Sun and Surgery

Our family started the summer off with a trip down to SanDestin, Florida. Micah's Uncle currently lives at the resort and wanted us to come stay with him for a few days. We couldn't have had a better time and really enjoyed getting to spend time with Uncle Ron, whom we haven't seen for several years. The kids absolutely fell in love with the area and asked repeatedly if we could move there ourselves...I certainly wouldn't mind it either. We filled our time there with trips to the beach, swimming, playing tennis, walking around the Baytowne Wharf, and eating delicious meals. Not a bad vacation if you ask me!

As soon as we returned though, we had to start preparing for Landon's surgery. 4:45 on Tuesday morning my alarm went off so that I could get us to the hospital by 6:30. Micah stayed behind with the older kids and my mom came with me. We had decided that since Micah is the one who has really been struggling with this whole surgery thing, that it was best for him to stay behind in case he couldn't hold it together when we were there. There was no need in freaking Landon out any more than necessary, or the other people waiting there for that matter. The surgery went off without a hitch and we were home before lunch. It's almost been a full week and he is improving every day, but still is not himself and can be quite emotional at times. Hopefully that will be better soon too though.

I hope everyone is enjoying their summer, we have VBS coming up next week!!

Stage!

Last night Hannah had her school musical where she stared as Mary Poppins. The musical wasn't Mary Poppins, but was a compilation of many musicals and they called it Stage!. The kids did an awesome job and had a great time. Here are some pictures of our girl. Oh and kudos to my mom for making her costume, as you can see it looks awesome!!!

Neglected

Sorry that I've been so absent lately...I guess I just haven't had much to talk about that I thought was interesting or new. I'm sure after a while telling you about Noah playing soccer, going to the zoo, or about my weekend filled with lawn care gets a bit old. But that's all I've got these days, plus some pictures of our recent field day adventure. :)

Seriously though, Noah has been playing soccer and he has been doing awesome!! Every game he has played this season he has scored no less than 3 points with the highest being 6 and he basically dominates the field...but in a good way. In the fall we are going to put him in a more competitive league because he is outgrown playing with Upwards.

Hannah is currently in her school's chorus group and they have their end of the year performance on Thursday night. It's called Stage! and is basically a compilation of songs from a bunch of different musicals. Hannah has one of the lead solo's, singing a song from Mary Poppins. My mom made her a fantastic Mary Poppins costume, so I can't wait to see her all ready for her big night.

Only 2 more weeks of school for the kiddos and then summer break will begin!!! I am so ready for this school year to be over it's not even funny. The kids have had a awesome year, but I'm just ready for a break. I'm still running, but haven't been able to be as consistent as I would like, but once summer is here that will change because I can go in the morning while Micah is still here getting ready for work. Hopefully, I will be able to run a little faster and a little further before I know it, and would really like to run a 5K soon.

The bad side to the summer though is that Landon is going to be having his tonsils removed. Which is actually a really good thing because his tonsils are HUGE and make it very difficult for him to swallow certain foods and breathe at night. He wakes up so much during the night and I really worry that he is not getting the proper amount of sleep that he needs, but hopefully he will after the surgery. Micah can hardly stand to think about Landon having this done and didn't agree to it at first because he didn't like the thought of him being put under or being cut on. But after a few weeks of thinking about it and really watching Landon struggle at night he realized that not doing the surgery was worse. So please keep Landon and Micah in your prayers, as the surgery is in just a few weeks.

Well, I guess that's it for now! Hopefully I won't be gone so long this time! :)

Yay Spring!

Last week the kids were off from school for Spring Break. It was a wonderful, relaxing week that ended much too soon. The break started by our friend Pam, who lives in San Antonio, coming to visit us. (Hi Pam!) She and Micah worked together when we lived there and we've remained friends through the years. It was so great getting to see her and we can't wait until we can visit her in SA, we love it there.

On Monday, after dropping Pam off at the airport in Atlanta, we took the kids to the zoo. It was actually really cold that day, high around 45 degrees, but we didn't care. We got to see a cool new Parakeet exhibit were the kids got to feed the birds and hold them on a stick if the bird would come to you, and we also got to see the new baby panda named Xi Lan. The rest of the week we went skating, went to a pottery painting place and played outside. Micah and I worked in the yard on Saturday getting the yard raked, mowed and edged, laying down new mulch and planting a few flowers. Micah has also been in the process of sealing our deck and he's about 1/2 done with that.

