Two things...
1. Are you as confused as I am, when you read the nutrition facts on food labels? I mean for the life of me, I cannot figure out the whole fat grams deal! Okay, I see the fat grams broken down in saturated fats...trans fat...mono fat...poly fat.. etc...(whatever they all are!)

Anyways how come it never adds up to the TOTAL FAT GRAMS? REALLY! It just baffles me! There is always MORE in the total fat grams than there are listed under the individual ones! Where do the rest of them come from???

Okay then

2. We have an office chair at my little built in kitchen desk. I've asked the girls to pull or push me in it around the house. Emily has, but Laura just wants to sit in my lap and we scoot together in it. In fact we used to have two chairs and Laura in one of her silly moments scooting us in it broke the crazy thing! HA HA HA it really was funny. We were laughing so hard. ANYWAYS...Today Joel pushed me real fast in it around the house... weeeeeee! It was so fun! Except sometimes it was sort of scary when he would twirl me kinda fast...it felt like I was going to get slung off!!!

Well, that's it for today. (hey at least I posted..It's been a while for some of you!!!" Oh, there is a #3

3. I hope you guys remember that how we love...makes a difference!

This year is a monumental year!
Laura turned 16
I turn 40
John turns 21
Emily turns 10
This August we will celebrate a 1 yr anniversary at Lake Cities Church, and in our beautiful home.

WOW! It seems so crazy! There might be more, but I can't think of them right now.


Reading the Psalm's is alot like riding on an emotional roller coaster!
Man! I can totally relate to David!

THIRTEEN THINGS ABOUT ME



1. I wholeheartedly adore God who fills my soul.
2. Jesus is my compelling Savior who fills my heart.
3. The Holy Spirit is my intercessor friend!
4. I am madly, romanticaly, passionately, uncontainably in love with my husband Joel who is my Hero!
5. I love my children so passionately and deep it hurts!
6. I admit I have NO idea how to be a preacher’s wife.
7. I love to cook, I love people, I love to worship in praise, and in service.
8. Paige inspired me to do the Thursday Thirteen, plus it's my husband's favorite number.
9. The virtuous woman is not the yardstick by which all women are measured, but the goal toward which all women should be moving.
10. God's grace is my lifeline, I truly have been rescued! If God were to strip it from me...I would be unrecognizable!
11. My heart breaks daily for His people who walk without the peace of His redeeming love.
12. I do not enjoy battling gray hair, or sweets, however I do enjoy reading to myself or anyone in my family who will listen (only Emily usually)
13. I believe life is a gift to be celebrated I should know..I've had many second chances!
14. Sorry but I had to put in 2 more. I desire to be a better disciple.
15. I truly believe God's word breathes life into us.

Hebrews 12:28,29
We are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our "God is a consuming fire."


I read this scripture this morning and it almost took my breath away! WOW! I pray that myself and anyone who reads this will allow this profound truth to ignite a burning passion and strength in our hearts!

Are you tired of being tired? Then stand up and rebuke satan! Take back your living life that he silently replaced with an existent life!

satan has NO power over you! Rise up and fight! I'll cheer you on! Look for people in your life that are willing to be the Aaron's and Hur's for you!

Exodus 17:12 When Moses' hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up—one on one side, one on the other—so that his hands remained steady till sunset.

Think about it! We are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken!

May today you feel the Lord's presence, and know without hesitation, He is your strength..your protector, provider. Call on Him NOW!


He will give you a life that is alive and vibrant!

Well, it happened.Laura wrecked my car. She is fine, and fortunately did not involve another car. She just scraped/dented in the drivers door while leaving the gas pump on one of those cement pillars. It just looks ugly, but drives fine. Thank God she and Carla were not injured!

I asked John about my job description...he wants me to sell my crafts online, or do Real Estate. Anything that would allow flexibility to do my mom stuff, and not have locked in hours.(like the cafeteria)

Oh, Laura did an outstanding job singing the National Anthem! It was so beautiful it brought tears to my eyes!

I pray all of you are walking strong with the Lord.
I hope you are making time to sit at His feet and allow His love,joy,peace,and wisdom to infiltrate your soul.

When is the last time you asked your child/children what they wanted you to be?

This morning Emily and I were talking about what school she would be at next year. We have been contemplating sending her to the private school Laura goes to.
Well, she said she only wanted to go there if I was going to be a cafeteria lady! Matter of fact that's what she really wanted me to be anyway!

So she pleaded for me to start being a cafeteria lady at her school she is at now.

I just said we will see what the Lord has in store.....


