Happy 30th...

~Happy 30th Anniversary MoM & DaD~

May the Lord continue to bless your marriage.

Thank you for your years for faithfulness to each other, your enduring

love for the Saviour, who made it all possible!

We Love You So!

And Your Praise Goes On

And when my final breath You lend

I’ll thank You for the life You gave

But that won’t mean the praises end‘

Cause I won’t be silenced by the grave!
And Your praise goes on

I’ll be runnin’ to Your throne

With every nation, tribe and tongue

To Your arms I’ll flyI’ll gaze into Your eyes

Then I’ll know as I am known

And Your praise goes on

And Your praise goes on

And Your praise goes on

~ And Your Praise goes On~ Chris Rice

May it bring you peace, friends, to think of Micah in such a presence

~ A great note from the Cooleys! What a wonderful truth to ponder and imagine!! Thanks!

Fun Times

How we Celebrated...
With some of Mikey's Fav Things

Thursday night my Luke came home from work, we had decided to get cheese pizza and watch Cars. Well Dad treated us to pizza and then came dessert... brownies and rootbeer. Mikey loved his "robeer"- rootbeer and "pesii"- pepsi. So we junked out with Mikes favs and sang songs as the movie played, I think we could quote the movie line by line. Then off to a late bed, with of course story time, more songs and prayers. That night Braet led us in a loud, long version of "My God is So Great" and then he prayed. What precious time to hear as he poured his heart out to Jesus, thanking him for his brother and for Heaven, "that Micah is no longer sick, has no more tears and will live forever." I love those two lil peanuts!!!

The next morning was Fri the 25th, Luke was able to take of work and be with us~ what a blessing! We still woke up early and he spent the morning reading to me from a wonderful book entitled "From Grief to Glory" and by the time the kiddos got up Dadda had already slipped out to the store and gotten more favs doughnuts and Chocolate Milk (a staple for Mikes). Later was a picnic of Happy Meals-- yes, yes another fav- at Black Hills. This park is special to us because it was the one of the last places where our boy was well. Even though there were many tears the days were wonderful remembering memories and recounting God's faithfulness. We grieve with great hope~ Later that day Luke surprised me by taking me away for the weekend (he told me Thurs so I could pack- thanks Joe for all the help!!!- you guys got me). Mom & Dad and Mark & Jenny watch the lil ones, thanks guys!!! He took my by the grave site and then we headed to Annapolis. We were able to relax and then check out Main Street, tour a garden and our CG even blessed us with a goodie bag and special notes of encouragement for our trip! It was a wonderful time to be together.

Love, I am so grateful for you. You are a such a wonderful Dadda, thanks for the way you lead & love us! Also thanks for all the surprises they were such a fun treat, especially this past weekend!

A few pics from the park-

A Year with Jesus

Hope for Heaven~ Strength for Today

Life for God's Glory

The sorrow and the joy~
How sorrowful are our hearts for the for the precious lil one that has left our world~
Yet how joyful are our hearts that he has spent a year with Jesus, free from all pain and singing the songs he loved to sing to the King~

"My God is so Great,
So Strong and so Mighty,
There's Nothing my God can not do
For You!
The mountains are His
The river are His
The stars are his handy work too"

Thank you for the cards, calls , email & prayers. We so appreciate them. We stand on your prayers, please know God is providing much grace, comfort and strength as we continue to grieve and celebrate Micah's life.

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

Revelation 21:4

Wonderful Praise

First of all thank you for all the ways you have cared for our family - we can say with gratefulness that we have experienced the love of God through so many.

Some of you may or may not know that a few weeks ago my mom, Rita, was in the hospital with a strep infection in her blood (my mom has also been heroically battling multiple myeloma for 8 years now). During this time one of her kidneys stopped working so she was having to do dialysis 3 times a week. The doctors told her that she could potentially have to be on dialysis the rest of her life. But last week I talked with my dad - they found out that my moms kidneys have returned to normal functionality, which means she will not longer need dialysis! Praise God! This is only the 2nd time in 14 years that these doctors have seen this happen. What a blessing and an answer to prayer!

Thank you guys for lifting up our family and my mom in prayer!

