GL Graduation bbq

Me and my girls! Gabbie and Breanna

Me and Nancy (and Aowyn too!) Yay, she's back,
my heart is full!!!

Keri and Kim, I spend like 6 out of 7 days a week with
this lady, I don't what I would do without her, truly!

Yay! These woman have been my inspiration in many
ways over the last 10 years! Keri and Nancy

Breanna with her niece Olivia, so cute!

Noah, Kyle, Sammy, Cami and Justice

Jafe covered in ice cream!

One of Keri's daughters, Jaimee I LOVE this girl, she is
so sweet and beautiful!

Breanna's brother Kyle, we are praying maybe this will
be our GL next year...?? Right, God??? He is a sweetie!

Look at all those kiddos having fun, they had a blast
together!

Zach and Jeff, Keri's hubby


The Bryants, so glad you guys came!! You are our
family, and we are so glad you are home for good now!

This is Breanna's parents, they are amazing!!

The Salley girls, Nicole, mama Joan and Breanna!

Brettany, Keri, Nicole and Aowyn, all beautiful girls!


"Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Share with God's people who are in need. Practice Hospitality." Romans 12:9-13

Did you ever have to make a really hard decision at a point in your life and then look back years and years later and have a tremendous amount of gratefulness for making that right decision? About 9 years ago, Zach and I made the decision that no matter what the cost, no matter how many hurts or disappointments I (Kim) might have had, we were going to covenant with our body and support the vision of our churches house, including the then Master's Commission vision. Now it is called Generational Leadership. That has held our family firm over the last several years.
So yesterday was a day of celebration in our house! We have been houseparents in many different forms and capacities over the years (students, second year students and interns) have all lived with us. Well our baby girl (that is what we call Breanna!) graduated from GL!! Yay, you rock girl, and she is going to be an intern on staff this year and she is REALLY excited. We are so proud of you Breanna, you are an amazing woman of God and we love you deeply. I have been so richly blessed by Breanna, and being part of the GL vision, I can't even express it. Gabbie was our first GL and she lived with us when I was 24, now she is 24!! She is one of my dearest friends on the face of this earth and my life would be drastically different if I didn't know her. I have been so blessed to have the GL's in my life, they came and helped me at my house when I had Andrea's shower just because they love me, and yesterday we had a big bbq at our house and they stayed until all hours of the night to help clean up, my house was spotless after having like 25 people over for hours! Brettany is Keri's daughter and Breanna's good friend (very fitting, the four of us like to do an occasional night run all together!!) she has been such a blessing to the GL program and our life, we love you Brett, you truly have a servant's heart. We had such a fun bbq yesterday and it was just fun to celebrate Breanna's success! We love you baby girl!

Happy Birthday Andrea!!

Happy Birthday Andrea, my dear friend!

Well, we went out to eat tonight at the Black Diamond Bakery, it was so much fun! The food was great and the company was even better! All the fam was there in full effect, from Diane with the boys to Linda and John, and Andrea's brother Devin put in an appearance too, (and was hilarious by the way!) the only thing missing was a toast by Diane (I personally was disappointed!!) I LOVE that woman, are you kidding me?!! Love you Andrea and your family too, ofcourse I will be your proxy for you!(you know what I'm saying!) Man, it is like we are cut from the same cloth... LOVE you guys!

Family Camp 2008

We had so much fun at family camp this year, our family agrees that it was the most fun we have had in quite awhile! The weather was wonderful, our hotel was great, we were surrounded by our loved ones and friends from our church and the guest speaker was amazing. We headed down a day early on thursday and spent some time on the beach and in the pool. Friday we helped set up the convention center (all the kids classes, etc.) and then headed back to the beach before service that night. The speaker, Dean, spoke on being thieves and robbing God of ourselves, it was so powerful. Saturday morning was the fun run. Justice did great, Keri and I ran with him. Pastor Ed placed 3rd overall, we were so proud of him!! Our GL Breanna motored in taking 5th place overall and 1st place for the ladies!! Way to go Breanna, you rock! Spent some time talking with our friends Scooter and Sara and their boys after the fun run. Then there was kite flying and sand castle building during the day. We spent some time down at the beach with Brian and Laura and their kids, we had so much fun watching the kids play together and just fellowshipping. The service saturday night was about the Holy Spirit and was deeply intense, totally amazing. Plus the kids did a dance we have been working on for awhile that had some fun hiphop elements to it, they did awesome! Sunday morning Keri and I went running. Then our family went to the service and helped tear down everything and load up the trucks to go back home, always the saddest part about family camp! I am so blessed to be a part of a family of believers, and I love love love GHCC. I thank the Lord to be part of such an everchanging, challenging family where I continually learn how to put my flesh to death and to pick up my cross daily and follow after Him.

