Back Home again....

This pic was not the one that was suppose to be here..but the great computer whiz I am can not get it to go away..so anywho I will try and get the right pic on here somewhere....

Well I am home again and this time to stay for awhile. I have one more week till volleyball gets under way and I am looking forward to really just staying home and being a bum next week..(not exactly a bum I'm trying to get ready for a yard sale) I have a lot of stories to write about our beach trip...WE had an awesome time!!!

Our good friends that go with us every year have two children...Elizabeth-9 yrs old and Evan-7 yrs old (exactly two weeks older then Tyler) The kids get along great. We played some great games of putt putt, cards, and the boys really had fun digging in the sand...not sure what they were digging for but it kept them busy ALL week!! One night we went to play putt putt and there was a maze that you could go through and race each other and you had check points and such..the kids choose to do that over putt putt (well everyone but Emily Klair , she really had her heart set on putt putt so her and I had a little quality time playing putt putt while everyone else raced it out in the maze) it was a great night.

Warren has told me (jokingly..at least I think??)that I need to be a part of a beach ministry. He said that I could talk to and make friends with a post as long as it was at the beach. I guess he is right we did meet alot of very nice people. I look forward to keeping up with them through emails.

The week was uneventful...which is a good for us!! The only minor thing that happened was Tyler and Evan were playing in the chairs on the balcony and Evan was spinning Tyler (maybe a little too hard) and they broke the back of the chair...but we got it fixed as good as new and for under $50.00!!! I guess boys will be boys...

I will not bore you with anymore stories..for those of you that know me personally you know I can go on and on...hehe but I am going to share a few more pics with you hope you enjoy!!

This Tyler in his "cool" pose...shhh do not tell him that it is more cute then cool!! The second pic is one of my favorites of sissy sue...she is really starting to look like a little girl and less like my baby!!! The third pic is another "future heartbeakers" picture...we got a better one of them in their swimsuits..I will have to try and get it posted!!!

oh yeah I forgot..

For those of you that haven't heard Emily Klair's blood work came back ok!!! Her levels were ok..but not exactly where they need to be so we are messing with her meds once again...I hate that!! Warren will be doing the first part of that this week and we should hopefully be getting her completely off one of her meds..by the time school starts..fingers crossed we are making the right decision!! Thank you for all your prayers on this matter...we definitely need them!

Beach fun...

We went walking on the beach one night and was being silly posing for daddy and the camera...it was so much fun till someone started shooting fireworks and then Emily Klair was done....
We went to Gulf World and had a blast one day..the kids got their picture taken with a sea lion....it shook their hand!! It was a great day!!
Even with a broken thumb daddy had a good time....it only slowed him down a little bit!!!

We are back from the beach and we had a great time!! The kids were so good and we met a lot of great new friends. I have a ton more photos and a lot of stories to write about but I am in the middle of repacking and getting things ready for the kids and daddy..I'm trying to make his life as easy as possible since I am leaving tomorrow for my annual "girls trip"!! I look forward to this trip all year long...(I am just a little stressed that it fell so close to the beach trip...but I will be back on Friday and have a ton of stories to blog about!! looking forward to catching up with everyone!)

Just thought I would update...

Well we have had a very busy week this week...lets see Warren broke his thumb, playing goalie for the adult soccer team he is on. He stopped a goal but in doing so his thumb got pulled all the way back and it tore all the tendons and ligaments and as they were tearing it broke part of his bone with it out of his lower thumb joint(the one that connects the thumb to the hand) and is in a "cast thingy" (I've always been known for my technical terms..hehe) that he can take on and off to shower....(and good thing too because now he can still enjoy himself at the beach.. well sort of minus the pain!) This week was my follow up with the Dr. in Nashville that has been helping with my eyes since this last episode with my migraines...we have found out that they are worse then they were 6 weeks ago and that I have permanent nerve damage in my eyes (the nerves that control my pupils,and focusing) just from migraines...so I have to wear glasses and sunglasses (sometimes even inside) and try really hard to not strain my eyes!!! yeah right! He said my nerves and all really look like a patient that should be about 90-95 years old...my vision is slowly getting worse..but it is mainly my pupils that are causing the problem..it is like having your eyes dilated all the time...it has no control over amount of light it lets in and has trouble focusing on one thing then another. So I really am in a catch 22...the headaches caused the damage and now because of the damage it can cause more headaches!! go figure!! I took Emily Klair for her blood work today and she was such a big girl...she cried just a little bit till she saw the blood in the tube and said "hey that kinda looks purple..I like purple..Hallie likes purple too, that is our favorite color." The techs were laughing at her and they all thought she was such a big girl. I was very proud of her..can not wait to hear the results to know whether or not she can take this new medicine or not?? Tyler has been at football camp every morning this week. He has loved it and talks no stop about it for the rest of the day!! I love that he gets an opportunity to play without "really" playing. I am sorry, this momma loves football but she will not be letting her son play it..not with his missing L3 and L4 vertebrae (spina bidfa occulta) no way no how!!! My husband keeps telling me I will eat those words one day..but I doubt it!! We are all looking forward to leaving town on Saturday for a week...nothing but fun in the sun and family time. I will have a ton of pictures to post and a ton o' stories to share when I return. Please pray that we have safe travels and a uneventful vacation.

