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December 15 Growing KidsMy babes had their yearly check up this week. At age 5 Hannah is 44.5 pounds and 45 inches. At age 2 Emily is 27pounds and 33 3/4 in. Emily has caught up Hannah at the same age. She is half a pound lighter and a quarter of an inch shorter than Hannah was at age 2. Last year at her first birthday she was a full 2 inches shorter than Hannah was. They are both healthy and doing well.
We are keeping busy with Christmas activites. Tonight we are going to a staff party for church and I'm really looking forward to a nice evening. Sunday we are having an adult Christmas dinner here and I went to Walmart and filled my shopping cart today! I can't wait to cook this meal and bless our friends. It is an"in appreciation of your friendship" evening that Steve and I wanted to give to our close friends. We are busy, but excited.
Haven't done much shopping...doesn't look like we will have time to at all! We'll have to squeeze it in on the way home from work or something. This weekend and next week are packed full of rehearsals and get togethers and I can see myself having to work extra hours. The biggest problem is that I get so tired when I'm that busy that I can't get anything else done like shopping or cleaning. I'm praying for extra energy from now until Christmas...aren't we all?!?!?!
We are counting our blessings, though. Loving life with our kids, ministries, and friends. God is blessing us and we are grateful. Hope you all are also feeling the joy of the season. Merry Christmas! December 09 DutiesI have been so busy this week, and I'm not even in the production. I have been working tons of overtime trying to keep up with printing the programs for the performances and preparing music for Christmas Eve services. We just decided on the line up Thursday and plan to start rehearsals on Tuesday. Several of the songs need parts written or arranged and it will be all I can do to get to all of that in time for rehearsals. Whew!
Meanwhile I've been very overwhelmed at home too. Thank you notes from the girls' birthday party, online ordering for Christmas, a scrapbook I've been asked to do for someone, and cleaning have been piling up! Thank the Lord for this weekend and the fact that my husband doesn't have any events. He let me go to work until 11 PM last night and helped me around the house all day today. I feel much more in control...but I still haven't touched the music I need to get done for Christmas Eve. Now, before you think Steve is some saint I have to tell you that in a very pitiful, whining voice he said to me this morning, "if I do everything you tell me to do today and get lots of stuff done, will you PLEAAASE play Settlers with me tonight?" He's setting up the game right now as I write this!
One other mention...Steve was getting ready to run some errands with Em this morning and we told her she was going to go bye bye. We were in the kitchen talking and the next thing we hear is our car horn honking. Emily had gone downstairs, gotten her coat on (upside down), opened the garage door and car door, and was honking at us!! I couldn't believe it! At least she is too small to reach the garage door openers. December 03 I love my church!I led worship again this morning for Vaughn. His back is getting better, but you'd never know he was injured the way he has been working this week. I hope he is not overdoing it. He has been working full days in the office and at production every night this week...including all day yeaterday (Saturday), went to Sparkle, and we had the longest morning ever at church! Keep him in your prayers.
We had our regular three services (our day starting before 7:00 AM) and we practiced for next week because of the production coming this week. We didn't leave church until almost 2:00. In addition, today was Emily's first day in real Sunday School! Of course I had to go down and look in on her at every service and take pictures of her first day. She did really well. I'm so proud!!
 Needless to say we were all very hungry and very tired when we left church this morning, I can only imagine how poor Vaughn felt.I mentioned yesterday that I enjoyed helping with the production, but it goes so much more beyond that. Our church is our family...and that's not just a cliche. All of the people we love (exceot our friends and fam back home in PA) are from our church. Sundays are like family reunions. We'd never miss going even if we didn't have to be there. We have a hard time leaving every Sunday because there are so many people we love to talk to.
And as for my job as Vaughn's right hand woman (you know what they say about behind every great man...tee hee!
