Little Miss Firecracker & The one who stole my heart 5 years ago!

Where do I begin!
Today Steve and I celebrated our 5th wedding Anniversary! He surprised me and took me to St Augustine where we stayed in a B & B! It was so romantic I highly recommend it! We feel so renewed and refreshed! Stephen's parents watched little bit- wow did I miss her!
On to little miss Priss! She won Queen in the Little Miss firecracker pageant on July 4th! This was a big win because there were 6 girls and did everything we practiced! She is such a ham- loves the spotlight! I just know that when she gets older she will do great things! We are sooo proud!!
We are almost home thought i'd leave a note!
P.S. I'm so in love with Steve- happy 5 years baby!

                                                         The Best is Yet to Come...
                                                     Our Wedding Day July 9, 2005

                                                      Gracie and her gorgeous Dress!

                                                  Doing her many tricks we taught her!

                                                 Proud Mama:) Winning her Title!

                                                        Professional Pictures we had made!

This Girl has Got Moves You've never seen before.. lol

The wedding was nice and I have to admit Gracie stole the show on the dance floor! We couldn't get any pictures because she was moving around so much! She danced so hard and for so long
that she slept the whole way home!
The wedding made me think back to our wedding and how in a few shorts weeks it will be 5 years for us and can't believe how fast time has flown by! We have Gracie now and my love for Steve grows each day! Have I told you lately I'm soo in love with him?!?!

I have been having a lot on my mind lately - I have been reading the book "one ministry wife to another" and it really gave me a whole different outlook on the ministry! One of the verses that touched me today was 2 Corinthians 12:9
And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me..
Soon I will put pictures up!
Until Next Time- K

The SBC Convention & Two New Teeth

The SBC convention was so much fun! The Resort was so beautiful and relaxing, I couldn't thank our church members enough! The only problem was the walk and the heat! Buy other than that we had a week of "working" fun! We took Gracie to Chuck E Cheese and she went Crazy- like she could hardly handle the excitement of it all- I had to though cause Chuck E freaked her out haha she loved him but only from a distance!

As for her teeth she has two new molars one on the left and the other on the right- so ALL that pain and fever did not go in vain! The sad part for me is my baby is growing up! Each day she learns something new- most of the time her name is No No lol! She climbs on any and everything! Plus she is a little diva: just last night stephen ran the bath water and it was cold at first it touched her feet just a little and she screamed bloody murder ha!

Tomorrow we leave for Sebring Crystal is getting married on Saturday- stephen is in the wedding... What I most can't wait to see is Gracie shake it on the dance floor that girl has moves lol!

Pictures coming soon!

Love ya'll- K

Sweet SummerTime

Ahh its Summertime and its soooo HOT here in Lake City! All Winter long we have been wishing for it to get warmer but not this warm...LOL!


This Summer though will be one of the best ones.. We are attending the Southern Baptist Convention and staying at a really nice resort in Orlando, thanks to one of our sweet church members who owns a timeshare there... This is really exciting because Gracie is old enough to play in the pool and this resort has a lazy river..YES


Also, this month my little Brother Yancey will turn 16!!! I cant believe my "little Baby" is so grown it really shocks me! I feel old!! Especially since Gracie has turned One, I dont want her to grow up but I know I cant stop it... Each day she amazes me! Just Last night she has learned how to say AMEN!! Stephen was praying and at the end everybody said Amen and so did little Miss Gracie!! Then my grandparents visited on their way out of town last night and she just had a ball with them!! She loves when we have company because she gets to show off her dance moves and how smart she is too!! lol
My mom visited Last weekend for a few days and this was her first time up here since January... Gracie loved that too- she ran right up to her with open arms and actually has made up her own name for her: MamMaw!!! We had a lot of fun we went to the Splash Pad, Shelled Peas, and attended church where Gracie got to dress up in her Lil'd Dolly Dress-it was special to me bacause I used to wear them as a kid!


