Wow, a year and a half between posts, not bad... Just an update for anyone who is reading this, even though all of you who do already know all of it, here is what is going on in the Plumlee household:

Leigh Ann and I are adopting a baby girl from China, Brynnlee Faith. We won't actually get her for about 2 and a half more years but we are beyond excited! We have been working on getting all of the paperwork ready and authenticated and that process should be done in the next month or so, as it is in the second to last step now. We took our yearly trip to Telluride over spring break and the snow was awesome, I would say it couldn't have been better, but it always can be.

Now, Leigh Ann is working on trying to get a job closer to Lubbock, even though Ralls has been really great and she loves it, both gas prices and starting a family make it important that she be closer to town. I am still plugging along at ESC 17, it is a great job and I don't plan on leaving any time soon, where else can you mess with new technologies and have the time off I do!

This summer will be crazy as usual, between youth trips and golf(which I am really getting back to this year) we have a fun and busy summer planned.

Just a thought for you:

As we have gone through this adoption process, we have had lots of tough pitfalls that have come our way. Whether it was kidney stones, paperwork snaphoos or just trying to raise money, we have learned that we have to remember who is in charge and not do for ourselves, but do as God leads us to do. Sure, we probably have caused most of the problems by not doing that, but we have also learned lessons along the way.

Psalm 119:35

Direct me in the path of your commands, for there I find delight.

I know I know, its been too long between blogs. But hey, at least I am blogging now! It has been a crazy year for us, and to be honest we are ready for 2006 to end. With Leigh Ann having to have ACL repair done, and the rehab that goes along with it that would have been enough, but we have just had a trying year. Not to say that it has been all bad, the church is moving to a new location, and we are stoked about that!

I am really ready for a break from work, just a chance to recharge the batteries. I get 2 weeks off at Christmas and I need it!

I know that God is working in our lives and we are excited about that, just be in prayer for us as we find out where he is taking us and that we would be excited and open to his will in our lives.

Well I am out! check back soon(maybe) I will get back with you...

Telluride!!!!



Man we spent Spring break skiing, well I was skiing anyway, Leigh Ann was taken out after three hours with a torn ACL, but still had a great time.

It was so much fun spending time with the youth and the folks from the Heights in a truly beautiful setting. Leigh Ann was really an inspiration to me on this trip. After getting hurt it is so easy for any of us to take the oh poor me route, but she really was a trooper! She never slowed down and just found things she could still do and kept a really positive attitude. I have told her she was a real blessing to me, but I don't think she really knows how much. We have been doing a study on James, and she says that it really came into play this week. It helped her to know that we as Christians are going to go through trials but she rejoiced in that, as hard as that is to believe!

We really did this last minute and were truly floored with how accommodating the group was to our last minute entry, they just took it in stride. Here are some cool pics from the trip, believe it or
not that is me skiing the bumps, who knew!!

I know that you missed me:



Well I figured since I haven't posted her in forever that I would come back and make a visit! The holidays were busy as usual with family in and travel happening. I must say, that really put a damper on my workout schedule. Being off of work gives you lots more time to work out and lots less motivation!

We have been at The Heights Fellowship for almost 2 years now and have been amazed with the growth that God has blessed this church with. As soon as we started there, we also started with the Roaring 20's small group. That small group has recently grown in numbers and in turn we have had the opportunity to make great friends there. That is really what small groups are about, to grow in the word and to make great connections with other couples in like situations. I feel really blessed to be part of a really great group and to have had the opportunity to grow with them. We are now starting a study on the book of James and this really excites me and others in our group because it requires us to really study the word. We have been doing more relationship based studies, and while they are really helpful in our marriages, they don't require much study of the text.

Please be in prayer for our group that we would dig in and really find out what changes God requires of our characters that we probably take for granted. Also be in prayer for The Heights as, our growth creates the need for a larger venue. This is really a great problem to have and in fact, I shouldn't even be referring to it as a problem but a blessing.

Bishop I know you are shocked that I am making an entry, but I plan to make this a regular thing!(key word there is plan)

Create a blog grasshopper:

Well as you can see from looking through the posts on my blog, my wife created an entry on here last week. I am proud to say that my technically challenged wife has gone out on her own and has her own blog! Excuse me, just a little verclempt, talk amongst yourselves...