Saturday ended with me having to take Landon to the Med-Stop around the corner. He woke up that morning with his eye red and swollen. After giving him a couple doses of Benadryl and his eye not showing any sign of improvement, I thought it best to go ahead and have it looked at. The doctor didn't seem 100% sure of what was going on but thought that he may have allergy related pink eye and prescribed some drops to get rid of any infection that might be there. It seems to be working and his eye is looking much better than it did. Holding him down to put the drops in has definitely been a challenge, but today he is actually starting to let me do it without much of a fight.

We had a wonderful Easter day, spending most of the afternoon with friends. The kids hunted for eggs in the backyard and then rode 4-wheelers with our neighbors. Only about 6 more weeks until the kids are out for summer and we can't wait!!

Runnin'

As the weather continues to get nicer outside, I have been able to get out and exercise more and more. Especially now that it stays light out longer. This week I have gone 3 times and hope too at least go once more over the weekend. Each time that I go, I start out walking and am slowly trying to work my way back into running after taking the winter off. I have been doing some research on the "right" technique for running, so that I don't hurt myself and so far it seems to be working.

When I was younger, I never was a "runner". I have always been an athletic person, but my body never had the endurance for running more than just a minute or two. So tonight, I was thrilled when I ran for 10 minutes straight going a distance of one mile. Now 10 minutes doesn't sound like a long time, but for me it was a big deal. I ran more than just that 10 minutes, but that was the longest stretch of time that I went before stopping to walk. Hopefully, it won't be long before I am able to go 15 minutes. It's funny how much I am really enjoying this and how good it makes me feel.

In other news, life is just busy as normal. Almost every night of the week one of us has something going on. Noah had his first soccer game last weekend and he scored the only 3 goals of the game. The time that the other team was able to try to score, Noah happened to be playing goalie and he stopped both shots. The sad thing was that I was not there to see it in person for myself. That morning, the AWANA girls group that I volunteer with on Wednesdays had an outing at a pottery painting place, so I wasn't able to go see my Noah play. Micah thankfully was able to fill me in and took several pictures for us to see. He is supposed to play again this weekend, but it looks as if it will be rained out. We shall see.

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and is able to enjoy the Springtime!!

Another Week

Soccer season has started for Noah, and he had his first practice yesterday. His coach is really sweet and I think is going to be a great encourager to the boys on the team. His first game is in two weeks and I am excited to see how he does. It's been about two years since he last played, but I know he will do great.

I've been recruited to help run our VBS over the summer, so I am currently trying to get myself organized. I will be heading up the preschool groups and will be in charge of deciding everything that they will be doing. It shouldn't be to hard, but since I've never done this before, it's a little intimidating.

The kids are all doing great. The older kids school had their annual Spring Fling this weekend, so we attended and had a great time. Micah was in charge of the kids since I was signed up to volunteer for most of the night. This is a huge fundraiser for the school and I think that, once again, they were able to raise quite a bit of money.

Not much else is going on, just random life stuff. Hope everyone is having a wonderful week!

Wacky Weekend Weather

Well, I meant to post this yesterday, but obviously never got around to it. You know how the last post I was pining for Spring time weather, and dreaming of the days of warmth and sunshine??? Well this weekend certainly did not bring those things, well not exactly anyways.

Saturday morning comes and with it a horrible thunderstorm with lightning, thunder, and the much loved tornado warnings. It didn't stop me from having a good time, because I took my two oldest boys out for our "date". We went out to lunch, went bowling, and then browsed around our beloved Target. By the time we got to Target, the storm had passed and it was about 70 degrees out. So once we got home, I put on my running shorts and went for a nice long walk/run. I'm able to run more and more by the way. Then after I got back, I proceeded to take advantage of the nicer weather and detail the insides of both of our cars. That night I went to bed laughing at the weatherman because he was talking like a crazy person, and then went to sleep.

Fast forward to 9 am on Sunday morning. I'm getting ready for church and look out the window and the weatherman was right...it was snowing. Now I'm not talking about, hey it's snowing look at that one flake falling from the sky. I'm talking about, OMG it is snowing look at those huge flakes and man where did we put our windshield scrapper!!! It did this on and off the whole day, and I think would have accumulated a lot more if the ground wouldn't have been so warm from the previous day. The kids had a blast, and it made them really miss living in the north. At least they got to enjoy a little snow, even if it was only for a few hours.

It's been cold for the past few days, but there are promises of 70 degree weather by the end of the week. We shall see!