Having So Much Fun!!!

Our last two weeks have been filled with exciting opportunities - a city police office tour, choir, a wonderful babysitter for 8 hrs. (Mom and Dad attended an awesome parenting conference by Jay Younts!!!),Valentine's party,

and last but not least, the opportunity to speak "ON AIR" at our local radio station.

Happy Birthday!!!

Yesterday, the boys and I made a cake as a surprise for Patrick. They did not pop out of the pans in one piece, so thank goodness for icing!!! Make a wish!
WE LOVE YOU!!!

An Evil Bug

Last week on Tuesday (Jan. 30th), my boys were invited to an ice-skating, birthday party. Sean had struggled with a headache all morning, so I gave him Motrin, fed him, and sent him off. I ended up returning home with Aidan since I was not feeling well.
I picked them up around 4:30 only to discover that Sean had not really enjoyed himself very much, and Drew had a BLAST!!! I asked Sean what the problem had been, and he replied that he was freezing the entire time. What? I sent them with sweatshirts, winter jackets, hats, and gloves, and he had put on everything. At this point I realized that something was NOT quite right!!! We took his temp. upon arriving home - 103*+. I felt so badly for him. Over the next few days, his fever remained around 101* with motrin and up to 105* with tylenol.
On Wednesday evening, Aidan told me that he had a headache, and a couple of hours later, he announced that he had two headaches - poor baby. I immediately checked his temp., and it was around 102*. Drew also came down with a fever during the night. Needless to say, I phoned our Dr's office and requested an appointment for 3 sick boys ASAP!!! I was relieved to walk out an hour later with 3 prescriptions for Zithromax - they had strep throat.
My OB wrote out a prescription for me on Friday in case I needed it over the weekend. I was so grateful that they were willing to do this instead of forcing me to go to the ER on Sat. or Sun. if I became sick. By Sunday, I felt terrible, and Patrick picked up my prescription for me as soon as the pharmacy opened. What a sweet husband, considering the roads were covered in snow and he was also feeling unwell. Monday morning he went to the Dr. and returned home later with some much-needed groceries and armed with his own prescription for strep throat.
Can you believe it? All five of us contracted this evil bug!!! We were pretty much wiped out for about ten days with headaches, fevers, colds, sore throats, ear aches, etc. Patrick and I felt like we had been run over by a freight train.
What an important reminder this was to be ever-thankful to God for the good health that we normally enjoy, and for the luxury of modern day medicine. It is so good to be healthy again!!!

Ultrasound

Here are two pictures from my ultrasound on 1-31-07. The first one is a profile image, and if you look closely, the second one is the reason for the renaming of this blog!!!!

Hello, I'm back!

What do you think? I have been working on designing a web page using pagetutor for the last week. No, I did not figure it all out, but I was able to learn my way around enough to cut and paste a design by groovy lizard onto my blogger page. Unfortunately, it is not the same as the original, because I do not know enough to design it properly. However, I am pleased with the result. Now if I could just figure out how to change the cursor to one using an uploaded image.

LOL

Tickers

The boys and I had fun creating these tickers together. They each picked out there favorite one.

Guess who?

Clue #1: They chose a character from a book. Clue #2: No, they are not from the same book or series.

Clue #3: Think Tolkien.

Clue #4: Think C.S. Lewis.

"WonderWorks - an amusement park for the mind"

We recently went to Pigeon Forge, TN with some of our friends for a fieldtrip. We had a great time hanging out together, exploring, discovering, and learning new things!Sean is on a bed of nails, and yes they are quite SHARP!!!
Drew is rock climbing for the first time and loving it.

And who could this handsome astronaut be?

August 3rd, 2006

It's party time!!!!Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday

DEAR DREW,

happy birthday to you!!!!!!!!!(((APPLAUSE)))

I love it!!!!

Sean's Lego Creations

Sean made these a couple of weeks ago for Nana to see, and I am just now getting them posted. Hope you enjoy them!!!

Flowers

These are the flowers sitting by my front door, thanks to Maria. Everytime I walk outside I am greeted by their beauty. I have been meaning to include them here for awhile. In fact, this is the second time they have bloomed. What a wonderful surprise!!!

Hard-boiled Egg

Aidan wanted an egg, so I told him to go peel it by the trash can. This is what he returned with.

Swim Conference - July 29th

Here is a collection of photos from the final race of the season (all of the teams compete against each other). Each race serves two purposes. First, to finish in the top twelve and second to win points for your team. Our team won by almost a thousand points!!!! Here is Sean warming up for one of his races. He got a PB in all four races. Way to go SEAN!!!!
Aidan is patiently waiting for his turn. We were just so pleased he actually swam.
Maria and Patrick hanging out between events. Drew patiently whilin' away the time in the miserable heat:)

Swim Party

At the end of swim season, is the final party. The boys always have a great time playing in the water with the other Piranhas!!! Aidan, is showing off for Mommy and Nana,
Sean's in action, Drew's posing.And Grandad, well I think it requires no explanation.

BEWARE!!!

Crocs are on the loose.

Humpty Dumpty Together Again

Before

During

After

Once again, he was excited about this new experience, but it did not turn out to be exciting for him at all. Within five minutes, he wanted his cast back on. He kept complaining of a cough, more and more as time passed by. I realized that something was odd, but assured him that he did not have a cough. Suddenly, it occured to me, he is going to be SICK!!! I touched his forehead and discovered he had broken out in a cold sweat. We quickly laid him down, placing a cold cloth on his forehead. After about 10 minutes and armed with a splint, we were able to leave. The splint is just for the next few days, giving him time to adjust and to stretch his stiff muscles. I am also making him wear it at church and anytime there is rough play. Already today, he is asking to take it off!!!!

The Amazing Turkey

The turkey I had selected was one of two. The other one was quite large, mine was perfect. Unfortunately, I was to discover that mine was lacking the price tag.
This story begins in the checkout line at Walmarts. A meat counter employee was paged. She arrived and left with my perfect turkey:( supposedly to print a new tag. Waiting..... 10 min..... STILL WAITING... Eventually, a kind manager walks to the back of the store and rescues my turkey, giving it to me for FREE because of the inconvenience:) Next, I triumphantly carried it home and set it to thaw in the fridge!!!
Well, by Tuesday morning it was completely thawed, however we decided last minute to spend July 4th with my sister and brother-in-law in Ohio. Not wanting the turkey to rot ( I am very particular about my meats), we opted to take it with us and eat it at my sister's place. Of course, we felt lazy, went shopping and then out to eat. Oops.
Not wanting to throw it out, Patrick convinced me to bring it home and cook it. We finally had a delicious turkey dinner Friday night. The next day, we had turkey melts for lunch and turkey leftovers for supper. Each day, I was tossing everything into a large pot - leftover spinach, stuffing, potatoes, gravy, butternut squash, turkey bones and meat, etc. On Monday and Tuesday, we had a wonderful turkey soup.
To recap : The turkey travelled around Walmarts, to Ohio and back, and then into our stomachs for five different meals. Now that is truly an amazing turkey!!! THE END

Cousins

I just had to include this one. Isn't he so CUTE!!!Drew and Thomas
Aidan, Alex, Sean, Genna, and Calvin
They always have such a grand time playing together!

Birthday Boy!

Aidan's 4th birthday.He had alot of fun opening his presents - they are so easy to please at this age:)