I couldn't resist! Our beautiful snow is already gone... Traces of it are hidden in the treetops and in the woods next to our house, but the blanket that covered my yard and home Sunday morning has melted away to once again expose the dullness of my winter lawn.
RHK and I went to bed Saturday night after our Sunday School fellowship expecting to get up and have a great Sunday morning at church~ imagine my surprise when I woke up and saw that my whole driveway was a sheet of ice! It was snowing quite a bit Saturday night but the roads were clear even at 10:00pm on our way home. We never expected accumulation! We only got about three inches here, but it was enough to snuggle our house and trees in a brilliant white blanket. It felt like I should have had my Christmas tree out! I was able to get a couple of pictures of the house and of BWK with the snow, so I was happy.
I don't think BWK likes the snow. He fell at one point and that was it! He was done with that cold white stuff! I brought him inside to feed him breakfast and his nose was so red he looked like Rudolph! I'm posting a few pictures.
Looking forward to warmer temperatures and GREEN grass....!!!
Monday, March 2, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
16 days to go!!!!!
Ohhhh!!!!! I'm getting so excited! 16 days until we leave for DisneyWorld! We're going with RHK's sisters and family and we can't wait. Tonight BWK and I met RHK's middle sister for birthday supper (it was soooo good!) and then we met the rest of his family at her house to visit and celebrate her birthday. The discussion led to Disney very quickly and we all got carried away in our planning. We're going to be gone for 8 days. That's a lot of packing for a family with an eighteen month old! I need to start my packing since our trunk space is limited... So much to do. RHK and I have never been so we aren't quite sure what to expect. I've always wanted to go and I'm so excited to get to go with his family. We always have such a great time when we're together.
BWK had strep and croop last week, so we had a rough week with him not feeling well. He's on the mend after his very first antibiotic and steroid. He takes medicine very well~ he calls it meh-meh. His newest thing this week is saying "up a-bove" when he sits in his highchair to eat. We are teaching him to sing "God our Father" as his blessing before he eats, so now when I strap him into his highchair, he knows to put his hands together and sing. It's so cute. RHK and I love to hear his little voice singing along. Well, it's bedtime at our house, so I have prayers to say... till next time...God bless!
BWK had strep and croop last week, so we had a rough week with him not feeling well. He's on the mend after his very first antibiotic and steroid. He takes medicine very well~ he calls it meh-meh. His newest thing this week is saying "up a-bove" when he sits in his highchair to eat. We are teaching him to sing "God our Father" as his blessing before he eats, so now when I strap him into his highchair, he knows to put his hands together and sing. It's so cute. RHK and I love to hear his little voice singing along. Well, it's bedtime at our house, so I have prayers to say... till next time...God bless!
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Confessions of a Bad Blogger!
Ok, step one... admit that you have a problem...hehehe!
I'm sorry for not being better at blogging. I've been a lazy blogger, but an incredibly busy mommy. My precious baby boy has become a busy body! He will be eighteen months old this week, and he is ALL BOY!
My last post was in October and so much has happened! God has been so good to our family, and I can say that 2008 was busy but extremely blessed. BWK turned one in August, I turned thirty in September, and RHK and I had celebrated our tenth anniversary in December. Wow what a momentous year for our family!
Thanks to all of you who prayed for my situation at work. We have hired several new people and they are in place FINALLY!!! We are so excited about this because it kept us out of church for a while and I know I missed it so much! We have a wonderful new pastor at HBC. We love him and his sweet family. They have two little girls, the youngest is a few days younger than BWK.
RHK's dad sold his house and has been living with us since the beginning of December. He purchased a house this week and will be moving out sometime in March. We'll miss him, but he'll be beginning a new chapter in his life~ he's recently engaged.
BWK is now about 26 lbs and 33" tall...and growing everyday! He got his first "real" haircut a couple of weeks ago. Before that I'd been just trimming it when it was too long in the back. It had gotten where it was pretty unruly, especially after naps. He was such a big boy. He sat in my lap and was so good. I was so proud of him. I'm posting pictures of it.
I can't believe that this time last year he couldn't even talk and now he's got words for everything. Tulers(colors), milk, boon(spoon), peas(please), no ma'am, no sir, tan-tu(thank you), all done, down, off, on, paste(toothpaste), tee(teeth), brush... I could go on forever. Last week my mom was playing his nap time CD and he sang some of the words along with the song. My favorite is probably when he says amen after praying with us...and if hearing your little one say Jesus doesn't melt your heart, I don't know what does. It is such an awesomely big responsibility. I feel so unworthy so many times but am so glad we have God's mercy and grace!
My younger sister lives in Charleston, SC has been attending a parenting class at church led by their pastor called Growing Kids God's Way Reaching the Heart of Your Child With a God-Centered Purpose by Gary and Anne Marie Ezzo. It has been such a blessing to watch Allyson and her husband parent their son, Caleb. Allyson is an inspiration to me and I look up to her in so many ways...even if I'm the oldest. We have started the workbook and Cd's and hopefully we'll be better equipped for parenting. There are so many worldly pressures on our kids these days. We have to give them a firm Christian moral base or they'll never be able to stand firm in such a corrupt world.