 ) I have learned so much about worship leading and church musicianship. I truly feel like I've gotten a second degree at Victory U! Vaughn is a mentor to me, teaching me the things experience has taught him, giving me the opportunity to minister, and evaluating me just a coop teacher would. But unlike student teaching, I really feel like I excel at this; all of what I do at Victory...worship planning, worship leading, secretarial stuff, theater stuff, choir directing. I believe this is what God had planned for me all along, it feels too right to be coincidence. I feel so useful and fulfilled. I have passion. I can pour every ounce of energy I have into it and ask for more. It's maybe the only thing in my life, past or present, that I've done that I know I'm genuinely good at. Not in an egotisical sort of way, but I have a confidence that I don't have ANYWHERE in any other area of my life. If that's not the enabling of God Himself, then I am useless to Him...and I KNOW that's not true!So when I say I love my job and I love my church, you'll know that is an understatement. I love serving here and God is blessing me and my family. December 02 Christmas Time Is HereI love being in the Christmas season full-swing. I love the music, festivites, and decorations. We've had our tree and decorations up for over a week already and I love the soft glow of the lights at night!!! And driving home at night see the lights through our window when I pull into the driveway.
I've been helping with the vocals for the Christmas Production at church the past several rehearsals and I love it. I've missed not doing it this year, but I am sooo glad we are not crazy with our schedule right now. But as a matter of fact I worked an extra like 10 hours this week alone just because it is production time. It affects me whether I'm in it or not!
So anyway, at rehearsal today there was a woman helping to babysit the kids of cast members so I left Emily with her while Hannah wanted to watch the show. This woman didn't know Em at all so I can understand how this happened...The cast brought packed lunches today. She said she turned around and Emily went straight for a lunch bag, opened it, and ate half of a sandwich. The woman assumed Em recognized the bag as ours and that I had packed it for her...I didn't. So at lunchtime I had to make a public apology for the sandwich my daughter ate...still don't know who's it was, but I felt terrible!!
 That's my cute story of the day. I'm sure I will want to remember that one when she gets older! November 29 Blogging or Scrapbooking?I am so glad I started doing this. I can find 10 minutes a few times a week to journal about life. I love the thought of being able to remember these times forever, I can see that they truly will be some of the most precious times of my entire life. I also love scrapbooking and creating permanent memories that are beautifully decorated with pictures of my loved ones, but I just don't have the time! I might get to a marathon all day scrapbooking session once every several months, but I can't find myself catching up any time soon.
I've given up doing individual books for the girls (for the time being) and my family book is stuck at Emily's first Christmas. Which isn't TOO bad I guess, 2 years behind, but the issue is that it keeps getting more behind as the days go by!
So I guess in the meantime I will keep the memories here until I have the time to catch up on the scrapbooks. By that time I'll be so thankful I kept this log ...my memory won't hold out!
I went to church last night to help with the music for the upcoming production. Up to this point Steve and I have not been involved and I missed it. After helping with some choral parts, I remembered how much I love it and remembered that it really is my niche! That is how God wired me...I get so excited teaching music in a theatrical atmosphere! That is what I was born to do. Nothing else has given me as much satisfaction as when I've directed the orchestra and singers for our Victory productions. So, I really need to get back at it. Sometime soon...and for a time. While trying to keep in perspective that my girls are growing before my eyes and I can't be too busy!! What a dilemma. I can't wait until we can do it together as a family.
When I dropped Hannah off at school today, I dropped her off and stayed in the car. It was the first time I didn't walk her in. Yikes! My big girl. She was so proud walking up the sidewalk without me. She said, "Will you watch me walk into school?" I said,"Of course!"...and I kept watching even after she was long gone...And I sighed. November 27 Another year older...Another birthday has come and gone. I'm 31 now and I have a 5 year old and a 2 year old! My Emily is still a baby! I refuse to take her out of the nursery and put her in Sunday School, I refuse to move her from the infant room to the child room at the YMCA Child Watch, and I refuse to accept that Hannah is using vocabulary that many 6th graders don't know the meaning of! It's is wonderful to see them doing new things and growing, but does it have to be so fast? I would like to linger here a bit longer. (On most days...of course there are the days where you wonder if it will ever end! )
My birthday was yesterday and I led worship at church as our Worship Arts pastor broke a rib in his back and has a hairline fracture on another one. After church my husband graciously made leftovers for lunch and put the girls to bed for me while I laid in bed and took a nap. After my nap he surprised me with a babysitter on the way and we were going out! So we went out for dinner, did a little shopping to get ideas for Christmas without the girls around, and then went bowling. We were home early and snuggled the rest of the evening. It was such a relaxing day...I wish it could never end. Mother's Day too. Those two days could last a week! I'd love to have Mother's Week instead of Mother's Day!
