Church and Salmon

Today was a great day at church.  We had good fellowship, encouragement, Bible reading, Prayer and yummy muffins made by Caitlin! We also finished our study of Jeremiah.

Our class is celebrating one year next week end. The new name of our group is now "The Overcomers"

From our Facebook page-

We call ourselves "The Overcomers," taken from 1 John 5:4-5. Because we are God's children, we can overcome the obstacles of daily living with God's grace and guidance while being separated from ones we love.

Description- Women of Deployed Soldiers Class at Skyline Baptist Church in Killeen, TX  I haven't been with them for quite a year but it's been an amazing journey. We've gotten to be close friends and sisters in Christ. Being able to share everything from our joys to our troubles. Most of all we've grown in the Lord.  I am thankful to my friend Kathryn Loudermilk for introducing me to this wonderful church.  Skyline has been a great place for me to be during my husbands deployment. I look forward to introducing Sean to my church as soon as he gets home :)  I hope and pray he loves it as much as I do!  Our Pastor, Kenny Rawls and a team from our church just got back from their mission trip to Brazil and we were able to hear several great stories and testimonies of their trip this morning!  It sounds like many people found Jesus and they were able to start their second church over there.  I hope some day I'll be able to have that same opportunity.  Kids all dressed up for church.....  Stetson has two cowlicks that just will not cooperate. They were actually combed down for church.. this was after playing at church for almost three hours!  But I love his new hair cut.. see how short it is in the back.  After church I decided I better hurry and grill up some salmon that I had thawed out yesterday. After the power outage we had from some local fires my refridgerator had been off for several hours. I had to then put the salmon back in the freezer so that it wouldn't get warm. Well, I found a recipe that I had to alter just a tad since I don't have any rum in the house.  But it turned out amazing!!! And if you want the recipe, let me know! This was my first time making salmon period and I would say on a scale from one to ten.. it was a nine... only because I MAY have over cooked it a tad.. but I'm not sure.  The thick spots were  just a  little dry. But that might be because I spilled a little of the sauce that I put on top.  I cut my own slab of cedar to give it a little smoked flavoring.   Even the kids liked it :)

Underwear!

Why are boys in their underwear so darn cute???????????    Maybe it's because we've seen their little tooshes covered with a big ol' diaper for so long,  then we finally get to see their REAL shape.. and maybe partly for me, it's cause he's still my baby!  My how hard it is to watch them grow up! I can't believe he'll be two in two and a half weeks! I wish I could stop time.

He'd been doing pretty good potty training with pull ups.. but I'm trying to save money.. and of course I saw these undies at Wal-mart and couldn't pass them up!  He's pretty much trained on the whole poo poo thing... but still has several wet accidents.  I am really hoping he's done before our trip to Cali in October... Better  yet... before Daddy gets home!

 I love his funny faces..............

Here the other two had to get in on the fun!

Another Milestone has come and gone!

My eldest son turned five today!  I can't believe how time sure flies. It seems like just yesterday I was holding and nursing him in my arms. I knew it would go fast... but I'm trying NOT to think about that...but enjoy every minute of every day.

Colton Travis King was born at 2:32 am on my parents ranch.  He was my first of three homebirth experiences. His was definitely my longest and hardest one!  But after 2 and a half hours of pushing, he finally arrived.  Though a little bruised, he was our beautiful, precious little boy!  I really do remember it as if it were yesterday.  Sean and I laid on the bed in awe that this little life and blessing from the Lord was finally here!  We prayed over him and thanked God over and over again...  

Here are some pictures on my old blog.     http://seansheila.mytinybaby.com/  Birth Story included!

And I found one picture from every August 12th.. or close to it! So you can see how's he's changed!

 One year old..............

 Two years old........

 Three years old....................

 Four years old...........

 Five years old..................



Week End Projects

Today I decided to make a few more cards!  Also I needed to make some curtains.. I had some left over fabric from a couch cover from another project I did for some friends (Susan, hope you don't mined I used the same stuff)

 I really wanted to cover this door before our trip since I'll be gone. (don't want people peeking in)

And here are the things I put together this morning :)  So much fun!  Now I just want to sew up a couple Purses before I leave.. but I need to make a run to Hobby Lobby first.  I can't find my seam ripper to rip up ACU jackets... ugh!  Can't wait to get "MY PROJECT ROOM" done and organized!

AND Yes, you probably guessed it.. I have NOT worked out yet today!