Ok, so go check it out, http://plumsilly.blogspot.com/.

So we just got back to town from Ruidoso, and other than the stomach bug, all was wonderful! We didn't have to do much, just relaxed and shopped some in town. The other two couples were great and baby Casen was good as gold. We really wanted to ski, but with only 4 trails open, I am not going to climb that mountain.

Well I might have to rename my wife Delila! I have for the last 2 years or so pretty much had a buzzcut and liked it that way. For one it was cheap, since it was cut at home. And it was also really easy never to have to fix your hair in the morning. For the last month or so I have been growing it out so that I can actually fix it and look trendy or something... After we got back from Ruidoso, Leigh Ann was cutting my hair and cut the bottom short as usual and when she got done with the bottom I assumed that she was going to blend it with the #4 blade she mentioned. Let me just say, that the buzzcut is back! I actually don't care, like I said, it is nice not to have to fix your hair in the morning... I am not really going to change your name sweetheart, but I do feel a little weaker...

Well this one is short and sweet, promise a better post next time.

Kyle

Blog?:


Ok, so Kyle tells me we have this blog. I cheerfully say COOL...what's a blog? He tells me to get on here and type like a journal, so here I go.
What a crazy week :o( As hard as I try not to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of the "season" I feel so overwhelmed. Now don't get me wrong I love giving gifts, seeing the lights and hearing the music. I just feel like we start the festivities in October and by now I'm pooped. On a more exciting note we leave tomorrow for Ruidoso with some of our best friends (Hey Cox's & Watson's). WOO HOO!!!! Here's the problem they all are fortunate to have Friday off and I have to work. But I don't mind, my kids at school need me there. I just learned to ski last winter and I kept wishing that a blizzard would move over the mountain so we could get on some powder. Of course that's not in the forecast.
Well it's 11 pm and my wake up call comes at 5:30 am so I better come to a close.

So did I do OK Bishop?

TTFN
Sally

Of Soccer and other stuff


Well as I thought of my first blog post, I couldn't keep my mind away from soccer! The reason for this is that we recently finished our last season of indoor soccer for the year with a really heated game. The other team really wasn't the issue, we didn't play very well for us, and the guys in yellow were watching some other game than the one they needed to be! Oh well, our 3 game winning streak had been broken. The problem with this is that this was the first winning streak ever for the much famed Bakers Boys team! You have to understand that we are a mix of guys that are really good, and guys like me, who played soccer back when and now in an effort to stay in shape in our 30's are playing soccer. Lets just say that I am still trying to figure out how not to be in the way and re-learn how to play. You know the Lord works in mysterious ways, a year ago I hadn't worked out or done much of any physical activity for a long time, since Febuary, I haven't missed more than 3 days in a row going to the gym! It wasn't health issues or anything like that. It was more the need to spend time with a friend of mine and to get into shape. Everyone who has known me for ever looks at me now, 20 pounds heavier, and doesn't know what to think. I was 160 pounds soaking wet and skinny as a rail up until recently but my friend Tim Pearson has reshaped my muscle structure to at least less scrawney. That is about the time that soccer came into the picture as well. I never thought I would play again (and sometimes wish I still didn't) and then it just happened. I am here to tell you, indoor soccer, no matter what kind of shape you are in, will bring you right to the point of puking that first game! Or at least it has with more than just me on my team!(see Bishop) But as I got myself into game shape things came together nicely, and now I am still uncoordinated but falling around on the floor in much better shape. Most of the guys on our squad are members of The Heights Fellowship which is where we go to church.

Well I am pretty much at a point where I need to stop so that the boredom doesn't go on for too long, but here is just a little bit about me.

My name is Kyle Plumlee, my wife Leigh Ann is part of this blog as well, she just doesn't know it exists yet! Our family consists of us, and our dog Agape and the obvious parents, siblings and copious amount of nieces and nephews. Having 3 siblings on my side has created a real clan of Plumlees in the Big Spring area, and Leigh Ann's brother has 2 kids as well. We haven't had any children yet but hopefully the Lord will bless us soon! I will fill in the details more as the blog develops but this will do for now.

laters,

Kyle