Oh how I Love Jesus

Today we got a call from Kelly's teacher,she said to call her she has something to discuss with us.

So Jer and I gather and call her back and put her on speaker so we could both hear what she had to say.

She proceeds with at snack time today all the children were discussing Santa; she said Kelly spoke up and said Santa is not real. A instant outburst of crying and arguing came over all the children saying yes he is real he leaves us lots of gifts;well if any one knows Kelly knows he is strong optioned and he made it clear that he is NOT real(santa) and that Jesus is. ( at this point I'm in tears and can't contain emotion on the shear fact that my four year knows the TRUE meaning of Christmas). Dava (his teacher) said he got very upset because the other kids gained up on him saying he was wrong and Kelly yelled out my mommy and popbear don't lie to me they tell the truth. And,yes we are honest with our son, I in no way want to hurt the kids feelings but I don't want MY children thinking that this man " in the red suit" comes leaves an abundance of gifts and makes you feel all warm and fuzzy.The only person that TRUELY does that is Jesus Christ and only him. Thats what we want him to believe in THE RISEN SON not some made up person that will only let you down once you find out he's NOT real.We want our children to have fun and enjoy this time of year but for them to also know we are celebrating something much bigger than them and that Christ did All this for them.

I want Kelly and Blythe to know he is in there hearts, mind ,soul and being,not this person that makes us feel good for awhile and once were done with gifts we want more and more and more. So for Kelly to stand up to his peers and to say Jesus is real and HE is the reason for the season makes me that much more happy about the birth of Jesus Christ.

Kelly Is FOUR!!!

WOW;kelly is four and I can not believe it he is growing so fast.

He weighs 38 lb.

Wears 4 t

Has a heart as big as Texas

and he l.o.v.e. his baby sister

I love you buggy

10 weeks and ear tubes!!!

Blythe is doing ok for 10 weeks she is 12 lbs. WOW!!!

She has a upper respiratory infection so she's a little indifferent but still happy as you can see.And was the best today for Kelly's surgery.

Kelly had another set of tubes and his adenoids out. Our prayer is he regains some of his hearing but will find out on the 21st; threw a hearing test

He has been so loud b/c he couldn't hear that after surgery Jer and I were clueless with what to do with how quite it was.

We had to cancel his Birthday party last night due to him being to sick;but the great thing is we have a huge guitar cake to make us ALL feel better.

He turns 4 on Friday so he's excited about that and he loves his new pillow pet that is a Dino.

Thank you Jesus for your love on your children. Im so thankful that you believe in me to have such precious angels

A Sneak Peek....

8 Weeks old!!!

Blythe is eight weeks old and doing awesome. She is as sweet as can be and she LOVES her pop-bear,when he is home she is glued to him. I love to see that. I cant wait to see there relationship unfold, If I would of had a earthly father what it would of been like growing up, it will just be that much sweeter to be apart of there relationship Kelly keeps us busy; well he does (when he goes fling down the stairs on his mat) while laughing all the way down and jumps up ans says I'm doing that again. I love my children

Good morning!!!

What a way to start the day. Blythe is so alert and is full of SMILES.

We spent a good hour this morning cooing at each other. Kelly said she was his favorite girl.On another note:

Kelly is having surgery December 7th on his ears he has lost hearing; all hearing in his left and has 20% in his right. Dr .Willis hopes he will have some hearing back in his ear after the 7th but will have to wait and see. He will also have his adenoids out the same day please remember him.We are so thankful that we are getting this done before our cobra is up at the end of the year. Our prayer is that they can get all the fluid off his ear and that he will regain hearing in his ears.

6 weeks

Blythe-grace is 6 weeks and 11 lbs.

Wow!!!

Kelly was not that weight until 3 1/2 months old.

She has been smiling and discovering her little hands.

I love the smell of her;its the best.

Pop-bear is in love with her and I adore that.

He's a proud BIG brother at 5 weeks!!!!

Kelly loves Blythe.

He talks about her everyday at school and loves on her ALL the time .

We are blessed beyond our understanding.

Do you see how much they look alike?

Four Weeks Old

I am responsible and will one day stand before God and give an account of what I do with what God has given me.

I am thankful he has given Blythe to us; I cant imagine life without her and I look to what her life will hold. I love my little girl.

My Family by Kelly

He did this at church on Sunday and my heart was a huge smile ALL day after he told me how he saw our family.

The thumb is Kasey which is with Uncle Keith until we can get her back.:)

Pointer is Mommy

Middle is Pop-bear

Ring is Kelly

Pinkie is Blythe

and in the palm is Jesus holding Jo-jo close to us;

that is what he told me when explaining our family to me as he sees our family.

i was a huge ball of emotion.

2 weeks old

When my hands mold the clay of this child's life, may the impressions be, in reality,made by the movement of Your hands and directed by Your perfect thoughts.

Blythe is One week old

Well I'm posting this a few days late of her being a week old but hey I'm busy with our little buttafly.

