Boys making cookies...

We have had a fun evening. We ate pizza for supper and the boys ate tons! We then ran to a couple houses and then made cookies and watched Charlie Brown.

We went to Halloween story time at the library this morning. Jeremiah is out of school today, so he went with Malachi and I. Malachi loved the story time and making the crafts. They brought out some orange balloons for the kids to play with. I didn't know it was suppose to rain today. It was kinda stormy on the way home. We are planning on staying in tonight and watching Charlie brown the great pumpkin, playing games and making cookies and banana bread. We went to the zoo Spectacular last week.

We had a silly night last night. The boys got pretty rough on daddy a few times. ;-) The little boys were drawing on there faces being clowns, Tigers and all kinds of things.

The boys and some neighbor girls were being silly calling there selves candy robbers in our back yard this afternoon.

Hand update

It's looking alot better isn't it.

I had an Appointment this morning with my CRPS Pain Dr. He was completely shocked to see that I'm not having any pain and he could slap my hand and it didn't bother me. Last time I was in his office in August I couldn't stand for him to touch it. The lightest touch was unbearable. At night the sheets on my hand when drive me nuts and the lightest breeze. He said, my scan showed alittle CRPS with the blood flow to that hand. My hand still is alittle off color at times, but much better than it was. He said it must be the tail end of it that showed up on the scan. He said I have no bone damage from the CRPS. He also thought that the lump over my knuckle on my pinky finger is from it being fractured and having scar tissues of it now. He examined my hand and ask alot of questions and said I see no signs of CRPS you are in remission. This just doesn't happen with this stuff it usually gets worse and spreads. He released me from his care and said wow what a blessing...

This Dr. back in August suggested I take a oral med called Lyrica that is an anti-epileptic drug, also called an anticonvulsant. It works by slowing down impulses in the brain that cause seizures. Lyrica also affects chemicals in the brain that send pain signals across the nervous system. I was also given pain patches and I was suppose to get 3 nerve blocks. I did none except I wore a patch the first couple days after I saw him and they made me sick. I instead choose to be under the watchful eye of Dr. Chena Anderson my natural Dr. She is wonderful and has had me on some supplements for my hand this past month. I also have had to really watch my diet. I only eat Anti-Inflammatory foods and that has really helped.

I am so thrilled and excited!! I totally contribute it to all of your faithful prayers for me. Kyle and I went out to lunch today to celebrate my good news. I will go see my surgeon on Monday and he will decide on surgery or not. I really don't know what to think he will suggest. If I still had CRPS they would have said no because of that, so that scan was very important because surgery can make CRPS much worse. So we will see what he says on Monday and go from there. It is still somewhat stuck on the scar tissues that is preventing me from being able to completely make a fist.

I so feel for all the people out there in pain and depression.

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We can do this....

I don't know about all of you, but my gut just hurts when I think about Obama possibly winning the election. I still believe with prayer that McCain/Palin can win. We may have to drag him across the finish line with Joe The Plumbers help. He has had so many chances to nail him to the wall and he has chosen to play way to nice. Please get out there and VOTE! Let us keep the election is our prayer constantly it is so important. I just can't sleep good these days. My children's future depends on the outcome of this election. Don't believe the polls... McCain can still win with our help and prayers. Get the word out and fight for our freedom.

Cute Boys!

Jeremiah, Jonas and Daddy playing with Rosebud.

Next month is National Adoption Month, a month set aside to raise awareness about the adoption of children and youth from foster care. The following video demonstrates the importance of foster/adoptive parents and the most basic need of every child – a loving home.

from Jeremiah

I got an "A" on my map! I got two awards, three days ago! One of them was a "Best Computer Partner" award. The other one was a "Scored Advanced in Communication Arts and Math on the MAP(Missouri Assessment Program)Test" award.