 So my husband loves me and does a great job of showing that. Sometimes too good. I am blessed and so,so happy! November 23 We are so thankful!We have so much to be thankful for! Today is Thanksgiving and I'm thankful that our family festivities are over and today is just a relaxing jammie day at home! I plan to make an Italian dinner tonight for our special meal and we plan to put our Christmas tree up later. Please check out the new pictures! There are 3 new albums of photos that I posted.
Let me tell you all about our birthday week! Monday November 20th was Hannah's 5th birthday. We spent most of the day decorating and getting ready for the Royal Ball that evening. Hannah and Emily both got to open presents...new princess dresses to wear to the party! They loved them.
At the party we had 18 children! It was crazy but Hannah tells us it was the best party and the best day ever. She was so excited and couldn't calm down for hours. We played pin the crown on the princesses, pass the slipper (hot potato) and musical charis to classical music. All the guests got a crown to decorate. Then we headed to the royal dinning room for dinner. We had pizza, applesauce, chips, pink cupcakes and pink lemonade in champagne glasses! It was elegant!
Hannah and Emily were blessed with some great presents and the guests began to leave. Hannah was so happy, and so were we. Thanks to all the friends who came, stayed to help, and took part celebrating out girls' birthdays. You are special to us!
The nex day (November 21st) was Emily's 2nd birthday. Steve had to work but he took off a half day. When Dad got home, we opened more presents, did our traditional measurement, and then headed to the YMCA to have a fun afternoon of swimming! After that we took the girls to Walmart to get birthday portraits taken and they turned out BEAUTIFUL! I can't wait to pick them up. Then we had a birthday dinner out at Friendly's and they sang to the girls and brought them extra ice cream! It was a fun day and once again, Hannah raved about our time together.
After our time in the production, this family time was so sweet. We are so thankful for the blessing of our girls, and our ministry...and the break from our ministry! We are thankful for our families and friends, for those who support us, for those who pray for us, for our new house, for our finances, for our health, and for the privilege of serving the Lord. May your Thanksgiving be as sweet and thanks for reading this and keeping an interest in our family. We love you!
November 21 Happy Birthday, Baby Emily!Today is my baby's second birthday. She was born at 7:20 PM, so she's 2 years and 34 minutes old...and the time keeps on ticking...
We had a whirl wind of birthday celebrations the last 3 days. When I am able to upload pictures I will tell all of the details. I just wanted to be sure to write on Emily's birthday. She didn't want to go to bed tonight so I'm not letting her cry herself to sleep on her birthday. She is watching her favorite movie of all..."The Happy Elf." She asks for it every day..."Ah Happy! Ah Happy!" And today we didn't watch it at all, she deserves it!
 Happy birthday to my two beautiful girls. I'm happier and more blessed than words can say. Doing special family things and loving on my girls the last several days has been the best...my favorite days of the year. Have I mentioned how HAPPY I am?? Thank you so much , Lord! November 15 Cute KidsHannah was up early playing the other morning with some toy microphones. While I was laying in bed I heard her playing...she said into her microphone, "I'm President Bush and I want to tell everyone that Jesus loves you and rose again." I'd vote for her!
Emily is learning words faster than Mommy can keep up. She is putting words together and speaking in short sentences. It boggles my mind...6 months ago at her 18 month checkup I had to tell the Dr., no she's not talking yet!! She wanted to come see me in the kitchen today and Hannah wanted her to stay and play. She tried to hold her arm but Em twisted away and said, "No, Hannah, I Mommy!" I love it. I asked her the other day why she was in her diaper and she said, "dress up!" I asked her if she wanted to put her clothes on and she said, "No! I dress up!" and ran upstairs to put on a princess dress like her sister did!
