my kids and loved so much!!!

Yesterday was the last BSF ( Biblw Study Fellowship) class meeting and I worked in the children's department and it was truly a blessing!!! I am thankful for the time to spend with 3 year olds as I miss that time with my our kids. The leadership is just awesome!!! It was a busy day and I was overwhelmed but when I go there I was blessed. God knew I needed that.

I love you Lord and I thank you for these blessings of the day and week!! God is good and I am very thankful for Him!!!! I hope everyone has a blessed Thankful Thursday day. KIM

For the word of the Lord is right and true; he is faithful in all he does. The Lord loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love. Psalm 33:4-5

Nathanael's Big Adventure!!!

Well my dear friends ,I did it !! yes I did I put my child on a green coach headed to Washington D.C. at a bright 1:06 this morning!!!! (and that is with much tears) and this Big Event has been in motion for months (actually since the 3rd week of school) so I KNEW what the end of the year would bring!! MANY TEARS ...... of sadness that he is moving on but the blessings of he is able to move on with his life and be happy!! and yes he was really happy to leave us behind and say see ya on Thursday so that is good but for me I had a hard time to see that bus carry my baby far far away without his mom.

So for about a week it has been pack, fill out tons of forms, and then you give all kinds of advice to hear... "I AM NOT A BABY and I KNOW MOM" but he does not know everything like he thinks he does (you know how a 14 year old can be). So this big day started yesterday bright and early 7:00a.m. and he went to school then he returned for a nap. At 5:30 we got things ready for the sports banquet where he received a trophy. We then got back home to put him not us (LOL) back to bed for a short nap again . At midnight we were out the door to catch our bus and that we did. At 1:06 he was gone and no where in sight!!!! My dear friends please remember these 46 children and adults in your prayers for a safe and wonderful trip of a lifetime!!!!! They are hoping to see the President as that is their first stop to the White House this morning!!! May God Bless them on their Big Adventure!!!!!! Have a blessed day!!!!!

With lots of love, KIM

8th Grade Banquet

Here are a few pictures of Nathanael's 8th Grade Banquet on May 10 and oh how handsome he really looks!!!!! Oh how much he has grown. Here are some of him with our friend Savannah who they are like brother and sisters. We have lived near them for 11 years. We love her dearly. The other is his special friend, Cierra. I think he looks so good and we love you Than.

Grace Katherine's AR Trip

Hello friends I am really playing catch up these days as I have been so busy with the kids, ball , my mom, and all the stuff in between. I have been wanting to tell you about Sis and her AR trip because it was so much fun. Rob and I both meet her at a local park in our town. They earned it if they meet the needed points for reading and had a certain average. Our Grace is a big reader and loves books so much !!! So here we go to the playground and they all were playing on the playground, then they moved over to the other side and were playing games. It was a pretty day with fun to be had.

So when we got over to the other side they were cooking or had been cooking for some time but there were problems.... they had lost about 30 hot dogs on the ground!!!!

Then, they could not get the charcoal to burn so it was not getting hot...... by this time it was getting really late like 12:45 and you know how the younger kids eat about10:00 so we are getting some hungry kids by now.

So I begin to think and that is not safe thing for me (HA!) and I call a friend that lives really close to the park and I asked can I bring over about 80 hot dogs to boil?? and on the other end there is a moment of silence and then .....

Yes, sure go ahead so Rob and I grab the dogs and off we go to get the cooking going!!!!
I had not seen this friend in some time and it was so funny the way we saw each other and I was very thankful for her support!!!

So here is to you Jennifer---- You earn the award for "Queen of the Hot Dogs and Helper of the Day.
Thank you for your kitchen and for your help!!!! here are some pictures of the event!! ENJOY!!!!!

Mommy and Me at Tea

Yesterday our church had a tea for all the ladies plus friends and family and Grace Katherine and I went. We had a great time together . She is so funny and full of joy. We had lunch, music, and a speaker. We had our pictures made together and my special friend Donna came as well. My mom did not make it and it hurt my feelings alittle but please remember her in your prayers as she has lots of problems. I love her and need her in my life.

Sis got really dressed up and even wore her princess crown. I will be showing her pictures!( if I figure it out that is hahaha) The Lord is good and has given me a great day with my "Sunshine" and all my friends whom love the Lord. Thank You Lord for this day!!!

"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind" Matthew 22:37