I wonder what John and Laura would say?

Something sooo cool and amazing!!! Laura is singing the National Anthem tonight for a police cadet graduation! YEA! I am so excited! She has such a beautiful voice!! Please pray for great strength in her voice and for the full confidence of the Lord to be with her!

Thank you Jenny Bizaillion for your remarkable friendship! You are an absolute treasure to me. I am so thankful for God's divine appointment for you and I. It is a joy to see the sparkle of love and adoration for our King in your eyes and heart! What a gift for others to enjoy the way your life has been surrendered in sweet submission to God, Jesus, and The Holy Spirit!

Your sweet family is a testimony to what I believe...your words breathe life into everyone you are in contact with!

I love you sweet friend!

weariness

Man! I feel so broken and beaten up! I can't really describe it...Have you ever seen two people fighting and someone comes in to help rescue the underdog...Thats what I feel like...I have been wrestling with the devil, and God has come to my rescue, except, I just keep staying right there in the middle of them.

Such a raging war inside and outside of my soul! I am sooo weary! Today all I wanted to do was sit in a simple chair out in the beautiful pasture here on 114 while someone played the piano right there beside me...

I heard s song today from Mercy Me (one of their older CD's) not really sure which one, as we have moved so many times in the last 9 years I have lost the case. But on the CD itself there is a black and white picture of all of them standing side by side. There is no title.

So if you know which one it is,let me know. Anyways...song #4 is just beautiful! It starts out with "I put my hope in you, and I lay my life in the palm of your hand"
It talks about being constantly being drawn to the Lord, in ways that I can not comprehend. It goes on to ask will we have in You(God)various different things (Maybe the song's title is "In You") Cause it says..In You will the hungry feast at the table, the blind be frozen by colors in view, the lame dance because they are able, and the weary find rest in You!

Defintely a long distance dedication from God to me! I felt like I was in the chair in that pasture. The piano was so soothing! I am so thankful for people using their gifts to bring God glory and His people joy,and comfort! I hope you can hear that song!



Also,today my heart was delighted in watching the sweet elementary students taking the flag down. They took such care in making sure it didn't touch the ground. They had such a sweet pride in their work. They folded it very neat, and carried it inside for good keeping,till tomorrow when they take it back out and put it back up to fly with honor and pride!

I would just like to tell everyone...I AM NOT A CAR TRAVELER...PERIOD! THE END!

I would like for all of you to please stop by Focusonyourchild.com I know you will be blessed!


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An Update on Carolyn

Carolyn had the lump on her kidney area removed Friday. We are still waiting on the test results. While we know it is cancer..We don't know what kind or what next. Until they come back...No chemo treatments.

She has a contagious joy filled spirit! I love her dearly. Thank you soo sooo much for all your prayers. She is just buzzing around downtown Houston, shopping and exploring. I hope to get to see her next week!

I can't go this week, I'm still getting over a bug. Well, till next time...Stay pressed in to the Lord!

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written:

"For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered sheep to be slaughtered." No in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Please pray for my friend Carolyn.... A couple of days ago she had a grape size lump come up on her left side. She went to the doctor where they immediatly took a biopsy. She got the dreaded call yesterday... It indeed is cancer. They Fed X'd the slides to M.D. Anderson. We are waiting to hear if it is the same cancer or yet a different one. She called me today and said that a second lump appeared on her abdomen today.

Sooo sooo scarey! She will be heading to Houston next week to have the lumps removed and further assesment of this new discovery. Please please pray for my friends as they walk through this valley of unknown.

She is so amazing! I just love her confidence in the peacefulness she has in our LORD. Thank you, to those of you who have been praying and keeping up with how she is doing. I love you and am thankful for your sweet love.


We went through fire and water, but you brought us to a place of abundance.
Psalm 66:12

The love of God is greater far * Than tongue or pen can ever tell * It goes beyond the highest star * And reaches to the lowest hell * The guilty pair, bowed down with care * God gave His Son to win * His erring child He reconciled * And pardoned from his sin * Could we with ink the ocean fill * And were the skies of parchment made * Were every stalk on earth a quill * And every man a scribe by trade * To write the love of God above * Would drain the ocean dry * Nor could the scroll contain the whole * Though stretched from sky to sky * Oh love of God, how rich and pure! * How measureless and strong! * It shall forevermore endure * The saints' and angels' song

Those are the words to a song called "The Love Of God" by MERCY ME

I just wanted you to read these profound words! Everytime I hear this song, without hesitation, I feel ushered into the presence of God! I hope you can hear it for yourself. It is on their CD "Spoken For"

I especially like the amazing descriptive details! Even more so, the 6th line brings tears to my eyes and chills to my body! How powerful! So many songs talk about Him coming to die...This one reminds us of His victory! He was given to win!!