What a day... I am finally home and very tired. I just made some chili and after supper I am crashing on the couch for a lazy evening. It all starte at 6:30am. I got up and got myself ready then got boys ready. Kyle took Jeremiah to the bus stop this morning because it was rather chilly. Then he and Jonas headed off to school. Malachi and I took off around 8:30am. I dropped him by Felicia's house and headed to my Dr's office to get the order for my scan. Got there and they said oh go on over to the hospital and we will fax it right over. YEAH RIGHT... an hour and a half later they faxed if over. NO Kidding!! They went ahead and did the paper work even though it wasn't there yet to speed things along. They finally faxed it over and they took me to radiology. I then sat there for awhile. I finally was getting my first set of scans and the dye at noon. I got out of there at 12:30 and went and went to lunch with dear hubby... That was fun... I went to Mardels and ordered a fruit of the Spirits book for a new bible study I starting. Then back to the hospital at 2:30. Kyle in the meantime has to leave work and pick up both boys from school and take them back to work with him ;-) If they would have done my scan on time I would of had plenty of time. I got in for my scan about 3:30 and that took another 35 minutes. I then went and picked up Malachi and finally headed home. What a day.... My foot is all blue where they tried to put the dye in twice. Daddy is now on his way home with the two school boys and i have chili almost ready.

I should fine out the results of my scan on Thursday or before. I am glad to have that over with. It should tell us alot. It will show how good or bad my currculation is in that hand also inflammation and bone loss from CRPS. It was funny when I was in there the first time around she said I would like to try to use a vein in your foot. So she tired twice and my veins were to little and didn't work. She finally moved to my elbow and that worked finally. She kept saying I'm so sorry I'm hurting you so much and I kept saying it's ok. She finally looked at me and said you are really tough. I said, this is nothing compared to what I've been through with my hand with the wreck and all.

I'm ready for a long day of boredom!!

I am about ready for my long day of fun getting my hand scan... I think I have everything I need. Bottle of water, mittens, healthy fruit snacks, book, calendar, notebook, phone and of course my gum! Oh, I did forget one thing... My hand warmers to keep my hand from getting so cold and stiff and also forget I have to run into therapy in between the dye and scan to let her see what she is thinking about my hand..

IT IS 59 DAYS, 2 HOURS, 41 MINUTES AND 49 SECONDS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!!

I am off to get a nuclear scan on my hand tomorrow. Not overly excited because it's an all day affair. It will show what all is going on with my hand.... Then I see my pain (CRPS) Dr. on Thursday and my surgeon next Monday. With all the info on my scan and CRPS Dr's. report we will decide on surgery or not. I have to run and get the scan order first thing in the morning and then get checked-in cox south and shot with the dye. I then if doing ok can leave for a few hour and return to get it scanned and they will monitor me for alittle while before being able to leave. Should be a great day ;-0 It is suppose to be cold tomorrow morning brrrrrrr. Please pray it won't show any bone damage from CRPS. We can hopefully find out what that lump is under my pinky knuckle.

{A bone scan is a diagnostic test that uses a small amount of radioactive material (tracer) to visualize the bones in your body. The tracer will be injected into a vein, usually in the forearm. After administration of the radioactive material, you must wait approximately three hours while the tracer localizes in the bones and clears from the soft tissues. Bone scans are used to evaluate any degenerative and/or arthritic changes in the joints, to detect bone diseases and tumors, and/or to determine the cause of bone pain or inflammation.}

We can eat Apples again ;-)

I had stopped buying Apples because I had a really hard time cutting them. We all love to eat sliced Apples for snacks... So I got my mew favorite gadget an apple cutter. We can now enjoy Apples again. ;-) These kinds of gadgets are my new best friends!!

We went to visit Mamma and Pappa today

We had a great time at Mam-ma & Pap-Pa's house this afternoon. We played games and watch some football. The boys had alot of fun. It was kinda chilly and windy out today, so we stayed inside. The boys played with there puppies.

Visit to the Farm

We had a great time tonight at Gramps and Granny's house for a wiener roast. The boys really enjoyed cooking hot dogs and making snores! It was kinda chilly, but the fire kept us warm. The boys always like taking rides on the four wheelers.

I was freaking out as we were leaving because I looked at the clock and realized it was the same time I left mtn Grove the night of my wreck and it was a Saturday night. That night I had planned to leave alot earlier than I did. We went to walmart and Kyle got me a hand warmer for my hand because it was very stiff and cold. So, we wasted some time there and I wasn't freaking out to bad. ;-0

MOPS

I went to my second Mops meeting today. It was alot of fun. We learned about self defence and what you can to get away from an attacker. We learned some moves to get away. We had a martial arts teacher come also. In the picture my friend Amie is being shown how to hurt an attackers nose. We also made first aid kits to take home. We took in all of our basket making items today. Each group is making a basket for the silent auction next time. I am really enjoying going to Mops. It is so nice to have found a group I feel like I fit in. It was funny though when we were making our craft and they ask the age of my boys. I told them and they all about fell over. They said how old are you. I said i jut turned 33 and they didn't believe me. ;-) They thought I was 24 and had Jeremiah when I was 14.

