'Marvelous Monday"

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! The weather was beautiful here and we enjoyed it! Friday Caleb was off and we worked in our flower beds, trimmed our scrubs, and cut the grass. I love getting the house ready for Spring! It is so much fun! Friday afternoon we headed out to eat and then we did a little shopping to end a great day! On Saturday we worked some more outside and then that night Caleb's grandfather was inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame in our area. It was a great night with many men and women receiving this honor.
Yesterday was gorgeous as well! I don't think I could ever get enough of this beautiful Spring weather! After church we had a baby shower for one of my dear friends Tiffany! She will be welcoming her sweet baby girl into the world in April and Caleb and I cannot wait. We are SO excited for our precious friends!
Today I am subbing for my MIL for probably the last time in a while. Hopefully she will be able to come back tomorrow after her doctor's visit today! She is doing really well! I am looking forward to a fun and exciting week ahead! Hope you are too!
Make sure you get out and enjoy this wonderful weather!
Abundant Blessings, Kayla

"Thankful Tuesday"

SORRY! I guess I got happy hitting buttons and accidently hit the "Publish Post" button! Hope everyone is having a great Tuesday! I have not blogged in a while but we have been busy and I have not had a good time to sit down and blog and when I did have time it was too pretty to be inside so I was outside enjoying the weather. Saturday it was BEAUTIFUL here so Caleb and I cleaned house and then headed to the park. We took Abby and she was beside her self. I think she enjoyed getting out and was so interested in all of the other dogs there. She ran and played the whole time and then was out of it on the way home. I love going to the park on a Spring day and having a picnic. I do not have too much to blog about today but I have been very thankful today for the country that we live in. Thinking about Japan and the people their just breaks my heart! I am praying for the precious people their. I cannot imagine trying to find out if all of my family is still alive! May the people of Japan have a peace only from God that passes ALL understanding!
Today I am also thankful for my medicine. I have Rheumatoid Arthritis and I take IV infusions. It is rough and does not make me feel very well in the beginning but on days like today I am THANKFUL for those wonderful medicines! It is very rainy and dreary here today!
As silly as it may sound I am also thankful for KOOL- AIDE today! : ) I am trying to eat AND drink healthier! I absolutely LOVE Mountain Dew and think I have to have one everyday and sometimes multiple times a day so I am trying to drink more water and other things that might not be soooo bad. Kool- Aide is definately helping me get through the day today and not crave a Mountain Dew! :) I am loving this flavor right now!!!

I am thankful for the Bible Study we are doing at my church that I have previously talked about called "Jonah" by Priscilla Shirer. Yesterday in my study it talked about how God can hear us no matter how far away from him we seem we may be! God even heard Jonah in the belly of a fish!!!! How awesome is that! I grew up hearing the story of Jonah a lot but this Bible study has allowed me to see the story of Jonah in a whole new way, and for that I am grateful!
I am also thankful today to be able to sub in the schools just about every day of the week. My MIL had surgery about three weeks ago and is still not able to come back so I have been able to fill in for her which has been a blessing in itself, but I have also been able to sub in various schools around where we live. As bad as I want a job right now, I know that God has me where he wants me for such a time as this. I am confident in knowing that when it is time for me to have a job God will see fit that I am right where he wants me! I love teaching and being around kids! May I always remain TEACHABLE!

Last but definately not least I am thankful for the wonderful Husband that God has given me!

Caleb is FAR more than I could have ever imagined a husband being! He is my dream come true! He is the most genuine person I know and I can't believe that I get the privilage of being his wife each and everyday!

"Birthday Wishes"

Happy Monday! Hope everyone is having a great day! We had a great weekend celebrating my grandmothers birthday! She will be 73 tomorrow, so I wanted to go ahead and wish her a Happy Birthday! My mema is one of the most caring people I know. She is always doing something to help others whether it is cooking(which she does ALL the time), helping out a church, or visiting people, she stays BUSY! She is a wonderful woman of God and I am thankful to call her my grandmother!


HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEMA!
WE LOVE YOU AND HOPE YOU HAVE A BLESSED DAY!
Caleb and Kayla

"What I am Loving Wednesday"

Today I thought I would talk about some of the things that I am loving.


