Last full week of April 2013

Hello my friends,

     Sitting has given me plenty of time to work up some stories for posts for you. Life hasn't slowed, for which I am grateful. My fear was that with surgery, life would slow. The only way wife for a mother of 2 (techinically 4 because these dogs are SO needy!) is if activities are cut out. I want my babies to be able to go to sports, Awanas where they can see friends and be around wonderful caring adults, play outside, play with their Poppa, and enjoy projects that they create. All of those have been able to continue.

     The Lord has also used this time to open my eyes. The LORD says to "Lift up your eyes to the heavens" & count the stars, not one is missing! "Lift up your eyes to the heavens & your children will be gathered to you! Lift up your eyes! Look at the earth. The heavens will disappear and the earth wear out like a garment." (All found in Isaiah) Did you notice what happens when we take our eyes off the heavens? Off of Christ? We see all of the sad, horrid things going on. I had my eyes focused on me, even worse than looking at the world. Friends needed a person to talk to & show they cared, I didn't notice. Family needed love, I didn't notice. Friends, God has opened my eyes to how selfish, self-centered, immature, and silly I have been lately. I am so thankful we serve the risen LORD who is willing to forgive so much more than we deserve!

     We have all been very busy this week!

HA! Ok, that's not true. It is so hard to write this blog a little at a time. I wrote the above section on Monday. Here it is Saturday! We all stayed busy with walks (bad idea for me!) grocery store runs, Dr appts, another grocery run, laundry, and naps. Kaden has been COMPLETELY spoiled. Sarah has run him  using the Chuck-It and taken him for loooooong walks. Each time she goes outside with Kaden a certain little puppy dog whines and pines (sp?) and cries and pouts until she returns! Frankie can't be walked right now because ... well, let's say he has an "it" now. He stayed at the kennel for the first few days post-op due to us being out of town. Between the excitement of the kennel and coming home, little man popped a couple stitches. We had to go back and get two staples. He took it like a champ and didn't even whimper! The cone of shame only goes on at night now. He hated it! Sarah is convinced she is stealing the truck, the recliner, and Frankie!

So...the doctor. We told him I'm still swelling quite a bit so he prescribed an anti-inflammatory medicine. It helped my discomfort SO much that I no longer take anything other than the occasional Tylenol with it! As in 2 Tylenol in 2 days!!!!!! Stephen went fishing! He caught our dinner! It was delicious! He also made us some shrimp et-2-fay. I've no clue how to spell that word for real, so that is how you pronounce it! Tonight he made us some gumbo that was to die for! Sarah & I had ours with mashed potatoes and that was wonderful! Sarah made us stuffed peppers! Oh so delicious! The kids come home tomorrow evening. We are also half-way celebrating my birthday tomorrow! The other half of the celebration will be on my actual birthday WEDNESDAY!!!!! So excited!! This will be the first birthday since 2010 that I've had a family member with me on my birthday!!!

Some of you know about my momma. She has had a pretty tough fight with Lymes. I'm SUPER excited to tell ya'll that we have some encouraging news! Her Lymes specialist in CO has found some new treatments that seem to be helping Momma a lot! Her voice sounds SO much stronger on the phone! It's a strict regimen that requires a lot of monitoring because they have to adjust her supplements up to 3 times a day. She spent almost a week at her doctor's home with my daddy. They saw almost instanaeous results. That doesn't mean YOU would be able to see them. There are 3 steps to the treatment. Step 1 breaks down the defenses of the Lymes spores. Step 2 kills the spores. Step 3 detoxes her system and flushes the spores that were killed. The detox phase is the most difficult because her body gets as weak as a kitten. However, once the spores were flushed she feels a lot better! Just please please pray that she is able to beat this 5 yr battle. I've got pictures and captions waiting for you! Keep on scrolling!

Sarah took very good care of little Frankie.

She made sure he didn't run and play too much too soon.

 

 

"I do no like the cone of shame."

My Chief and Me in Memphis!

 

We just HAD to make homemade ice cream.

I caught someone eating it out of the mixer!

My beautiful surprise bouquet from the LOVE of my life!

It's so much more beautiful in real life!

 

A gorgeous dapple!

He would high step and lift up his tail whenever he trotted.

I tried to get a pic of that, but he is still beautiful!

 

My beautiful sister Sarah!

 

Some people love to spoil children.

This couple spoiled their dog!

 

 Stephen on our SO comfy bed!

A beautiful mirror in our room downtown Memphis.

Sarah chillin out on her bed!

