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...a new place

Mon, 07 May 2007 19:09:29 GMT

we have decided to switch blogging websites...blogger.com opens up more possibilities for comments from our families without them needing a username and password...so our xanga days have come to a close and we are starting fresh at this address:

SteveandKateslife.blogspot.com

well, i guess that is all for now

~kate

My thoughts this Monday evening...

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:02:29 GMT

So, today on the drive home from work a song came on the radio...over a year ago, I thought this song was a great and all, but less than a year ago this song gained more than just "great song" meaning to me. This is the song that Stephen and I first danced to on our wedding day...every time I hear it now...I cannot help but think back to our wedding day...sure it rained and other things made for the day to a little bit more stressful than I would have liked...but when this song comes on...all I remember are the sweet moments from our day...like for instance...how during the ceremony Stephen getting all tongue twisted while he was reciting his vows...and when I came to tears hearing him pledge his love in front our family and close friends...then saying "I do" to the man that I love more than anything on this earth and having a complete peace while saying those two life-changing words...and having one last dance with my father as well as seeing my new husband dance with his mother...then "breakin' it down" on the dance floor to the chicken song and "Shout"...and then there is our first dance...it really seemed as if we were the only ones around...no cameras flashing, no people talking, nothing except Stephen and me...just us dancing to this song...

I'm gonna be there for you baby
I'll be a man of my word
Speak the language in a voice that you have never heard
I wanna sleep with you forever
And I wanna die in your arms
In a cabin by a meadow where the wild bees swarm

And I'm gonna love you like nobody loves you
And I'll earn your trust making memories of us

I wanna honor your mother
I wanna learn from your pa
I wanna steal your attention like a bad outlaw
I wanna stand out in a crowd for you
A man among men
I wanna make your world better than it's ever been

And I'm gonna love you like nobody loves you
And I'll earn your trust making memories of us

We'll follow the raindow
Wherever the four winds blow
And there'll be a new day
Comin' your way

I'm gonna be here for you from now on
This you know somehow
You've been stretched to the limits but it's alright now
And I'm gonna make you this promise
If there's life after this
I'm gonna be there to meet you with a warm, wet kiss

And I'm gonna love you like nobody loves you
And I'll earn your trust making memories of us
I'm gona love you like nobody loves you
And I'll win your trust making memories of us.

~Keith Urban

Okay...well I guess that is my sappy post of the month...and maybe this song only means something to me and Stephen...but it is one great song to us...and it was one of the things that we will cherish for many years to come.
~Kate

Friday, April 06, 2007

Fri, 06 Apr 2007 20:25:07 GMT

...so today is Good Friday...and I am sitting here in our living room...thankful for a day off from work (one of the joys of working for a Christian organization) and watching one of the best shows ever "Mythbusters"
anyway, back to what I was saying though...so its Good Friday...I cannot help but think what exactly was going through Christ's thoughts this day a couple thousand years ago as He spent his last day with His disciples and also knowing that He was about to take on the sin of the world so that His Father's will might be fulfilled. This truth overwhelms me, knowing that He did this so willingly because it was THE plan to save people from damnation. Christ took on MY sin! YOUR sin! Why? Because not only was it God's plan...but also because Christ's love for us was (and is) so VAST that He wanted to make a way for us to once again have fellowship with the Father.
I remember growing up...every year around Easter time, the church that I grew up in would have a special Sunday School class for the youth and adults...this class was lead by one of the Military doctors who attended the church and He would try to explain, as best as he could, in a visual way the pain that Christ experienced as He was tortured before he was crucified and also exactly how His body failed once He was nailed to the cross. I remember sitting there the first time that I sat in on that SS Class and I was overwhelmed and began to cry, thinking of how He did this for ME!? Why me? Because His love is so GREAT and VAST :) so much so that He endured all this pain, so that I would not have to and also so that I could one day spend eternity in heaven with the Lord or Lords and King of Kings. How amazing is that?!
Then to add to Christ giving Himself up for us by dying on the cross...a couple days later He arose from the dead, conquering death! Now He sits at the right hand of the Father!

Anyway a song comes to mind, and today as I sit here writing this it causes me to be so thankful for how GREAT my Father's love is for me and all His children!

"How deep the Father's love for us, how vast beyond all measure
That he should give his only son, to make a wretch his treasure
How great the pain of searing loss, the Father turned his face away
As wounds which mar the chosen one, bring many sons to glory
Behold the man upon a cross, my sin upon his shoulders
Ashamed, I hear my mocking voice call out among the scoffers
It was my sin that held him there until it was accomplished
His dying breath has brought me life; I know that it is finished
I will not boast in anything: no gifts, no power, no wisdom
But I will boast in Jesus Christ; his death and resurrection
Why should I gain from his reward? I cannot give an answer
But this I know with all my heart; his wounds have paid my ransom"

Anyway, I pray this Easter season...that if you do not know the Lord, that you find someone who does and have them explain to you how you too can come to know Him as your personal Savior! And for those of you who do have Christ in their heart...never forget what Christ has done so that we may have life and have it abundantly!
...so remember Christ paid the ulitmate penalty so that we, as humans, could experience God's amazing GRACE!

