Barack Obama

This is our new president. I must say that I am a little shocked. There are some that say they are scared. Well, I am not scared because I know that God is in control. My God is bigger than any president. No matter who is in the White House, God is still my God. He protects me and my family.

I pray that God will be with Obama during his term. And I also pray that God will soften my heart towards him so that maybe I can understand his ways more that I do right now.

I have faith and I am leaning on that. All that I can do now is pray and the power of prayer is amazing.

Election Day!!

I hope that you all got out there and voted, wether you were an early voter or voted today... I hope that you prayed about who you were voting for. As for us... We voted pro God, pro life, pro america! McCain/Palin!!! I am at peace with my choice because I have spent a lot of time praying about it. :)

We are spending this rainy day indoors... Kain and Kailyn are both sick. (fever, strep throat, vomiting, and rash from head to toe... want to come help me. haha!)

Hope that you all got out there and VOTED!!! It is your duty!

It's November!

Wow! The month of October flew by!! We had a busy month. Welcoming Corey back home from California, Kain's birthday, my birthday.... Fall parties at school and Hallelujah Night at church.

Hallelujah Night was SO much fun!! Kailyn won a YuMmY cake at the cake walk. The kids got lots of candy! And they loved the face painting (Kailyn got a butterfly and Kain got a pumpkin)

We are looking forward to an eventful November as well!! Family will be coming to visit us for Thanksgiving and we are looking forward to it. Last time everyone was here, we had just moved into the house, so everything wasnt put together yet.... I look forward to them being able to see at least some pics on the walls and curtains hanging. ha!

Still dont have the photo program on here yet, maybe I will be feeling better tomorrow and will work on that (I am coughing and Kailyn has a fever, so I am not sure what we have, but we are praying that it will go as fast as it came!)

I hope that you are all doing well! We love you all!!!

Once again.... behind!

I think that we as humans, need to slow down every once in awhile. I feel like we are go, go, go all the time. I often wonder if my friends think that I no longer care about them because I dont call or maybe they just think that we have fallen off the face of the Earth. Which ever it is that they think, I hope that I will be able to slow down a little and show them that I care about them and just how thankful I am that God has put them in my life.

Things are great here in NC!! We are really liking the "cooler" weather. (it was quite chilly today) Wondering if we will get snow this winter. The kids would LOVE that! The trees are beautiful, the air is crisp, the pumpkins are carved... it is FALL. How could anyone not like this weather. It feels great to bring out the warmer clothes... the light jackets....and to put the flip flops in the back of the closet. It has been awhile since we have been able to enjoy seasons since we were living in Louisiana the past 3 years or so (seems like it was always warm there) We are enjoying every minute of it.

We will be having Thanksgiving at our house this year, we are looking forward to everyone coming!! It is going to be nice to be able to sit and relax with family. We are planning on going home for Christmas, but only for a short trip (4 days) Corey's Christmas leave is going to be in January this year. Cant wait to see everyone!

So, my sweetest boy, Kain turned 6 a couple of weeks ago... I CANT believe it. He was just a baby! It really makes me sad to think about how fast the years go by. He is so independent now.... doing REALLY well in school and he is more and more like his dad everyday. He loves helping Corey out with "projects" I think that Corey really enjoys him and the little man that he is becoming.

I am so sorry that I am not putting up any pics, but my old laptop DIED!! So, I have this new one, but I dont have my photo program on here yet to download pics off of my camera. I will work on that... i promise. I know that there are a few of you out there that check this a lot looking for pics of Kain and Kailyn... they are coming (mom) I promise!

I hope that everyone out there is doing well, I just wanted to let you all know that we are okay here. I am going to try to do better at keeping in touch with everyone! Love you all! ((hugs))

Just an update....

So, this is the first time since we have lived here in NC that Corey has had to leave. I am glad that we were able to be here for a little while before his trip to California so that we could learn our way around.

The kids are missing daddy. Kailyn ask about him a lot. She wants to know "is daddy flying?" "does daddy have a bed" It is so funny to listen to her questions and she what she has going on in that beautiful head of hers.

The kids and I made a trip to Ft Bragg (Fayetteville, NC) earlier this week. It was a nice trip. There is something about motel rooms that my kids love. I have never been on an army base before and Ft Bragg is HuGe!!! There are so many gates, that I will not even begin to count them. It was kinda like a maze. We will be going back again sometime when Corey gets home to show him the area and they also have several tourist attractions that I want to check out.

Kain is still really enjoying school and he loves being able to pick up a book and read it. I am amazed!! Kindergarten is so different that it used to be. Kailyn is still missing him when he is at school, but I do think that she is getting more and more used to it everyday. He is really teaching her a lot.

Well.... that is my little update. I will post more pics again soon!!
I hope that everyone is doing well. That all the family in GA, CO, TX and FL are doing okay. We love and miss yall lots!!! Cant wait to see yall around the holidays!!!!

Making a cake....

Kain and Kailyn really enjoy being able to help out in the kitchen. I try to make it a learning experience as well as fun to them.

In this picture Kain is learning about measurements.

HAHA!! This has to be the best part about making a cake, right? They cant wait until we are finished with the mixer.


YUMMY!!! This cake is delicious!

Praying for my friends....

Here we are almost exactly 3 years after Katrina and I am sitting watching the news to see what this hurricane has in store for New Orleans. I am very thankful that we no longer live there, but this brings back so many memories and feelings from when we were going through it just 3 short years ago.

The fear, the unknown, the anxiety of being able to go back "home" Those were some of the many emotions that we felt while evacuated to GA. I know that my friends that are evacuated are having some of the same feelings. During times like this it is so important to remember that God is in control and that He has a plan. Our God is bigger than any cat. 5 hurricane and that we have to trust and believe in Him. I will never forget hearing on the news during Katrina that Plaquemines Parish was GONE and that the Gulf Of Mexico was now where it was. I was devastated. I remember asking God why? How could this happen. Corey just got home from Iraq we just started living together again as a family after being away from eachother for a year and then this happens. I was only thinking the worst at this point. I could just vision water in my house and all my things floating around. What an AWFUL feeling. Then the phone call saying that everything on the base was fine, no damage. Tears of relief rolled down my face. Then the questions started again.... "How did we have no damage?" We were in the parish that was declared a disaster area and we had no damage. I give God the praise and glory on this one because that is the only answer that I have.

Last night, watching the news I was thinking "cafe du monde is right around the corner from where they are standing" "look there is the ferry" "that is where we stood during the Mardi Gras Parade" We have so many memories there! New Orleans isnt a place that I think that I would ever want to move back to, but we have memories there and those memories will never be forgotten.

My thoughts and prayers are with all those that had to evacuated. I pray Gods mercy on LA and that they will all have something to go home to. I am trusting and believing that all the areas where my friends live are going to be okay and that they will be able to go back home and get back to "everyday life"

We love and miss you all!!!!