What's new?

Well, not much new here. Waiting for some more snow to come our way. The weather actually has been very nice. We are in the 60's and 70's one day and then it sometimes gets in the 40's & 50's. The sun sure shine a lot here. I do enjoy that.

I have share with you all that I get to see my mom & dad on Thanksgiving. Oh, and my sister, my niece, grandma, aunts and cousins. I can not wait to see them. It has been almost 5 months since I saw my mom & dad. That is a long time considering that I would see them at least once a week and my mom usually twice. Then, right before we left I lived with them. We are meeting them in Arizona. I have to say I am not looking forward to the drive. It will take us about 12 hours to get there. It take my parents about 10 hours. I am just so happy that we have the chance to spend the first holiday with family. I sure miss my family and can't wait to give them a big hug.

Let me tell what has been happening here. Jacob has been sick almost a week now. He started last Saturday with a fever & headache. He had a low fever for a couple of days. Well, then on Tuesday it peaked at 103.2. I was able to get it down that day. Then, on Wednesday it was up to 102.2. By then I had had enough, so I decided to take him in. Of course, I had to do Urgent Care. So, I take him to urgent care and they have to give him a breathing treatment. He was coughing pretty bad. I guess because of his asthma (which is all still new to us) he needs take his inhaler when he is coughing from a cold or flu. That is good to know. Well, then they take a chest X-ray to see if he has pneumonia. I am thinking great, what a horrible mother I am. Well, it turns out it was pneumonia, but instead he has bronchitis. Oh yeah. I must tell you now he is doing much better. He missed 3 days of school, but is back at it today. He needed to go back. :~) I am not looking forward and either is he to all he will have to make up. But, I am so happy he is feeling better. I really don't like to see my kids so sick. It was nice at the doctors because he would lean on me and let me hold him. That does not usually ever happen. I am lucky if I get a hug usually. So, the good side of all of it was that I realized even though he doesn't say or show that he loves me often, I sure do feel needed and loved when he is sick.

So, yesterday Ben & Megan has eye doctor appointments. I went with them because Ben said that I needed to go for Megan since I usually am there and know more of what is going on with her. Megan is getting new glasses again. And Ben has to now start wearing glasses when he is on the computer or reading. It was fun finding glasses for him & Megan. He tried on some that were interesting. We had some good laughs.

Well, I think that is all the exciting news from the Kemper house. We are just enjoying each other and taking it all day by day.To all my family & friends I pray your Thanksgiving is full of love and thankfulness. May your day be blessed with family, fun and laughter. I miss you all! Happy Thanksgiving!!

Our first ski/snowboarding trip

I thought I would share some of our photo's of our first trip to the slopes. Then I had to include a pretty view that we had. I was so proud of both of my kids. They both took lessons the first day and Megan took lessons for two days. Jacob caught on very quickly. I think with him skate boarding helped a lot. Ben got a great pictures of him in the air after his jump. He was doing all kinds of tricks. He is ready to go again. Megan did so good in her lessons. We were a bit nervous for her, because she isn't as outgoing in this area. But let me tell you she did great. She really enjoyed herself. They both were wiped out at the end though. We are looking forward to many more trips out
this year. I am so thankful for this time we have
together as a family. I love to find more things
that keep our family close. The kids really love it
too.

This was only our second time as a family. Ben
was still trying to figure out snowboarding. He
did well too. Well, I used to snow ski when I was younger. So, this was I think my first time out on my own in about 7 years or so. Let me tell you it kicked my hinney. I had a great time, but sure realized I need to workout a bit harder. My legs were so tired at the end of my
first run down the mountain. I only went down
twice and I was done. And I only fell once. Whew hew for me! It was a nice first time out.
I believe that is all I have for you all today. Enjoy the pictures! We are doing really good here in Colorado. Still loving it!
Missing my family and friends!

Halloween

Just thought I would post some pictures of our Halloween. Don't you think my kiddos are so cute. My ninja and my geisha girl. Then look at Dalin what a cute monkey! I love the picture of Megan fixing Dalin's costume. She is so fun to watch playing with Dalin. We all had a great night. The kids got tons of candy. I just wanted to share our current pictures. I will be posting next week after our trip to the mountains this weekend. We will be skiing and snowboarding all weekend. So, I will check back in next week. I hope everyone has a great weekend.

Take care!

The bunny who lives under our house

This is our bunny that lives under our house. Isn't he cute. Well, I am actually not sure if it is a boy or girl bunny. But does it really matter. Not so much to me. I just love bunnies. He totally posed for the picture.

Well, that is all I have to share with you all at this moment. I will chat to you all later.

Have a great week!

Snowing

Today we were awaken by my daughter, Megan, screaming, "It's snowing!". She was a bit excited. They have been playing outside all morning. Megan was the first one out there. I have put some pictures so you can see the snow fall. Also, some pictures from just two days ago. One picture is taken of our deck with snow. It has been nonstop since about 8ish. It is just so pretty. The kids build a snowman, the first one on our block. It seems so peaceful outside. Watching the snow fall is just so relaxing and calming for me. Well, don't have much else to say so please enjoy the pictures.
Love, Kim

God is so good!