 

My beautiful babies and me at the Chief's Inititation dinner!

They did WONDERFUL!

We are SO proud of them!

 

I love my family!

 

Abby got snuggled Friday after the dinner. =)

All four of us couldn't squeeze on one bed,

but my babies still needed snuggles before Spring Break.

These three are so precious to me!

The kids were SO excited Aunt Sarah came to the dinner!

Please ignore my crazy hair!

My sister and me all dressed up!

 

 My wonderful hubby and me!

I am wearing 2 1/2 inch heals, he's technically 1/2inch shorter.



April 13

Can you believe a whole week has passed?

 

I sure can't! It has been a very busy, crazy week! Of course, I've been mostly confined to a couch. Bless my FIL's heart because my frustration at being cooped up has tended to come out on him. Bless my hubby's heart because he has also been the recipient.

 

Anyhoot, we have some pictures for you.

There are lots of stories, however, I just can't think of any because I'm tired.

We have been showered with lots of love!

We have had meals dropped off (thank you sweet friends!) Those meals were such a stress reliever for these men! They've done a great job of taking care of me. However, balancing 2 children, 2 dogs, 2 sports schedules, 2 sets of homework, dinner, baths....you have all saved our sanity! Another friend dropped some books off for me to read b/c I've read all of the books we have in the house. (Thank you!!!!!)

 

Picture time!

 

These are pre-op! However, just too cute! We just HAD to go & take pictures (or at least that is what Abby says ;)

 

 

Stephen & me on Easter! =)

 

 

Stickin out our tongues while painting Easter eggs! 

 

Kyle lookin stellar in his shirt & tie!

 

 

At my first procedure (3/22/12) My fabulous Mother in law (MIL) bought me some beautiful daisies!

They are still  blooming! Hopefully one day, Frankie & Kaden will stop chomping on them!

 

 

I told the boys some funny jokes!

 

Ok, so maybe that isn't true. I was sitting outside for the first time post-op & Jim had just exercised the them. To me it looks like they are both laughing & sticking out their tongues!

 

Last but certainly not least, a precious one entered this world this past week!

 

My dear friend & her husband welcomed a very healthy baby and I can NOT wait until I get to see him & kiss his beautiful cheeks!

 

 

 

Forgive my grammatical errors.

I'm very tired.

Excited my sister comes soon!

Stephen has Chief's initiation coming soon!

Jim has to go back to FL soon. =(

Baseball/Softball going on.

Tired.

Sweet dreams friends.



Learning to breathe.

I don't know where to start this post, so I will just jump in.

All that work to password this dealio

and we took it off.

Family was having too much of a difficult time reading it.

I am supposed to be writing a 100 word letter for Stephen.

However, inspiration is failing me.

I can trim it to 122, but that is the best I have got.

So much is happening!

Mom was cleared of Lymes.

Now is has reared its ugly head again.

Her specific strain goes into a spore like state that throws a false negative on tests when it discovers antibiotics in the blood. Once it believes the antibiotics are gone, Lymes sends out "scout-like" spores and if everything is clear, it comes back.

If you believe I have been ignoring you, dear friends, I have been.

Don't take it personal.

I knew I was uncomfortable lately, but didn't know why.

My precious husband has felt the brunt of it.

Well, now we know that my problem is still my kidney.

Pray for that one.

I avoid & go loner when I feel myself getting grumpy.

In my typical, convaluted fashion, I was protecting you.

If I don't realize you are waving or smiling or coming to say hello, don't take it personally please!

I'm working to block out my discomfort until they get it taken care of.

There are lots of good things going on, we will focus on that right now!

Well, the discomfort has been taken care of.
November 28th we were able to laser out some scar tissue that had blocked my kidney a 2nd time. That was highly uncomfortable. My darling body decided to cramp on it every other second and I could always feel it as a dull ache in my back.

Christmas came with all of its hustle and bustle! The kids went with their mom, Stephen & I spent some time together and we all had a wonderful break. January flew by with basketball games, job searches, homework, etc. February 5th dawned bright and early! The day my stent was to be removed! Some fabulous friends took our babies for the night and delivered them to school the morning of the 5th. Stephen and I made it safely to McComb and back. May I just say one thing?
This getting stents business is for the birds!
However, we have fabulous friends/staff at the McComb hospital and all went well. Dr. D did say that there was some scar tissue and it wasn't as open in there as he had hoped for.

