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Saturday, November 03, 2007

Sat, 03 Nov 2007 12:38:28 GMT

Thanks Rebecca Elves!!!

adoption and pregnancy photos!

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 14:44:34 GMT

..with the judge

...with the lawyer

herman, connie, mike, patti, daddy, mommy
and simon

buck, patti and simon

long overdue photos

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:45:40 GMT

Our lovely wedding shower at David & Heather's... ........

Honeymoon Destination... the great Smokey Mountains

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Extended Honeymoon in St. Louis

Some of our first few mornings and days together at home...

Our new baby

Tue, 29 May 2007 22:53:36 GMT

Here she is! We got a great deal (are you suprised??! really, this is Warren Kesselring..) After MUCH research and thought, we went for the best deal which happend to be a 2000 Mazda MPV. The Lord went above and beyond our needs and desires! He is soo faithful to provide for His children. Praise You, faithful Father.

so, she has been wrecked BUT the damages are purely cosmetic. the photo showing the damage is in my photo's, you can see it there..

Allen, thank you for your help. We would have NEVER gotten the deal we did w/o your help!

On another note, it's lots of fun having Tamara here. Her pad is waaay cool! I'm looking forward to spending more time there, uh, I mean with her of course. Yay Tamara!

...I think/hope and pray I'm passed the "sick" phase of my pregnancy!! I stay tired, (boo!) but that I can handle as it seems to be the story of my life anyway. Warren felt the baby move for the first time one night last week! It was omg, amazing! I was in tears :) I can't wait until Simon is able to feel her moving! He is just crazy about her already. He's always wanting to kiss the baby, in public or not. *we call her, her it's just easier and I know she's a girl, HA*

If she is a girl, her name will most likely be Lillian June (Lily for short). Other names we like are Naomi..actually that's the only other girl name we can agree on. I love Pearl, Violet, Hazel, Letti... lots of names that make Warren want to puke, ;(

Boy names... well, we both like Eli and Jacob. His name will most likely be J. Martyn Kesselring.. a name befitting his trade: an author, of course!

We have decided NOT to find out the gender, so we'll all be surprised!

xxoo!

Adoption Update, Ya'll!

Wed, 16 May 2007 17:55:51 GMT

Please forgive my delay...

Last Thursday Warren, Simon and I went before the judge and.... it's FINAL!!! Simon is now Simon Alexander Kesselring!!!! Praise the LOrd! He is faithful!!!

Hope to have pics up very soon. Thank you for all of your prayers!

these are the days...

Tue, 15 May 2007 22:43:54 GMT

Lynden Louis Alfaro celebrates his 1st Birthday this weekend! Lynden is Pamela's third baby..

Simon had a ton of fun this weekend in Atlanta celebrating Lynden's birthday

Katie, Pamela's first born at our wedding

Couisn Barrett and Simon at the wedding (Barrett is Pamela's second born, just two months younger than Simi.. Katie and Auntie Genevieve Pamela and Genevieve

Marco and Pamela's wedding!! It was absolutely amazing. The sweetest little chapel you have ever seen...surrounded by woods, a beautiful creek behind.. super dreamy...this was the weekend Warren and I got engaged! pics are looong overdue.

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 22:04:36 GMT

Thursday, May 10th at 9a we go before the judge for Warren to legally adopt Simon!!!!

Please keep us in your prayers ...that it would go very smoothly!!!

Thursday, April 05, 2007

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 22:03:49 GMT

Any woman currently expecting, ever hopes to or plans to have a baby, this is a must read for you all!

Monday, March 26, 2007

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 22:53:13 GMT

Barrett, Me, and my darling Simon

Me and Pamela

My gorgeous husband!!!

Father and Son

Anne Marie and Kathleen

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:22:31 GMT

The following are excerpts from the biography Elizabeth Prentss 'More Love to Thee' written by Sharon James. I am so intrigued with the subject of the book, Mrs. Elizabeth Prentiss! This particular passage is about her Father on his death bed in 1827. I'm unable to read it without crying, so get those hankies ready! I sooo want this heart!

"From the end of August Edward Payson was housebound and then, from September, confined to his bed. He called groups of young people to his bedroom, where he gave them fatherly advice and spiritual counsel. His calm acceptance of his illness and dearth was remarkable:

'O what a blessed thing it is to lose one's will. Since I have lost my will I have found happiness. There can be no such thing as disappointment to me, for I have no desires but that God's will might be accomplished. Christians might avoid much trouble if they would only believe what they profess, viz., that God is able to make them happy without anything but Himself. They imagine that if is such a dear friend were to die, or such and such a blessing removed, they should be miserable, whereas God can make them a thousand times happier without them. To mention my own case, God has been depriving me of one blessing after another, but as every one was removed He has come in and filled up its place, and now, when I am a cripple and unable to move, I am happier than ever I was in my life before or expected to be, and if I had believed this twenty years ago I might have been spared much anxiety.'"

This is so beautiful to me. I pray this be the driving passion of our hearts as believers: "..no desires but that God's will might be accomplished."