I'll Stand

I was asked, well tricked and deceived, to sing with my cousin Hannah and my Aunt Susan at my Grandma's church today.

We decided to sing "The Stand". I have always loved that particular song when we sing it at church and it has brought tears to my eyes more times then I can count. But in breaking it down and really looking at the words I saw it in a whole new light. As we were reading and rereading the words Susan pointed out that it is the whole story of Christ "YOU stood before creation" "YOU carried the cross for my shame " "So I walk in YOUR salvation". I love when I sing a song and it hits me just how awesome and amazing Christ is how completely unworthy I am for His gift.

I am so thankful that Christ died on the cross for my sins so that my soul now can stand and that my life can declare His glory.

I was so nervous, as you know, I don't like to be in front of anyone talking, let alone singing. But I'm glad we could use our voices to glorify "The ONE Who Gave it All".

Susan and Hannah
Thanks ladies you two gave me the opportunity to sing to our LORD through a microphone and trust me on this, I wouldn't have and will not do it with out you! I love you two more than I can ever express.

Here are the lyrics. They have been my prayer all day, I hope they can give you the same comfort they gave me today to get up on that stage and sing!

You stood before creation
Eternity within Your hand
You spoke the earth into motion
My soul now to stand

You stood before my failure
Carried the Cross for my shame
My sin weighed upon Your shoulders
My soul now to stand

So what can I say
What can I do
But offer this heart O God
Completely to You

So I'll walk upon salvation
Your Spirit alive in me
This life to declare Your promise
My soul now to stand

So what can I say
What can I do
But offer this heart O God
Completely to You

So I'll stand
With arms high and heart abandoned
In awe of the One who gave it all

So I'll stand
My soul Lord to You surrendered
All I am is Yours

Love,
K-Dub

How to Cook a Turkey

My class is made up of 4 and 5 year olds and they told me how they would cook a turkey. I thought some of you might like to try out one of these recipes this year.

How to Cook a Turkey

First you go to Walmart get a Turkey. Put salt and more turkey and some sugar and vitamins and real vitamins and letters on it. Then put it in a real hot oven for 8 minutes. Take it out and eat it. It will taste like Goldfish!

How to Cook a Turkey

First you have to go to a farm and hide the turkey under your shirt. Put mustard, ketchup, cereal like Capin’ Crunch, and one more ingredient salt and pepper on the top of the turkey. Cook it on the chair that is hot as lava for 108 minutes. Eat it all. It will taste like chicken!

How to Cook a Turkey

First you have to go to a Pumpkin Patch and get a turkey. Take it home and put salt and pepper on it. Cook it on a hot stove for 30 minutes. Then you eat it and it will taste like chicken!

How to Cook a Turkey

Get the turkey from the store. It gets a little bit tricky now. Put ketchup and mustard and tootsie rolls, and then strawberry ice cream on top of the turkey. Take the turkey home. Put it out for a decoration. Then cook it in a microwave for 10 minutes. Then you eat it. The turkey taste like turkey!

How to Cook a Turkey

Get the turkey from outside. Put just salt on it. And cook it in the oven for 10 hours at 30 degrees. Then it dies. Then you eat it. It will taste like turkey!

How to Cook a Turkey

Pluck the feathers then get out the bones. Then put salt and sugar on it. Next put more bones in it. Put it in the microwave for 5 minutes. Then add more salt. Put water in it and boil it. Last you eat it. It will taste yummy and like a pumpkin pie!

How to Cook a Turkey

Get the turkey from a store like Kroger or something. Put ice cream on top. Then cook it in the oven for 20 minutes at burning hot degrees. Then Mom cuts up the turkey. Then we eat the turkey. It tastes like Beer Can Chicken!

How to Cook a Turkey

Go to Target and get a turkey. Cut it in half. Put salt, peppermint, mustard, ketchup and sprinkles on top of it. Put it in the oven for 3 days at 50 degrees. Mimi will carve the turkey unless her sister is still sick cuz then she can’t. Then eat it. It will taste like chicken!

How to Cook a Turkey

Get your turkey from the Rockwall, Texas Target. Put vanilla ice cream and whip cream on the top. Throw it in the oven at 46 degrees for 66 hours. Take it out and eat. Taste like chicken!

How to Cook a Turkey

Go to Costco and get a turkey. Dress the turkey with salt, ‘SLAP YOUR MAMA’ spicy stuff, and pepper. Cook it in the oven at 180 degrees for 20 minutes or so. Take it out and eat it. Taste good like chicken!

How to Cook a Turkey

Get the turkey at the market. Put pepper and hot sauce and pudding on the top. Cook it for 10 min in the oven at 100 degrees. Then eat it. Taste like chicken pie with hot sauce!

How to Cook a Turkey

Get the turkey at the restaurant. Put nothing on it cuz it’s good the way it is. Cook it at home in the oven for 4 hours at HOT and you will have to blow on it. Then you eat it ALL and then you get a treat like Skittles. Taste good and like chicken!

It's Almost Thanksgiving and I am THANKFUL

I am so very thankful for so many things this Thanksgiving!!!

So in no particular order here it goes.

1. I am extremely thankful and blessed to have the family that I do. They make me laugh, they make me cry, , they make me smile, they make me go dancing (and you know I am no good at that....wait a second is that why they make me do that....well poop), they make me eat way to much (ok so maybe that's my fault but they are right there with me and they don't stop me...well I don't stop them either....dang it's a vicious cycle), they make me ride Motorcycles (ok so I beg and plead and threaten and promise to make cinnamon rolls and then they cave in and then they wish they hadn't) they make me love, they make me fish (well actually I think I make them do that), they make me think, and they make me happy!