Are you sitting down?!?! One of the places I applied for and interviewed for called back! Yes! I started work on February 6th! The people were great and very accomodating considering I started the day after the stent removal. 2 weeks flew by. Stephen was home more, which was nice for me! Kyle was released from the ear doctor! No more procedures in the forseeable future! Abby was doing fabulously at basketball as well! Everything was wonderful! (still is!)

End of February I called Dr. D to report some tenderness and general discomfort. The next week we did a Lasix scan. Followed up with an appointment that I had to bring both kids to due to work schedules. Dr. D walked in & I greeted him with, "Please tell me I'm crazy and this is just normal." ....pause... (a tad too long of a pause if you ask me)..."Elizabeth, I'd love to. But your kidney is blocked & you lost 10% functionality."

Not what you want to hear, right? Doctors, they just don't seem to understand that they should be magical creatures that wink or blink or waive a wand and fix the wrong. Anyhoot, I asked if I were a relative of his, what would he recommend?

"I want to put a stint in next week. We will schedule the next procedure later."

"Next procedure?"

"Yes, I want to redo the original procedure with the DaVinci machine."

Can we say.....bombshell?

Indeed.

I called to do pre-op for my stint and went to have it inserted on 3/19/13.
Those fabulous friends I'm always telling you about once again saved the day and helped with our babies. I was emotional and anxious throughout the entire procedure. Seriously people, when the out patient WARD knows your voice? There's an issue.  They were all wonderful, kind, reassuring, and couldn't have been sweeter if we'd been friends all of our lives. I was called two days later with the date April 5, 2013 for my procedure. There was a flurry of phone calls and coordinating schedules in order to find people to help. Keep in mind military never know their schedule so we had to have a plan if Stephen was here and if he wasn't. PLUS that means coverage by family to help post op for approx 4 weeks total. I was an emotional mess because, come on, all of this past year and it still isn't fixed?!?! It's my own body's fault, but still! Stephen ended up being here. I am so incredibly grateful that God allowed that because it was a much tougher pre-op than before. Jim made it into town safely and had the kids well taken care of. We left home at 4:15am the day of the procedure. Everything went smoothly until time for IVs. Please understand that God orchestrated us getting the absolute sweetest people EVER to take care of us! ...and I don't pass out compliments like that just to pass them out. Suzanne did most of my pre-op prep & made us comfortable. My right IV went in easily. The left took 5 sticks. After the 3rd I was hurting so much I held Stephen's hand with my right. He was compassionate and helped me gently laugh and lickety-split, it went in! I couldn't have held still that last time without him. From what I am told the procedure took about 4+hrs. Brandi, Jennifer, Brenda, Lola, & Brittany kept us in good spirits & good comfort from Friday through Sunday afternoon. We laughed, I cried (laughing post op isn't comfortable, FYI,) we shared stories, and it was great!

Let me just say that medical staff are highly under-appreciated!
We had a couple of loud demanding people on our hall. We've no clue what was wrong, it could have been legit, it could not have been. We might never know. However, on our last morning there, we were jogging (ok, shuffling) a couple of laps around our wing when a young boy came flying out of one of the loud rooms.

"Ma'am! You've got to come quick!"

"What's the matter, honey?!" as nurse hurriedly collects her things...

"He's got the hiccups! You've got to give him something quick!!!!!"


Seriously?

Hiccups?

Stephen & I had to "dash" for our room as we burst out laughing!

Is there medicine for hiccups?

From Frankie

The one that we all call Mom is a little tired. 

PLUS she got this new job, and I'm not really sure I like it. I don't think she will give accurate details so while she is doing dishes, or laundry, or scratching that big oaf of a brother's belly (they call him Kaden and think he is just "so cute!), I will write the truth.

This family is absolutely awesome! I am SO glad that the one they all call "Dad" decided to pick me from among my brothers and sisters. He is so kind, loving, and loves to snuggle with me! "Dad" even protects me from Kaden! I have 2 beds and one of them is inside of a cave that has windows. They call it a crate. I call it heaven! When I am in there, I take all the best toys and hide them under my blanket! Kaden gets so aggravated! My favorite thing? When Kaden sleeps, I like to go nip his ears, neck, lip, anything I can! He gets upset and tries to get me but I dart back and forth so fast he can't get me!

I'm like LIGHTNING!

Anyway, this week...."Mom" worked 3 days. The day they call Monday we all stayed home together and played. It was SO rainy outside Kaden & I had to stay inside. Which was fine with me! I don't like to get wet! "Mom"took this picture because, "It's just cute!" That seems to be her reasoning with a lot of things.