I feel really compelled to shout Hallelujah, like three times!!! There! I feel so alive!!! (It sounded especially nice echoeing in our bare walled home...for real!) I am thrilled to know that satan has no power over me. May we be filled with confidence that our Savior came...and won!

I hope whoever you are, reading this entry, that you have a dynamic relationship with God. That you have accepted His Son as your Savior! That you know and beieve He won. But if you don't, or haven't please, know that if you need help in any way...I would love to help you. I come from a checkered past, and am here to walk with you, with sincere love, and honesty.

This morning I have been rejoicing! I am so thankful that He has provided for us thus far in the journey. I know that He has never left my side, even when I(we) chose to ditch Him on His beautiful path. Even though He was hurt and disappointed, He was always with us!

What grace, what joy, to know and see first hand the gift of making right our wrongs. It is lovely to experience God when we allow Him the Lordship to do so.

Let's accept the challenge of being a scribe by trade.

I am blessed!

Emily had a friend stay with us this weekend. At one time(I don't know where or why we were in the car...going somewhere) They were in the back seat. Her friend was telling us all about how on Oprah they had really cool stuff, like a dog calling 911 and some other crazy things.

After they giggled a few minutes about the thought of a dog actually calling 911 there was a long pause of silence. Then Emily said.."I thought Oprah was when you sing AHHAAAHHH, as she belted out a high pitch singing medley. Then she said, did the dog sing...on the 911?

Then I started to giggle(to just myself) and after I composed myself I asked Emily if she meant Opera? She said yeah, isn't that what Miranda is talking about? I said no honey, she is talking about a talk show on T.V. where a lady named Oprah has special guests and other things on her show to share with people.

Emily and Miranda giggled some more, and I took the opportunity to laugh out loud myself... since I had to contain it earlier. I didn't want to embarrass Emily. I just love the innocence of children.

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!

Without going into deep personal business, I would love to shout out loud(update you) on my sweet sweet friend Carolyn Shook.

Stanford told her it was in both lungs, and possibly other places. The surgeon said it was inoperable and refused to do the surgery.In fact they told her 20 months or less... So My friend, her husband and both children prepared for what was to come...imminent death.

With the pleas from family and close friends, Carolyn decided to go to M.D. Anderson Cancer center in Houston for a second opinion. Upon arriving to the Center one of the nurses was very concerend with an infection she had along with the cancer. A rare infection, the same one that killed Jim Henson(The Muppets)

They wanted to focus on healing her from that before addressing the inoperable lung cancer. Anyways....a very long emotional story, cut short...(again prsonal) to tell you that she told me three days ago, that after they did surgery and removed 2/3rds of her left lung they told her that she only had cancer in that lung and one lymph node. The next step??? Just 4 Chemo treatments....YEA!!!!!!

What a miracle! Joel and I were able to drive down to Houston last week and see her and Jim. She looked wonderful! She and I got to go for a walk(YES just 5 days after lung surgery)while Joel and Jim caught up on life and all the medical issues. It was fantastic to see them!!!! I love them so very much, and want EVERYONE to know that they have been a tremendous blessing in our all of our family's lives!


I hope this does not discourage you if you or someone you love, is battling a terminal illness, and have not gotten "good news" I pray that the devil will not rob you of the gift of joy and ability to celebrate for others.

You are dear to Him and His plans for all of us are very different. If you are struggling and need someone to pray with you please e-mail me your phone number... I promise I will call and pray with you! kimquile@gmail.com If you live close by I would love to drive over, or meet and pray for you in person.

I pray your heart is filled with a Godly joy and an undeniable passion to enter into His presence. You will truly receive a great and timeless treasure.


Psalm 40:5 Many, O Lord my God, are the wonders you have done. The things you planned for us no one can recount to you; were I to speak and tell of them, they would be too many to declare.

Alan was born blind. He has never seen anything through his eyes, not even a glimmer of light. The doctors said the only thing that would ever be possible would be a miracle from God. He is a 10 year old kid in a 42 yr old mans body!

He has brought us the true heart and soul of Jesus for the last 14 years!(for Joel 20 yrs)His heart is for the 10 to 14 yr old boys. Not because he is weird or strange. But because God has allowed him the ability to connect with that strange, awkward age.