We're adopting ... and a whole lot more

Hello all, this is Kyle filing a late night report. Yes, you read the title right. We are adopting. But, that isn't the entire story. This has been a tremendous day for us (me in particular).

It began with a day-long pastors meeting with author Bruce Wilkinson (Prayer Of Jabez). Bruce was here in town a couple of weeks ago for a pastors appreciation luncheon. At that lunch, God did a mighty thing with the pastors who were there. Bruce then offered to return (today) to help the pastors work through the issues that we face in our area.

He began by helping us identify the major barriers to God working in our area churches. Tops on the list was denominational differences. Now, while differences between denominations are good (they allow likeminded people to gather), the bashing of denominations and those differences are not. There were people apologizing everywhere for holding hard feeling toward other churches and denominations. For a couple of hours, we all worked together to come to a sort of consensus that it's okay for churches of different denominations to work together for a common good. After all, we're all part of one church (God's church) anyway, and denying that is a sin.

In the process of figuring all of that out, Bruce pointed to one gentleman and asked what he thought. Turns out, the guy is the head of a local agency that specializes in foster care adoptions. Come to find out, there are around 600 (give or take a few) children in our city and county that are in need of adoption. Well, Rebekah and I have talked about this for a number of years, but money and space have been the big obstacles. But, I knew God was tugging at my heart, and I think Bruce could see it, because he later asked for a show of hands of who's churches would be willing to partner and adopt these children. He said he wasn't surprised when my hand went up. That was a cool moment for me, and I quickly sent Rebekah a text message telling her we were adopting two children (girls). Her response: "What?" But, yes, you heard it right. And, don't try arguing with us or try convincing us of the impossibility, because while improbable, nothing is impossible for God.

That all led to the second part of the day's meeting...disbelief. Originally, we couldn't identify a clear-cut second barrier in the area. But, the previous discussion led us to disbelief. And, don't deny it, you probably deal with it as much as I or anyone. In fact, disbelief is a life long struggle that no single prayer or moment of repentance will ever cure. It's a constant battle between God and our humanity.

God likes to work in supernatural ways that our humanity deems impossible. It's through these miracles that God can get full credit. It's our disbelief, however small, that gets in the way. Adsent disbelief, and we can command the mountain to move, and it'll respond, "where to?" This all struck home to me as well. Rebekah and I have been working through (stuggling at times) whether or not Infinity Church should become a reality. For me, I've believed we should do it, but have had plenty of doubt-moments where the small voice in the back of my mind questions whether it can be done or not. Belief - we struggle with it, but with God's help, we can overcome it each day of our lives. The whole discussion brought to my mind the Bill Gaither song, "I Believe, Lord Help Thou My Unbelief." Look out world, Infinity Church is about to rock the planet.

After that session, we moved into a lengthy discussion about church growth. Bruce pointed to scripture in order to point out that God IS interested in churches growing. Churches that remain small or stagnant ARE NOT God's desire. And, that naturally runs counter to people who suggest that numbers aren't important. The New Testament makes it clear that quantity is extremely important to God. But, only 1/2 of 1% of churches in America are actually conducting church the way God lays out in Acts 2 and 4. That means most churches are not growing because they're out of alignment with God's will.

It was a truely remarkable day. I had to leave before the final session (about church growth strategies), because I had another meeting for a volunteer program at the church we're going to now. Rebekah's written about the 2nd Saturday stuff, so you can read about it elsewhere in the blog. I hated to leave the pastors "Day of Destiny" forum, but the 2nd Saturday meeting kinda capped it off. I went from a bunch of pastors searching for the way to do church right, and to a meeting of laypeople doing church the right way. Absolutely incredible.

One last note. There were close to 80 pastors at the forum today from many communities in our area. One common word keeps coming up to describe what God may create from our area: fountainhead. A fountainhead is the part of a fountain where the water squirts out and spreads throughout the fountain. I'm believing that our area is going to be the fountainhead for the next great movement of God in our country and our world.

I decided to straighten my hair this morning!!

Malachi has been playing trains all morning and having so much fun. It's been a quiet morning at home. I was thinking of take Malachi to get his pictures taken, but never did.