It rained so much that "Dad's" garden and the yard got all flooded!

We all stayed inside and they (the kids and "Mom") did something called homework and something called "crafts" and then danced in front of the TV. 

WEIRD!!!!!

Do you see me on the bottom right? They gave me this tiny bed and Kaden has the HUGE bed!

Kaden hogged the WHOLE window and saw the only 30 seconds of sunshine we had one day.

I felt bad for Kaden on Tuesday.

He got really dirty and ended up getting a bath.

Poor Kaden even laid down and wouldn't climb in.

"Mom" is MUCH stronger than she looks. 

She picked him up and put him in the tub.

I helped him get warm by laying next to him and telling him I loved him like a brother!

"Mom" went to work Wednesday through Friday. It is at something called a "flower shop."

She seems a lot happier, but we (Kaden & I) aren't too sure about this arrangement. I get shut in a room with my bed, food & water, and a couple of toys. Kaden roams the rest of the house and she is gone as long as Kyle and Abby are! BUT the good thing is she plays with us for about an hour once everyone gets settled in the afternoon. 

"Dad" came home on Thursday!

It must have been a love day, because he and "Mom" sure were sharing a lot of kisses and smiles!

They kiss really weird.

I mean, I kiss by  licking their faces.

They kisses by putting their lips together.

Isn't that weird?!

Today (Saturday) the kids and "Mom" shut us out of the study and worked on tying knots.

Man this family is just odd!!!!!

Kyle is cool.

He always tells me I am his good boy and gives me lots of hugs!

Abby talks a lot. Hugs a lot. Tries to pick me up a lot.

but best of all is....SHE RUNS!!!!

Everywhere!

We have SO much fun!

Kyle says that is a piece of his heart with a K in it.

Abby says that A heart is hers too.

By the way, "Dad" had a birthday!

That cake is made of ice cream!

It must be really good because...

"Daddy" had a HUGE piece!

"Dad" & Abby also worked in that thing called a garden a while back.

He is a hard working man.

Oh! This is "Dad" reading the Valentine's card from Abby!

It was all pink! He loved it and she was really happy!

Do you see that smile on her face?

Kyle gave him a card with a monkey on it.

They both thought it was pretty cool!

They pulled out the big knotted thing and "Dad's" smile got even bigger!

He says he is going to use it on the boat.

I think that is where he goes when he is gone for a few days.

I love it when he comes home!

They also gave him a mouse pad (what is that?!) and two coasters with a bulldog picture. I think they should take my picture and put it on there! 

 Most importantly, I have something awful to tell you.

One of my big dog teeth came in so fast that my baby tooth didn't fall out first. 

It was hurting so much that I haven't been eating a lot lately.

Momma found it yesterday and started to mess with it.

Daddy did too.

It hurted  A LOT!

When I finally cried about it, they stopped.

Today I heard them talking about...ora..ora...orajel?

They put some of it on my gum and then started messing with my tooth.

It hurt!

But it came out!

I am not at all happy with Mom!

It hurt!

Daddy likes that I am snuggling with him and not Mom.
He says I am his dog.

He doesn't realize I chose him....humans!

Anyways, I don't think I'll give Mom love and snuggles or anything.

All in all, I love it here!

They play a game called "Go Fish."

I'll see if Mom will put it up here one day.

They give lots of snuggles, good food, go for walks. and give treats!

My mouth does feel better now that that tooth is out....

I'll think about forgiving Mom.

Oh how time does fly!

My momma always told me that when you are bored, time just crawls. If you think about it, she is right! When you are waiting without a magazine, book, etc. in the doctor's office it feels as if you wait for an eternity! When...well, my mental camera is off - I'll explain why. Usually I can come up with a million examples, these past 3 days it has been out of film. Bear with me. Shall we simply start with all that has happened?

 

 

Our Kyle and Abby are home! Christmas break seems like it happened an eternity ago! They acclimated to life in LA again pretty quick. Kyle had a gun-ho week! Saturday evening everyone was together again, Monday school started again, Thursday Kyle had his final (we pray!) ear procedure! We had our same wonderful doctor and incredibly sweet staff taking care of us.