Well, I guess that is all for now...I have an appointment with a little three year old girl and her little brother who just turned one, while their parents go to a fun party...I think the plan is to play a little bit of house and dollies too...I assume it will be tons of fun :)
...until next time
~Kate

...so its been a while...

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 01:06:25 GMT

I just realized as I was looking at this page that I have not updated in a long while ...oh well...I guess that is what happens when life is busy...some things get put on the back burner to allow for other important things to take place...
...so you may be asking what we have been up to as of late?...LIFE - this includes working really hard Monday through Friday and then resting and enjoying each others company on the weekends - Stephen and I are working opposite shifts for the time being, so I work during the day and get home around 5:30pm and Stephen goes in to work just after lunch and does not get home until 10:30pm or sometimes 11:00pm...so our weekends...we just hang out and have fun together! Yes...it is tough only being in the first year of our marriage and not being able to spend quality time together apart from the weekends...but I know that this will only be for a season and that God will provide for the next step in our journey together.
Anyway, I digress...in other news a couple weeks ago my hometown of Enterprise, Alabama endured an F-3 tornado...it really hit home when my dad called to let me know that I should not worry about them and that my mom was okay...at first I was a litle confused and then my dad continued to explain that the tornado that touched down there in the heart of Enterprise hit really hard around the high school, which my mom is a second grade teacher at the elementary school that is right next door to Enterprise High and my heart sunk to the floor. Even though my dad said she was okay I still was a little shook up...I mean not only is it my hometown, but my mom works right in the heart of where the tornado hit.
Then this got me thinking...there were eight young lives cut short by that tornado and each of those teenagers woke up thinking about what they were going to wear and how they were going to spend Spring Break and also about what report or test may have been been due that day, not about how this was going to be the last day of their lives. Then this got me to thinking, how we as Christians must live for each day not worrying about what tomorrow holds, but rather focusing on where God has us at this very moment in time. It is funny how easy it is to say that, but it is so much harder to just be content...especially when I, personally, am living a life where I barely get to see my husband and where my job can be very exasperating at times. But I must remember that God has me right where I am, because He is using me...how? I may not ever know the complete reasons, but I know that God is using me to impact people lives as they think about attending Bible College, since I am the first person they hear on the other line when they call the Admissions Office at SEBC.
All this to say, I am thankful for the life that God has given me and when things like tornadoes and other events shake our world, it makes me all the more grateful for His love and providence in our lives, every day. So, I guess that is it for this post...not much of an update on our life, but it is chocked (sp?) full of my thoughts...so what more could you want?
...anyway...I am out

~Kate

my thoughts...

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 22:20:13 GMT

Greetings to all who read this...as I am sitting at my desk here at the job I have been blessed to have...my mind wanders...surprising, huh? Anyway, my mind wanders back to what I was thinking about this morning while I was getting ready for work...how I could love and serve my Father today...my mind ended up thinking of the little ways I could show my husband the unending love and faithfulness I have for him. Then a quote popped into my mind...it is from the movie "Pride and Prejudice" (one of my all-time favorites)...I think Mr. Darcy is the one who says it but I thought of Stephen when I remembered it fully...

"I will have to tell you: you have bewitched me, body and soul, and I love, I love, I love you. I never wish to be parted from you from this day on."

What powerful words of affection...I think it states my feelings exactly for Stephen. And when I honor and love my husband, I am in turn honoring and loving my Father in Heaven who has challenged me as a wife to love and respect my husband. This is one way I can serve the Lord every day I am given. What a challenge!

Anyway...there were other thoughts from this morning but they will have to wait until next time...for now I will leave you with some pictures...(as per request from one of my sisters...there is included a couple pictures of me and my lovely sisters...and some of my beautiful nieces)...

my two sisters...they will most likely kill me for posting this one of them...oh well!

this is my sis, Ashley, and me...all smiles, looking semi-normal

...and this is us being silly...

Ashley, me (in the back), and my oldest niece, Lauren

and then here is one of all the girls...my sisters, Ashley and Melanie, and then my nieces Lauren, Emily, and Maren.
So, I guess that is all for now...

...peace out, yo! (haha)

~Kate

Thursday, November 09, 2006

Thu, 09 Nov 2006 15:24:19 GMT

...so this is it...the story of our life...

...this is a picture of us on our wedding day...June 24th, 2006

...here are some more pictures of our wedding day too!

(this is one of my favorite pictures...he is so handsome)

(my, oh, my...it feels like just yesterday I wore this dress for the first time...)

(this one just looks peaceful)

(this one cracks me up everytime...)

(and to close...here is one of my beautiful sister's little girls...dancing together)

Got to go for now ~Kate