~Scrapbooking pages~

While Phillip is gone the Lord has been helping the kids and I with their school work. I was able to write a bunch of Thank you notes to send to our supporters, and now I plan to scrapbook lots to get caught up before Phillip comes home. =)
PLEASE PRAY FOR ME THIS SUNDAY MORNING. HERE IN COLOMBIA THE WHOLE MONTH OF MAY IS A TIME TO CELEBRATE MOTHERS. SO, THIS SUNDAY WE ARE HAVING A SPECIAL MOTHER'S DAY SERVICE AT OUR CHURCH. FARLY HAS ASKED ME TO TALK TO OUR MOTHERS DURING OUR SUNDAY SERVICE. PLEASE PRAY THAT GOD WILL HELP ME TO CHALLENGE US MOTHERS, AND THAT GOD WILL HELP MY SPANISH. =) THANK YOU!
~The Lord has helped me to get several scrapbooking pages done here recently. I only have a few more pages and I will finish scrapbooking the year 2008! YEA! I'm hoping to get at least 6 months of 2009 scrapbooked before our baby is born. For I know that if I don't...I will be very overwhelmed with lots of pictures of the new baby, plus all of the year 2009 to scrapbook. The Lord is helping me. Here are some of the pages that I have done.~
~Kimberly. Please excuse the glare on some of these pages. I didn't have the energy to remove their plastic protectors to get the pictures. =)~
~November 2008 we decided to show a few of our Colombian friends what Thanksgiving day was all about! Here Kimberly is helping me get the apples ready to make pies. We made 2 apple pies, 2 pumpkin pies, and 64 rolls, plus LOTS of other food.~
~Our table. I had fun finding these little gold-ish colored leaves to use as place card holders.~
~After we ate we gathered in the living room and each gave thanks to God for something He had done that year, and sang hymns and prayed together. It was a precious time.~
~My birthday in 2008~


~The kids all dressed up for Christmas.~
~Our family pictures at the park.~
~Sarah's Strawberry Shortcake birthday party.~
~At her party I let all the kids make sugar cookies, cut them out, use all my sugars, icings and sprinkles to decorate them. They had fun. The next 2 pages go together.
FLOUR, SUGAR, FLOUR everywhere!~ =)

~Christmas 2008~
~Then I went ahead and scrapbook our JCPenny's Christmas pictures from this past December (2009).~

~Random pictures~

Phillip leaves tomorrow to go and visit our other 2 churches for a few days. Please pray that God will keep him safe, and us too while he is gone. And please pray that God will continue to help the people in our churches to grow in Him.
The kids and I plan to MAJOR on schoolwork this week. Hopefully we get LOTS done. God is helping. We are working hard to finish school as soon as possible.
Also, our roof is STILL leaking! Please pray that our landlady will FIX it soon! Thanks!
~During IHC week we were busy listening to services, or something and then we noticed that things were a little QUIET. Which means that Elijah is either sleeping, or VERY BUSY! =D We found him playing in the Desitin. UGH!!~~Edgar at church with little David and Elijah.~

~Elijah's birthday!~

~Elijah says, "Thank you, Everybody, for your nice comments and birthday wishes." =D He had a nice birthday.
Elijah LOVES to sing and sings all the time! It's so cute to hear him "sing" in church. He amazes me how often he sings on tune, for such a young child. He sings "Jesus Loves Me" all the way through. He LOVES microphones because he saw all of his family using them during 4 months of our deputation. After our services he would go and get a microphone and start "singing" too! =)
~Sarah was a huge help in blowing up all the balloons that we used to decorate for Elijah's birthday.~
~A happy Elijah eating his birthday lunch.~
~Our family enjoying yummy Skyline chili.~
~We were debating what to put on Elijah's cake. A microphone, "Jesus Loves Me" and music notes, or an airplane. He loves Jay Jay the Jet plane book. When he sees an airplane in the sky he'll say, "Bye-Bye Jay Jay Airplane!" =) So, we decided to do a Jay Jay on his cake. Our family prefers lighter/less sweet icing, so I used Cool whip and vanilla pudding. I was going to decorate the side of the cake, but the icing was too soft. Here, Phillip is planning to start drawing Jay Jay airplane on Elijah's cake.~
~Phillip did a GREAT job in-spite of the icing being too soft to really be a "decorator's icing." When Elijah woke up, he was soooo excited with his Jay Jay airplane cake.~
~His gifts on our piano and music stand.~
~I just missed him blowing out his 2 balloon candles.~
~He LOVED this noise maker. The only problem was that he could only blow it hard enough to make it go out, but not make a noise. So, he would just HUM in his. =)~
~Opening his gifts.~
~His little "Jay Jay airplane" that plays music. (It wasn't really Jay Jay, but he calls ALL airplanes, "Jay Jay.")~
~His guitar. He LOVES music. Now, he strums his guitar while singing, "Jesus Loves me."~
~His face after enjoying some yummy cake.~
~The boys all dressed up on their way to church last Sunday.~
~Here they have a custom that when you have a birthday, you come up front and they sing to you and pray for you. I was behind them playing "Happy Birthday and cracking up because when they clapped for Elijah, he clapped too.~ =)
~Farly got me this pretty red sweater for Mother's day. Here I am with Farly on my left, and her Mom on my right.~

~A quick fun dessert~

~While we were in Costa Rica in 2004/2005 we were served a yummy simple dessert. You make a large box of Jello...or 2 small boxes. Instead of using 4 cups of water add an extra 1 1/2 cups-2 cups of water! This will make your Jello more runny. (This time I added an extra cup and a half, and the Jello here (NOT Jello brand) must be more thick, for the gelatin wasn't really as runny as I wanted it.) You then dish up your ice cream, and pour a little jello over it and then place a fun cookie sticking out of your ice cream. It's fun, light and easy. Enjoy!~

~Can you believe he's already 2?~

~We got a birthday suit for Elijah for his birthday! Here the little boys suits often come with a long coat and scarf to match the vest, due to the weather being a bit more chilly year around. We were taking these pictures of Elijah and he lost his balance and fell and hit his head on the railing. So, if you look closely, there is a sad little tear under his right eye. =( [You can double click it to bring it up closer.]
There are a lot more pictures below my poem. I was happy with how these pictures turned out of our little Elijah -- our birthday boy!~

Where has time gone? Can it be that our Elijah is 2?
Our little baby...now 2? What are we going to do?
These past 2 years have surely flown by FAST!
Two years filled with memories, we've had a BLAST!

God knew that we needed a little blond haired boy...
To fill our lives with EXCITEMENT and much Joy!!
He is hilarious, makes us laugh a lot...our family clown!
He LOVES his brother and sisters and is caring if they fall down!

He loves to share and give us a lick of each treat! =D
His first word every morning and after naps is "EAT!"
He's our special gift sent straight to us from above.
He's our little "why'd-ya", filled with kisses, hugs and LOVE!

~Heather (Mommy) 5-14-10

~He looked soooo cute from behind too. He looks like a little man in a tux. =)~







We thank Jesus for sending Elijah to us!