Tag I'm it...

Thanks Steph :) 1. What did you do ten years ago? Let's see Warren and I had been married about 2 years and we were living in a duplex...with purple carpet..(all those lucky enough to have seen it remember it well..hehehe) I was cutting hair at a Heads Up in Franklin, TN., and then that summer I began cutting hair in Columbia at Bliss Salon and Day spa.... 2. Five items on my to do list today : Laundry, Clean the house, start packing for the beach, swim, cook dinner...clean the car out!! did I mention do laundry?? 3. Snacks I enjoy.... I love ice cream, Popsicles, grapes, pretzels...and really just about anything!! 4. What would you do if you were a billionaire??? Pay off the debt of everyone I love, build my house, take my kids to Disney World and take Warren on a trip(anywhere he wants), pay for my mother and father to go anywhere in the world they want....same for my in-laws, put away for the kids college....there is alot I would like to do but that is the ones that popped in my head first... 5. Places I would live?? I would love to live at the Beach...I would pretty much move anywhere....I love my family and would miss them but I would like to see what it would be like to move away and it just be us...we would have to make new friends and everything....sounds exciting to me!! That was fun!! I tag Valerie...and anyone else that feels like being tagged...TAG YOUR IT....

New medicine...

Emily Klair has been on so many different medicines since being diagnosed with seizures, you would think that changing it one more time would be not a big deal to us. We went to her peds. nuero. a couple weeks ago and he wanted to change up some of her medicine to see if we can get her a little better controlled, and because she is starting kindergarten in the fall, he seems to think she needs one that is also a mood stabilizer. She also has sensory integration dysfunction.

I like the medicine she is on now and think that it has done the best to control her, but he is the Dr. and that is what we pay him the big bucks for,right? So I agreed to try this new medicine...well we have been on it for two weeks and counting along with her old medicine still, and we have had two seizures this week...so I'm thinking "why am I messing with her medicine?" One of those seizures happened while we were swimming in a friends pool and luckily I was in the water with her. I have always worried about her having seizures when I am not with her but this latest one opened my mind to a world of thoughts and fears I had yet to think about, but as she is getting older there are new fears and concerns.

We have to go next week and get some blood work done to make sure that it is OK for her to take this new medicine...scary thought that I am giving her something that could be poisoning her! She is doing great with it and even reminds me that we have to take both...the kid is amazing at taking medicine (but then again she has been taking something everyday since she was just months old) This is one of the times in my life that I wonder if I am doing the right/best thing for her?? I mean I know she needs medicine to control the seizures but sometimes I feel like we are overdoing! (but then again she is still having the seizures so I guess we are not overdoing, right?)

Blogging..who knew??

I love to blog...I love to talk about my kiddos...and my life...I love all the people that I have met and keep up with on a daily basis. I have learned so much from some of these people that are in reality complete strangers to me. I have seen kind, caring people with a love for the Lord, that some days has seem foreign to me! I have grown up in church all of my life...I have attended many many VBS, Gospel meetings, and have spent hours upon hours in a pew. I went to a private Christian high-school and then on to a Christian college, church camp every summer. (where I met my husband) So all in all I have never not known anything but a life in Christ. I am very thankful that I was brought up in such a way and know that it has made me what I am today...a wife and mother that is trying to live everyday for Christ, that is trying everyday to teach her children the love that Christ has for them and how they can share that love with others. And I hate to say this, and please hear me out before you make any judgements, ok here I go...I have a few friends that just came to know Christ as adults...and I am sometimes jealous of them. They have such a fire and a strong desire to be consumed with God and Christ. They have a stronger walk with him and a better understanding of Him. I use to think that well its just new to them and that they will get to the point I am at where they will start to take things for granted and it will become more of a routine then a relationship, just give them time. Boy, was I wrong!! They seem to be getting closer and closer and I seem to be struggling more and more. Then as I was praying and studying trying so hard to have what they have....I started blogging,(what a place for God to show me what I was missing) and what I saw through some of the bloggers was amazing to me ...that is where I started to see that it is OK to doubt, it is OK to wonder and it most definitely OK to show the world that you love God...and that it is not just talk , routine, or a list of rules...but that it is about a relationship and that without Him in your heart you have nothing. I want to Thank you all for the great examples and the great big mirror you have been to me so that I could take a honest, open, truthful look at myself and see what needs to change in my life and my heart!! I hope that this makes some sense to you...please realize I do not have the gift of words..that sometimes I know what I want and feel but have a hard time expressing it with words!