You Will Thrive

Hello Beautiful Girl!

I saw this graphic and couldn't wait to get it posted for you. What treasure is held in these six sentences!

I am so proud of you... who you are inside and out.
How you are empathetic, compassionate and truth-seeking. How you genuinely focus on the things that are positive. How you are proud of the relationship you have with God. How you prioritize family.

You are such a blessing to me!

Mama K

Well Baby K~

Summer is HERE and this one is full of new experiences for us and for you!

We are preparing to move into our new house in Cheyenne and

*gasp*

planning your 13th birthday party!!!

I can't believe you're going to be a teenager in just over a week. I am so excited about our next 6 years together and full of gratitude for the last 12 years I've had to experience the TRUE and ULTIMATE joy of being a mother to a baby girl. Since moving back in February, we have been creating memories that I know someday you will cherish- staying with Papa Art & Grandma DeeAnn, playing soccer with Abby, reconnecting with Charlly and Jubilant, getting to create our life 'from scratch' to include travel plans, new house, schooling options, and so on. 

I know this school year is going to bring amazing new friendships your way through the homeschool co-op and all of the new youth groups you can try! Not to mention the adventures we have planned... vacays to Phoenix and Florida, road trips, scuba certification, volunteer outreaches! 

You know I love you with all my heart, all my soul & all my mind...

You're my almost-teenager-Baby-K!!!

Truest Friend

"A mother is the truest friend we have, 

when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, 

and cause peace to return to our hearts."

  ~Washington Irving

We'll never tire of playing dress up...

In preparation for Halloween, we got creative with makeup and costuming this evening. I didn't even know what you were 'making me into' but you did a fabulous job! I love our silly, girly nights when we do toes or makeup... I'll always be young at heart and I will always encourage you to be the same.

God knew what he was doing when he put the two of us together, my darling K.

"Mommies are just big little girls."

~Author Unknown

Heavenfest 2012

Heavenfest had more in store for us than we had imagined. It was a fabulous, scorching hot, spirit-filled day!

This was the first chance we had to visit the Compassion International Change the Story exhibit, and it was amazing. This is the day we adopted our fourth child... Jeyson Alejandro Martinez Osorto from Honduras.

Worshiping and finding joy through music in the midst of thousands of others was an experience like no other! I hope you always remember that your mama made we sure we were front and center for the final event. ;)  Sitting beneath the unending expanse of clear night sky, blue backlit stage before us and praise emanating from the crowds behind us, I feel we got a small glimpse of heaven...

  Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!” And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!”

Revelation 5:9-13

Scuba Ranger Queen K!

Soccer mom? Maybe. Scuba mom? You got it baby! 

You rocked Scuba Rangers and I was SO excited to find that you shared the love of the underwater world!

This was honestly one of the best days ever for both of us. I was so proud of you and you were so excited and your spirit was so bright!

I already know that we are going to have indescribable adventures together in the sea...

expoloring a world that is so new and free!

S-U-M-M-E-R!!!

Yay goose! It's my favorite time of the year and here we are in one of our favorite places... good ol' Glendo!

Our sun-soaked days and sandy-toed trips here will always be some of my favorite! Our Glendo adventures encompass both the fulfillment of being laid back and lighthearted as well as attaining new adventures!

 I love watching the sun glisten and dance on the water... sitting with you saying nothing at all or discussing the gloriousness of creation.

After all, you are my greatest creation and blessing!

Happy 12th Birthday Beautiful Girl!

Kahyim Kay, you are 12 today!

You chose a beach theme and water fight for your birthday this year. It was so much fun!

I have loved every minute of the last twelve years and am excited for all the ones ahead!

In closing, all I have to say is...

"If you want to know how much I love you, count the waves."