congrats addy...but if you aren't going to eat the ramen noodles could i have them for jacob!

Yaye Addy! Congratulations!

PRAISE THE LORD I PASSED MY TEST!  I guess me and Paul won't be eating Ramen noodles this year!  Thanks for all your prayers. But don't stop praying yet, tomorrow is the first day back for kids!

We will be keeping him in our prayers, that every thing goods well , and he will get along fine.Be sure and keep us posted , as he gets his treatments.

Brett

Brett had his first 48hr treatment this past Monday. He was able to come home on Wednesday. He is doing fine. He did have an allergic reaction to one of the chemo drug's. So yesterday he did call Dr. & get a med. to counter act it. He said it is doing well. Then we have to wait for 3 weeks. He will then again have another 48hr treatment. After that he will then go get another pet scan to find out if this chemo is doing what it is supposed to do. If they get it shrunk down small enough then he will get one more 48hr treatment. then if his levels come out good. He will go into Duke University they will remove his bone marrow aka stem cells. give him a massive dose of chemo. then replace his bone marrow. He will then live in a apartment for a month. Has to check in with the hospital daily. When he is done if they clear him to go home, to his house. When he does this. He wants me to come to North Carolina at that time to help him out.

 
 

Vesta donating hair for locks of love

 
 
 
 

Tanner hurt his foot during football practice!

Sorry about the apple juice explosion! My kids are going through separation anxiety as am I. I am enjoying being back to work though. I always look forward to a new year. I would ask you all to pray for a little boy at school. I called his house last night to welcome him back to school and I was informed that he was put in a home because he told his mom he wished she would die. There are nine children in that family that are adopted. The parents are actually related to Matthew. Zed (the little boy) is so special to me. I had him last year and he grew academically so much. His attitude improved and he was reading almost on level. Now we think he may be out of school for the first two months. This will not be good for him. He is a very special little boy who just needs love, attention, and nurturing. Pray that if it is God's will, he will get back to school so that we can all give that to him. Love to all!

How did Tanner bust up his foot?

Amy that picture of Clara is adorable. She has the biggest and cutest smile ever!Is that at the baby shower or your house! I tell ya, that kid definately likes being naked! Gets a smile everytime!

I don't know how much of a hunting dog Court is going to be. Today Emma and I were sitting on the porch and Court let out a series of howls and barks and I thought she heard us and was just wanting out. She was running and pacing around her pen and she had been out all morning, so I knew she had already had some exercise. There were 2 butterflies in the pen with her, and she was scared to death of them. It was almost like they were chasing her around the pen. The closer they came the faster she would run and howl.

I'm glad to see everybody gettin' back on the blog!! Ladies, it looks like yal had a wonderful time at Lake Anna. Those are some beautiful pictures, so relaxing :) Amy, it looks like yal had fun at grandma's too, those pictures are precious.

Here are a couple of pictures from our trip to West Virginia. Greg and I spent a couple of days at Grandma's and Trish's and had a cookout at Lonnie's. Grandpa even held the baby and called her "Sugerclump." Trish found an old walker at Grandma's that is really small and Clara's little feet can touch the floor. She loves it! Last night she would take a step toward me and then giggle for 30 seconds - it was so precious!! Greg is camping this week in California in the Sequoia National Park trying to catch a golden trout. I hope he has better luck out there than he had fishing in West Virginia. He spent several hours fishing by Bobby Shawn's and didn't catch a thing, only to find out later that the pond is stocked in the spring and everyone goes then and catches all of the fish! If only he would have asked grandpa sooner, he could have saved himself the trouble!

Poor Tanner. I really hate that for him. At least, it won't ruin his entire athletic career this year. What's he going to do about training his coon dog? Don't they hunt in the fall? Or is it the Spring? I forget. I got my babies this morning and Kaiden cried for daddy until I told him he could get in bed with Bobpaw and he was fine and went right back to sleep. Olivia, on the other hand, had drank a full cup of juice on the way up, and she gets car sick on our road anyway, so she laid down with me for about 30 minutes before I (and the bed) was baptized in Apple Juice! She is on the couch now, watching Max & Ruby!!

Tanner has 2 broken bones with a lot of bone swelling. Saw the ortho yesterday and he put him in a boot cast and is to use the crutches for 4 weeks. Hopefully he will be playing football in 4 weeks. Looks like he will be cornholin' with crutches again!

Ruth- I am not just saying this...He was the perfect house guest! By the time I got up, he already had his bed made. He cleaned up after himself. He was real good to "obey", as he called it. We had a really good time and he is welcome back ANYTIME!!! Tell him that we all miss hima nd come and stay again soon! Trish- Any news on Tanner?

 

 

 

 

A few pics from our trip to Lake Anna, Virginia. Had a wonderful, peaceful, relaxing time.

Kaiden will certainly miss his Mom! But he does have Popaw and Nana!

Thanks, Janet, for watching Colin for me. I think he thoroughly enjoyed himself. He was especially proud of the fact that you thought he was a good babysitter.

Say a prayer for us all, especially Kaiden! School starts tomorrow!

Sorry to hear about Blains Grandma, we will keep you all in our prayers.

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