SCHOOL!

Well in just a matter of a little more than 5 weeks, my babies will be starting school and preschool. I just don't know how to feel about that! Eli will be in 1st grade and will be actually going to school instead of homeschooling. Wow! Amazing that he is already in 1st grade! I can't believe it. Now I am shopping around for uniforms and getting ready to register him. Man, my babies are getting too big! Well, I guess it's something that I better get used to, right? I just don't have babies anymore...:(!

Holiday Weekend!

Finally a holiday falls on a Saturday! Josh is actually going to get off on a Saturday! I can't believe it! Well we have planned to go to Memphis Friday evening when he gets off and spend the night at my Dad & Angel's and spend Saturday with them. I am excited because we don't get to see them much! Daddy has already bought fireworks which I am sure will be huge! He doesn't really know how to do small things...lol! For instance, he went to the store a few months ago to buy a "FEW" tomato plants. He got there and picked up 5 cartons of plants. Well when he gets home he realizes that there are 9 plants in each carton. Therefore, he has purchased 45 yes 45 tomato plants...LOL! I laughed my head off when I found out. And YES he planted them ALL. I think 2 died but the rest are fine. WOW...is he going to have some tomatoes on his hands. Haha! Anyway we are looking forward to a good time with family!

It's been a while!!!

I know it's been a LONG time since I updated but I am back. We have had a busy few weeks! I think the last time I wrote we were transforming the LAB at church into a kids/youth sanctuary. Well that is completed and it looks awesome! The kids were so excited and have thoroughly enjoyed the new space!!!

Since then a lot has been going on. We had our fundraiser at the end of May for VBS this year. Olan Mills came and took pictures and we sold certificates for $10 each. It was a HUGE success! Best fundraiser ever! I will post the pics we had made...they were GREAT!

The past few weeks for sure have been VERY hectic. The week of Thunder on Water, Connor got sick. We took him to the doctor that Tuesday and they said he had an Upper Respiratory Infection and he had to have a breathing treatment. They put him on antibiotics and cough meds. Well the fever progressively got worse and he stopped eating and drinking. The fever would go up and down so we waited a while since he was already on antibiotics before we took him back to the doctor. By Sunday, his fever was 103.8 and just wouldn't come down. We took him to the weekend clinic at his doctor's office. They said it was Strep. He couldn't culture it b/c the lab isn't open on the weekends so he was going by just looking at it. It had all the signs of Strep so he gave him a shot of Rocephen(sp?) and changed his antibiotics. He said that if he wasn't MUCH better Monday to bring him back in.

Well Monday came and he was not better. He was just crying with his throat and wouldn't eat or drink anything. My mom took him back in to the doctor's office Monday and his doctor decided he needed to go in the hospital. She said he was dehydrated and they needed to start IV fluids and antibiotics. When we got in the hospital they ran bloodwork. We spent the night in the hospital and he seemed to be doing better the next day. When his doctor came in she told us that when they did the bloodwork, they found out he has Mono and not Strep. It looks like Strep as far as the throat symptoms go but it is viral which means antibiotics do not help. In fact, sometimes they can do more harm than good. We got to come home but he is on limited activity b/c Mono can cause swelling of the organs and they can rupture if he falls or gets hit hard enough. No riding bikes, wrestling, etc for at least two weeks. And because his immune system is down he can't have his school vaccinations for the next two months. However, he did have a checkup last Friday and she said that his throat was MUCH better! Praise the Lord! He is quickly getting back to his old self! We are believing for a quick recovery!!!

Well I guess that is it for the updates! Maybe it won't be so long before I write again. Here are some recent pics of the family...enjoy!!!