O LORD, I earnestly pray that I may live a life worthy of You and may please You in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to Your glorious might so that I may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified me to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light. Colossians 1:10-12
I'm sorry for not being better at blogging. I've been a lazy blogger, but an incredibly busy mommy. My precious baby boy has become a busy body! He will be eighteen months old this week, and he is ALL BOY!
My last post was in October and so much has happened! God has been so good to our family, and I can say that 2008 was busy but extremely blessed. BWK turned one in August, I turned thirty in September, and RHK and I had celebrated our tenth anniversary in December. Wow what a momentous year for our family!
Thanks to all of you who prayed for my situation at work. We have hired several new people and they are in place FINALLY!!! We are so excited about this because it kept us out of church for a while and I know I missed it so much! We have a wonderful new pastor at HBC. We love him and his sweet family. They have two little girls, the youngest is a few days younger than BWK.
RHK's dad sold his house and has been living with us since the beginning of December. He purchased a house this week and will be moving out sometime in March. We'll miss him, but he'll be beginning a new chapter in his life~ he's recently engaged.
BWK is now about 26 lbs and 33" tall...and growing everyday! He got his first "real" haircut a couple of weeks ago. Before that I'd been just trimming it when it was too long in the back. It had gotten where it was pretty unruly, especially after naps. He was such a big boy. He sat in my lap and was so good. I was so proud of him. I'm posting pictures of it.
I can't believe that this time last year he couldn't even talk and now he's got words for everything. Tulers(colors), milk, boon(spoon), peas(please), no ma'am, no sir, tan-tu(thank you), all done, down, off, on, paste(toothpaste), tee(teeth), brush... I could go on forever. Last week my mom was playing his nap time CD and he sang some of the words along with the song. My favorite is probably when he says amen after praying with us...and if hearing your little one say Jesus doesn't melt your heart, I don't know what does. It is such an awesomely big responsibility. I feel so unworthy so many times but am so glad we have God's mercy and grace!
My younger sister lives in Charleston, SC has been attending a parenting class at church led by their pastor called Growing Kids God's Way Reaching the Heart of Your Child With a God-Centered Purpose by Gary and Anne Marie Ezzo. It has been such a blessing to watch Allyson and her husband parent their son, Caleb. Allyson is an inspiration to me and I look up to her in so many ways...even if I'm the oldest. We have started the workbook and Cd's and hopefully we'll be better equipped for parenting. There are so many worldly pressures on our kids these days. We have to give them a firm Christian moral base or they'll never be able to stand firm in such a corrupt world.
O LORD, I earnestly pray that I may live a life worthy of You and may please You in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to Your glorious might so that I may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified me to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light. Colossians 1:10-12
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Movie Night
First of all, I'm sorry that my slide show of B's birthday did not properly link. If I didn't email it to you, email me and I will send it to you!
RHK and I went on a "date" this weekend to see Fireproof. It was a wonderfully eye opening movie. We enjoyed seeing it together... The first movie we've seen at the theater since seeing Shrek 3 before B was born!
I feel so blessed to have been given him as my husband. We've made it almost 15 years together- and the Lord has blessed us greatly. I love my family, and I love the family that I married into. I couldn't have asked for any better.
I know that it sounds so cheesy to say all of this, but I don't want to let the moment pass without letting them know. I am so proud of them, and I want them to know it.
For all of those who have been praying for my work situation... We have interviewed and are hopefully in the process of hiring soon! Thank you for all of your prayers!
RHK and I went on a "date" this weekend to see Fireproof. It was a wonderfully eye opening movie. We enjoyed seeing it together... The first movie we've seen at the theater since seeing Shrek 3 before B was born!
I feel so blessed to have been given him as my husband. We've made it almost 15 years together- and the Lord has blessed us greatly. I love my family, and I love the family that I married into. I couldn't have asked for any better.
I know that it sounds so cheesy to say all of this, but I don't want to let the moment pass without letting them know. I am so proud of them, and I want them to know it.
For all of those who have been praying for my work situation... We have interviewed and are hopefully in the process of hiring soon! Thank you for all of your prayers!
Friday, October 10, 2008
Hunting
It's been a while since I've updated the blog....
We're still looking for a weekend ultrasound tech so we're having to fill in all of those shifts which means I've been working weekends. A LOT! So I haven't had much time to post. There isn't much going on with me lately. I've been trying to do my fall house cleaning, mostly sorting and boxing up all of B's clothes he's outgrown. There's also packing up the baby toys and now packing up his bottles. My how time flies! He's such a big boy now!
