Saturday, September 29

HAPPY SWEET 16 TO OUR PRECIOUS SAVANNAH BANANA

HAPPY SWEET 16 TO OUR PRECIOUS SAVANNAH BANANA
Our little chick......holding a little chick

Happy sweet 16 to our sweet sweet Savannah!
Daddy and I are so very grateful to our Lord to see what an amazing, virtuous, humble and joy-filled young lady God has formed you into.
You bring sunshine with you, wherever you go.
Your heart radiates the love and compassion of Jesus, to all who cross your path.
Even when you were little, we were stopped so many times by people who noticed your true and contagious happiness.
You are our little carefree and innocent butterfly
You have a good heart and continue to obediently surrender to Jesus's perfect Will, by reflecting His true joy to the world

We love you so much Savannah

THE NEWEST OFFICIAL TEXAS DRIVER
SAVANNAH PASSED HER DRIVERS TEST WITH A 94%
 We are so happy for you little one......It has been and is still a pleasure, watching you grow into the girl that our Lord envisioned for you to be
We are so blessed to be your mommy and daddy
What a great day indeed
Thank You Jesus for this most special and happy day for our sweet Savannah

ON TO THE TEXAS A&M vs ALABAMA
 FOOTBALL GAME

Thank You my most Precious Lord Jesus for having 16 years with this special little girl.
I could not imaging life without her sunshine
Please keep her close to You and help us to continue to guide her back home to You
We love You Jesus so much
love,
kerry ann
Birthday dinner at Snuffers with a few sweet friends
Time for birthday Cake
Yes....those are sparkler candles that DID in fact start the cake on fire


 These sweet friends giggled continuously all of the way home from dinner....As I have said in the past, there is NO better sound than the sound of giggling kids (especially girls... they could not even catch their breath at times....so much joy)

Ending the night with a scary movie....perfect for snuggling up and screaming.....that sound was joyful as I know that these 3 girls were having such a great time being scared....but it is a little startling when mom and dad had already gone to sleep

No party this year....BUT A very blessed end, to a very blessed day

HAPPY SWEET 16th BIRTHDAY TO OUR SAVANNAH BANANA

GOD IS SO GOOD
JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU

HOMECOMING PROPOSALS 2018

HOMECOMING 2018
Faustina Academy

JOEY AND SAVANNAH
Joey surprised Savannah with gorgeous flowers and a sweet invitation to the Faustina Academy Homecoming 2018
Actual video footage of the surprise proposal at the bottom


(Thank you Benny for videoing.... allowing me to experience the moment as it happened)
Savannah is super excited and i can’t think of a better guy for her to go with!!
They are going to have so much fun together!
GOD IS SO GOOD

(Hey..... there’s my Nike sweatshirt...it’s been missing for months😜)

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BENNY AND MADISON
Benny surprises Madi with a homecoming proposal breakfast
 “Chick Fil A” Style
.....And Madison said "YES"........of course

What a wonderful homecoming this will be!!
Blessed with an amazing boyfriend!! This is Benny’s last Homecoming (what a memorable proposal)
GOD NEVER FAILS TO AMAZE HIS CHILDREN

A joyful day indeed

My girls are so very blessed, both of our girls being invited to homecoming by two absolutely amazingly strong Christian young men, who are so nice, so virtuous, and so thoughtful
It has been a privledged and a blessing to know them

Homecoming is going to be an amazing evening that they will remember for a lifetime!

Thank You Jesus for Your continued blessings
I love You so so much my Sweet Lord
JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU

Wednesday, September 12

"PLEASE DON'T TAKE MY SUNSHINE AWAY"

"Please don't take my Sunshine away"
Last night, I had the most magnificent dream
I dreamt that Jesus allowed me to hold Gracie Ann
ONE MORE TIME
My Sweet Jesus so lovingly gave me the gift to snuggle Gracie Ann for the ENTIRE night
And I never wanted it to end
Before Gracie Ann went to Heaven, I slept with her each and every night.  
I remember that being my favorite part of my day.
It was always quiet and dark and I would climb into my bed with her sweet little cradle pushed up to the side. 
She was always already asleep as I got into bed and I would get all settled in under my covers and then reach over and pick her up. 