They tend to be over looked, annoying, in the way, and sometimes just plain forgotten. Alan was blessed with the gift of remembering! Some people are alarmed by his unrelenting love and friendship for these boys.(usually their sons)But there is nothing to fear, except for the devil to take control of your heart and make you see or think something ugly.

Alan has taken care of all three of our children at different times over the course of the last 14 yrs. Sometimes together, but most of the time individually. They have walked to many places together often in very busy areas. We are not irresponsible in our care for our kiddos. In fact those have probably been some of the most effective parenting times we have blessed our children with!

Yes taking Alan places can be challenging sometimes, because of his physical blindness. But you know something, it never ends up mattering, because he sees more spiritually than anyone else I know! With that gift life is always a treasure with Alan!

Alan got to spend Christmas this year with us. He said it was the BEST Christmas he has ever had! Some might have heard him talking about how cool he thought it was to have an evening service on Christmas, with one of his best friends delivering God's message. Or maybe you heard him talking about a ton of gifts made to order just for him, hanging out with 3 of his favorite head characters(John,Laura,Emily) or even his first ever stocking filled to the brim with special items, or even all the delicious food we got to eat.(quality! in his words)

But guess what made it the ulimate BEST Christmas ever....
Connor getting baptized. Connor is 10 years old. If you were to ask our Emily, she would describe him as a really cool friend. Now if you were to ask our precious friend Alan, he would describe him as...Jesus!

As soon as Alan heard Connor go under the water he jumped up and yelled VICTORY! Then the words that followed were words that will forever ring in mine, Laura, and Emily's ears... Alan said, Wow, I know I've never seen light before but it was really cool I thought that everytime Connor said yes to the questions Joel asked him, it was as if I saw a flickering of light...

How amazing! We love Alan! I hope that if you ever get the chance to sit down and talk to him one on one you will. I promise you will be blessed. He truly is a treasure to the Quile family.

May you be blessed with the gift of joyfilled grace.

WOW! Life is absolutely fascinating! From the good all the way to the bad! So remarkable how even in the midst of a horrific time, we are blessed with gifts.
As hard as it is for even me to swallow most of the time,the ability to feel PAIN is a gift.


Whether it's physical, emotional, or spiritual! God shows us that in so many absolutely amazing ways,it's really kind of eerie!

I have no idea why God has put this on my heart to share. ButI feel overwhelmingly compelled to remind us of this sometimes forgotten, alot of times despised, most of the time mistaken gift.....pain.

Especially at this time of year when life seems to be, for most of us, very bittersweet! Seriously! I'm not meaning to make light of people being Bipolar( I have family members who have it) but I'm telling you if the majority of us ran ourselves through testing at this particular time of year I would imagine we would all be diagnosed with it!!!!

Anyways all I'm trying to say is, let's not so flippantly in anger, brokenness,or by mistake, overlook the gift of pain. When we allow God to fully disciple us we will without a shadow of doubt see the gift we indeed have with pain.

Starting with the most obvious...Physical pain. What if you or someone you loved dearly, had the rare disorder called "congenital insensitivity to pain" People who are born without the ability to feel pain. For example: children who have this disorder can touch a hot iron causing severe damage without feeling one ounce of pain! Man! what a horrific saddness!

You would see in this circumstance that pain would be a gift right?
It just puts my stomach in knots thinking about the constant struggles of raising a child with this disorder.

Lets talk about emotional pain. Rejection in any form can bring emotional pain. While I have been through some turbulent times, I am no where near being an expert in this area! However, I do know enough to see that in every experience of emotional pain I have been through, I valued the gift of the pain I was allowed to feel!

Sure there were times while in the midst of it all, it did not feel like a gift! Then there were other times, that (I truly believe) because I allowed God to totally be in complete control, that I was undeniably able to only focus on the deep,severe pain...and have an absolute peace.

Spiritual pain has both emotional and physical pain...The birth and death of Jesus.

What about hunger pains. Would you catagorize it into physical? I see it as all three. I believe there are some words we misuse alot! I have really been trying to work on the use of the word love.

Think about it. Sometimes we say oooh I LOVE hot dogs. Do you really want to put hotdogs on the same level as a child, a spouse, a parent?
Can hot dogs love us back(NO! they aren't even good for us in many ways!)
(but I do still eat them)

Well, I believe we also misuse the word starving! Think about that one! We have all been there. You skip breakfast for whatever reason..you've been extremely busy...now it's one o'clock and your stomach is growling...usually the first words are..Man I need something to eat, I'm starving!

