Hold on! Our 2007 roller coaster of life kept us on the edge! It has been a wild year! Through it all God has woven his comfort!! His hand has been strong & sure.
The heavens declare the glory of God, the skies proclaim the work of his hand. Psalm 19:1-2
Our path was in the clouds thru the Rocky Mountains. In Estes park we drove into snow! The mountains truly declared the glories of God. The heavens declare the glory of God, the skies proclaim the work of his hand, Psalm 19:1-2. We skied A-Basin in Colorado! That’s to say K made his way up the mountain and Lovebug mastered the bunny slope & lift. Ladybug skied well with an instructor. Alas, I struggled on the bunny slope, flopped on the magic carpet and understood how my dad could ski the parking lot!! Maybe that’s a genetic trait. K says it is better the second time you go skiing, yet I’ll reserve my thoughts on that.
We hit a speed bump as Hubbie had emergency surgery on 7/31! He awoke knowing nothing about what a diverticulum or colostomy were (that was a rude awaking). Following a week in the hospital, he repeated it all again 8 weeks later with the 2nd surgery to end the colostomy. All in all Kerry stayed 14 days in the hospital… walk… walk… walk… Thanks to the friends who kept the girls for this hospital visit& church family & the family that came to fill the gaps in our great need & flowers and many notes of encouragement. In that time we learned we were expecting a baby. In the weeks that followed the girls and I started our mornings with… fearfully & wonderfully made, knit together in my mother’s womb… Psalm 139
Thanks to the friends who kept our girls for the hospital visits & church family & the family that came to fill the gaps in our great need & flowers & many notes of encouragement.
We packed for Pennsylvania in the midst of those surgeries. The doctor let K travel… (this is not recommended after busting a gut). We took Philadelphia slowly, saw the Liberty bell, met Betsy Ross, got some confederate notes from a Yankee dressed like a Rebel. Ladybug met her great-Grand parents Cyrus & Erma for the first time. They saw where their daddy learned to shoot groundhogs, launch model rockets, touch an electric fence. They helped Great Grandpa fed the fish in the pond. Numerous times Megan & Lillian walked down the lane to help daddy get well! They laughed a lot as they rode the tandem bike. We ate chocolate in Hershey PA… Yummy! We discovered the owner of the Reading railroad from Monopoly (pronounced Redding for all the southerners reading), and he gave us a personal tour of his grandfather’s castle, the Stokesay Castle. It is a copy of an English Castle!! Wow all in PA! Thanks to the family we stayed with!
A grief came in that midst! September 20, Kyle our baby boy was born in heaven. We celebrated this little one when we found out about his coming while in the hospital first round. We cried & grieved his loss.
Even the darkness is not dark to him Ps 139:12. This was merely 2 weeks before Kerry’s 2nd surgery. We were hemmed in tight. You hem me in- behind and before… Ps 139:5. For weeks and months now, my girls yet think of their baby brother.
In the quiet and the background from all the excitement… Lovebug is in 2nd grade. She is a good reader. Ladybug is in Kindergarten and writes, colors, glues, & dot-to-dots her alphabet. We’ve learned about sea life with
Pagoo, a hermit crab. We’ve met Kings of
An Island Story and saw William the Conqueror beat King Harold. Lovebug celebrated her birthday with Betsy in
Understood Betsy. We’ve seen Christian on his journey beyond the Slough of Despond in
Pilgrim’s Progress. We’ve started our day with God’s precious word and the girls know Psalm 1, 19, 23, 139. We’ve dabbled in Spanish. Our days are tight. The girls have enjoyed ballet & choir, too. Lovebug declared this week that one day she’ll homeschool her kids. We love it!
This year I, (K) made a big career change. After 14 years, or something like that, with General Dynamics/Vertex RSI/Tripoint Global/Vertex Communications Corp, I changed companies. Now I work in Marshall, for Norit-Americas, Inc.. I’m a Project Engineer in the Systems and Services group works along side the production of activated carbon used for filtration products, if it needs to be filtered I’ll bet we can filter it. The rest of my time is filled with lots of FBC projects and video editing, multimedia presentations. Then there’s doctor appointments and a CTscan this week. I am still supposed to be resting in that mix so I can get completely healed.
(S) My joy and privilege is to be home with our girls. School keeps me busy and we’re enjoying our study with
Amblesideonline.com. I’ve had a burden & joy to pray with friends and have seen God’s hand working. I’m enjoying our cooking group 4Some and it’s a HUGE help to have meals ready. My freezer is empty for the first time in years and we’ll cook in January. I’m also learning to knit socks! Mom is my excellent teacher even on the phone! I’m nearly done with one very cute sock. We’ve also started a blog through this year’s journey. We’ve enjoyed watching the world thru our hits!! Learning with the Girls at
http://grace2u-s2.blogspot.com/ *(as if 6/08). We’ve written thru lots of our year and you can catch up there (here).
From our world to yours… Have a wonderful Christmas celebrating Jesus! May you see thru the eyes of a child and see the wonder of The King is born.
S & K, M8 & L5