Kelly is doing awesome, I am so thankful that his little heart has such a BIG spot for " his" baby. I love that he wants to hold her and be a helper to me.

Jer is back to the tour this weekend and I'm sad to see him go;with Kelly we had from 12-10-06 until 2-3-07 until he had to go back on the tour. I'm thankful he has a job. God has blessed us beyond measure. I can't tell you how my heart smiles each day I see Blythe and that God extended is amazing Grace upon us to mend broken hearts and clear our minds so we could see him ever so clear and keep on the path he inteded for Jer and I; that he would allow us to be stewards of TWO angels.

Please pray for the three of us this weekend and that we take each moment at a time and then for Jeremy that his heart is filled with wonderful thoughts of his pistol and his little buttafly.

Soooooo we have a baby girl now!!!!

WOOOHOOOO!!!!!!!!

Two weeks to go

This is Kelly now three almost four and what a blessing he has been to Jer and I .

My heart is rejoicing yet hurts that in two weeks we will be a family of four and no longer three.

The three of us have had our valleys and our mountain tops. We are all at a mountain top in expecting of baby girl. I feel so out of practice but yet it was just yesterday we had bug,yes you can see I'm very emotional I feel that my emotions are every where. I cant Thank papa enough for allowing us Jer and I to be at this point. I just wanted to spend the rest of my life with him but to have two children is more than I can understand. We are celebrating 11 years this week and I cant wait for the next 11, My soul is at rest in the Lord. What a place to be; I love you boys.
Kelly-ryan was born.

Gi Gi is Here

Wow what a week its been

Kelly has his great grandma here;my gram and what an adventure its been.

She enjoys two square meals a day but with NO fish/shrimp.

Likes to watch western movies and golden girls TV.

She also is not one for going somewhere and not rushing threw.

She enjoys children who are loud,crazy and that are vocal about there feelings(Kelly-ryan)

Having my gram here has brought back some memories.

This is the Corvette museum and we took our time;well if you know gram then you know why we took our time.

And if you look close she has a BIG smile on her face.

The Artist

Kelly was so excited to share about his day!

He got to work with paint,he loves paint and he is now a BIG boy because he could use brushes

not his hands. I love how proud he is in the picture. It makes a mommy s heart smile

First Day of Pre-K 3 at CCS

Kelly had his first day of school at Community Christian School.

He was excited to be with other kids his age and to know they play outside twice a day.

I was very emotional,because I see him growing so fast. He is also knows in a few short weeks he will have his baby sister here and he cant wait. I feel this pregnancy has gone so quick and in that time my son went from toddler to little boy. He has such an amazing spirit and I cant wait to see him with his sister.

To know that you are a steward of your child and that its the Lords gift and you are responsible for them is such a privilege. To know that the Lord is going to meet our family right where we are is Awesome.

I look forward to the day we have her and Kelly sees her for the first time. To HOLD both my children together I can not wrap my mind around.

Kelly and Blythe I love you.

Grandma and Poppy come for a visit

What a fun Picture. We where on our way to the Loveless Cafe which is a Nashville must when you come and Grandma sat in back with bug.He got bored like most 3y r olds do and as a result of the time spent getting there this is the pictures taken. I love it. He will get a kick out of these when he's older. To have a child like attitude is what God calls us to do Have fun in him and enjoy life's little moments. And don't forget baby girl Grandma and Poppy stocked us with our first few weeks of Pampers; Praise the Lord and thank you Grandma and Poppy

Gods Plan is Forever.

So often I see bills to pay,house to clean, JRK to manage,

and being momma to Kelly;and God knows these things concern me.

But hes sees more;He sees forever.

Derek Redmond Barcelona 1992

I cant watch and not think that everyday Im able to freely walk with my Heavenly Father and when Im unable to finish the race he comes along beside me and takes me to that finish line. I'm so proud to have my Jehovah.

Morning Requests by KRLC

This morning as like most mornings here at the homestead, I awoke to a bright sun and a still sleeping family, well for a few minutes anyway! Usually I wake and turn the news on to see what is going on in our ever changing world and eventually our son Kelly awakes a lil later and makes his way down the stair case to greet me with a rubbing of his eyes and curl up in my lap for an awakening. At some point he requests me to change the channel to his shows, then requests for some milk. On this day he decided to add to his requests......this morning he has a plan of what he would like to do with his pop. The conversation goes as follows:

Kelly - "Can we run some errands?"

Pop - " sure where would you like to go?"

Kelly - "I wanna go to walmart, that blue place with the make up, and lets go to Africa, and to Chuck E Cheese"

Pop - " well momma is still resting"

Kelly - " NO!! Just you and me!!"

Pop - "well i guess I better get dressed!"

I believe it is safe to say that our son has a great imagination and would love to spend more time with his pop, so this is where I say "gotta go, we got some errands to run!!"