We are not allowed to say starving or bored in our home! I hate those words!( I wish I was as adement on other things as well, then we would have perfect home!)

Anyways, just a few rambling thoughts from a simple lady with such a complex heart!

Today I challenge us to touch a hot iron(not in a damaging way) and pray for families who bear the burden of the disorder of "congenital insenitivity to pain" or for those who have been paralyzed.Praise God we can feel.

When praying for your self or others don't ask God to take away the pain and hurt they are going through, but to give them a peace or strength to endure, and allow the pain to give them the ability to identify with someone else, or to help us remember to be humble. Only God is Almighty, we are not!

When we find ourselves in the middle of spiritual pain, use this time to allow the gift of community to show us God's goodness! Make sure your in a small group that gives you a Godly avenue to grow in your faith in the middle of your struggle of pain or unbelief!

Next time you feel really hungry, allow your self to go just a little longer without eating, and then pray for those who are truly starving for food and water, or for love and acceptance, or even worse....for a savior!

Allow the gift of pain to empower you not to immobilize you!

"This doesn't change who God is, He is still God and He is good"

That was a quote from my sweet and dear friend in California,Carolyn Shook. Last night she called me with the news she received earlier in the day.The doctors told her she has cancer in both lungs and that there is no cure.

I love her and miss her so much! I am so blessed to have heard her say those profound words. I pray that everyone would be able to say those words. I deeply desire that the world would know without a shadow of doubt that God never changes, He is good and that it is only through His Son that we will know that kind of peace!

I woke up all through the night wondering if she was sleeping soundly or having an unrestful nights sleep. I mean I have trouble sleeping when I have so much to do and feel like theres no time to get it done...and yet..I have not been diagnosed like her.

Her time and my time mean two different things now. God has blessed me with the gift of getting to see her Thanksgiving weekend!!! I am soooo excited to get to see her physically!!!

Please be in prayer for my precious friend and her sweet family.

I ask that you make it a point to share Jesus with all you meet so that they will truly be blessed with the ability to say the same words of Carolyn Shook...


"This doesn't change who God is, He is still God and He is good"

New release!!!! Our dear dear dear sweet spirit led friends Rachel and Steven Patterson's band (Branch) and Jeff Berry just released their new C.D.s. The title is "desperate for real". It is absolutely AMAZING!!! I urge you to run out and get one right away!!!!!! Click here or call 325.672.7961. Emily asks every night if Rachel can sing her to sleep, and so she does. We push repeat for number 12!!!! Every song will be your favorite! Plus they put us in their "Thank You" list, and Joel co-wrote song number 6 with Stephen! Jeff's new c.d., "All That's Left of Us" is a cool new sound for Jeff. We went to the release party and it was awesome. We saw so many friends and the music rocked! You can purchase Jeff's c.d. from his site here.

Well, I got timed on my mile...I ran a 10.2 Here's a funny story... a while back I started training for a marathon(coach Murray got me started) and so I was telling some of the students in my work department, and one of the students asked me (when he heard my time which was like a 15 min.mile) Really? Did you walk it? That was pretty devastating... Any who... My fellow boot campers were very encouraging to me!

I did 35 (girl) push ups. Yeah I know thats weak...not as weak as my arms were the next day!! Did you ever see HouseGuest with SinBad? Where he gets the numbing gel all over his hands and he has no control? That is exactly how I felt after my push ups plus all the other arm drills!

I have to say...It is kicking my little be-hiney! Today we had to alternate weights(10 lbs) and jumping rope. Dear God was all I could breathlessly say. Have you tried to jump rope for a solid minute? It's hard!!! But does feel good to have exercise discipline!

Laura taught class tonight for the youth group. I am proud of her! She was not so confident that it went well...I heard it was amazing. She taught on peer pressure.

OH!!! Every Wednesday I eat lunch with Emily. She has been a little distraught about the whole silent lunch issue. Well, I found out the whole scoop on that business! First I just want to say that I really love the lunch ladies(and men) and the lunch monitors! That is a hero's job!!!! Have you been to a school lunch room lately?
CHAOTICNESS!!!

Anyways the whole point is that the reason why they do (10 min only) at the beginning of lunch is so those crazy little angels will eat!!! They just start jabbering away and before you know it when it's time to clear your tray and line up...The little nut balls were throwing a whole tray of food away ans having not taken one bite!!!!
I wonder what that was like after school when little Joey got home starving! His parents probably think something wrong...Eating like he hasn't been fed all day..(cause he wasn't!!!) and not growing at a rate that matches his (supposed) eating habits.