BWK is doing so many new things these days. He is walking so good. His newest thing is saying Luh You...(in b talk, that means I Love You!) He said BeBe for the first time in her driveway Thursday morning. He is very affectionate and gives us hugs and kisses(which I absolutely love!!). He's been cutting teeth lately, so he's been a little fussy, but is still a joy.
RHK is gone for the next week on an elk hunt. He is on the border of Colorado and Wyoming. He sent a few pictures from his cell phone along the way. I saw some of the most beautiful scenery in the pictures. I am sure he's having a great time there with the guys, but me and B sure do miss him! We are looking forward to him coming home next week! In the meantime, I guess I need to try to find a place in the house that will accommodate a massive set of elk horns!!!!
We're still looking for a weekend ultrasound tech so we're having to fill in all of those shifts which means I've been working weekends. A LOT! So I haven't had much time to post. There isn't much going on with me lately. I've been trying to do my fall house cleaning, mostly sorting and boxing up all of B's clothes he's outgrown. There's also packing up the baby toys and now packing up his bottles. My how time flies! He's such a big boy now!
BWK is doing so many new things these days. He is walking so good. His newest thing is saying Luh You...(in b talk, that means I Love You!) He said BeBe for the first time in her driveway Thursday morning. He is very affectionate and gives us hugs and kisses(which I absolutely love!!). He's been cutting teeth lately, so he's been a little fussy, but is still a joy.
RHK is gone for the next week on an elk hunt. He is on the border of Colorado and Wyoming. He sent a few pictures from his cell phone along the way. I saw some of the most beautiful scenery in the pictures. I am sure he's having a great time there with the guys, but me and B sure do miss him! We are looking forward to him coming home next week! In the meantime, I guess I need to try to find a place in the house that will accommodate a massive set of elk horns!!!!
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Happy Birthday
God is good, all the time!
Happy Birthday, Brannon!
It's been birthday time at the Kirkpatrick house! We celebrated Brannon's birthday last Saturday at our home with our family. We had pizza and cake and lots of presents.... and lots of fun, of course! His actual birthday was Tuesday, August 19th. At 4:07 pm to be exact! Aunt Kelley made a beautiful Baby Einstein caterpillar cake for him, and I made a cupcake for him to smash! (I'll post lots of pictures!) He wasn't much on opening his presents, but he sure has enjoyed playing with them! Hatch and I got him a wagon and a little mini play gym thingy. (not really sure what you call it!) One of his favorite things, however, were the balloons we got for his party. He is still playing with them, dragging them around!
We are so happy to celebrate this birthday with him. Hatch and I have felt like everyday has been Christmas with him around. He has truly been a blessing to us. We could have never imagined what God had in store for us when we found out we were expecting. It seemed like such a long and hard road we travelled, and there were so many times we wondered what God's plan was for us. I can say this, however....God is awesome and mighty and just. His plan was so much better than any of our own. He revealed Himself to me and Hatch in so many ways. As much as my heart mourned for the children we lost, I would not trade the lessons He taught us for an easier path. I feel blessed and honored to have had the opportunity to see His plan at work in my life, and can only pray for the same in Brannon's. Brannon's life has been bathed in prayer, from before he came to this very day. I pray that God will be honored and glorified in his being on this earth, and that we as parents will remember that he is the Lord's, and HIS only. I want to end by saying THANK YOU to everyone who prayed for us, and for Brannon. We appreciate you so very much, and love you all!
Happy Birthday, Brannon!
It's been birthday time at the Kirkpatrick house! We celebrated Brannon's birthday last Saturday at our home with our family. We had pizza and cake and lots of presents.... and lots of fun, of course! His actual birthday was Tuesday, August 19th. At 4:07 pm to be exact! Aunt Kelley made a beautiful Baby Einstein caterpillar cake for him, and I made a cupcake for him to smash! (I'll post lots of pictures!) He wasn't much on opening his presents, but he sure has enjoyed playing with them! Hatch and I got him a wagon and a little mini play gym thingy. (not really sure what you call it!) One of his favorite things, however, were the balloons we got for his party. He is still playing with them, dragging them around!
We are so happy to celebrate this birthday with him. Hatch and I have felt like everyday has been Christmas with him around. He has truly been a blessing to us. We could have never imagined what God had in store for us when we found out we were expecting. It seemed like such a long and hard road we travelled, and there were so many times we wondered what God's plan was for us. I can say this, however....God is awesome and mighty and just. His plan was so much better than any of our own. He revealed Himself to me and Hatch in so many ways. As much as my heart mourned for the children we lost, I would not trade the lessons He taught us for an easier path. I feel blessed and honored to have had the opportunity to see His plan at work in my life, and can only pray for the same in Brannon's. Brannon's life has been bathed in prayer, from before he came to this very day. I pray that God will be honored and glorified in his being on this earth, and that we as parents will remember that he is the Lord's, and HIS only. I want to end by saying THANK YOU to everyone who prayed for us, and for Brannon. We appreciate you so very much, and love you all!
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