Where did it go????

Wow I can't believe how fast this month has went and there has not been one dull moment that I was bored!! I have been trying to go to Nebraska for at least a week or two in the summer, but it has went by so fast. Coleman wasn't feeling the best over the 4th, but all it ended up to be was swimmers ear. I didn't know why it was that when we had not yet been to the lake, but that's what happens when you lay in the bath tub and leave only your eyes and nose sticking out. Then Cameron went to camp and there he made the MOST important decesion ever. He accepted Christ was baptized there then at camp and that was so exciting. My good friend Shannon agreed to help me take on VBS this year and we had an awesome week. Last year they had only done K-3rd grade, but we asked if we could do K-6th and it was okayed. Then Susan H. said that she would love to do preschool and that all so was okayed. So our worked started and can I say it was so worth it!!! Our goal was to try and have 50 kids and we averaged 80 all week. Through the years of life I always thought why was Peter so dumb why didn't he get it. Well that has went through my mind that whole week and I felt like God saying hello when are you going to get it!!! Shannon and I give God ALL the glory we were only His vessels!! We really grew alot through this and we also thank Him that our friendship is even stronger now. We both have friends that told us that friendships can be hard when you do things like that, but I believe that if we are doing Gods will he will protect us from that if we ask Him to and we DID!!!! then on Saturday the 19th Shannon, Missy, Debbie, Scarlet and I went to Fort Wayne IN. and saw Anita Renfrio which was alot of fun. I am so blessed to have a husband that is always so willing to watch the kids for me to get away. The whole week of VBS he went into work early so he could be at the church by 5:30 to help out then had the kids in bed when I got home. We ended our month by having family here for a week and we had such a GREAT time!!! Joe and Gwen were here and it was really hard to see them leave. They got here on friday evening and then saturday we finally got to the lake. Then again on sunday again on tuesday and wednesday. I don't think we ever went to bed before 3:00 I am tired but it was so worth it. Many many good laughs. On that tuesday Kyle and Gloria and their 3 kids were here. It was very nice to have them here to. Now it is time to get ready for our vacation with Andy's. We are going to be gone for a week so the kids are really excited to go and yes I am too. Jared also was able through that all to get the boys ceiling in their rooms so now they have their own room. Well I sure wish I could figure out how to put my pictures on here, but I will try and get Jared to do it for me sometime soon.

Too Cute

I am sure all mothers will understand this one. I am never able to be in my bathroom and someone comes flying through the door to taddle and by the time they are done they are all in there. So I was on the edge about them doing that and Carson looks at me and says mom why did you put them marks on your tummy? I looked at him and said I didn't you kids did that to me. Of course not understanding he says how. I told him that they did it when they were in my tummy, I could tell he was thinking of another question and Camille looks at me and say I in your tummy yes Camille you were. She then went through all her brothers and when I said yes she looks at me so serious and says mom did you eat us then we go down your tummy. All I could do was laugh and without me saying anymore she says alright mom. I love being able to write these memories down.

My Aunt Fredetta

I don't do well as you all know with birthdays, but today is Fredetta 79th b-day, and what a blessing she is and has been. As I think back through the past years I have alot of memories. Many memories of laughing, crying, helping, and just having a good time. Younger years my memories are of begging our parents on friday nights to go home with Grandma and Fredetta and spending the night. We always made rolls in the morning and waited for Fredetta to come home for lunch, then the folks and who ever didn't stay overnight would come to Fredetta's house and we would have crisy chicken and tuna noodle. For dessert we would have the rolls we made that day with the homemade bread. I remember going to the store and helping her with inventory and loved hearing the stories she would tell. Then came the day that Grandma passed away and i remember her saying that she was now alone and what was she going to do. Well we left her know that she wouldn't be alone ever and that we would be with her every step of the way. We have had her with us for every holiday, birthdays, and now she is so much part of our kid's lives. Ever one of our kids have grown up loving her and when she is gone it will be very hard on them. At Jackie's wedding Caden comes up to mom and says where is Fedeta at grandma? That is how much she has touched each one of them kids. We have been so blessed with having her here. I remember her coming to Omaha and bring us rolls while we were at the hospital and to this day we know that when we get to nebraska she will have some waiting for us. There is nothing better then when it is one of our birthdays we get a card and in there is a letter. When you read them you feel like she is sitting right here by you visiting. Camille wonders when she is going to come here and stay with her. I am so thankful for the time that Camille had with her this past month!! Even though Camille thought it would be okay for Fredetta to sleep in her bed and Camille said she would just sleep on the couch. Once Fredetta got her talked into sleeping with her then Camille said that she needed to sleep in the front and Fredetta could sleep in the back. Fredetta has her bedroom set up that one side of the bed is closer to the wall and that is why Camille calls it the back. We do have so many good memories but at the same time we have memories of a bad car accident that we will never forget and all we can say is THANK-YOU GOD for giving her back to us for many more years with her she has touched some many lives. As a family we have been able to have been touched by her in so many ways and we are so thankful for all the memories. We ask God for more years with her!!! When we called her this morning she seemed so happy and talked to all the kids it is like when she talks to them and they give me the phone back it has made her day. The thing that made my day a week ago was when I went to the mailbox and had a letter from her just to say hi as I read it I cried and thanked God for her. Fredetta we LOVE you so MUCH you will never know!!! We will continue to pray for you each and everyday. As I write that it spring another memory when we would stay overnight in the morning she would always have a devotional and then we would knee and pray and she prayed for each one and didn't lump us together each one by name and their needs. I know that she still does that everyday when I call she always says right before we hang up Kim I pray everyday for each one of you and then she will say you Jared, Cameron, Coleman, Carson and Camille. Well I better go get somethings done before it gets to crazy around here. Remember Fredetta you are SO LOVED ALWAYS!!!!!!!! We miss you so much!!!!!