Kids Camp (Photos)

Is She Really Old Enough for Camp? Um, yes!

Yesterday I helped my precious first born, Katherine, pack her bags to attend her first Children's Camp at Lakeview Baptist Assembly in Lonestar, Texas!  At around 11:15 AM Wes loaded Katherine's things into his car and the two of them headed to Trinity Baptist Church in Idabel, Oklahoma, where Katherine would join her friends and the rest of the group.  When they arrived in the parking lot she was off to see her friends.  It never occurred to her to get her bags out of the car, but thankfully her dad reminded her she was forgetting something! 

Throughout the day yesterday and today I've been praying for Katherine and all those present at Lakeview Baptist Assembly, but as I've been praying for them I've been reminded that I should be praying for Katherine everyday with the same passion I've been praying for her over the last twenty-four hours.*

I'm praying she'll come home with a deeper understanding of God, her relationship with Him, and desire to obey Him.  I want to see her come home with a passion for her Lord and Savior.  I want her to have a "mountain top experience" while at camp, and I want to hear what God has taught her at camp. I will listen with anticipation as she shares with me, and even though I can't experience that "mountain top experience" with her I can be excited with her about what God did in her life and encourage her.

I can't wait until noon on Friday to hear all about what God taught my baby girl during 3 days at camp, along with all the fun girly girl stories that go along with any camp experience! :-)

*(Please don't miss my point...I do pray daily for my daughter, but my intensity over the last twenty-four hours has been much stronger & that's the point I'm wanting to make here.)

Way to Go Katherine!

I want to brag on my daughter, Katherine.  She decided to continue her piano lessons through the summer this year, which she has NOT wanted to do the last two years she's been taking piano lessons.

She's been practicing on her own without me reminding her for awhile now, but she's practicing more than what her piano teacher is asking her to as well as looking ahead in her book.  This week her piano teacher complemented her on how she could skip a few songs in her lesson book as she could already play them. She received compliments that she's doing excellent on learning the chromatic scale and how she just gets octaves and intervals. 

I am exceptionally proud of her, her love for music, and her desire to worship God through music.

Video Delay

Okay, well...um, yeah, I still haven't posted more video.  I don't remember what happened the weekend I was planning on finishing it up, but it got crazy and it's been that way since.  Not sure when I'll get back to the video editing, and I have several video projects to finish too!

Things ARE Coming...Stay Tuned!

I hope to have a vbs highlight video up by the end of the weekend after I get a few dvd's made.  For now I'm enjoying spending time with my kids and getting into a summer school routine.  More to come next week. 

Graduation

The Board of Trustees, Chancellor 

Provost and Faculty of

Liberty University

announce that 

Glen Wesley Kenney

received the degree of

Bachelor of Science

with a major in 

Religion

at the Commencement Exercise

Saturday morning

May fourteenth, Two Thousand Eleven

at ten o'clock

Williams Stadium

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia

Congratulations Wes!  We love you and couldn't be more proud for you!

Jerry Falwell Jr. speaking at Commencement.










The 2011 Graduates

Verne, Debra, & Wes

Debra & Wes

 

Linda, Verne, Debra, & Wes Kenney

School of Religion Ceremony












GLEN WESLEY KENNEY

Done!

 

I love you Wes!

~Deb~

The Camping Adventure

While Wes and I flew to Lynchburg, Virginia, for Wes's graduation the kids stayed with my dad. My dad took the kids camping at Lake O'The Pines. Here is a slideshow of the pictures my dad took of their fun....

The End

Tonight my husband, Wes Kenney, took his last college exam.  The kids and I are very thrilled and excited for him to be finished, but no one could be more relieved (and happy) as he.

Tomorrow I will take the kids to stay with my dad so Wes and I can make the journey on Friday to Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, for Wes's graduation on Saturday.

Wes, 
We love you very much and are so very proud for you!
Debra, Katherine, & Sebastian

Mother's Day Baking

A couple weeks ago we bought a Nutrimill grain mill so we could begin milling fresh flour to use when cooking & baking.