"Know therefore that the Lord your God is God: he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands." Deuteronomy 7:9

Summer is Shakin' Down!!

Andrea, Bryan and Avery about 20 minutes after he was born!




He's got a good set of lungs on him!!!





My four 4th of July boys.
Zach did fireworks with our boys and Gavin and Trevor while Andrea and Bryan are at the hospital...














Here he is! Baby Avery, isn't he cute!!
Bryan is enjoying holding his new little guy

Mama Andrea snuggling her new little guy right after he was born, so sweet!!


Jafeth's birthday party and cake, can you believe he is two!!!
Here is the McClees boys and all the Cunningham boys enjoying Jafeth's birthday present opening festivities!














Jafeth got some fun Go Diego Go stuff from Papa Randy and Grandma Eilene, thanks!!
Ofcourse... a zoo pic, can you tell we have a zoo pass??? Every post...
Anyway, this is the boys with Brooke's son Cole, we had so much fun going to the zoo with you guys!

Last but not least, enjoying our backyard in a big old alligator pool, good times!















Well the end of June came and went, we had a great VBS at church, Ben and Maralee are THE most amazing kids pastors, it was awesome!! Jafeth turned two years old that week too. I love you Jafeth you are crazy little fun guy and I could never imagine life without you!! Chase and Chandler stayed the night with us, it has been so fun having the "cousins" as our gangs refer to eachother, around. Kevin's bd was the fourth and we had a big old shindig with all our families and several members of extended families too, and ofcourse we had Gavin and Trevor while Bryan and Andrea were anxiously awaiting the arrival of Avery Richard... who decided not to make his appearance until the morning of the fifth of July! He is so precious and I am so happy for you McClees fam! Thanks for letting me be part of Avery's birthday morning, and thanks for letting Gavin and Trevor hang for a couple of nights, the fun is in full swing at the Cunningham's!!

June Events!!

This is our friends the MacDonalds house in Deer Park, outside of Spokane, it is AWESOME!!
Isn't that the best view, that is all their land up to the base of the mountain in the distance, so cool!!!

Cami, Justice, Sloan and a screaming Jafeth (Titus too) on Fathers Day
Caleb, Emma and Jubilee Joy, I did the girls hair myself that morning, aren't they cute? Emma specifically requested a "high side pony tail"!
On the trampoline at the MacDonalds
Cami was giving everyone rides, Jafe was having a blast!
Isn't that a cool view? Jafe climbed up on the John Deere, and I had to get a pic!!

Raami, Rory and Sloan at the zoo for Cami's bd
co-op end of the year party, we will miss you kids!!
Maple Valley Days parade, we are scientists for our VBS theme "powerlab"
Raami and Justice handing out candy

Jafeth and Zach walking in the woods on Fathers Day, he is the best dad in the world!

Rory and Keri at the zoo, what a great picture
buddies, Raami and Cami
We went to see Jackie for lunch at Tahoma middle school, we love you Jackie!
the "twins" Cami and Trevor, we put Zach's glasses on Cami so him and Trevor would look even more alike...
The kids having fun at the zoo

Cami turned 7 this month!! We went to the zoo for his birthday with our friends the Nelsons. Our homeschool co-op had its end of the year party, we had a "bbq" Seattle style (pouring rain) for Cami's bd. We went to Spokane, Deer Park to be specific, to see our good friends the MacDonalds. The boys had a great time at the Maple Valley Days Parade and at the booth for our church on saturday, then we celebrated Fathers Day on Sunday, whew! Only half way through the month... VBS is in a week and then we have Jafeth's second birthday next week too... PLUS Andrea is due the beginning of July (she is actually due the exact same day that I was due with Jafe two years ago!) and I had him June 26th... so I am awaiting that call as well!!

Hope everyone is having a happy June out there!