Oh Praise Him!

My heart is joyful today! I am so grateful for the many blessings the Lord has poured into my life. Today is a day when I am speechless. I just want to Praise Him today! He deserves our praise, you know? The bible says that we are to Praise Him each and every day. We should praise Him in good times and bad times. I hope you make time to praise Him today. Take a moment in your car, at your desk, where ever you are and just close your eyes and praise Him! Thank Him for what He has done for you, what He is doing, and what He is going to do.

Last night I got to hear my nephew at his choir concert. I was so blessed to be there and see him participate in the concert. For those of you who know him, this is something that you would have never seen him do in the past. He is a changed young man and changed by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. He is so precious to me and I only pray and hope the best for him.

I hope you are having a wonderful Christmas season and are keeping your heart focused on Jesus. May God bless you and may you have a wonderful day!

Thanksgiving in St. Louis

All of these pictures are from our Thanksgiving trip to St. Louis to see Rick's sister and her family. There are quite a few pictures. Hope you enjoy!

I didn't mean to post this picture first but oh well...this is Buddy, our English Springer Spaniel. It snowed on December 1st here. This is him out on our back porch. Isn't he cute?

This is a picture of Loren riding a go cart at the St. Louis Mills Mall. This is a great place to spend an entire day. There is a movie theatre, the track area, a ton of stores to shop at, indoor playgrounds, a Cabelas, and plenty of restaurants to eat at.

Jacob has finally gotten big enough to ride the adult go carts. He had so much fun! Here he is worrying about someone passing him. These little cars went really fast.

You can somewhat see the smile on his face. He was so excited to get to ride these cars. This was an indoor track.

This is the playground that is close to Rick's sister's house. Isn't it neat? The kids love playing there.

This is a picture of Loren, Keegan, Jacob, and Brayden at Cabelas. They don't get to see each other often so they have a lot of fun when they are together.

This is a picture of the bumper car riding that happened at Partyland. I think this was in Bellville, Illinois. This was also an indoor bumper car area. The fee for unlimited rides was $5.00. I thought that was great!

This picture is of our nephews, Brayden and Keegan. We miss them!

You can see here that Rick had to get in on the action. He rode one time with the kids.

A picture of Jacob on the bumper car...

and Miss Loren in her car...

This is Rick's sister Tammy, her son Keegan, Rick's Mom Dee, and Tammy's son Brayden.

This is me and the kids in front of the Gateway Arch. We had fun going up to the top. It was beautiful!

This is the four of us up in the top of the arch...635 feet tall. Wow!

We had a great time in St. Louis! We are hoping that the Leonards will come to see us in Arkansas soon! Love to you all and God bless you! Kim

Fall

We went to a Hayride at a local church in late October. It was a lot of fun. This picture is of my kids and my brother Johnny and sister-in-lawAmy. The kids got to ride a camel there. That was quite an experience. The camel got spooked by a four wheeler passing and jumped in a half circle almost throwing the kids off. They probably won't be riding a camel again. They didn't like it. :-) We went on the hayride and sang songs around a bonfire. Great fun!

This is me and my sweetie at sunset the evening of the hayride. The land we were on is just beautiful. We would love to have a place like that someday.

I've got more posts and pictures coming. Better get to it.