Yesterday Katherine and I decided we wanted to make a batch of chocolate chip cookies and homemade bread, so we pulled out the Nutrimill and grain.

 In a few minutes we had fresh flour for our cookies and bread.

 Katherine & I decided we'd make the cookies first, so we dumped all the ingredients for chocolate chip cookies into our mixer and in a minute or so we had cookie dough.  Katherine placed balls of dough onto the baking sheets and I placed them into the oven. 

 After about 10 minutes in the oven I pulled out a pan of flat, but good tasting chocolate chip cookies.

If I'm involved in the cookie making process the cookies turn out flat.  Not sure why, but we've made a family decision that Wes must be in the kitchen when cookies are being made!

 It was time to redeem my baking ability and make bread.

Katherine measured out our 16 cups of flour while I made a mess getting all the other ingredients ready to pour into the mixer.  (Yes, there is more to the story, but I'm not sharing as going through it once was enough for me. Let's just say I had a hard time holding onto things!)

 After allowing the mixer to do it's work I dumped the dough onto the cutting board and divided it into five loaves.  Now it was time to let it rise.

 In the oven and ready to bake for 25 minutes.

The finished product!  And oh it is so good!

Fun School Time Photos

This week Katherine and Sebastian took a book and retold the story by putting on a puppet show.  It was absolutely wonderful.

Several weeks ago Katherine and Sebastian practiced some math skills by playing the game Sorry during their free time.

Earlier this winter Sebastian reviewed matching capital letters with the corresponding lowercase letter. 

Fun Easter Photos

 The hunt begins.

 Who's going to get it first?

 Sebastian Kenney: An irresistible little dude!

 Katherine Kenney: Our Princess!

 Time to watch where they walk! The dog likes this part of the yard.

 Looks like she found one!

 He's still on the hunt.

 He's SO CUTE!

 She's SO BEAUTIFUL!

 Success!

 

SWEET SUCCESS!

(This would have been a perfect picture if I hadn't cut the top off, but it was a great moment!)

Still MIA

Well, so much for the one blog post a week!  As of tomorrow it will have been three weeks since my last post.  Did I mention spring is a VERY BUSY time for us?

Here's a brief recap of what we've been up since April 3rd:
School break (April 4th-8th)
Boys only trip to the Dallas Auto Show (Wes & Sebastian)
Associational VBS clinic
Trying to get caught up around the house after neglecting cleaning & laundry for a week!
Back to school lessons & SCHEDULE!
Day trip to shop at Sam's Club
Kids Zone on Wednesday nights
Kate's piano lesson on Mondays
Kate's piano recital last Sunday (April 17th)
School Day trip to the Dr Pepper Ballpark in Frisco, Texas to watch the Frisco Roughriders.
Homeschool group on Friday mornings
Trip to Dallas to take cars to the shop! :-(

And tomorrow we'll celebrate Jesus' resurrection with our Trinity Baptist Church family!

MIA

Sorry there hasn't been a basketball video or any other post recently.   There is a lot of basketball footage for me to sort through, and I haven't had the time like I thought I would. 


Here's a brief recap of what's keeping our family busy:

School lessons
Family field trips (OKC Zoo, Dallas Arboretum)
Homeschool group
Association WMU Banquet
Association & church VBS preparation
Cleaning out & Insulating the storage building
Cleaning & Organizing at the church
Video editing (Basketball; Homeshcool group; VBS; Special project)


Spring is a very busy time around our house.  I am looking forward to the second week in June when it slows down around here. 


Blogging goal during spring...Maybe one a week starting with this one! :-)

In the Process!

This week I am working on editing video from Katherine's basketball games.  I hope to have a short clip to post on here by the weekend.  I stress the the word hope in the last sentence.  No promises!

Texas Independence Day

Today Texans celebrate the 175th anniversary of the adoption of the Texas Declaration of Independence, in which settlers of Mexican Texas declared their independence from Mexico and created the Republic of Texas.

Happy Independence Day fellow Texans!!!

