Hello All! I miss my friend, Saskia. She and I had become very close by the end of my time in Muskegon. We went to the same church for years. Our friendship blossomed last year about this time. Why didn't God bring us together sooner? She is very similar to me in many ways. She has a great sense of humor and I love that in people. People who take themselves too seriously are well, serious. I am rarely serious. If I am serious my kids and Kelly know the change by just my tone of voice.

Saskia, was and is a true friend to me. She is someone who I look up to literally and figuratively. She is amazingly talented, a great cook, a veracious reader, a self sacrificing mother, an encouraging wife, and a best bosom friend. In Anne of Green Gables, Anne and her close friend Diana are "Bosom Friends". The kind of friend you can share secrets with and know they are safe. The kind of friend who sees you at your craziest and still loves you. The kind of friend who values the same things you do. The kind of friend that also challenges you to think outside of the sub culture you were born into. The kind of friend who shares the same God. Saskia sent me this in the mail today for a birthday gift. I couldn't hold it together I cried like a baby. Thanks, Saskia!!!!!! You will always hold a special place in my heart, right next to your famous NACHOS! Saskia you and your family are always welcome to visit us anytime you want. Come to Kuwait and we'll paint the town red! Well maybe not red, it is a conservative country after all. Maybe we could paint the town a nice shade of pale pink while sporting our Burquinis and Crocs. Are you game? Love and miss you~

Hello All! Last night we were blessed to be able to go and see the The Peasall Sisters in concert in Ludington, MI. What a great time we had! If you love Bluegrass and have the opportunity to see them, don't hesitate. We went up to Ludington with our friends the Kendzieras and our second daughter, Faith. She had her heart set on seeing them in concert. We listen to them in our "bus" almost every day. I enjoy hearing my kids sing with such heart and trying to learn to harmonize. Faith was so sweet after the concert as she went down the line hugging each of The Peasall Sisters. She was even able to get a photo with them that I took on my camera phone. I will try to post that if I can figure out how to get it on here. In the meantime here is a picture of The Peasall Sisters from a Bluegrass website.

How has everyone out there enjoyed their summer so far? I hope it has been filled wonderful family memories. In other news my secret will be posted on the blog on July 24th, 2009. I can't wait to be able to share it with you all. I think much of my blog will become clearer after the reveal :)Have a blessed weekend~

Hello All! Can you believe it, two date nights with my cute husband in one week. It could not have happened at a better time as we have one major thing right now that is consuming most of our free waking time. This "thing" is our BIG secret and it has to stay that way for now. But you can read about the secret in my previous posts here and here.

Moving on, back to the two dates. We went with our friends Saskia and Dean Kendziera to dinner and a concert last Friday night. Saskia has become one of my best friends and I am so glad God brought us together!!! She is blessed with an amazing sense of humor and I dearly love to laugh, so we became fast friends : )

We actually had a sitter, THANKS MARY, come and babysit for our wild bunch. It was a fun time and we are so thankful for time together to laugh with our friends. We also learned some amazing dance moves that we will have to share on youtube on a later date. Or maybe not!!!

On Wednesday night we will be going "Up North" to Ludington, MI to hear my favorite Bluegrass sisters perform, The Peasall Sisters. I have loved their music for years and they are coming to Michigan, YAHOO! It is so nice to have time away, to recharge and think about how blessed I truly am. On Wednesday we have a close friend coming over to babysit. They adore "Mrs. Ambrose", she works with Kelly in his clinic, she is his nurse. She has been a blessing to our family for all the years Kelly has worked with her. Thank you so much, Barb!!!!!

I am glad summer is here, time to listen to good music, laugh with good friends and spend time with the love of my life. On July 17th Kelly and I met eleven years ago in an exam room in Lansing, MI. Eleven years later I am still praising God for that "chance" meeting and for the amazing man he blessed me with in my husband. Who knew that eleven years later we would be blessed to celebrate twice in one week!!!! I love you Kelly, my best friend~

Hello All! My friend, Pam at Pam's Perspective blog "tagged" me with a fun challenge : ) This is neat because it is a totally random tag game.

Basically the game is like this:
~Open your first photo folder
~Scroll down to the 10th photo
~Post that photo and story on your blog
~Tag five friends to do the same.


This photo was taken in December 2006 by my husband in Monrovia, Liberia. He went on a mission trip with Stonegate Fellowship a church from Midland, TX. Read about the trip HERE (scroll down to the bottom of my Liberia Label). This photo is of the school children in uniform at The Greater Love school and orphanage in Monrovia. Kelly was very blessed by this trip and as always came home with a renewed perspective and love for the world. God is so good to show us his world and all his creation. He loves his creation so much and these beautiful children made in His image are the apple of his eye!!!! Thanks for tagging me, Pam : ) It was fun too think back to what was happening in our lives back when this photo was taken. If you are reading this and have a blog and want to play this tag game, I tag you. I don't have time to tag specific people, but please play tag with us : ) God's grace to you~

Hello All! I am not totally sure how to do the random number generator at Random.org. But you will just have to trust me. I just put in the numbers and pressed calculate. I think I did it correctly : ) The winner is LEAH from A Silly Little Sparrow. I did not include my comment in the count. Leah, I know where your blog is, so I will contact you soon. Congratulations and I hope you love the book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks especially to Susy Flory for donating the book to my giveaway!!! Thank you also to all who participated. I will say this book has changed my perspective about my service to God and how to be used for his glory. Blessings ~

PS: Here is the Random number generator, I tried to copy and paste it into this post : )

Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:4
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