I love going to lunch there! Those kiddies are absolutely precious! I wish I could take them ALL home! They all need patting on the backs...Some a little lower and harder then others!!!! Emily and I just point out all the snuggly things they do and smile.

Joel taught our class solo tonight.(the 2 yr olds-kindergarten) I got to go to a Trophy Club Ladies Dinner. It was a lot of fun, and I was excited to get to meet a lot of women from our sweet little community. A sweet friend named Anna McKinnon invited me.

I missed our little class. I wish you could see a picture of them! I wish I could shrink them and carry them in my purse, where I could just take them out any time I wanted to. Some of them are so darn teeny tiny already they don't need shrinking.
I love hearing their answers and their version of the Bible story. Well, you will just have to come visit our class. I promise you will be blessed!

Guess what!!!! Tomorrow is Birthday Club!!! We get to go to Pei Wei(?) We only have one birthday girl this month. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAMI!!!! I am posting a picture from last months party.















Well, we wrote an offer on a house...and didn't get it. Thats alright. I know without a shadow of doubt that God will lead us to the right one! In the mean time please pray for my sanity as we continue to live out of boxes scattered among the apartment.

Praise God for my mom getting wonderful reports of still being cancer free. She only has to go every 4 months now!!! The kiddos and I are going to visit her and my siblings this weekend as Joel will be speaking in Arkansas this weekend. But we will all be back for church on Sunday Mornig!!!! Yipppeeee!!


Well, It's getting late, so I need to close. I pray you are actively pursuing time with God! May you have a blessed day feeling His adoration for you!!

Thank you for your sweet friendship! You truly are a timeless treasure to me!

HI FRIENDS!!!!!

WOW! It has been a long time! I have so much to update you guys on. Well, first things first...

A special HEYYYYYY to Jami and Paige and I know you are saying...ABOUT TIME!!!

Well, lets start with the butterflies, We were gone both times when they emerged and flew off, so we didn't get to see them after they transformed. It was a blast and so intriguing to raise them. Thank you again Barbara for allowing us that special privilege.

Well, God answered our prayers so so so powerfully!! He lead us to Lake Cities Church of Christ here in Trophy Club Texas. The church is absolutely wonderful! God has truly anointed the body of people here!

We asked God to bless us with the desires of our hearts...that being, would He please make it crystal clear without us having to choose, and He did just that!!!
We are in awe!

Joel is just loving his job! John got a great job. Laura and Emily are doing great in school. I help in Wee School on Monday and Thursday, and go to a Beth Moore Bible Study on Tues. mornings in Colleyville.

We are all settling in at church and in our community. We will put an offer on a house here in Trophy Club tomorrow or the next day. Please be in prayer it is God's will we get the house. It's the only house we all unanimously felt it was the right house for us.

We sure miss our friends in Abilene and in California. We praise God that He is walking us through this time of transition and leading us into some new friendships.
One of things I get to be apart of is The Birthday club. It is a group of ladies who meet once a month at a chosen restraunt, and celebrate everyones birthday for that month. We just exchange cards and we have a sign up sheet for who will bring the cake. It is soooo much fun, and I look forward to it each month.


Well, tomorrow I will have completed my first week of Boot Camp! It is an excerise program for women that meets on Mon. Wed. Fri. 5:30am to 6:30am and goes for 4 weeks. Let me just say it has NOT been easy!!!!I knew I was in for something tough when a lady on Mon. about 20 minutes into it, told our instructor(a retired Marine)that he beat his record...nobody had thrown up yet... then about 20 min left of the hour, a lady DID throw up!!!

It is just like in the movies...minus the screaming and cussing in your face! Thank God for that! I don't know if I would be able to handle it! While it is super tough and I am extremely sore,(it hurts to laugh) I am so grateful for it! I seriously urge all of you to try it. Tomorrow we get timed for our mile and count how many push ups we can do. YIKES!!!

John turned 20 in July and we just celebrated Emily's 9th birthday.Laura's 16th is just around the corner. It is so amazing watching our kiddos grow. In fact on Monday morning driving home from taking Laura to school, I had one of those moments where I had an uncontrollable urge to cry, not because I was sad...but because I was sooo overwhelmed with joy that we have been so blessed! God has blessed us with 3 wonderful kids who love and fear the Lord, strive to do their best, and have open communication with us.

Well, even though I have so much more to share, I need to stop for now.
I love you guys and hope thatwe will encourage one another to remember to celebrate the life that God has given us..