Kim's World

No worries, though, I am the author of this post. Therefore, it is perfectly legit. What some of you may not know is that I am one of four authors on a blog titled In God We Trust . This particular blog post was dated July 21, 2011. Unfortunately, I am not as active as I would like to be but I plan on participating more. In this blog post, I give a brief account of how God used our family to bring salvation to another family...in an interesting way. Here is the original publication, in the end, I will provide a few more details: Have you ever watched scripture fulfilled right before your eyes? Likely, you have heard the verses from Luke chapter 11 many times. 9) And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. 10)For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. Just recently, this very thing happened in my life. We moved to Oregon in February of th...

We have been praying for a while now for God's direction in our life. Well, um...pretty much my whole life I've prayed that but not always did I follow. We moved from California to Washington in 2010. It was a quick decision and much needed for that time. Then it came time to move on due to lack of job. My husband was offered a job here in Oregon and we knew we had friends here and they had a church. (Most of my readers know the story). To keep things brief, we have been praying for God to lead us where He wants us. If He wanted us here, then here we would stay. If He wanted us in Africa, well then I would probably pray very hard that I was imagining things..just kidding...we would go! It has been quite the experience, however, to watch God open doors. When He does the moving, you know it! We know without a doubt what direction He is leading us...and we will follow. I believe it is in our best interest to follow and not hinder the will of God, don't you think?? We know not ...

Goodness, this summer is going by WAY too fast! There are still so many things I want to do, as usual! I have come to the conclusion that life just does not unfold neatly and smoothly for me. Nope, my life happens to unfold like a bag of microwave popcorn! Yes, you know how it rolls...gentle little pops here and there for about a minute...THEN BAM!!! Every stinkin' kernel explodes and I am running around trying to contain the mess! Taxing, I tell you, very taxing! But I believe I have grown so accustomed to that explosive, ever-changing life that when things are just popping here and there, I'm bored. HA! Strange, I know! Anyhow, as our life takes yet another turn (POP!), I know that God is in control. He always is! I may not understand the whys or the hows, but I really don't need to when I have absolute trust in Him. As the next few weeks progress, I will update you. I can only give you information that I have so you will have to be patient along with me. So, to appeal ...

You know, I think it's ironic how people can keep secrets from me. I am talking about BIG secrets, for MONTHS! Everyone knew BUT me, that my dear friend, Javawn and her family were planning to show up for my graduation. Long story short, I was VERY surprised and I cried (with joy, of course). It had, at that point been almost two years since we've seen each other. Here are some pictures from that memorable day! Beautiful Girls Handsome Boys Myles being interviewed, they asked him who he was here for... Then I had to join... And of course Ronnie was not gonna be left out of the lime light! Waiting for the ceremony to start Still waiting... Forever Friends Not real sure what's happening in this picture... More of the handsome boys Friends forever, well, they call themselves cousins...so that must be what they are! Yep, I am down there amongst nearly 1000 graduates. Thankfully I was in the third row and sneaked out afte...

See previous post for explanation. We are going backwards a little, sorry :) Getting seated, little nervous So proud of this young man Mrs. Moore (awesomest teacher ever!) and Myles J Myles and his friend Cameron Myles and his friend Spencer And just because she's so cute, here is my baby girl with Maddie (who is her and Elle's friend)

Over the last two weeks, so much has happened that it would probably take a novel to tell all. My kids are out of school for the summer. Levi is moving to the 8th grade, Myles to the 6th grade (middle school here), Elle is moving to 5th grade and Ashley to 1st grade. Ashley had a sweet kindergarten promotion, which I missed because I was on a field trip with Levi and the whole 7th grade. It was a last minute situation but I have the cd of pictures from her whole year in kindergarten. Then Myles had his 5th grade graduation ceremony and I have pictures to post. And then, on Friday night, June 15th, 19 years post high school graduation, I finally completed my coursework for my Associate's Degree. Yes, I am proud. Yes, it was difficult at times. Yes, I cried. But I am so happy I did it. And I could not have done it without the support of my family and friends. Over the next couple days I will post some pictures from that last week. I'll start with Myles' graduation. Enjoy!

Only two of my children lost their two front, top teeth at the same time (or within a few days of the other). Levi and Ashley. I adore a toothless smile! Oh wait, let me clarify, I love a toothless smile on a child within the time frame that it should naturally occur. On a person other than a child, well it doesn't quite have the same "cuteness" effect. A couple weeks ago, yes, I am that behind, Ashley lost her two front, top teeth. It was quite the ordeal with the entire family getting involved. Finally, she narrowed it down to daddy. They successfully pulled out the first tooth. This was a Saturday. The following Saturday, I told her that she needed to pull the other tooth out as it was hanging. That very morning a cheerio got stuck on it! Good Grief! Let it go already, honey! So we decided since her and daddy were successful the first time, they should be the second time as well. Besides, everyone else was tired of the drama that ensued! Here are a couple pictures to ...