Needless to say, Gracie loves her grandparents and Great grandparents sooo much!! She will be even more spoiled because she gets to see her Nana and Papa too at the convention!! I dont know what we are going to do when July rolls around!!! Oh, wait we are putting her in the Little Miss Firecracker Pageant!! lol!! More to come about that:))


Have a blessed Day and Month-We sure will!
Until Next Time, Kim

Has it really been that long?!.

I can't believe how long it has been since I last posted! Our sweet precious Gracie has turned ONE on April 7th and is such a joy! I go to bed so excited to wake up in the morning and play with her! She started walking at 9 1/2 months and now at almost 14 months she is running and climbing- just today she has learned how to open doors and loves to hang onto the stove which scares me! Also today she has learned to say Elmo- She is in love with sesame street and has learned sooo much from that show and Dora!
As for me I have found a great friend up here who has a 12 month old, daughter! I have been praying about meeting someone my age and as a pastor's wife too we get along great- the girls have a fantastic time too! As for Stephen he broke his arm in April and is slowly doing better he still has pain but that doesn't slow him down from doing the Lord's work! I'm just SO thankful for him, he truly is wonderful;)
I hope to not wait 6 months before I write again! Things around here get pretty busy and with little miss busy body she keeps me on my toes!

So very thankful, Kim

Our Baby Can sit up:)

Gracie is 5 1/2 months old and can finally sit up on her own. She has been also wanting to stand all the time which is great because I'm for her to walk..lol.. My back has been is such pain these last few days and as I do want her to stay little forever-I know she is ready to be a big girl-she can drink from sippy cups now and has licked a lolly pop-ate strawberry popsicle and just talking all the time. She is also teething which bothers her something bad-shes constantly rubbing her gums. I feel SO bad that I really cant do anything to help her:)

She will also be in her FIRST pageant:) My mom, grandma, and papa are coming up to stay the night and come go! Pageants are a big thing in my family and I;m excited to share that with Gracie...

She is just the BEST baby! She has been sleeping from 11pm to 7:30-8:00am everyday (she loves her bed) and today totally surprised me with grabbing her spoon from her bowl when I turned my back!

Stephen has been spending Daddy-daughter time with her each night bathing her and he enjoys it so much because Gracie LOVES to get a bath!

Hey, if you looking to save money we found a great site that you can swap DVD and books-check out www.paperbackswap.com

I better go to bed-its soooo late!

P.S. We will be going on our first road trip/vaca to Atlanta with Gracie from 10-2 through 10-8 and we are SO excited=Pictures to come soon

-oh and my sister in law Crystal just got engaged-YAY:)

Love ALL!

Time is Flying by-Hold on if you Can

One of my Favorties


Gracie at 4 months on 8-11


Drinking water from a water bottle at the Zoo

Mommy and Gracie and the Zoo Keeper

Little Princess on the way to Grandma Ray's House

My, my how time flys when your having FUN!! Gracie will be 5 months on Sept. 7th and we can hardly believe it...She is growing leaps and bounds it seems and is basically sleeping through the night which is so great for us...She loves her big girl bed SO much!

While I'm typing shes sleeping on the guest bed here in the guest room with her beloved Lamby.. I was telling Steve today that if everything my great house and nice car were taken away and all I had was Gracie my life would still be so complete...

Gracie went to the Zoo last Sat. for the first time and LOVED it, she even met a friend there too.. She loves animals so much she even grabs Bella from time to time just to touch her... its so cute but Bella HATEs it! We've also started Gracie on drinking from a cup and she can do it so well, we give her only water right now and then I have been giving her cereal with Banana and thats her fav!

On Sept. 28th we have decided that we are going to put Gracie in the America's Cover Miss Pageant here in Lake City-I did pageants around her age and won photogentic and I think it would be good for her-no matter what anyone else says-I'm just doing a few-they are not glitz its only judge on natural beauty and I think shes going to do great-we-I'm so excited:0)