I've read some more in my book 90min. in Heaven. It's really interesting. A man I talked to at therapy last month was actually telling me about this book and then Kyle came home with it. I met all kind of intereting people at therapy. This man was always talking about Christain books or movies. Another man went on mission trips oversees and showed off his pictures from his trips. The funny thing was when we visited Sam's church a few weeks ago that man that went on those mission trips went to his church. That was interesting. I got to know one of my therapist pretty well and shared some of our vidoes with her. Her and her husband really enjoyed them. I'd have to say ( I can't believe I'm saying this) I kinda miss it there...

I was kinda disappointed a couple nights ago when we went out to the zoo. It was a very nice night, but as we were getting ready to leave it was starting to get kinda chilly out. I realized when my hand is cold is doesn't work good at all. I went to tie Mala's cape string and my shoe and couldn't do either one. That kinda bummed me... I realized right then and there my hand is going to be a P-I-L-L this winter!! All in all I'm pretty happy I can do most things, but I have accepted it's never going to be the same as it was again...

I had lots of helpers tonight

Malachi was helping me make supper tonight. He was lots of help ;-)

Jonas made his sandwich for tomorrow for school...

Jeremiah also made his sandwich for tomorrow...


My boys loved to help out!!

Jeremiah got an A on his 3-D map project!! He was pretty excited!

My little supermen..

We took the boys to a spooktacular tonight at the Zoo. It was Friends of the zoo night! They had lots of fun... We looked around at all the fun stuff and they got alittle candy. We looked at alot of craved pumpkins, went through a maize and road on the train.

Hand update

We found out today that our health Insurance is going to change on Dec. 1st, so my Dr appt with my surgeon has been moved up to November 3rd. He will decide surgery or not then. If I do have surgery it will be next month before our Insurance changes. My hand is doing pretty good. It just has the last little bit that's not changing to much. I am going to get a scan of my hand and an appt with my CRPS dr. soon also. I much rather be doing this now than in Dec. anyway.

Malachi enjoyed gymnastics this morning!

Jeremiah' 3-D Map project is done!!

He has worked very hard on this map all weekend.

Jeremiah working on his 3D map project

Jonas sitting by his pumpkin

We have all had a good day today. We have been helping Jeremiah with his project this afternoon. Jonas and I went for a long walk. Jeremiah went and played at Chase's house after church for a couple hours. They have so much fun together. They sat by each other in Family Theater. Our kid just love family Theater. I love it also. They teach them very practical things and there is singing, dancing, bubbles, skits, videos and the bible story and much more. We have started going to this every Sunday after the service. We at the moment are loving where we are attending and the boys are loving it also. With all the economic downturn we are praying for God to show us when to start Infinity.We want to be where God want us and where we can help the most people during this economic scare. As for right now we are involved where we are. Kyle is one of the head leaders for there new outreach program call IMPACT. It's every 2Nd Saturday. It is a really neat program to helps people in need. It starts next month and we are heading to help at Convey of Hope. Jeremiah is also going and is excited. I think this is an awesome way to reach out to the community right now especially.

What is ImpACT: It's our Church's strategic outreach to ImpACT the 4 GLOBAL GIANTS (Disease, Poverty, Illiteracy, Spiritual Emptiness) that are affecting our local communities as well as global community. What organizations will be helped through ImpACT? Many within the community that have programs which match our 4 pillars of emphasis. These are Mitigating Spiritual Emptiness, Assisting the Poor, Caring for the Sick and Diseased and Teaching Literacy

"Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy." Proverbs 31:8-9

Our Pets

This is Frosty's favorite place!!


Rosebud playing in the house with Mala

from Jeremiah

I am making a 3-D phyical relief map!= I am making a 3-D pysical relief map! ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ, now I said my ABC's, time won't you sing with me! The alphabet song! I'm having fun with an unreadable font. It's kind of fun.
I'm making a 3-D pysical relief map! It's a map of Missouri, and it's a school project, and I get to make a key and a compass rose, and it's 18"x 18", and it has the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, and Springfield and St. Louis and Kansas City and Jefferson City, and it has Taum Sauk Mountain(that is one thousand, seven hundred seventy-two feet high), and this sentence is running on forever, and...

Jeremiah and Daddy working on the Map project
Malachi and Jonas have been working on there own project and were showing Jeremiah
Me and my very pretty roses from my birthday!!
Jonas and Mala playing with trains


We have had a big day. We have been helping Jeremiah do his school 3-D Map project most of the day. We did go out late morning while some of the glue is drying. I will post a pic of it when it gets all done. Jonas and Malachi had to make there own projects like Jeremiah...

I did some more Christmas shopping today. ;-) yes, that's me early bird... It is so much more fun to Christmas shop now without all the stress... I am over half way done now!!! The kids know they have to get there Christmas list to me early!

We broke the big news to JWD today.. You know the big Christmas Santa-real-or-not secret. So not to totally make him sad I really hyped it up with now you get to be Santa's helpers. ;-) He was fine with it and laughed and is looking forward to helping us this year!! He is getting so big... He loves the Club House magazine from focus on the family and also loves to listen to odyssey Cd's. Those are great character building things. We usually listen to odyssey everyday after daddy's show.

Daddy and Jeremiah working on a school project. That is what our weekend is going to mostly consist of. It is do Monday. It will be fun though. It's a 3D map.

Jonas upside down night at school

Jonas' upside down night was last night. It is where Jonas gets to be the parents and the parents are the kids. He gets to tell ya what to do and show you his class and do some activities. He had lots of fun. he is loving kindergarten. I just love that he is being taught not only academics but about Gods love also. If I had a wish it would be to have all my kids in Christan schools, but with 3 kids it's unreal what that costs. We think kindergarten is a special year and we just love putting them in a Christain environment to get them off to a great start. If Obama gets elected we will be homeschooling before long because schools will get alot worse.

Mala bored on a rainy day ;-)

I'm not real sure what he was doing. He was crawling in the doggy food container...

I caught Mala sharing his cheese with kitty

Well, I do always tell him to share. ;-)

What is Obama hiding???????????????

I pray McCain and Palin kick there campaign up and nail him to the wall! They are being WAY to nice...

Me when I was little

Oh, I got caught!!

I had a great Birthday... Malachi made me cupcakes and the boys brought me balloons and dear hubby bright me ROSES... We had pizza tonight at home and watched a movie. All my boys were very sweet to me today! It was rainy this evening so my hair went crazy.

Jeremiah's 4th grade program was this morning. We were not sure until this morning if he was going to get to go or not today. He did go even though he looked to me like he really didn't feel good at all. He sang good, but is skipping the program for tonight. His throat hasn't felt good and singing doesn't feel real good I'm sure.

It's my birthday today! It made me feel pretty good when we were at that Festival over the weekend and a man thought I was the boys older sister. I kid you not he thought I was only 17!! Ok, so how old do I look??? I do have a ten year old. I have no idea what we will do today since JWD has been sick. He will probably be really tired after school today. Kyle and the boys gave me cards this morning!!

I was born on my actual due date!!

Malachi was seeding the yard for daddy today. ;-) He loves to push it around and chase the cat!!

I had a dentist appt and therapy this morning. I had not been to the dentist since before I was pregnant with Malachi, so it's been awhile. Had my check up and everything is just fine and no problems.

Then I went to therapy. She warmed my hand up and then measured it all. It actually looked pretty good. It just keeps slowly improving. She said it's really up in the air about surgery. So, for now I will go in 2 weeks and see how it is going. If it hasn't gotten any worse I probably won't go much the next few weeks until my appt, but if it has gotten worse without therapy I will go again more. I have no idea what to do next week without therapy. I have been going at least 2x a week for the last 4months. I have gotten to know all the therapist and techs and may even kinda miss them...

I see Mr. Mom posted this morning Jeremiah is home puny today. I hope he is all better for school tomorrow.

Dad Playing Mr. Mom This Morning

Jeremiah is a little under the weather today, so he's staying home from school. Rebekah has dentist and therapist appointments this morning, so I'm watching Jeremiah and Malachi until she gets back. I can already see the work piling up on my desk.

It's been a calm morning...kinda. Here's the honey-do list I was left with:

1. Figuring the checkbook
2. Hanging up some clothes
3. Feeding the dog
4. Packing our tent back into the closet
5. Call Jeremiah's school
6. Keep the house "under control"
7. Keep Malachi from being too destructive

I'm mostly successful. Malachi is hard to control.

Peat and re-peat playing video games

Warren Barfield 'Love is Not a Fight'

footage from the movie, Fireproof.

There is more to the MOPS story and Kyle said I should write it all. When Amie invited me to the MOPS group I was very skeptical and the thought of being in a small group scared me. You see I don't do well in small groups and avoid them. I decided I would suck it up and try to make it. I was thinking the whole way over there how many things I could go do to justify not making it. I got to the place and pulled in and parked. I sat there for a few minutes and Malachi said "Mommy are we going in?" ;-) I said, "I think so!!"

I got out of the van and felt like I was going to hyperventilate which is what i do. I can't stand the thought of being embarrassed and put on the spot. I went around the corner to the door still thinking I can still turn and leave I don't have to go. When i got to the door Amie the friend I had made the day before was there opening the door watching for me and was so nice I just felt comfortable from the first second I walked in. It was great and it was nice to just sit with other moms and hear there stories of motherhood and realize your not the only one that doesn't have it all together. I made some friends and found a place to connect with other moms.

I posted this because sometimes Churches unknowingly can be a very intimidating place. Next time you see a first time guest or you invite someone be there when they first get there and I just bet if they see your face first thing it will calm there fears about coming. Also, churches expect people to have it all together alot of times, so people that don't know their bible, etc. feel like they don't fit in. Go out of your way to make everyone welcome and comfortable.

I am one step closer to conquering this fear of people getting to know me. I can't help other people if I don't accept myself for who God made me to be. I have never really just been myself. I for some reason think if people really got to know me they wouldn't like me because I'm not the smartest cookie on the block as far as academics. Give me any preschool class with tons of kids and I'm fine though. I encourage you to stop hiding from what intimidates you and face it head on and also start accepting yourself for who you are. Even if you have done things in your past that haunt you, God will forgive you and you have a clean slate.

Keep praying for Jennell. The lady I wrote about a couple days ago. She is still in intensive care and had to have a blood transfusion yesterday and surgery twice the day before that. She is in alot of pain at times. She is told it is a spontaneous cardiac things that is very rare. There has only been 150 people with this ever recorded. Most of them have died, so this is very scary to this family. She is only 37 and has 2 young sons at home. Please continue to pray that she will completely recover and be able to live a normal life.

MOPS

I joined a MOPS(Mother's of preschoolers) group today. The mom that I worked with yesterday at Jonas school invited me. It was so much fun! We watched a couple of the mentor moms cook some delicious meals and got to taste them. We even got to at the end make our own apple crisp. That will be a yummy desert for tonight. Malachi had lots of fun in the Moppet's group playing with the kids.

We ate some of the apple crisp that I made. It was good. Kyle went back for seconds so I guess that says it all. ;-) The mentor lady also talked about some good ways to save money at the grocery store with coupons and sale adds. It was all very interesting and can't wait to the next meeting....

Pumpkin Festival

Jeremiah and Jonas at the chili/Nachos supper.

Jonas at his pumpkin Festival

Boys playing in the box obstacle course I made this morning.

Daddy getting Jonas and Malachi ready to go jump in the big jumpy

The boys had tons of fun this evening at the pumpkin Festival. They had a cookies walk, face painting, crafts, big blow up things to jump in, food, obstacle course and wagon rides.... The boys should sleep good tonight!

PRAYER REQUEST

One of the teachers at Jonas' school had a heart attack yesterday. She is the 3year old teacher. She is only 37yrs old and is very fit. She runs long distance. She is still in intensive care and is in some pain. She had to have 2 stints put in. Please be in prayer for Jenelle and her family. She has 2 young sons.

Malachi and I had a busy morning helping out at Jonas school. There pumpkin festival is tonight and we volunteered to help set up today. Another mom and I put together a box obstacle course for the kids to crawl through. That was FUN to do. ;-) We also carried some tables. I know your thinking me carring tables!! Yes, I did... I am suppose to be working on gaining strength in my hands so why not!! We helped there for about 3 hours this morning and saw Jonas when he came out to the playground when we were building the obstacle course. Malachi had fun pulling the wagon and trying out the obstacle course... I"ll have some pics later today...

Me reading Malachi and bedtime story tonight.

Jeremiah rocking Malachi

Jonas

Jonas impressed his teacher today with how well he can sound out words and read. She is moving him to a different reading group! He is loving school. He is doing math alot at home. He is kinda like his brother Jeremiah. ;-) If you notice purple marker on his face that's because he got alittle carried away while making a picture after school.

VOTE AND PRAY....

You can't complain about it if you don't get out there and VOTE!! I know Palin has won the hearts of many especially those with special needs kids! I think Palin is just what we need in Washington, so lets make it happen!!!

Check out Kyle's blog entree for today. He was talking about some exciting stuff from there Christian Radio's annual Pastor's Appreciation Luncheon. Author Bruce Wilkinson was the keynote speaker. Kyle Blog

Propane prices are horrible

We got our propane tank filled this afternoon. OH my goodness I thought I was going to throw up when I saw the bill. We got it filled and it cost $843.03! OH my... I think we will be sleeping with it allittle bit cooler this year...

Pap-pa & Mam-ma came to visit

Malachi enjoyed playing with mam-ma & Pap-pa today while I was at therapy. They played some games and made some things. Malachi helped mam-ma make some healthy soup for lunch!!

Therapy pics

My Therapist Mary. She is alot of fun and makes therapy not seem so bad. I have actually become really good friends with her and will miss getting to see her each week if I ever graduate!! She has been battling breast cancer this year and is doing really good. Do you like her hair?It is a wig and on some days she wears a baseball hat. Her hair is starting to grow back in.

These are some of my favorite Techs. They are mostly college students wanting to become a therapist, so they enjoy working there and learning.


Me getting my hand dipped in wax to heat it up for therapy... That's usually the first thing I do at therapy each time is the wax to get it warmed up and moving better. It is always stiffer in the mornings and I have to get it into some warm water or a heat pack so make it loosen up. The weather was making it act up yesterday and it was hurting. I haven't had much CRPS pain, but it does hurt on the days the weather changes and probably will from now on. It's color hasn't been as good the last couple days.It is just creaping around still... Makes me nervous to think of surgery because that can get it acting up again. So it will be up to my surgeon and I to decide if the gains are worth the risk of getting the CRPS stirred up again. I will be seeing my pain (CRPS) dr again to see what he thinks about surgery. I have done nothing he has ordered me to do. He ordered me to take Lyrica, wear patches and have at least 3 nerve blocks. I have instead decided to stay natural and have been taking some supplements that my natural Dr. suggested. She is actually a Dr that chooses to do the natural way. She is not a quack that calls herself a dr. ;-) You can be confindant with her that she would only suggest to you what she would do for her own kids.

I can do most things now pretty good with my hand to some degree. Opening doors and jars I can't do to well. I can't do sign language which makes me sick. I love doing sign language and wanted to learn more, but I will need the remaining of my hand to work to be able to do it. My back is doing pretty good most days. I still can't seem to get off the muscle relaxers completely. If I over do it I really feel it.

Hat day!

It was hat day at Jonas school today. He wore his Super man hat!! He looked really cute this morning leaving for school...

I lost my shirt last night!!

Kyle and I had fun last night playing rummy. We played 8 games and I only won twice. ;-0 Kyle skunked me big time!!! It was fun to play a game with the kids in bed... We use to do fun things like that, but haven't in awhile.

It's been kind of a gloomy morning. Malachi and I got to stay home today. Its nice to have a day at home. It's been 4 months today since my MVA. It has been a very stressful 4 months for all of us. I think things are starting to calm down. I will find out next Monday how often I will have to go to therapy. It will be 2x a week, 1x a week, 1x every other week or none. I will then see my surgeon on November 24th and he will say surgery or no surgery. If he says surgery then I will have it probably the first week of December. That won't be real fun having surgery right then.

I have been through about every emotion these last few months. Current one is just so tired of it all. Tired of therapy! I am still have some post concussion effects like memory issues that have me kinda down. I am really enjoying where we are attending church right now. You can just fit right in and be yourself. They do such practical messages there that anyone can grasp the meaning. The kids love it and are really growing... Jeremiah has several friends that attend there and he is loving it. Jonas loves family theater and really looks forward to that each Sunday. Our friend Sam came with us Sunday and he really enjoyed it. We have really slowed down with Infinity plans while I am recovering from the accident. This has all been really stressful and we just need things to calm down a bit for awhile.

Malachi made a Caterpillar today during preschool time at home. We are going to start doing some fun stuff again. I can actually use scissors again. He loves to make things and use glue!

Jonas showing off

I was waiting in the car line waiting for Jonas' teacher to bring him out to the van. As she was bringing him out to the van he starts busting some moves! It was so funny. He was showing her his best dance moves and he has some hilarious ones!! She said wow you should be on dancing with the stars. ;-)

I had to go ahead and give the boys a Christmas present yesterday;-0 There radio in there room quit yesterday. That is the only way I can keep Jonas in his bed at night is to put on a story tape and he will go right to sleep. So, to keep Jonas doing good i had to give in and give it to them... Jonas use to keep getting up and we couldn't get him to stay till 11pm or later. Now he goes right to bed at 8:30 and stays. He is in a much better mood in the mornings since he isn't tired. This radio has a CD players also.

