Baking with Glendon...

Today, we made a big Oreo Cookie cake for Daddy.... I would have been lost without my top cookie smasher on the job...

Wow, what a busy day it's been at our house. The "Spring Cleaning" bug officially bit me this morning and I got off to a good start by cleaing all of the globes/light fixtures in our home. Glendon was a great little helper - padding around from room to room behind me as I worked. He is such a joy!!!

Then we made a big batch of homemade marinara sauce, and a batch of baby food fruit for GP. Afternoon naps. The weekly dusting. A walk around the neighborhood. Supper prep. Dinner. Bath time. Playing ball with Daddy. GP's Bedtime. Blog time. Amazing Race. My Pillow!!!

I will leave you with a fun photo taken at our Saturday evening HKS (Hemmigs, Knapps and Schulz) dinner.
Karrie on left mothers the one and only girl, Lina, and Jackson - in green.
Lindsay, in the middle, mothers Jackson (stripes) and baby Emerson (not pictured).
I mother Glendon, who loves playing with these little friends!!!

I Worship Him

Idolatry of the heart,
leading to sin,
leading to misery,
leading to self-examination,
leading to confession,
leading to brokenness,
leading to mercy experienced,
leading to love overwhelming,
leading to a deeper reverence,
leading to worship.

My Abba Father (Daddy) in His great grace has been so faithful to me in the last 48 hours. He knew that my heart had turned and was serving man's approval and self-exaltation rather then Him alone. He allowed me to serve those idols, and serve them I did, right into the pit of failure and misery. Yesterday as my pedestal of man's approval crumbled into pieces around me, culminating in a painful, but much needed, rebuke from my precious husband, I saw a very close and revealing picture of my heart. I was astounded and ashamed at how easily sin had crept into my mind, motives, words, and even my actions. I wept like I haven't wept in months as the realization crept into my soul that my sin of seeking man's approval above glorifying my Father had in fact dishonored and hurt Him deeply. The stone cold word, IDOLATRY, blared through my spirit chilling me with it's severity and the knowledge that this is what I had done.

Taking my broken heart to my Abba was easy.
Why would He be there waiting for me as He always has? He was.
Why would His forgiveness wash over me with such finality? It did.
Why would He comfort me with His tender words of love? He did.
Why did He reach down and help me to get back up? I am standing.
He is GOD.
He is Holy.
He is Faithful.
He is Gracious and slow to anger.
He allowed me to realize anew my great need for Him, and I can do nothing but thank Him for sparing me the death I deserve - for calling me - for saving me - for enabling me to follow Him.
The only words I can find, and they leave much to be desired, are:

I worship Him.

Blessing from Today...

~ Getting to sleep in until 7:12am.
~ Surprising Steve with his favorite blueberry pancakes in bed.
~ My Mom's birthday...talking to her on the phone.
~ Shopping with my younger sister and her nephew - also known as my son...
~ Dohgnuts at Bensteins Bakery
~ Meeting Steve for lunch downtown
~ Enjoying old memories (like the photo above...)
~ Baking new Chocolate Tart Recipe for fun!!!
~ Dinner tonight with Hemmigs and Knapps - good friends in the the Lord...
~ My bed will be there to meet me tonight.....ahhhhh

Enough

As Steve and I were driving home tonight, this Jeremy Camp song played on the radio, and although I've heard it many times, it's lyrics rang fresh in my heart as a beautiful expression of what God has been doing with me, and I can truly say, He is more than enough for me! Thank you Father!!!

All of you is more than enough for all of me
For every thirst and every need
You satisfy me with your love
And all I have in you is more than enough

You are my supply
My breath of life
Still more awesome than I know
You are my reward
Worth living for
Still more aweesome than I know

And all of you is more than enough for all of me
For every thirst and every need
You satisfy me with your love
And all I have in you is more than enough

You are my supply
My breath of life
Still more awesome than I know
You're my coming King
You're my everything
Still more awesome than I know

And all of you is more than enough for all of me
For every thirst and every need
You satisfy me with your love
And all I have in you is more than enough

More than all I am
More than all I need
You are more than enough for me
More than all I know
More than all I can say
You are more than enough

And all of you is more than enough for all of me
For every thirst and every need
You satisfy me with your love
And all I have in You is more than enough

Good Girl Time

Tonight my girlfriend, Crystal, and I went out for some much needed "girl time"!!! I appreciate having a friend who I can be myself with - who encourages me in my Christian walk - who listens - who likes to spend hours over coffee gloating over our wonderful hubbys. (I know enough of the world to know this is a rarity among married women!!!)

Of all these things, Crys is a friend who enjoys a good chick flick and can laugh at corney love stories, so we went to see the movie "Failure to Launch" !!!

Definitely a must see for any chick flick lover.... The paint ball scene was the best - literally had us laughing our hearts out!!!

On My Way to Art School

Higheeeee (that's the way I say it),

Today my Mommy introduced me to crayons for the first time. I really wanted to eat them because they smelled so strong, but Mommy wouldn't let me even taste them. This made me very upset for a while, but I did get over it. She showed me how to color, and I really enjoyed just tapping my crayons on the paper, but this didn't do much. Finally, I learned how to run them back and forth, and that seemed to please my Mommy greatly! Enjoy my art, and for all of you beginners out there here's a little tip: Always have as many crayons in your hands as possible while coloring. Holding just one simply does not work!!!

GP

Running Crazy...

Hello All,

I am feeling so remorseful about the lack of blogging lately! I will be honest and say that I've had allot coming at me this past week, and computer time has to be my first occupation to go during a time crunch.

We are doing well. I'm learning more and more about trusting God to meet all of my needs - especially the need to be filled when I feel completely empty. I have had some interesting situations requiring me to give my emotional energy and time, and yet I have seen God faithfully keep me going each day until I hit the pillow. I am tired - and looking forward to a wonderful weekend that we've designated as "family time". We're either going away, or will take the drastic measures of turning off our phone, closing all curtains etc. I can't wait!!! =)

I hope to post some recent pics of our little man soon!!!
~Kelly

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So, anyone up for some quality time with Kelly?? =)

The Five Love Languages

My primary love language is probably
Quality Time
with a secondary love language being
Acts of Service.

Complete set of results

Quality Time:		12
Acts of Service:		6
Physical Touch:		6
Words of Affirmation:		6
Receiving Gifts:		0

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Unhappiness in relationships, according to Dr. Gary Chapman, is often due to the fact that we speak different love languages. Sometimes we don't understand our partner's requirements, or even our own. We all have a "love tank" that needs to be filled in order for us to express love to others, but there are different means by which our tank can be filled, and there are different ways that we can express love to others.

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