Anybody know of cheap flights to and fro africa?

Days Of Summer

I love summer. But its much different when your having a baby.I enjoy the A/C set on 65 and a fan blowing on me while eating waterlemon and reading a good book.While Kelly and Jer do alot of outside things like ;balloon fights and slip and slide,yard work and boy stuff,to keep nice and cool.

I feel like I popped (I feel I now look pregnant)this past weekend while Jer was in Nantucket so we took a picture for you to see baby Blythe at 26 weeks.

Enjoy your summer

Happy Fathers Day

Happy Fathers Day

Pop Bear

Walk a little slower,Daddy

Said a little boy so small;

Im following in your footsteps

And I don't want to fall.

Sometimes your steps are very fast

Sometimes they are hard to see;

So Walk a little slower,Daddy

For you are leading me.

Some day when Im all grown up

You're what I want to be;

Then I will have a little child

Who'll want to follow me.

And i would want to lead just right

And know that I was true;

So,walk a little slower , Daddy

For I must follow you!

I love this poem I feel this way about Kelly and Jeremy and about my heavenly Father.

I love to watch Kel and Jer rock out to uncle Toby and sing and play his hi tar(guitar)

Jeremy got a new grill for Fathers Day and we have used it every nite

Love you Pop-Bear

WaterLemon Please!!

Kelly has discovered watermelon, but he calls it waterlemon!

6-3-2010

Waking up in the morning seems to be an earlier event for Kelly and I on a daily basis. Every couple of days kelly will sneak into our bed sometime in the middle of the night and of recent he is getting very quiet about it! I know that he gets scared sometimes at night and wants to be with us, but that is something that will pass over time. The last couple of mornings we have woken up and found him asleep in our bed and this particular morning he found himself questioning his father (Me) on whether or not he came up to his room last night to check on Kelly. I was questioned with all his authority (what lil it is, his voice gets so strong when he speaks) "Why didnt you come check on me last night"? My response, "I did, you were sound asleep", his reply "why didnt you sleep upstairs", me, "I wanted to sleep downstairs". Kelly is growing fast, super fast, and just when I think he is done he says "If you need to go to Lowes or walmart and get a new fish or some new toys for me, let me know, ok?" He is now telling us that we NEED to go particular places to get him things, it makes me wonder how long it will it be before we are telling him to go get us something! Oh wait that was last night! "Kelly can you go get the remote for daddy?" Ok thats not true, I would never do that to him while he is 3, maybe when he is 4!!

It's A Girl!!!!

Blythe-Grace Leigh

She is the size of a barbie and is very healthy. She was very active during the ultra sound. Kelly is very excited to have a baby sister. We will post more pictures as we go. Thank you for your prayers.

R.I.P Theabore

Our dear Theabore died last night.

We told Kelly he went to heaven; and Kelly responded with ( Jesus is making him a CAT).I buried my face in my hands and Kelly went to play.

We enjoyed our fish for TWO weeks but it was time for him to be a cat.:)

Happy Mothers Day

Grandma and Poppy came for Easter break. They were able to see our new home in Tennessee.

It is nice to have family close and be able to share the blessing the Lord has given to us.

Thank you grandma for the tube puzzle it was mistaken for a empty box when we got home from HHI and Mommy put it in a beach bag. Baby brain sorry grandma;thank you for the puzzle.

Daddy gave mommy a beautiful mothers day gift;LANDSCAPING. Wow it was awesome.

We have a tree for each person of our family. A Japanese maple (the picture) and a weeping willow and two Autumn maples.

If you know our story it was amazing for him to think of something as priceless as trees. I know its just trees but to me its growth and to watch us and him grow in the Lord. god allows things of life to cleanse the body heart and soul and I would not take back the last two years of life due to what life God has given to us as a Family. Praise to him for taking a puzzle of missing pieces and putting it together day by day.

Last but not least Kelly asked how can I see Jesus;pop-bear can you get a ladder so we can climb I want him(Jesus) to hold my hand. WOW ! we couldn't respond both of us where in tears.

I pray for the child like faith.

Love to all

Oh My WORD,time Flies

I felt it was just yesterday we found out about Baby#2 and now we are half way there.

We have had alot going on.These are random thought from the past couple of weeks.

We went to Hilton Head for two week in April, it was a wonderful time. I say the best kept secret. Well and Paula Deens restaurant is close by.

Kelly is almost done with preschool for the year and we bought a Zoo membership for the summer; I love that he loves the zoo I enjoy it just as much as him.

We find out soon what we are having. That's exciting to get prepared and to start calling Baby by name.

We added a member to the family; Theabore the beta fish so Kelly is having fun taking care of him,well feeding him anyway

Please pray for our church it was destroyed by all the flooding in Nashville;all but part of the sanctuary, we are a 500 member Church . God promised Noah ;you and me he would never flood the earth again.So our prayer is for fast recovery and restoration.

I pray all is well and will post soon about Baby#2