P.S.- other side of the family this is all I got... So we should really take a picture together sometime...

2. I am thankful for my 12 sweet, adorable, loving, hug-able, cute, precious, kind, and perfectly perfect kids. I am thankful that they tell me they love me daily, give me hugs for doing absolutely nothing, tell me I'm funny even when I'm not, and always smile just when I need it! Even when they produce one of the three P's (pee, poop, puke) I am still thankful for each and every one of them.

3. I am thankful for Piper. She is the cutest 2 year old on the planet. She has my heart in the palm of her hands. I would do absolutely anything for her. I will bail her out of any predicament she gets herself into. Aunt Kay Kay's house is always open for her to run away too or hide from any problem in. I love you Duckie!


4. I am thankful for Emerson. She is the cutest almost 8 month old in the world. She also has my heart in the palm of her hands. I would do absolutely anything for her. Including but not limited to sleepovers, partees (said with a silly accent), getting into trouble together, getting out of trouble together, laughing, cuddling, and whatever else might come along the way. Goose you are a bright shining light in any darkness their might ever be. I love you, Sweet Girl!



5. I am thankful for Chick-fil-A! Not just this time of year but everyday. With their chicken nuggets and waffle fries and sweet tea. Chick-fil-A can make your day better but can never make it worse. Now I would like to take a moment and thank the Peppermint Chocolate Chip Milkshake. It is the best concoction in the universe and I'm not just saying that because it's pink, however that is one of the reasons. It is amazing. If you have not tried I recommend it highly! And if you live a part of this great country that does not have Chick-fil-A you should just move because with out Chick-fil-A you will not know greatness. (end of "ode to Chick-fil-A")


6. I am thankful for the Pilgrims and the Indians. If the Pilgrims hadn't been horribly treated in England for their religious choices they would have never come to America and if the Indians hadn't been kind and helped the Pilgrims grow food and catch fish then the Pilgrims would have died and then I would not have the next 9 days off for Thanksgiving. So thank you Pilgrims and Indians for all you did!



7. I'm thankful for my parents. They love me no matter what and they deal with all my lovely qualities. 'nuf said they know I love them. Plus I don't want to cry or make them cry cuz of my thoughtfulness and my admiration of them. So I will end #7 with what's for dinner I'm hungry?


8. I'm thankful for my "Kindergarten friends". The one that calls me when she's bored or just driving home and no one else answered their phone and the one that I rarely call because I am a horrible friend. I'm so glad we have stayed friends the last 20 years. I am thankful that even though Middle School was rough we made it through with no baggage from each other. I love you two. You girls are the best! I am also thankful this year for the newest addition to the "Kindergarten Club" Miss Addie Mae. She is the cutest, most adorable, sweet, precious, lovely, beautiful 2 week in the world. I know already that this particular Kay Kay will have a small problem telling Addie that she can't have something. I love you precious Addie! You have the two most amazing parents in the world but when you get tired of them my house is always close by.


9. I'm thankful for my friends that have come into my life since. You guys have gotten me through alot and I hope I have helped you out too. I am so thankful for all you have done for me. The trips to Chiloso, City Craft, Chick-fil-A, or for all of the Fudge you have made me. Each one of you mean so much to me and I can not even begin to thank you.

10. I am thankful for snow. Not that I see it very often but I do love it. It's pretty, and cold, and shiny, and you can't eat it when it's yellow (you know for the obvious reasons) It truly is my favorite form of precipitation. I wish I saw more of it. I love to ski in it and walk through, I don't like to sit in it cuz then I get all wet and cold. But I really do love the stuff.

11. I am thankful forBambi! No not the movie that dumb thing makes my cry like a baby every time, yes I know Bambi's mom dies and yes I know Bambi's dad dies. And yes I know their is a fire in the forest. But come on they are so cute. Little Thumper "if you can't say anything nice don't say anything at all". (oops SPOILER ALERT--sorry that probably should have before all that last part.) Ok back to what I am actually thankful for-- DEER-- more specifically the venison that we get from deer. I apologize if you have something against the killing of innocent creatures. Wait come to think of it no I am not. Deer is yummy and I like it! I like back strap and the beef jerky my dad made the other night. Well it's not beef jerky it's venison jerky but that just sounds stupid. So I shall now call it Beef Jerky on A STEEEEK. If you don't understand that joke then you're not my dad, Uncle Donnie or my cousin Jake so ask one of them and they will tell you or they won't it's really up to them!

12. I am thankful for The Princess Bride! I'm thankful for the lines like "AS YOU WISH" and "My name is Indigo Montoya you killed my father prepare to die" and "Inconceivable" and "Anybody want a peanut" and "Marwige, Marwige is what bwings us togever today" and "Wesley what about the ROUS's. Rodents of Unusual Size I don't believe they exist." Oh so many lines. If you like it too come over and we can watch it and say every line together! (on a side note- I am also thankful for Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail..."Bloody big rabbit")

13. I am thankful for the people in the military. I am thankful for every one of the men and women in the Armed Forces. Thank you for all that you do to keep us safe back at home. Come home safe!
I know a lot of people who have served and who are serving. I cannot think of any "job" that I am more thankful to then that one. To all those in my family, my friends, guys I went to high school, and all of the men and women that stood up last weekend in church, I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Since Veteran's Day was this month and I don't think I have ever told him this before.... I want to say a special thank you to my cousin Zane for the 4 years he spent in the Air Force. We had a lot of good times when you were stationed in Abilene! Thank you for taking 4 years out of your life to help protect our country!

14. I am most of all thankful to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. With out Him I am nothing. With Him I can do everything!