We went with the plan of making it as relaxed and fun as possible. Thankfully, Stephen drove that morning. It was pouring literal buckets of rain! Schools were delayed because of roads being flooded out. We made it safely to just south of Jackson when we had our first taste of just how crazy the weather was. We were nearing an overpass and spotted a police car parked with lights on in our lane. No flares - nothings. No sirens to help draw attention. We had to quickly hit the brakes, change lanes/merge with traffic. Being the wonderful God He is, He protected us and kept us from hitting anything. That isn't to say we didnt' start hydroplane and almost connect with that police car. Stephen was already down to about 30mph and kept the truck under control! When we arrived at the hospital, Kyle was much more relaxed throughout the entire time. Abby has decided that going to the hospital is nothing to be jealous of. All you do is sit, play on your tablet, watch a TV until Mommy & Daddy realize what is on TV (30 seconds after we got in there) and tell you it's not a good show for you. Despite the odds being against her, Abby did absolutely wonderful! She never got grumpy and loud - just quietly bored. When Kyle came out of his procedure I went to visit with him. He was a pale green. My heart broke to see him drugged. The doctor said everything went beautifully and doesn't think Kyle will have to be restricted with his activities as long as last time. Last time Kyle was restricted for 6 weeks! We moved Kyle down to his 2nd recovery (we being the nurse with the family following.) He did get sick eventually, but that is normal for someone who has had a double ear procedure. Poor Abby didn't know what to do with Kyle. Her tender little heart wanted nothing more than to help, but she was scared and didn't really know what to do. We had a movie playing, but as we all know - new scary things right in front of you are hard to block out. We were able to load the kids and head home around 5pm. God kept us safe coming and going.


These are pre-op!

The rest of the weekend was pretty chill. The kids helped me clean the house up. Stephen spent some time in the woods. Monday Stephen left for work. It is amazing how much the dynamics change. Abby had tryouts at basketball! She did really well and I had several coaches coming up to me to ask if she had played before and compliment her spunky personality! That all made Abby's day. We were....strongly encouraging her despite her desires otherwise to try basketball. She was in tears with nerves in the morning and quietly shy before we left. Once we arrived, Abby spotted a friend and immediately just started playing. That was it. Abby was sold! She hasn't stopped begging to go practice instead of eating dinner, doing homework, completing chores, etc! This past week was one of those where, if your tail wasn't solidly in the saddle - you were going to get bucked off! Thankfully, I have been attempting to get into God's Word more on my own. So I had my grip on the saddle, God had the reins, we all survived the speed and craziness!

Wednesday I went to the Baton Rouge for an eye checkup. I just love checkups that have good news. News like, "Ma'am your prescription is.5 too strong." YYAAAYYYy!!!! Let me tell you! That is exciting news! Last year, we discovered my prescription had improved. Since then it has improved even more!!!! At this rate, I am praying God will just heal up my eyes the rest of the way! AND my optic nerves have been nasally inclined and I'm guessing slightly discolored from the comment this doctor made after reviewing my file and checking them. My optic nerves are now at the correct placement again (yay!) and so slightly discolored that he said he had to almost convince himself they were off - if they even were!

Thursday we discovered snow had fallen on the MS side of life. Abby was dropped at a friend's house because Kyle & I had to go to Jackson to get the packing taken out of his ears. It was 6:30am when we left. We gassed up the truck and left. Just outside of Natchez a few miles, we crossed a slippery bridge. I immediately took off cruise control and slowed down. Both hands on the wheel. Kyle reminded to let me focus with slippery roads. All morning long I was striving to count my blessings and gifts God has blessed me with. I noticed a car off the side of the road in some trees, 2 other vehicles on the shoulder, and several people standing on the shoulder of the road. The truck slipped. I gently moved my hands to the left just a tad so that once we got off the ice the truck would ease back onto our lane. The ice didn't stop. The truck tires got onto the dirt and I slammed the brakes. There was water immediately to my right- and it was deep. 20 yards up or so there were trees between the road and water. God slowed us and kept His angels around us. We slid down the hill and straight into the car already empty at the bottom of the hill. I sat back as soon as I knew we were going to have impact with the car/trees. I didn't want to get an injury due to the airbags. They never went off. I whipped my head around to check Kyle. Poor Kyle had his hands over his ears, pale as a ghost, tears streaming down his face, "Momma Liz that was the WORST dream ever!!!!!" I smiled, "Oh baby, that wasn't a dream." I checked him and he didn't have a bump of bruise on him. The Good Samaratins at the top of the hill came to help us out of our vehicle and into their warm van. We called the police. I spoke with the woman who's car had cushioned our stop. She was fine, no cuts, her car totaled before we got to her. Remember my friend? The wonderful woman who is forever helping me get out of scrapes? She was kind enough to take Abby on to school (accident happened at 6:45am) and keep her in the dark so Abby wouldn't worry. My poor husband was out on the boat. We made multiple phone calls back and forth as we decided upon the best plan of action. EMTs checked all of us and deemed us healthy. They were immediately called away due to an accident on the first slippery bridge with greater injuries. Kyle? He thought all of his was the coolest thing since pepperoni was invented! He got to sit in a warm van and play with my iPod touch. After which he was moved to an ambulance. Finally he got to stay cozy warm in the back of a police car. The towing company arrived and we got to ride in his truck to the storage lot. Our friend picked us up, took us to our other car, and we went home. Kyle got an excused day off from school and I made a million phone calls setting up an insurance claim, finding a body shop (also thanks to my friend for that!) setting up a rental, rescheduling Kyle's appointment, etc. It was crazy busy! Our wonderful MC sent Stephen home from work so he could help me. We are all healthy and fine! Abby came home to find a rental car instead of good ole Betsy in our driveway. I showed her how Betsy had been hurt, but we were ok. She got a very scared look on her face, so I allowed Kyle to brag about sitting in an ambulance, police car, and riding in a tow truck. Abby's response? "That's not fair! I want to get in a car wreck so I can do all of those things!" =)

