Camden Isaiah Ball

Well, he is finally here...actually right on time...his due date...june 26th. Another beautiful, healthy baby boy weighing in at 8 lbs 5 oz and 21 inches long. Momma and baby are doing good! They got to come home on Sunday afternoon.

The boys seem to like him. Ayden especially likes to be momma's big helper and is doing a fabulous job so far. Landon has been sick with the croup so we have had the add challenge of keeping him away from the baby.

I have enjoyed my time here with the kids so much and will miss them more than words can say. I am ready however, to return home and be with my husband and additional family and friends. This time God has used to teach me one thing...my place is beside my husband and I believe our marriage will be sweeter due to this time of seperation. However, as I said I have alot to get used without seeing my baby boys everyday or so...I continue to call this my new kind of "normal". Arlington Baptist Church as welcomed Cassie, Jesse and the boys with open arms...and between Lord and the Church I know they are in good hands!!!

Cassie is a great mom and will blossom as a stay at home mom. She is so much more patient with them than I was (which if you know our history..you know that is a VERY good thing!). I love to watch her read, to them, play with them and even let Ayden help cook....

Jesse is doing well at the church and will begin teaching the teens tonight! He has been working on make some relationships and or coarse waiting on the birth of this new baby boy!!!

I will leave to come home on Saturday so for those of you at home I look forward to see you all!!!!

The times as arrived and passed and so far we have all survived. That really is a funny way of putting it since we ALL understand that "thru Christ we can do all things!!!" Cassie and Jesse have been in Florida for a week and a half already...I'm still here. Scott flew home to Missouri on Monday. We are waiting for the new baby to make his appearance!

The boys are adjusted as well as can be expected. Ayden is asking for people in Mo alot and Landon would like to go outside much more than he is able in the apartment complex. There will be many more adjustments for all in the coming months but again...thru Christ is will be done!

I look forward to this time with them but also to the time when I will be home again. So I can get may on my schedule and so that they can begin there routine! I know as long as grammy is here to a degree...things just will not be in there regular everyday routine.

God has and is teaching me many things thru this experience. One that our children really do belong to Him...that He really does love them more than we as parents ever could and that we can trust them to HIM. He is also reminding me of the sacrifices our missionaries make on a daily basis. To leave everyone and everything they know and serve on the other side of the world. He continues to grow me even when I think..no I don't want too...His Holy Spirit gently guides me and loves me thru the hard times, amazing times and everyday of life times! I have pondered my life time much in the passed few months and I am amazed how I can look back and see His hand on my even when I never knew Him. He has brought to life for me His word in the last 6 months...and I can see how His word has proven true in my everyday life!

When I get home I plan to teach vacation bible school and then in the late summer/early fall I will teach a ladies Bible Study. I haven't taught in a while and I am looking forward to this time whether there be a room full of ladies or just one...He has given me an amazing study for the fall and I know His timing is perfect! I hope to visit Florida sometime in October so please pray those funds will be available...whether we drive or I fly!!!

God is good...His grace truly is sufficient...

Well, 2009 is off and running and we have many things in our lives to be thankful for! The freedom to live in a country that we can still worship God and serve Him!!! Our Katie was crowned basketball homecoming queen and she was beautiful! And our twins have arrived safe and sound. We are so very thankful for the gifts that God has blessed us with already so early in the year!!! Cassie and Jesse are seeking the Lord and His direction for their lives. If He chooses to move them it will be a very different thing for our lives, however, He is in control and will always bless obedience! Katie is seeking what school she is to continue on to after high school. Michael is working so hard on finishing his degree in Music Education. He has been amazing to watch...he hated school for so many years and although I'm not sure you would call what he is doing now...a love for school, he has been very determined to complete it! I am so proud of him and I forget to tell him that. Heather is moving into motherhood like an old pro! She is very laid back with the twins and is doing amazing!!! Scott and I have reached yet another milestone in our lives....27 years of marriage...I think he may be a saint to live with me for so many years. I truly do not deserve him that is for sure but I am thankful for him and we both know the ONE who has made this marriage work...the Lord...praise to HIM!!!

Well, the year has arrived and is off with a big start! We spent time with Steve, Patti and their sweet family over the New Year and what a time we had!!! We are so thankful for their family and what they mean to ours. God has been so good this year so far...I have struggled with spending time with Him the pasted few months and He has drawn me back to Himself! He is so amazing!

We are looking forward to the twins arrival. They are due in about 3 weeks. If Heather can make it that far. Friday will the the first milestone she needs to make and then every day will just be extra!!! She is good but very tired now. She says it is hard to sleep, to get comfortable!!

Cassie is doing well also. I think her morning sickness is almost over! She just had a birthday...I blinked somewhere along the road and I don't know where the days or years went!! Here she is married...2 babies and one on the way...sis married...twins in the way and really Michael and Katie are grown...I thought I would never survive the years of us all growing up together (and we did grow up together...I had more growing than they did and they taught me so much more than I taught them!) and now those days are gone..but they are replaced with an adult relationship with my kids that I would trade for anything!!!

I hope all is well...please pray for a family in our church who lost their sweet baby boy yesterday...I won't print their names for their privacy but she only had 3 more weeks until delivery...My God comfort their hearts and those of their 3 sweet children and extended family!

The Christmas season is upon us! God is so amazing!!!! We have watched Him perform many miracles in our life time...and again just this week...thru a dear friend of ours...He again has amazed us with His goodness! We have another sweet baby to love in this world and a mom that will be here to raise her!!! Welcome to the world baby Isabella!!!

Scott and I are looking forward to Christmas with our families this year. It will be some different for us...my brother for the first time ever will not be with us...he will be in New Mexico with his wife and girls spending a special Christmas with them...We are still counting down to the day the twins will join our family...Heather is doing well and growing and seems to be healthy!!!

Cassie and Jesse are home now and enjoying their home...Michael is enjoying his break from school and Katie is looking forward to hers...

Merry Christmas to all...always remembering...Jesus truly is the reason for the season!!!!

changes

Well, they just going to come! Our family is on a new coarse...where that goes I'm not sure but we are excited about the future. Not only are there new babies in our immediately coming soon but also in our extendly family! I will have a great niece in just a few weeks and a great nephew in April. We have twin grandchildren due in early February, a boy and a girl. After Heather, our 2nd daughter goes back to work I'll be babysitting the twins along with our 3 year old and 9 month old grandsons! I'm excited and nervous all at the same time!!! Then we have another grand baby due in late June so Grammy will have a full house next fall!!!

My grandchildren bring me great joy. They are so funny...Landon...the baby is learning something new every day so it is amazing to watch him learn and explore with great curiosity! He even looks alot like curious George...he is always smiling. Ayden...will be 3 in less than a month now...if we can just get him potty trained!!!!! He is so funny and has quite the imagination! He is always saying something funny...the other day he said...i'm sorry grammy...honey but toys don't last forever...Christmas will be so fun with him this year. I know it won't take too long before he likes the presents but right now he says he doesn't want anything for Christmas because it's not his birthday...it Jesus' birthday...then he tells us what Jesus did for us...died for our sins...what a sweet thing for such a little one to know...truth that will change his life!

I pray Christmas brings joy to your hearts this season as we pray for our nation, our new president elect...our economy.

God Bless