Scare crow day at Garretts School

Last Friday I had the opportunity to volunteer in Garrett's class for scare crow day. It was a fun to see the shy guy in action. He did have a few girls ask him to sit by them. But other than that he was pretty quiet the whole morning. It was fun to meet the kids and put some faces to names.

More info on Drew.

Sorry I did not add any stats about Drew. He lives at the end of our block and is 16 years old. He is the oldest of two children. His sister is eight years old. He has a Caring Bridge site but I do not have the exact address. I will post it at the end of this post when I get it.

The whole situation is so tragic. It really puts life into perspective. Another example of how our fate really does not lie in our hands and that we need to be appreciative of all we have- FAMILY FRIENDS and NEIGHBORS --

We can raise our children to be incredible human beings who make good decisions most of the time, but ultimately we have no control over their fate or destiny. Every breath we take and every moment we have here on earth really is a gift. Situations like this remind me to enjoy the little things in life more. Even in the midst of chaos-- As I tucked my kids into bed tonight I took a second look at their cute little faces and thanked God for the day-- all the crazy moments included.

Praying for Drew

Our Neighbor Drew was tragically hit by a car on Monday evening - He is currently in the hospital in ICU- He is in a induced coma and they are not sure if he will pull out of this. He has severe head injuries and they are not sure how much brain functioning he has at this point if any. The family is still in shock and the Dr. say they will have no information for atleast a few days- and recovery if possible could take up to a year-- they really do not know how extensive it is.

Please pray for the entire family and Drew's full recovery.

In addition if anyone is willing to make a meal for the family that would be great. Drews Mom,Val is a vegitarian so please take this into consideration. (I have no idea what types of food they eat).

Carson got into a thicket bush

Leave it to carson to play in the middle of a thicket bush.
It took a good five minutes atleast for me and Arlin Brown to get all of the stickers out of his hair.

MR. WISE GUY

Oh what a good looking boy- --but this handsome fella has become quite the wise guy. Dinner time is always when this personality trait shows the most. Last night we were chatting about how Carson took such a great nap. Garrett thought this deserved a round of applause. Then Mike tells a joke he learned from Carson and I asked him -oh where did you hear that one- Garrett says he heard it from a white man. He really is a mini Mike looks and all. It is truly amazing how the kids spend so much more time with me but talk and act so much like their father. Thankfully their father has so many great character traits.

Great times with our Cousin

Spending time with Cousins just doesn't happen as often as it should in our household anymore.
But last weekend our cousin Grace spent the evening with us and the kids had a blast.
It is so fun to see them play together-
The day was filled with human sling shots - forts- bike riding- pumpkin picking- digging for worms- dress up-
and of course a late night movie
Lucky me they even slept in till eight thirty the next morning. It just doesn't get better than that.