Life has been so great...

God has granted me with so many blessings. 

To begin this year with thanks, I've gotta start with Tony.  We just celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary.  The years were filled with joy, sadness, struggles, victories, failures, and hope, but especially love.  Thank you, Tony, for being my best friend, husband, brother, and yes, even sometimes, like my son.

My four kids, what would I do without them? 

Dawn (6)

Jade (4)

Hope (3)

and Baby Drew (1)

During 2008, we mourned the loss of our grandfather, the first for us Kim kids, but we welcomed new family members, like Lewis Lee and Violet Chang.

On Dec. 2, I found out that I was accepted at LLU School of Dentistry.  I couldn't have done it without my family...

My parents, who've instilled in me the love of service and honesty.

Ruth (whose recent picture I do not have) and my brother-in-law Billy, who have helped me any time I needed their help.

Hanna, who loves my kids almost as much as I do.

Maria, who chaperoned me through the tough sciences.

Josh, who just gets kicks from being with my kids.

And my baby brother and sister, Caleb and Deborah, who are just too cute.

It's a privilege to be alive, to know love, to know the taste of victory after struggle, and the joy of being surrounded by people you love and who love you back. 

How great is our God.

  Wow, has it really been more than 3 months since I last updated?  Man...  Well, what can I say?  I'm back in school.  Right now, the best description about how I feel about that is - I feel like I've been chained to the back of a pickup truck, and it's driving around at 60 mph.  I'm taking O. Chem and Physiology, and not doing well in either. 

Well, all I can say is that despite me having to leave the feeling of being overwhelmed at the foot of Jesus every morning, God has definitely given me the strength to endure, and the power to accept things that are not in my own power.  I still have a happy family life, two great supportive sisters, and a view of a good life ahead of me.  I just cling to the pant legs of God like a little child.

Well, during the last three months, a lot has happened.  Here's a brief description of it all.  Are you ready?

Here are my four kids - wow, that's a big number! I'm still getting used to saying that...

I have four kids...

Firstfruits from our garden

Went to some museum in Indiana.  Isn't this so cool?... so much love...

Visit from OHA family: Chester, Lysa & Crystal, and Mrs. Clark

(Lysa and I have been best friends since my sophomore year at OHA.)

Dawn started kindergarten - yes,... I cried.

Hope's 2nd Birthday

Drew's Baby Dedication

(Compare the above picture with this one from Hope's dedication two years ago.)

Visit to the great Chicago Children's Museum.

(where Hope has discovered that she wants to be a paleobiologist when she grows up)

Drew turns 100 days old.

My Three Musketeers, Charlie's Angels, - Three Little Pigs

You just gotta love them. (picture taken just yesterday)

Till next time...which will most likely be when this semester is up...

Godspeed.