Great Article

If you have young kids, you have got to read this article. I promise, it will only take 2 minutes!! So worth it!! It's about teaching your kids about sexual purity when they are young. It is shocking to me how many parents think it's cute when their 3 year old has a "boyfriend" or their 2nd grader has a "girlfriend." In my opinion it's totally inappropriate and it is most definitely teaching them the wrong thing about relationships. Okay, I'll climb off my soapbox now :)

Driver

My munchkin can almost sit up completely on his own, so it was time to break out one of my favorite toys!!! I love this little car. I have such sweet memories of both Christian & McKenna in it. Although hopefully we won't have a repeat of THIS incident!

You Guessed it!

We were thrilled to find a nest of bunnies in our front yard. Their momma could have picked a better spot. We discovered them when Ryan ran over their nest with the tractor. oops! Thank goodness the tires missed them! The kids loved showing their friends our "yard's secret." I think we peeked at them a few too many times because before we knew it they were gone!

Can you guess what this is????

For the First Time Ever....

My THREE kids sat and played a game together! It was so sweet. They bascially just rolled the ball back and forth with Will. He loved it. They thought it was hilarious that he would try to bite the ball everytime he got it in his hands. This moment only lasted for about 5 minutes, but it made me smile and gave me a glimpse of fun family times to come.

Surgery Update

We're home! Ryan's surgery was a success! It was fast. Ryan's surgeon felt totally confident that he was able to fix the exact cause of Ryan's pain. Thankfully they were able to do most of it laproscopically. They did have to do one extra small extra incision, but I don't think it's going to make recovery more difficult.  They gave Ryan a lot of local anesthesia so they went light on the general anesthesia. He woke up pretty quickly and is feeling pretty good right now. Of course he's got some pills to keep him happy and pain free. Thanks for praying for him! Praise God for answered prayer! Now we've just got to keep Ryan pain free and I need to convince him that he will NOT be driving anytime soon (doctor's orders, but Ryan seems to have other ideas).

Ryan

McKenna adores her daddy! Of course she does, he plays Candy Land with her and wrestles and they both love to make silly faces together. In fact, she prefers it when he puts her to bed!

I'm at the hospital right now and Ryan is about to head into surgery. Our big prayer request is that the doctors will be able to fix everything laparoscopically and that they won't have to actually cut open his shoulder. The doctor thinks it can all be done laparoscopically, but Ryan has signed off on the fact that he can slice him open if necessary, so we'll see what happens! I'll keep you posted. Thanks so much for praying for him!

enough said

so I have my first ear infection in over a decade. and a sinus infection to top it off.  it's safe to say that the last 5 days have been slightly miserable.

that's it. i don't have the energy for anything more.

but prior to my sickness did you notice that I have a slight addiction to http://www.picnik.com/???  if you're a blogger you should check it out...that will keep you busy until I get back in the swing of things.

good night!