Today was a great day! Mind you I was excepting a not so great day. We had our 6 month check up with Jacob's cardiologist. We saw a new doctor today as well. If you have been reading my blog you know that I was a bit anxious about the appointment and yet still at peace. Now, let me go back just a bit. Jacob has had 2 heart surgeries and we were told on his last one that we would have to have surgery again by about age 13. Well, Jacob is turning 13 in December. We were ready to hear that is was time for surgery. I was at a point that I was tired of waiting to see if it is time and was just ready to get it over with. Yet, at the same time I wasn't really ready. So, this is how the appointment went. They ran all the test, from EKG to Echo cardiogram and of course 3 different doctors listening to him. (Having students come and listen has been very popular theme with Jacob). After the tests were all done and the doctor came in to chat with us. Can I just tell you he blew us away. Jacob is doing great. He doesn't want to have surgery until he is about 15 or 16. Wow, didn't except that.

So, here are some details of what the doctor told us. These are things we have never heard before. This doctor is so calm, confident, nonchalant, and very easy to talk to. He informed us that Jacob's next surgery will probably be through a catheter. Ben & I mouths dropped open. Mind you his last 2 surgery were open heart, meaning cutting open his chest and chest bone. Okay, so Ben & I were like "What did you just say?" So, he explains that in the next year or so we will have a procedure that will do this. In England they are already doing this procedure. What is so great is not only will he not be opened up(which there are high risks in that), but that this limits his time in the hospital. He said he would probably only stay overnight. That is just amazing me. He also was so informative on everything having to do with Jacob's heart. I am still sitting here in just awe of it all. I just keep thinking "God is so good!" He continues to blow me away. I ask myself why are so surprised, God is capable of it all. It is just so wonderful to see Him at work right here and now with something that is so big to us. I was chatting to my mom earlier and talking about Jacob. She made the comment, "Isn't is so amazing that God keeps placing you all exactly where you need to be for Jacob." She says this because God placed us exactly in the right place for Jacob's surgeries. Let me share that story quickly. When I was 5 months pregnant with Jacob we(Ben & I) had a huge choice to make. Ben was in the military at that time and we had to move to a different base. Now mind you at 5 months the baby is developing all the major organs (yeah, his heart developing at this time). Okay, well we had about 15 minutes to choice whether be sent to Albuquerque, NM or not. So, we decided okay lets go for it. Well, that was the best place for Jacob to be for his surgery. Wow huh? God does know exactly what we need all the time. It is so nice to be reminded of this often. We doubt with so many things. We need to stop doubting and just look to Christ for EVERYTHING! I know I need Christ in every step I take.

Yes, GOD IS SOOOOOOO GOOD! Don't ever forget it!

Hello

I sit here not really knowing what to blog about, but yet feel like I should. I have not been up to too much. Last week, I took care of Dalin for a couple of days while Nate & Heidi had their twins. All went well with that. They are all home and doing good. Dalin was really good for me. Although I have to tell you I am sure not used to a little one and all that is required. I had the diaper bag, car seat and stroller. We had fun together, but I realized I am way out of that stage. I love to be able to watch her and then give her back. I have so much freedom with my kids getting older. You start to get use to it. I feel blessed to be able to be there to help with Dalin and their dog, Andy. I am hoping to be able to help with twins too. Yeah, I would like that.

So, this last Friday and Saturday was Women of Faith and I have to say I wish I could have gone with my mom and friends. This is the first year I have missed since we started going(my mom & I). I will be going next year here in Denver though. I pray all of you that went had a wonderful time. I would be surprised to hear you not have a great time. I am so grateful to Gena for going with my mom. I hear they had a great time. It was hard on Friday when I realized I wasn't going to be there. Crazy how things will just hit you so hard. Even though it was hard I know God had a plan in it all. That is so comforting to know that He has a bigger plan that we don't always understand. I do hope you all were blessed at Women of Faith.

We have not been up to a whole lot here. Today we drove up to Red Rock and walked around. We are going to have to go back there for some hiking and some biking. We had a nice family day. We actually went to church on Saturday night, so we had all of today with just the four of us. I love our time together, especially when we are away from home. It is something about being out in God's beauty that just it so relaxing. We hiked a little bit and the kids were having fun racing Ben up the hill. I was tailing behind. Hiking was not in our plans it just happen and we were not wearing the right shoes for it. Oh well though we were on an adventure. I love our Kemper adventures. Not always sure what we are doing and just going with the flow. I think next weekend we are going to do some more hiking or maybe some biking at Red Rock. We will just wait to see what happens.

I would like to ask you all for your prayers. Jacob is due to go to the Cardiologist on Oct. 17th for a check up. We know we are getting closer each time for it to be surgery time. My prayer is that we will have peace no matter what happens. Jacob is getting bigger, so surgery can be at anytime. Also, pray for our time with the new doctor. It is always hard going to a new doctor. Having to tell everything again. This doctor does come recommended by Jacob's previous doctor. Nate & Heidi took Dalin to see this doctor as well. Anyway, I just get a little nervous each time we go in now. A part of me wishes it was time, just so we can move on past this. But then I think I am not ready. I know it will happen when God says it is time. I do trust Him with it all. Who knows maybe God will do a miracle and Jacob will never have to have surgery again. That would be truly amazing and awesome. So, please just pray for us as we wait for the appointment and for the appointment. Thank you.

I guess that is it for now. I had more to say then I thought I did. I pray you all are doing great. Miss you & love you bunches. Jesus loves you too!

Kim