MISSING HER!!!

On Friday, March 27th, she will be one month old. As you can tell from the picture, she is growing.....she is doing new things like "smiling" and "laughing"....Oh how I wish I could go visit every two to three months, but financially that just isn't possible, nor do I think my job would allow such a thing. I have known ever since Sam was little what the Lord had wanted him to do and I'm proud that he is doing it, but why can't he do it so he is in driving distance......I pray that God will move him closer every day, but it doesn't seem to be happening fast enough.....How can you bond with those you love when they live so far away?

Happy one month birthday, Kinsley. Nanna wishes she could be there to hold you and love you and kiss your little cheeks, to rock you to sleep and sing to you just like I did your daddy. I love you so much.....I just wish I could share that love with you and you hear it and feel it......I love you....Nanna.

Well, it is officially the end of my vacation. We dropped the boys off in Kerrville and they went on with their dad to Corpus......It was a sad time, but we will probably see them again soon. It was a great time while they were here....I tried to make Ramiro an "offer he couldn't refuse", but he refused to hear it. My daughter spoiled me by cooking dinner for us every night, something besides grilled chicken...I really think she is a gourmet cook.....She made fresh homemade pizza without sauce, roast and red potatoes with green beens, awsome cheeseburgers, just to name a few......We played lost of Monopoly games and sorry games, card games, and just snuggled and loved on them. It was a great time and we hope they will be coming for a month or so in the summer.

On another note, from California, they tell me that Kinsley is smiling and laughing in her sleep, and they are enjoying her. She is getting to be a lot of fun.....I will post some updated picturs as soon as I get them.

In the meantime, my house is trashed, but is quiet for now.

THOUGHTS

I have just spent the last few hours with some very special friends. We havn't seen them for several years so we spent time catching up. Our kids grew up together until they moved away to New Mexico to pastor a church then they moved to Ft. Worth where they now pastor. All of our children, well most of them are grown now. It was great to share pictures and see how big they have gotten. Cameron graduated and working, Phillip in 10th grade and speaking in a "deep" voice, and we were excited to hear that Bethany will be getting married May 5th. It seems like just yesterday I held her for her baby dedication and now she is getting married. And then lets not forget Katelyn who is 7 and still growing. I can't wait to see the treasure that unfolds there. Where has all the time gone. We will be taking a trip to Ft Worth soon. Good friends are hard to come by and it was just great to be with them. We just picked up where we left off like it was just yesterday we had been together. Thanks Lord for "forever friends" that love us no matter what. You have brought us through some rough times in raising our kids, but all to your glory. Your purpose is being accomplished in us.

I had to miss the last week of Esther, but I wouldn't have traded visiting with them for anything. Sometimes we just have to make the right choice. We have our plans and our schedules, but sometimes we just need to be flexible when God says change them.......

Speaking of Esther it has been a great study and I'm sad to see it end.....You never read of God in the book but He is definetly all over it. He has shown me that His hand is on my life even when I don't see or feel Him, that he is working all things together for my good, and that his purpose will be accomplished. Esther had the opportunity to be all God planned for her to be. His purpose was accomplished through her. Like Esther I can be all He has planned for me if I look for the opportunities he places before me and am obedient to His voice.

I held her for the last time tonight.....kissed her precious cheeks 20,000 times...and told her I loved her one hundred million times.....It just doesn't seem fair that I have to leave her.....I want to watch her grow into the treasure that God has created her to be......We dedicated her yesterday. The neatest revelation about her was given to the Pastor concerning her.....He said when he prayed for Kinsley that morning, he thought about the foundation of faith and how Sam was raised in the faith and then he said how Briana was brought in by grace, and that when he thought of Kinsley he thought of her as a bridge between the foundation of faith and the grace that God gives us.....He then talked about Ruth and how the book talks about the "kinsmen redeemer" and how when he thought of Kinsley he thought of Ruth and how Ruth said, ".....Your God will be my God"..... I want to be around her to see and witness this presure treasure that God has blessed us with.

New Pics

It is our last day here in the beautiful city of Sacramento! I don't want to leave tomorrow. It so pretty here. The grass is the greenest I have ever seen grass are the trees budding. "New Life" is cropping up everywhere. I have been nicknamed the "Papparazi" I guess becuase I am constantly taking pics of this new little princess. She has grown like a weed in just the few days that we have been here. She is amost 2 weeks old and will hold up here head and push her feet against your stomach. I try to tell her to quit growing so fast, slow down, what is the hurry. We expect her to be crawling in the next few weeks or so:0)(not really). She is holding her head up and pushing against us though. Here are a few more pics we took for you to enjoy.. She had her first bath last night. We all celebrated with blueberry custard pie. Yum!!!!!

CAPTURED

She has captured our hearts.

PRINCESS KINSLEY

We made it okay. It was a long trip, but well worth it. She is so beautiful. We have just been holding her and loving her and hoping she will come home with us! I will post pics when I can figure out how to do a slide show! Any suggestions?