Power of Prayer...

Kay & Stang Christmas in the Books!

Heather and I finally got our families together to celebrate 2016 Christmas this past weekend! What a blast to have our 6 kiddos back together and to catch up on LIFE!

Heather's mom Terri sewed our girls some doll clothes. Absolutely stunning! Was very special to share Baby Cory's first Christmas with him and our dorm room Xmas tree :)

Love this crew!

I believe this may officially be a "wrap" to our "12-week Holiday Events/Celebrations" schedule!

Bring on Valentine's Day!!!

Never Lose Faith...

Happy Birthday Mom/Grandma Carol!!!

Happy birthday to my mom...one of the most selfless persons who I know on this earth! The older I get, the more I realize how much mom has sacrificed for my brothers and me.

Thank you for loving me and my children unconditionally mom.

You are my HERO...can't wait to celebrate with you this weekend!

I LOVE YOU MOM!

Carrine wanted to color a RAINBOW for her Gma Carol :)

ONLY THE BEST MOMS GET PROMOTED TO GRANDMAS

Another Season of Husky Hot Shots in the Books!!!

The kids enjoyed another season of Husky Hot Shots! Was fun to see how their confidence improved and how comfortable they feel in the "big gym."

GO HUSKIES!

Hallelujah...Life's Savior

I'm Still Standing...

Forgiveness...

There is no love without forgiveness...and there is no forgiveness without love.

It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody - Maya Angelou

An incredible way to look at GOD...

When GOD solves our problems, we have faith in HIS abilities. When GOD doesn't solve our problems HE has faith in our abilities.

God's accuracy may be observed in the hatching of eggs. . .
-those of the canary in 14 days;

-those of the barnyard hen in 21 days;

-eggs of ducks and geese in 28 days;

-those of the mallard in 35 days;

-The eggs of the parrot and the ostrich hatch in 42 days.

Notice, they are all divisible by seven, the number of days in a week!

God's wisdom is seen in the making of an elephant. . . . 
-The four legs of this great beast all bend forward in the same direction.

- No other quadruped is so made.

- God planned that this animal would have a huge body too large to live on two legs.

- For this reason He gave it four fulcrums so that it can rise from the ground easily.

-The horse rises from the ground on its two front legs first.

- A cow rises from the ground with its two hind legs first.

How wise the Lord is in all His works of creation!

-Each watermelon has an even number of stripes on the rind.

-Each orange has an even number of segments. 
-Each ear of corn has an even number of rows.

-Each stalk of wheat has an even number of grains.

-Every bunch of bananas has on its lowest row an even number of bananas, and each row decreases by one, so that one row has an even number and the next row an odd number. 

Amazing.

-The waves of the sea roll in on shore twenty-six to the minute in all kinds of weather.

-All grains are found in even numbers on the stalks.

God has caused the flowers to blossom at certain specified times during the day. Linnaeus, the great botanist, once said that if he had a conservatory containing the right kind of soil, moisture and temperature, he could tell the time of day or night by the flowers that were open and those that were closed.

The lives of each of us may be ordered by the Lord in a beautiful way for His glory, if we will only entrust Him with our life. If we try to regulate our own life, it will only be a mess and a failure.

Only God, who made our brain and heart, can successfully guide them to a profitable end.

I pray God blesses you in ways you never even dreamed. I didn't think twice about forwarding this one.

When you carry "the Bible", Satan has a headache; when you open it, he collapses; 

When he sees you reading it, he loses his strength, and when you stand on the Word of God, Satan can't hurt you!

And did you also know now that when you are about to forward this email to others, the devil will probably try to discourage you, but do it anyway.

Life without God is like an unsharpened pencil - it has no point.

TGIF...Enjoying the Little Things in Life!

Oh...what a difference 3 years makes with our children.

Andray is such an awesome big brother. 3 years ago he fell asleep holding newborn Carrine, and the other night this week he helped hold Carrine for me when she fell asleep right after supper.

What a sweet and kind "little man!"

Happy Friday everyone...enjoy the long weekend!

Thank you MLK for all you did for our country.

Lesson for the week...

Happy New Year...2017 is Here!

What an incredibly action-packed, busy and fulfilling Holiday season we encountered with friends and family over the Christmas season (10 weeks and still counting). We continue to count our blessings as we still have our 3 grandmothers with us. So very thankful we got to spend quality time with all 3 of them this Holiday season.  We love our great grandmas!

We rang in the NEW YEAR as a family with amazing friends!

Very thankful we were all together. 

I LOVE MY GIRLS!!

Love this gal more than anything!

2017...holy buckets it's going to be a year of change and excitement.

What a fun group...yes, we ladies continue to be the Carbles CHAMPS!

And then there's my family on THROW BACK THURSDAY.

I love my family and miss the "good old days" way back in 1988.

Over break and always I continue to LOVE my cooking helpers!

As the full Christian Christmas season comes to a close this Epiphany weekend...I'm so very thankful for all of the family and friends who we got to spend time with...and truly thinking of those who we MISSED!

No question 2016 was by far the most challenging year of my personal, professional, and Christian life...but what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Who you are, how you act, and how you react to challenges is YOUR CHOICE. 

I'm incredibly grateful to God for giving us "Free Will."

When bad things happen you have a choice to fall down and stay there. Or you have a choice to fall down, get back up, dust yourself off and find something positive out of a negative and make yourself better!

I can't control anyone on this earth except myself, nor would I want to. I can't even control my own children. I can parent them, teach them to follow Jesus, and prepare them for life's challenges and situations, but it's their own FREE WILL and own decisions that will lead them to success in life and Christ in the end.

One of the most important lessons that I learned from my Dad a few years ago was "forgiveness." He told me, "you forgive (whether people apologize or not) because JESUS DID." Thank you Dad for all that you've taught me, but especially that incredible lesson. I truly believe that "forgiveness" for humans is the hardest thing to do (and I believe it was difficult for Jesus as well when he was on earth).  Life is HARD...marriage is hard, being a parent is hard, being a professional is hard, being a sibling is hard, being a child is hard, being a friend is hard...but NOTHING IN LIFE WORTH HAVING IS EASY.

Prayer is powerful and it truly does exist. 2017 no question is going to be scary, sad, stressful, new and adventurous, anxiety-filled...but it's also going to be exciting and gracious. I'm so very thankful for the new opportunities on the horizon. And like Jake has said time and time again...where the 5 of us are together is where our home will be. We're coming HOME! 

God will provide and it truly is HIS PLAN!