Coleman Swimming

Fun in the Sun: Some pics from Spring and Summer

Dad making sure its for real

Awwwww

He cracks me up

My fun sandbox from Nonna, Zia, and Tito for Easter

One of my greatest blessing is watching my Husband love this little boy and this little boy loving his Daddy.

Kisses for the puppy

AHHHHHHHH WATER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Go ahead... Awwwwwwww

Such a cute diner and awesome food!

I believe this was "Living on a Prayer"

I love my watermellon

Kisses for Piggy

Play dough fun, we count as we TRY to put them in separate containers by color :)

Family at the parade

My first tootsie role!

My froggy and I love our new pool!

Amazing Grace

It was a year ago today. I found our baby boy laying lifeless in his crib and my life would never be the same. That night becomes more and more real over time and reaches such a deeply personal level that it has become harder and harder for me to talk about as time passes. Adam and I will never forget that night and, I believe, it will always kick us in the gut when we allow it to cross our minds.

However, like my father's passing, this was a day that God claimed victory. It always sits uneasy with people when I say that losing my father was a blessing. Oh not that I do not yearn for memories that were never able to be created, or arms that were not able to hold me, but I KNOW that God's plan is perfect and taking my earthly father to His kingdom brought me closer to my heavenly Father. For this I am grateful.

The same rings true of that night one year ago today. As we drove behind the ambulance only one house had a light on and in the window was a huge wooden Christian fish. I heard God loud and clear that night. I put the life of my son in His hands. It wasn't a time like in the past where I had said "OK I am BEGGING please let xyz happen." Nope, not this time. This time I internally and physically cried out "Abba, Father, your will is perfect. Whatever your plan is for my family help us to understand and rejoice in it!" It was right then that I knew I truly believed in Christ. God saved my son's life that night and at the same time he breathed it in to me.

Amazing Grace, it was a great day.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 2 Corinthians 5:17

Prepare His Way

As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet,

“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord,
make his paths straight.
Every valley shall be filled,
and every mountain and hill shall be made low,
and the crooked shall become straight,
and the rough places shall become level ways,
and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.’” Luke 3: 4-6

I can't help, but let these verse play in my mind like a movie on pause. I yearn to usher the Lord into my heart, but where are my valleys too deep? Where are my mountains too high? When do I choose to fill those valleys with other idols that keep the Lord wading at the bottom of a muddy river in attempt to get to my heart. When do I stand on my mountain top of pride while He tries so hard to claw up to my soul?

Lord fill my valleys with Your everlasting bread of life, crumble all mountains that my pride allows me to stand on. Make my path straight so that all of my daily actions are done with one focus: to prepare Your way to my heart.

Life

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
Psalm 139:14
This has always been one of my favorite verses, it just rang so true to me. I now realize that pictures like this are why. Meet our new baby.

It's true

Yep, I deleted my facebook account. I had this strong urge to delete this thing out of my life that seemed to be draining unnecessary energy away from necissary things, such as my Bible and my husband. However, I knew I HAD to have a a way to do a few things that facebook was so great at doing...

1) Sharing what God was revealing to me in my time with Him
2) Sharing pics, updates, general muses about what was going on in our family

Soooooooo........ I decided to use my thinker and do something else that would allow me to do these things without getting caught up for an hour each day staring at others pages. Now, I make no promises. I am planning on posting as much as I have time to and hopefully share as many pics as possible, but if I've learned anything my plans mean nothing. I hope you all enjoy keeping up with what is going on in our very average, but awesome lives here at the Kimmel's!