NYC

Michael had a great second half of his trip, and I’m still quite jealous of his time in NYC.

They arrived in NYC on Wednesday night and started their tour of the city with Times Square. 

I love that the kids were able to see this fun place in the evening and get the full Times Square experience. 

The next day they visited Rockefeller, Central Park, FAO Schwartz, Carlo’s Bakery, 5th Avenue.  Whoohoo, sounds like a fun day to me.  Though I haven’t found my little blue box yet!

View from the top of the Rock…isn’t this city awesome?

So as much fun as they had during the day they were able to go to see Wicked on Broadway that evening…can you say, “Jealous.”

Fun, fun, fun!

And last but not least my beloved husband eating my favorite dessert and taking a picture of it for me….hmm, not sure if this is sweet or just plain mean.

Michael had so much fun!  It’s so wonderful that RCS is able offer this to the students.  Such an tremendous opportunity.

As for the boys and I we had a great rest of the week.  We had lots of time to play cars, and trains.  Love one on one time with my boys.   Life is good!

 

Prayers for Hatcher

Please help me pray for a friend’s 3 year old little cowboy.  He is fighting for his life right now and could use all our prayers….

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Lord, Please lay your healing hand on this precious child of yours.   We ask for you to strengthen his heart, and calm his little body.  Comfort his family and give them the faith to know that you are the Almighty God. 

 

  

 

 

First few days

Michael left for Washington DC and NYC for 7 days on Saturday morning!  Although Michael has been to most of the places they are visiting, he has never been to the places with 40 8th graders and an equal amount of parents.  I’m personally jealous because this years class includes my small group girls and my girls are very special to me.  So I know that Michael is having lots of fun, because those girls are a goofy, fun bunch.

As for back at home:

Josh had his first soccer game on Saturday, and although he didn’t touch the ball much he had a smile on his face the entire game.  I’m sure he’ll get the hang of the game soon.  No matter what, I’m so very proud of him. 

Monday and today have been hard, I ended up getting Strep throat and all the fun things that go along with that.  The boys have been extremely helpful and played really well together.  With the meds I should be feeling better by tomorrow, hopefully. 

I wish I had some pictures to post of the boys playing together, especially for Michael to view. Sorry!

We love you, Michael and miss you dearly!  Please give my city a big, “Hello” for me.

 

A few random things…

Geesh, this week has just flown by.  Nothing really exciting happened, but we seemed to keep busy with the day to day tasks.  Carter is starting to feel much better after having a double ear infection and Strep throat (yep, I get Mom of the Year award for that one) and return to his happy little self, yay!  Josh is busy learning in school, this week he was on the letter, “V “and learning how to play soccer.  Michael is busy now with girls basketball, and I’m busy; hmm, just being busy.

Some good news this week from Michael’s liver transplant doctor is that Michael’s liver enzyme levels have come down; from 300 to 199, still WAY above average (avg. is 30), but we are hopeful.

Poor Josh, he was so tired that he fell asleep sitting up…this is pretty good example of how tired he is by Thursday evening.

Josh getting super excited for his first soccer practice.

I’ve been working on a few subway art projects…this one’s my first, and although I’m not very pleased with it, I’ve learned a few things.  I’ll post the new ones later.

Next week Michael is headed to DC & NY with the 8th grade class.  I’m super excited for him, and can’t wait to see all the pictures, and hear all the stories.  However, we will miss him dearly at home.

Blessings

 

Mentone

As I sit here and cry I ponder whether this post would be better as a journal entry.  I can’t even begin to explain how hard it is to drive down Capri Avenue every day.  Some days I literally breakdown in tears.  Friends may know that we would love to get out of our house, but also know how grateful we are to have a roof over our heads that we can afford.  Yet some days the grace takes a backseat to my tears and cries of, “WHY?”

Just before arriving home today, these following events happened to me:

1) tailgated by a shady all black vehicle, who then flipped me off, when I pulled into the suicide lane to turn.

2). While out for my run, a car drove by and threw, yes, let me repeat, THREW an In’n Out cup at me. Yes, it still had some liquids in it, and yes, it hit me.  Again, bursting into tears and screaming inside, “WHY)

3) Passed on the left hand side on a side street right before a stop sign and then the car proceeded to just sit at the stop sign. 

Other Mentone crazies:

4) Neighbor beats his girlfriend, and has been arrested for it numerous times.  I have gotten to the point that when I hear people scream anywhere I tense and have to say a small prayer to try calm my nerves.

5) I’ve had to call the sheriff 5 times in the 5 years we have lived in this (insert word of choice here).

6) I’ve been whistled and called numerous names that I wouldn’t dare repeat when I run down Capri Ave. 

7)  The same kids that whistle and call names have also chased me with their remote control car.

8) I do NOT feel safe with my kids in the front yard, even with the gate shut.

I can’t do this anymore….WHY?