Asking for prayer

Yesterday morning Kriscinda had a doctors appointment and sadly they were unable to hear the baby's heartbeat. Kriscinda underwent a D&C this morning. She is feeling pretty well, just taking it easy today. As you can imagine this is very heart breaking news for us and we would appreciate your prayers. Please pray that we would continue to experience the Lord's comfort and nearness and that we would turn to our faithful and loving God and trust in his plan for us. Heaven will be a full place for our family, we have 3 babies now with Jesus, all who we long to hold.
Thanks for your prayers!

~ How Firm a Foundation

How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,

Is laid for your faith in His excellent Word!

What more can He say than to you He hath said,

You, who unto Jesus for refuge have fled?

In every condition, in sickness, in health;

In poverty’s vale, or abounding in wealth;

At home and abroad, on the land, on the sea,

As thy days may demand, shall thy strength ever be.

Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dismayed,

For I am thy God and will still give thee aid;

I’ll strengthen and help thee, and cause thee to stand

Upheld by My righteous, omnipotent hand.

When through the deep waters I call thee to go,

The rivers of woe shall not thee overflow;

For I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless,

And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.

When through fiery trials thy pathways shall lie,

My grace, all sufficient, shall be thy supply;

The flame shall not hurt thee;

I only design Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine.

Even down to old age all My people shall prove

My sovereign, eternal, unchangeable love;

And when hoary hairs shall their temples adorn,

Like lambs they shall still in My bosom be borne.

The soul that on Jesus has leaned for repose,

I will not, I will not desert to its foes;

That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,

I’ll never, no never, no never forsake.

Mikes Memorial

Saturday our dear lil Micah's Memorial was set at Brookville Cemetery. We are so grateful to have the memorial completed , it turned out much better than we'd hoped. It was a meaningful time for our fam. How we miss our lil man and long for the day when we will see him again. It was a time with tears, prayers and songs. Many wonderful memories we have and many wonderful times we will have that are yet to come~ Until then we will seek to make the most of our Micah Mans wonderful life and hope to live each day in light of that day, when we shall stand before our Saviour.

Revelation 21:4

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more,

neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the

former things have passed away.”

~For Heaven & Home~

Mom's Surgery

Thanks for praying for mom today. The surgery went very well, it was longer than they anticipated because of legions of scar tissue but she is in her room now and recovering. Dad says she is pretty out of it and just needs to rest so for those of you who have asked about visiting, it would be better to wait until she returns home. One more thing is that they didn't find any cancer! Which is obviously a huge blessing!

Busy Summer Days

Well were in...kinda Its hard to know where to begin... We moved most of our things to the new home. I really wanted to finish all the painting and modifications before we moved in but running back and forth proved to be too difficult for the family. Just too many late nights that way and then we weren't able to keep up with either place! So we have a few things left at the appt. The kiddos rooms are pretty much set up just a few accessories so they can get a lil more settled and then we hope to move the rest of our things. We have had a ton of help from friends, which has made a huge difference.

My poor girlie has been a bit confused about where we live and Braet says we move alot =) (I guess the 2 moves have been a little crazy). Even though there is lots of work to be done- we are so very excited to be here. What a blessing this home is!

I truly look forward to having our home set up yet I am trying not to wish away this construction, painting, wall paper removing, and moving phase. Well maybe the wall paper removal!!

Braet went to "summer camp" the other week at church, better known as Summer Celebration. It was great! CC loved it too, we stayed for the singing some mornings. During the week they had a lessons about forgiveness, boy did the Lord use it to prepare his heart for later that day when Cianne destroyed his prize possession- his lego creation.

Well it has certainly been a whirlwind around here not exactly the relaxing summer I anticipated but just what the Lord has planned for us. I still can't believe we actuatally own this home after waiting for 6 months- it hasn't quite settled in!

I have 3 prayer requests today
1) for Rita, Luke's wonderful mom. She has been heroically battle Multiple Myeloma cancer for the last 8 years, they are in the process of switching her medicine. Please pray for her health, strength, peace and that the new meds would work well.
2) my mom, she is having her hysterectomy tomorrow at Holy Cross~ for a quick recovery and and that this surgery will be just the tune up she needed
3) for our new little one~ We are expecting! I am 12 weeks along and we are thrilled at the thought of welcoming a lil one into our home. If you would pray for peace and a healthy lil one =) Thanks!!

~ I'll send pics soon- I know they are the best part!