 She would wake for just a moment and "coo" and usually let out a tired and quiet sigh.  
She fit perfectly in this tiny spot inside of my arms.  And nose to nose, we would both drift off to sleep.....me, listening to her tiny sweet baby breathes

BACK TO MY DREAM
I don't remember Gracie Ann actually talking to me, but I kept asking her if it was time for her to go back.....praying that Jesus would allow me to hold her in my arms, for just one more minute.
Of course as all dreams do.....it ended, and I was back in my bed alone.  No cradle pushed up to my bedside and no little sweet baby breathes warming my face.
Right when I got out of bed, I told Jeremy about my dream, as he was getting ready for work.  
Without a thought, Jeremy said that he believed that my dream was more than just a dream.....that our Sweet Jesus actually gave me one more night to hold my littlest baby girl in my arms.
Oh, how I have missed her....
Tears welled up in my eyes as Jeremy told me his thoughts on my dream.
In scripture, there are a lot of messages sent in "dreams", by our Lord God.

Maybe this wasn't just a dream....maybe it was a supernatural experience, gifted to me inside of a dream.
A most wonderful blessing from Jesus Christ, my Loving Father, my Mighty Creator, my Merciful Lord
He always continues to make His little girl (me) smile, with wonderful surprises, just because He loves to please His children so much. 

Our song for Gracie Ann has always been,
"You Are My Sunshine"
It is a song that Isaac used to sing to sweet Gracie Ann when she was still alive.
Now I sing it to Isaac (most of the time he sings it with me) every night after we pray together.

That same song, is the song that we still sing to Gracie Ann, each and every time we visit her at our church's Columbarium.
  
This song....though not written about Divine things, has proven to be most providential in her life and in our sorrows

"The other night dear, as I say sleeping
I dreamt I held you in my arms,
when I awoke dear, I was mistaken,
and I hung my head and I cried"

Oh, Thank You my Jesus,
Thank You for allowing me to have this special time with Gracie Ann.  I know that she is safe in Heaven with You, oh but I miss her so much Jesus.  I wouldn't want her anywhere else, but I long for her with all of my heart.
My arms feel empty with my baby girl gone.
Thank You again for entrusting me with this most beaming, most exquisite and brilliant cross.   It's precious jewels are the most dazzling that I have ever laid my eyes on, but this radiant cross is such a heavy cross Lord.
I am just too small. I am just too scared. I am too weak and I am just too scrawny....
SO
Thank You Jesus for carrying this most magnificent and glorious cross for me
I love You with all of my heart, with all that I am, and with all that I will ever be, today, tomorrow, and for always
love,
kerry ann
Jesus, I trust in You

Friday, September 7

MADISON'S HOME

I absolutely love seeing this jeep in my driveway...
♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
It means that my Madison is home from A&M for a visit!!
Boy i sure did miss her.....it’s raining out tonight, so plans for the Faustina football game were canceled (we live too far away with this weather) 
We’re ordering in Chinese and I’m loving every minute of this!!! Praise You Father for bringing Madison home safe....all my babies are safe.   
#bestnightever
 I haven’t seen her since we dropped her off in College Station....this is the best hug
 We ALL missed her so much....Unfortunately Daddy is out of town hunting this week, but he went to see her last week (to hang her TV.....daddies are the best)
 Madison and Isaac are always really silly together
 Madison taught Isaac how to "Gig Em"
💗Okay.....so there was someone else who missed our Madison a lot too.....and Madison missed Benny
SO MUCH as well💗 VERY SWEET REUNION
The game was rained out so he came right over

SAYING GOODBYE
I think that it was harder to say goodbye to Madison today, than it was on the day we left her at College.....I think that my heart was prepared for the worst that saturday evening in August
But today......my heart was NOT prepared for her to leave.
It just went by way too fast.  I just love my little chicks so very much and I always want them all safe at home in our nest.

My Jesus, my Lord
Thank You Father for my children.  I am so very honored to be a mom!
Thank You for guiding my little ones and taking care of them as they grow up and are NOT so little anymore.  I love You Lord....and my only prayer that I plead for, is for Jeremy, myself, and our children to NEVER EVER turn away from You.  
As for their earthly success and secular measure.....I will gladly trade it all for holiness.
I don't need or desire anything else for us and our children.....other than You
I love You my Sweet Lord and I will follow You and praise You, through all of the joys, and through all of the storms. You and only You are my life, my breath, my absolute everything.
I want that, so much, for my family, today, tomorrow and forever .  Please never allow even one of us to be plucked from Your Grasp.
Love, kerry ann
JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU