Our first visit with the boys in months...

We finally got the boys for a few days, the first time we have had them here in months. We enjoyed ourselves so much. Mommy and daddy had their heads burred for the summer and they looked so cute and they were just as energetic as ever. They did hate that Savannah is still at Upward Bound so they didn't get to see her but I think they enjoyed it all the same.  

Mom decided to water her plants like she always does and they thought they could "help" :)  

Missing my Smartie Pants...

This is my Doodlebug's second year to be in Upward Bound for the summer. She goes to Troy University from Monday to Friday for five weeks and the sixth week they take a cultural trip somewhere.  This year she gets to take the trip too, they haven't told them where they are going.
It's kind of hard dropping her off on Sunday night to stay in a dorm without me for a week.

She takes classes all day walkng across that big campus and and they eat all their meals together. They plan things for each night as well. One night they take them swimming in the big olympic size pool, they do scavenger hunts, karoke nights, board game night....she loves it and I miss her like crazy. We had Nina Sophia with us the first weekend we checked in and she wanted to take her to let everyone ooh and ahh over her. Nina is a camera hound like Bug so she got in a few after we put her room together.

They are in the suites this year so they have their own bathroom that they share with their neighbors.

I am jealous of her walk in closet though. I told her we need to knock a wall out and build us one of them for the house...LOL I sure miss the stinker but I am proud for her to get this opportunity.  





God's miracle

I am proud to say God has been doing miracles in our family and the latest one is daddy coming home. It started March 15th with us taking daddy to Jackson Hospital in Montgomery for two toes that had turned black and he had been diagnosed with everything including athletes fungus.... it was not anything they had said. Daddy had blockages so bad in his legs that it had cut the circulation off to his rightfoot and it was dying. The doctors did a bypass after a catherization didn't work and it went beautifully. We gave God the praise and the devil got mad and daddy had a heart attack two days later. The doctors diagnosed him with congestive heart failure and he started retaining fluid in his lungs and they had to put him on a ventilator. Things got worse before they got better. 19 days on the respiratgod or and two different times they were telling us to expect the worst and get things in order...but God had another plan. I am sharing a few photos because I want youto be able to know just how far God brought our miracle.

They even had to do dialysis twice...but then the DOCTOR STEPPED INTO THE ROOM!

They had talked about doing a trach but then God turned things around and they decided to try and ween him off the vent. By May 19th they were moving him to HealthSouth Rehab. 

It stinks that he lost weight on a feeding tube but he lost it none the less.... he said there were days when he couldn't feed himself at first because his body had broken down so bad and fast.  He said some days they would come get him for therapy and he would think there is no way he can do this but then when he got in there God just gave him strength. He would do everything they ask then little by little.... twelve steps....then 24....55....112....224...man he is zooming around that station....he told them his goal was to walk out of that place...

He worked so hard... He really wanted to walk out........

And God made a way! not only did he  walk out of rehab but.....

He walked into the house... up a ramp and right in the door... I am telling you God had done a miracle and we could not be more proud to shout God's praises! I pray God blesses you today and you can shout a little too!