In the ambulance.

Pretending he's putting his hands in the air inside the police car.

Betsy trying to give love to the little silver car.

Friday morning dawned bright and early! Kyle had zero soreness and was excited to go to school and brag about his adventure! I was sore but only because my right side hit the console when we finally came to a stop. The most irritating thing is the swelling. My abdomen is so swollen I look fat. It's yuck! The doctor says unless I am feeling some pretty specific things, which I am not, I am fine. That morning I went to apply for another job. Please pray - I would love to be involved in the community, make a few dollars, and just be productive! Cleaning the house, doing laundry, scooping puppy droppings, and running errands are not "productive." You can't say, "Look at what I did!" and have a week or so before it needs to be done again. It's a daily, numbing activity list. This past year off from work has been a God-sent, please understand. However, I am ready to be a productive part of society!

Poor Stephen had to deal with an emotional moment yesterday that blind sided both of us! I was getting dressed to go turn in applications. I couldn't squeeze into any of my dress pants! NOT A SINGLE PAIR! My work blouses? Forget it! Not even those! I put on an outfit, FaceTimed my mother, and Stephen tried to help me. Unfortunately, it was an "Oh my word! I'm fat! Not like fat as in fat, but as in I'm so swollen nothing is fitting! What do I do? My belly sticks out further than anything else! I'm not pregnant! This isn't supposed to be happening to me! What do I do?!" (insert tears!) I could hear myself spazzing, tried to stop me, and wound up just crying. Lol. That was probably the most scary thing ever! I'd rather wreck in the truck again! (No, not really, but - that was less scary to me.) My mother is amazing, calmed me, laughed, and said to just apologize, explain, and move on with life. Somehow, having my mom say that was absolutely perfect. Bless his heart, Stephen just stood there, told me I was beautiful and hugged me. He's wonderful!

We also got in a fight.



It's fuzzy cuz it's with a phone.
I had flour in my hair, in my shirt, EVERYWHERE!

 

As you can tell by that ridiculous smile, he won. =(

The rest of the day I would clean, rest. Rest, clean. Stephen in true form, vacuumed the floors for me (moved furniture out of the way and everything!) helped make dinner, and more importantly than that, he played. I am not the typical wife I guess. I would rather be teasing and playing than anything most of the time. We had a flour fight that resulted in the entire kitchen getting dusted!

Today? Today my gracious, kind-hearted, fabulous, loving & supportive husband is taking it all on. The whole day.
I am sitting in a coffee shop, as I have been for the past 1 1/2 hrs. Granted, my snobby self is only drinking their tea, but I did have a cup of my fabulous coffee earlier. Stephen is cleaning up the yard with the kids and possibly taking them to the circus.

Where did this past week go?!

I hope you all are doing well! Hopefully you are having a very relaxing and restful weekend! Kyle and I head to Jackson for his ear appointment on Tuesday. We are hoping to get the packing removed and get him released from his low activity level.
We love you and are praying for you!

God's people are seriously needing to support each other. A friend of mine is needing to know more of God's provision. Please understand, they are already Christians, however - they are climbing a very tough mountain right now. Please go read her blog and support them with prayers!
http://andyandcari.blogspot.com/

 

 

These two have been hard at it. Lots of growling, nipping, and coming to me for loving.

 

There is so much more to tell!

I'll save it for a later post.

Sweet dreams my friends!