I am loving our Ladies Bible Study that we are doing at church by Priscilla Shirer. It is wonderful and if you ever get a chance to do it is worth the time for sure! It teaches about interruptions in our lives and viewing them as "Divine Interventions". One of the quotes that she says that I LOVE is "A life interrupted by a Holy God is a PRIVILEGE!"


I am also loving that it is getting warmer outside! Tomorrow when I clean house I cannot wait to put away all of my winter clothes and start getting out spring and summer clothes and FLIP FLOPS!


I am loving my sweet puppy, Abby!

She is full of energy and is so much fun! She will be 6 years old this year and it is hard too believe we have had her that long!


I am loving the sweet monogrammed ring Caleb got for me for Valentine's day! It looks very similar to this except he put my new initials on it! KGR I was soooo excited! I have wanted one for a long time and it means so much he took the time to pick it out all by him self! We had a wonderful first Valentine's as husband and wife!



Last but not least I am loving that I get to spend the entire day with this good looking man Friday!

I am definately blessed with the best looking husband in the whole wide world! On Friday, he is off and we are going to spend the whole day together! We are hoping it will be pretty for a picnic but if not we will enjoy whatever we do just because we will be together! SO thankful for my husband!

Hope each of you have a Wonderful Wednesday in the Lord!
Abundant Blessings, Kayla

"Dreary Day"

Today it is very stormy here! Lots of rain and very windy! I can't believe tomorrow will be March 1! This year so far has flown by! We had a great weekend which included helping with a Middle School Lock- In at church, our nephews birthday party and a cousins birthday party, dinner with my grandparents, and then a wonderful Sunday worshipping our Lord and Savior at our wonderful church. It was a very busy weekend which is being followed by a very busy week but we are enjoying it. We are learning that sometimes we are just going to have to say no to some things in order to make time for REST! I have a tendency to do SO much all at once and then over do it and it effects me physically ! So we are taking things one day at a time and realizing it is okay to say no sometimes! : ) Last night at our church we had a Solemn Assembly of prayer where we prayed for specific things like families, marriages, children, health, jobs, our community, our leaders, and our nation! It was an encouraging night of our church crying out to God!
Today I am subbing for my mother in love at the elementary school! She is still recovering from her surgery so please keep her in your prayers. I didn't get a chance to get online last week so I wanted to wish my mom a very Happy Birthday! She had a birthday last Wednesday and we celebrated Tuesday night! My mom is the best mom in the world and I am so thankful for her Godly example in my life.


I love you mom and I hope you had the BEST birthday ever!

I am so thankful today for my wonderful husband who works sooo hard each and everyday! He is the best and I am so blessed to be his wife! I love you Caleb!

Hope you have a wonderful Monday!
Abundant Blessings, Kayla

6 years!

Hope everyone has had a fantastic week! I am sooo glad tomorrow is Friday! It has been a long but good week! Caleb and I have been very busy and we have a busy weekend so I am looking forward to a couple of nights at home next week with nothing to do. Today Caleb and I have been together for 6 years today! This has been the best 6 years of my life. Here are a couple of pictures of when Caleb and I first started dating.




It is hard to believe it has been 6 years but these have been the best 6 years of my life. Caleb is my dream come true and the best husband ever!
Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! We will be celebrating our nephews 3rd birthday and also hanging out with the middle school at our church for a lock in!
Abundant Blessings, Kayla

"Divine Interventions"

Hope everyone has has a wonderful week! We have. Caleb's mom had surgery this week so I would ask that you pray for a quick recovery for her. We started a Bible study tonight at our church on Jonah by Priscilla Shirer and I am so excited about it. I look forward to sharing with you about it. Tonight we learned that we should look at our life interruptions as divine interventions. We should count it a privilege that God we use us for such s special task! good stuff!!! Tomorrow is our sweet nephews, Carson and Connor's birthday. They will be three years old! We are taking them to a kids museum near our area on Saturday for part of their birthday and we are so excited! Uncle Caleb and Aunt Kayla love you both so much and hope you have a fun third birthday!!!!! We hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!
Abundant Blessings, Kayla