Attention: Please Pray....

My gloomy mood has ended & I'm A-O-K. But I really want to ask you guys to be in prayer for a friend of mine. Her name is Lisa and she has breast cancer. In fact tommorrow she goes for a lumpectomy & I just found out today! She found out about a week ago & they're already doing surgery! Please pray that they have caught it in time and that it hasn't spread any farther. Along with the lump they will also take out lymph nodes; it should take about an hour if they only find what they're looking for. However there is a very real possibility that they may find more. She has had this spot looked at over the past four years, this time when they did the biopsy they found it was malignant. Her husband is one of our youth leaders & she is one of a 'few' friends that I have around here. It's very sad that she even has to go through this! They have two children in elementary school and she is afraid that she will have to leave them for radiation therapy and/or chemo. Please pray!




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GLOOMY

Today it is 80+ outside but looks cloudy. This picture perfectly fits our weather and my mood.



Zeke has finally finished up with the tummy stuff but he is even grumpier than before and I can't figure it out! He was up in the early AM after only a couple hours of sleep for all involved. If I drank coffee I'd be chug-a-luggin right now! I think I've expended enough energy for now. Toodles!

A week has past and I've done little more than change diapers and wash sheets/clothes. Ezekiel has had the stomach bug AGAIN. It may be the rotavirus but I haven't found out for sure yet. My little one has lost at least one pound and it seems closer to the two pund mark. For a momma that would be good news but for my baby it's not so good. Some of his clothes he had almost outgrown are now loose on him.

We've already been to the doctors office once & may go again if the diarehha(sp?) last much longer. They did NOTHING so I am not jumping to go back & sit in a sick room to catch something else. We'll see.

Justus also broke my camera...I'm so sad!!!! Our old one still works but sucks up two batteries daily. I hope to invest in another one soon, maybe for my birthday. Any suggestions????? Oh yeah---mothers day is coming up so that is another plus on the side BUY mom a new one!

I'm still loving my tiled floor which has to be mopped daily, momma's I'm sure you understand. And we have paint for the bedroom and are just waiting for a 'free' weekend to get it done. I bought a new comforter set with our tax money so I'm growing impatient to get it out. It was a compromise. Sam & I both really liked a different set but agreed that it would have to wait at least until the boys get their own room so it wouldn't be completely destroyed in the first month.

J hit the forty pound mark so we bought a new booster for him. I might have mentioned it before but couldn't remember.
Other than that life is at it's regular pace, summer is fast approaching & spring is giving me headaches. YIPPEE!

That's all folks!

Hello Ladies!

All is well in our household. Baby is sleeping & J bean is washing the car with daddy. Hum, what to say??? Many times I think of what I will share with you but when I have the time my mind goes blank.

So I will simply start on saying Congrats to Jamie!!!! You get a girl!!!!! I'm so excited for you! And I'm of course anticipating finding out what Staci will have- meany...you make us wait. And Melanie, I hope she shares too! Babies, babies....spring is here!


As for life in NC, it's been pretty busy. Last week was spring break for our students so there was an event planned for every day. Woo hoo! We also prepared the Wednesday night meal at church as a fundraiser for the students. And the youth league rapped up their season of basketball. The mens league is STILL going on and I just found out that they will be having a tournament as well. OH yeah- Sam loves it!

The weather here ( and everywhere else it seems) has been SUPER crazy! The winds were out of control and blew so bad that it bent the frame on the boys swings...so now we're looking for a new frame. It also moved the trampoline 5ft or so across the yard. The rain we got was very much needed! It hasn't really been the April showers kind of season. We really need more rain!

I'm about ready to put up our little pool. Zeke loves the water so I hope he will enjoy the pool too. Justus was a water baby too and would play until the water was freezing if I let him. We're going strawberry picking in a few weeks and that should be fun. I really love this time of year....there is a newness about it, like you could start fresh. In fact, I prefer to do my 'new years resolution' around this time for that very reason. It's silly I know but it works for me.

Gotta run, talk with you soon.

Caught in the act

If Zeke gets quiet you can probably find him by the wood pile. I have to pull him away several times a day. For some reason he thinks it's a great chew toy...GROSS!!!!!!!!!

I must have scared him---he looks terrified.


Mommy means business I better get out of here! Ummm, this is tasty.


OK, ok I'm really leaving this time.

Well, it's day seven & the ICK is still around..the fever has FINALLY left but the cough is still full blast along with a snot nose. Zeke officially HATES to lay on his back. That is because he now knows that one of two things is coming. Nasty meds or the dreaded snot sucker. Poor baby! I'm thinking that since it's lingering so long that it may be a virus that's been going around in conjunction with allergies.

Justus woke up froggy this morning and his been sneezing & had itchy eyes. Jamie I understand your woes! There have been several times I thought the boys might spew because of the drainage. And several times I thought it might actually be helpful since Zeke can't blow his nose. Truthfully I wish it would just all go away but I'm not expecting that to happen any time soon.