REWIND

HERE WE ARE STILL Alive JUST OFF THE RADAR FOR AWHILE. BESIDES BEING REALLY BUSY ARE COMPUTER HAD A VIRUS AND WAS BEING REPAIRED. SO HERE WE ARE BACK IN THE SADDLE WITH A LITTLE REWIND TO SHOW WHAT WE HAVE BEEN UP TO... (THIS MIGHT BE LONG)
FAMILY PICTURES 2008






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OUR CHRISTMAS BREAK GOT SIDE TRACKED WHEN WE HAD TO TAKE TYTAN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR THREE DAYS. HE HAD A FEVER AND HIS SOFT SPOT WAS BULGING SO WE TOOK HIM TO THE DOCTOR AND THEY SENT US TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE THEY WERE WORRIED IT WAS MENINGITIS. POOR BABY! HE HAD TO HAVE SPINAL TAP AND THEY TRIED 9 TIMES BEFORE THEY FINALLY GOT AN IV IN HIM. TALK ABOUT PAINFUL!!! IT WAS SO SAD AND I CRIED FOR LIKE 2 DAYS STRAIGHT! THEY ALSO HAD TO SEDATE HIM AND DO AN MRI TO JUST MAKE SURE THINGS WERE OK. IT ALL ENDED UP FINE, THERE WAS NO MENINGITIS. WE ARE SO BLESSED AND COULDN'T BE MORE GRATEFUL THAT EVERYTHING TURNED OUT OK! IT WAS PROBABLY THE SCARIEST EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE. I WAS SO SCARED BECAUSE I KNOW HOW DANGEROUS MENINGITIS IS. AS I SAT SCARED AND SAD WAITING FOR TY TO COME OUT OF THE MRI A NICE MAN STARTED TALKING TO ME AND TOLD ME ABOUT HIS WIFE WHO WAS HAVING SURGERY TO REMOVE A BRAIN TUMOR. HE SHARED SOMETHING WITH ME THAT SHE HAD WRITTEN THAT DAY. I CRIED AS I READ WHAT SHE WROTE, "I’ve been reading the Old Testament this last year and this very morning finished. I’ve read many of the books in the Old Testament numerous times, but this is only the second time in my life I’ve read it cover to cover. This verse in the last chapter of the Bible captures everything: “But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall” (Micah 4:2).
I have no idea what today will bring, but I trust in my Savior. I am in his hands. He cares for me like a farmer cares for the calves in his stall. He feeds, he protects, he grooms, he tends to my every need! I place myself in his tender care knowing that whatever the outcome, he will help me and that it will be for my best good.." IT WAS JUST WHAT I NEEDED TO HEAR AT THAT VERY MOMENT. I FEEL LIKE THAT MAN WAS MY OWN LITTLE ANGEL SENT TO GIVE ME SOME COMFORT WHEN I NEEDED IT MOST. EVEN WHEN HE WAS GOING THROUGH A TRIAL OF HIS OWN HE REACHED OUT AND HELPED ME THROUGH MINE...

CLAY AND I HAD OUR 6 YEAR ANNIVERSARY! WOW! MY SWEET HUSBAND HAD A WHOLE VACATION PLANNED FOR US BUT WE HAD TO CANCEL IT DUE TO THE FACT THAT OUR CHILD WAS IN THE HOSPITAL. OH WELL, THERE IS ALWAYS NEXT YEAR!
SANTA MADE IT TO OUR HOUSE FOR CHRISTMAS DESPITE THE BITING THE SCREAMING AND ALL THE NAUGHTINESS! KATELIN DID GET TO SIT SANTA'S LAP AT MY PARENTS PARTY AND TELL HIM "I'LL NEVER BITE LOGAN AGAIN!" HE SEEMED AMUSED AND HE MUST OF THOUGHT SHE HAD DONE SOME NICE THINGS TOO BECAUSE HE GOT HER A REALLY NICE PLAYHOUSE. MOSTLY CAUSE THAT IS WHAT I WANTED AND I TALKED HER INTO ASKING SANTA FOR IT. SANTA HAD TO WORK REALLY HARD (IN THE GARAGE) TO PUT IT TOGETHER, BUT IT TURNED OUT SO CUTE AND SHE LOVED IT.







NEW YEARS WAS GREAT WE HAD A PARTY AT THE BINGHAM'S ON NEW YEARS EVE AND SLEDDING WITH MY FAMILY THE NEXT DAY.
MOSTLY WE HAVE HAD A WONDERFUL YEAR. WE HAVE HAD SOME HARD TIMES, BUT WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF GREAT TIMES AND HAVE SEEN MIRACLES. WE FEEL SO BLESSED. WE HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT HOLIDAY! WE HOPE 2009 IS WONDERFUL FOR ALL OF YOU!