Jonas and Malachi playing with Frosty

Jeremiah and Rosebud

Jeremiah was playing with Rosebud today. She is a full blooded Golden Retriever puppy. We spent awhile today searching the backyard for her rabies tag that fell of. Jeremiah finally found it. Rosebud is 9 months old now. She is a very sweet puppy...

Gramps' party!

Gramps at his party reading his cards from everyone

Allen and Kay looking at cards and visiting with friends

What! Gramps is retired?!?

Today was Allen's retirement party. It went great and I think he really enjoyed it. The boys had lots of fun. We got to see lots of people we haven't seen for a long time. The boys made Gramps some cute cards and were so excited to give them to him. All day yesterday Malachi begged to see Gramps so he could give him the card he made him.

Jeremiah impressed me

I ask Jeremiah when he got home from school how his day was. He said good, but I had 2 nightmeres last night. He started crying about and told me what he had dreamed. It was a scary dream and I have no idea why he dreamed that. We don't watch scary movies. I ask him if he cried in the night and he said he did. He said he got up and came in the living room to get a Kleenex and he told me he said a prayer to Jesus to help him not be scared!! Wow, that is really neat... He said he felt better after he prayed! He has really been learning alot of practical stuff at North Point lately and growing spiritually more.

Jury Duty

I got a letter in the mail saying I am to serve on jury duty later this month. Oh boy, that sounds like what I need right now ;-0

I have been cleaning closets this past week. I tackled the coat closet and the closet in our bedroom. I went through all of the videos, Cd's and DVDs and straightened them up and got them all back in there right cases. They were all a mess from this summer when the boys watch movies and never put them back in there places. trying to finally get my house under control since it has been let go all summer. I get frustrated because I can't ever get things the way I really like them. I have had to force myself over the years to just let some things go and play and spend time with the kids. They are only little for a short time and the laundry, dishes etc will always be there. I have really been trying to spend more quality time with the boys. Really get down on there level and play and talk with them.

Kyle's dad is retiring from the railroad!

Allen retired officially yesterday! I'm sure he is excited to finally get there. When being diagnosed with lung cancer earlier this year thought he might never get there. He is now cancer free and ready to enjoy his free time!

Congratulation Gramps!!!!

Jonas is enjoying his day

Jonas was in a very good mood this morning and ready to play. He has the day off school. He was really tired yesterday and slept in the van on the way home from school. Malachi has had the crud and I think he has it alittle also. Malachi doesn't have much voice and is coughing some. Jeremiah and Jonas are in different schools this year so, they have different days off. That's ok gives me a chance to spend more time with each of them.

Palin takes on Bidon

This should be a very interesting debate tonight! I think Palin will do an awesome job putting bidon in his place.

I thought she did an outstanding job last night in the debate. She is a great speaker... She put Bidon in his place several times. I loved the line There ya go again, Joe! She will make a great vice president.

Christmas Shopping!!

Yes, you read that right... I bought a couple Christmas present yesterday! I do all my shopping in sept. and October and Am usually done by the first of November. It's the way I have done it for years. I love to have time to shop while it is still pretty weather and you can find what your looking for. It would drive me bonkers to wait till November or December to start.

YEAH

They measured my wrist today at therapy. A normal hand measures 80. When you have had a bad injury anything past 60 is good. Past 70 is considered normal. I measure a 75 today! I am normal. she said wow you are normal. I said what can you say that again I haven't heard you all say that at all in 4months.

I also have been having some odd feelings in my hand. It's like a bad itch you can't get to. It is were it is numb, so when I scratch it I can't really feel it and it doesn't' help. It's kinda weird.I ask her about it today and she said sounds like it maybe waking up in there. ;-)So some good news today...

This afternoon after school I took the boys to the park to play with a neighbor boy Jonas age.They have fun together.

HEALTH TIP WEDNESDAY!!

Everyone should drink half there weight in oz. So, if you weigh 100lbs like me (with boots and a coat);-) You should drink 50oz. of water a day. I actually drink more like 80+ lately while I am on these supplements for my hand. If you exercise you should drink another eight ounce glass of water for every 20 minutes you are active. Caffeinated beverages will also add to your daily water need. So, drink up!!

sweet boys!