My Card Club!

My friend's Caitlin and Monique have now joined me for two weeks to make cards.  

 We've already made Fathers Day, Patriotic and Baby Cards!  I think we are already addicted!  But our next get together wont be until July. I am really going to miss these girls and of course Lodoshie and my whole Sunday School Class. We've gotten to be pretty close and really enjoy spending time together.  
  

Easter-Together

We went to the sunrise service at church and then took our friend Andrew Gordon to Cracker Barrel before he had to head down to San Antonio. It was a great week end and I thank the Lord that we got to spend the most important day of the year together!  The day JESUS rose AGAIN!

"Daddy, don't tickle me"

That bird house fell on her head.. and she didn't even cry...
(maybe being tough for Daddy)

Stetson, seperating his candy....

Building a sandbox......

shopping at Lowes, once again...

25.00 for a pick up load of sand from the concrete yard!

Sean just bought two 2X10 boards, cut one in half and screwed them together and screwed one sheet of plywood toot he bottom.. drilled a couple holes for the water to drain. Although I should probably cover it.

Sean's Visit Home

It's a rainy day in central Texas today. Maybe a good day to try and sit down and write a blog post.

Well.. for those who want the whole story... R&R with Sean King was utterly amazing! I couldn't have imagined it any better. I truly feel like the most blessed woman in the whole world. He was suppose to come in late that night but he called me from Atlanta and basically said he'd be here in three hours,  he happened to be the first guy off the plan and found one last seat on an earlier flight. Another soldier also just happened to let him use his phone to call and make sure his family knew when he'd be arriving :)  I had to call my friends and kick everything into high gear.  Michelle had planned on babysitting for the night but now I had to find someone to watch them until she could be here.  My friend Tiffany was able to watch them while Ladoshie went with me to the airport (to snap a few pics and video).  I think right after that last phone call was the minute my heart actually started pounding. After picking up the house and getting ready to go I got in the car to go pick up the man I've missed so much. Fortunately  I only had to drive 5 minutes to the airport.  I don't think I stood there for more than 2 minutes when I saw him walking toward me.  The smile on his face was priceless.. ... I had kind of imagined running and jumping in his arms.. but obviously that wasn't going to happen with my dress and high heels, so I made him come to me! :)  It felt like a dream to be in each others arms again.

 With the help of my friends Michelle and Ladoshie, Sean and I were able to get away the very first night to a local hotel. I was able to book a suite right after his call from Atlanta.  It was really nice to have that alone time with out the kids. I knew if we went straight home we wouldn't want to leave the kids on another day or week end. Once they saw Daddy, I wanted them to be able to spend as much time together as possible during the two weeks.  It worked out really well.. I called Ladoshie when we were on our way so she was able to be ready with the camera when we walked in.  After breakfast we had to run back to the airport to pick up one of Sean's bags but we got to the house at about 10 am.  I think I was too excited to cry when I first saw Sean...  but when we walked through the door and Colton jumped in his arms and held on tight saying "DADDY"..... I pretty much lost it!  Soon after Sean walked to the couch and that's where Carley and Stetson both followed suit.   It was amazing to see all of them so happy.  Even little Stetson who was only 12 months old when Daddy left. If it wasn't for SKYPE I don't think he would have been so comfortable.  He KNOWS his daddy's voice and what he looks like.  Also, to see his older siblings get so excited I think it's just kind of contagious. The only time he wouldn't go to Sean during the two weeks was when he was super tired and just wanted me to put him to sleep.  They played and laughed and loved on each other just as much as the other two.

We tried to stay home a lot and spend time together just hanging out.. but we did have several things to get done in a short period of time.  So, we did stay pretty busy.  We went for a walk the first night... of course the kids had to show Dddy their new house and bedroom first.   

Sean spentas much time as he could teaching the kids and spending time with them.  He took turns taking them out on some errands. While Carley was in the back seat of the pick up truck and they were driving... she randomly told Daddy.. "I'm having so much fun"....    :)  I don't think there was a time while Daddy was here that she wasn't smiling!  Ok maybe not quite true.. I think she got in trouble a few times.. BUT most of the time.. she was in complete bliss! I can't say enough how great it was to ALL be together.  I defnintely felt like our family was whole again. Which makes sence, since I feel like half of me is missing when he's gone :p

one of our first kisses....  

More posts coming of Easter and our trip to the River Walk in San Antonio.  I'll also be posting some video soon!