Definitely Baptist!

Check out what took place this morning during Sunday school snack time....



The boy's got moves!

New York 2011 Vacation

Wes and I spent January 4th-11th, 2011 in New York City, where we celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary on January 6th.

After arriving at LaGuardia Airport, Wes took a taxi over to Manhattan to check us into our apartment rental and get the keys.  I waited on our luggage and my brother, who was traveling with us on another flight.  After I met up with Dean and picked up our luggage, we took a taxi to the apartment where we met up with Wes.

It wasn't long after we unpacked before we were off to explore the area, and picked up a few necessities we realized we'd forgot to pack.

Each day we did different things, but we mostly enjoyed "living" there for a week.  We bought groceries from the little Amish grocery store a couple blocks away. We rented a movie from the local Blockbuster store a few blocks up the street; however, we weren't able to watch the movie as the dvd player in the apartment was broke. :-(

We ate at the quaint French restaurant around the corner and a South African restaurant  across the street.  We purchased metro cards and rode the subway and city buses.  We occasionally flagged a taxi. We walked a lot. We enjoyed the city life for week.  

We did the touristy stuff too.  We visited Liberty Island where we visited the Statue of Liberty and climbed the stairs to look out her crown.  We rode the subway to Coney Island where we ate at Nathan's and walked on the boardwalk. We shopped at Macy's in Herald Square, enjoyed dinner twice at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. in Times Square, and revisited The Carnegie Deli.   We visited the American Museum of Natural History and many other New York sites.

There were a few specific things Wes and I wanted to accomplish during our vacation to New York City.  One was to visit all five boroughs: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. We did.  Another on our list was to drive out to the tip of Long Island.  Wes rented a car and drove he & I out to South Hampton.  As we drove back to Queens Wes decided he wanted to drive in Manhattan, so he drove me back to the apartment. After dropping me off he drove back to Queens to return the car. Wow, what an experience for both us!  Wes loved it and at the time I was nervous; however, I 'm glad we did it!

My all time favorite place in New York and where I could have spent every day is Central Park.  Wes wasn't as enthralled as I with Central Park, but he did take me there several times through out the week.  He knew I loved Central Park and the many bridges there.  Pinebank Arch will always be my favorite bridge in Central Park, because during our September visit Wes (and the kids) stopped there to give me a new wedding ring set for my birthday.  On Thursday, January 6, 2011, Wes brought me back to Pinebank Arch on our fifteenth anniversary and gave me the anniversary band to complete my wedding set.  I LOVE HIM and he is the romantic one!

We closed out our anniversary by attending the Broadway show The Addams Family starring Nathan Lane & Bebe Neuwirth then a quiet dinner for two at Ruth's Chris Steak House.  What else could I have asked for?  Wes planned an awesome anniversary!

Enjoy a few of our photos!

Katherine's Baptism

On Sunday, February 6, 2011, Katherine stood before the church and confessed her need for a savior and her faith in Jesus as Savior and Lord.

This morning, February 13, 2011, Katherine followed in believer's baptism.

Rescued

Katherine had something amazing happen to her. 

On Sunday, February 6, 2011, Katherine stood before the church and confessed her need for a savior and her faith in Jesus as Savior and Lord.  She will be baptized this Sunday.

As her parents, Wes and I have prayed for the time when she would take the knowledge she's possessed about Jesus and realize her need for a savior and desire a relationship with Him.  We are thankful that God drew her to Him and she responded in repentance and faith.

Delayed

Well, I did manage to upload the pictures from Dean's camera so I could begin putting together a post about our anniversary trip to New York, but it's taking a little longer to get this post together.  Not that it will be a long one, but I've reduced the amount of time I'm spending on the computer this week so I haven't had the time to do put it together.  Also, we've had a few other things going on around our house since the weekend, I'm going to delay the anniversary post a few more days! 

This morning it has been snowing and it's beautiful.  Tomorrow the snow will be gone, so our family is going to enjoy playing in the THIRD snowfall of the year!     :-)