And speaking of princesses, we are preparing for the cutest princess party everfor our two little birthday princesses! We are also performing 2 shows of "The Gift of the Magi" and having both of our families over this weekend to do a big Thanksgiving dinner. In light of our busy upcoming weekend I already have everything planned and made for the party and presents wrapped! If only my Christmas could be so under control this year...I'm so looking forward to loving on my girls, I love birthdays!!!!!! The one time of year I really feel like I can spoil them...at least it feels like that when we are so careful to have restraint all the rest of the year. It is a blessing to me to bless them, I can't wait.
November 14 Emily's First Dental VisitAbout two weeks ago I noticed Emily had a chipped front tooth! I have no idea how it happened, it just appeared one day. I called the dentist just in case this was an issue...I didn't know if it could get infected or something. They were all out for a week for staff development (glad it wasn't an emergency!!) and of course didn't call me back at all. So I finally got hold of them and they said Em was almost at the age where she should have her first cleaning so we made an appointment. She was the smallest one there and everyone called her a peanut...oh she's so cute!! Yeah, I beamed!
She did pretty well, no tears until like the 3rd time they tipped her back and tried to get her to open her mouth. That was better than her sister at age 3 going for the first time...of course at age 3 they are more aware that they don't like what's going on! But the dentist said the chip doesn't pose a problem unless the sharp edge bothers her or cuts her lip. My baby is getting so big! I've had thoughts lately of wanting another baby...but just that...thoughts! Steve is getting things permanently taken care of by the end of this year. My Mommy instinct is just trying to rear it's head once more! It won't win, though. I love my perfect family just the way it is...and on some days I still retain my sanity! I would like to keep it that way.
 Today was one of those days. Steve had off for a comp day...that's the good news. Both of our cars are falling aprat and we spent the morning at Tire World...that's the bad news. We really need to get rid of our Mazda and buy a great used minivan. If it wasn't birthday November, Christmas December, and taxes January season, we might be able to. I know God will provide in His time. For now we are still driving both cars and fixing just what NEEDS to be taken care of. But the wise thing is to get a more reliable vehicle as soon down the road as we can...the Mazda is slowing falling apart. Several hundred dollars every other month (it seems) is not a good thing!
Believe it or not it really was a great day! Steve had Em at home the rest of day... they both napped (grrr...I'm jealous!) while I was at work and Steve got to take and pick up Hannah from school. We scrounged around to find enough cash to go to McDonald's for dinner (Kids LOVED that!) and came home to all four of us snuggling on the couch in the dark watching, "The Nutcracker." Hannah prayer at bedtime, "Thank you for my fun time. It was a GREAT day!" Here here.
November 12 Updates of our busy lives!Updates...updates! We have been busy (almost) beyond human capabilities. First and foremost with the production rehearsals, but also with the rest of life that doesn't stop just because you get busy.
At the beginning of November my parents came for a visit to help us install new carpet for the girls' rooms (it is their Christmas present to us). If you haven't seen the carpet in Emily's room, you wouldn't believe how gross and old and decayed it was. The pad underneath was glued to the floor and disintegrated! We scraped up black soot-like dust with a scraper all day. NASTY!! But, AH! The new carpet is gorgeous and luxurious! It makes me itchy to redo our whole house.
Please check out our new albums. October is a bunch of family pics including Hannah's cast coming off and Halloween. The Gifts of the Magi are all from our show. I tried to tell a little bit of the story for those of you who won't be seeing it. It is a great show.
We had 4 rehearsals and 2 performances this week alone. Today was the first day our children weren't with a babysitter in the last 6 days. It is been really rough and we are so tired. The hardest part is not being able to rest. We both still have work and we have had to be at the center right after I pick up Hannah from school and drop her and Emily off with a babysitter. We tried to lay in bed extra long this morning but listened to feet running, toys dumping, laughing, yelling, fighting, singing...you name it. It's hard for a Mommy to ingore her kids when she knows no one is watching them! My natural instinct has me feeling jealous of the rest of the cast who can just sleep when they need to...we never get to do that. But I would rather have my kids any day of the week. So I'll trudge on...bleary eyed and weepy (overtired and overemotional go hand in hand for me) and try to get to bed a little earlier on the nights we don't have a show. Which is tonight...hmmm, when do I catch up on stuff I need to get done? Like writing in my blog? I guess there goes the going to bed earlier experiment!
 Hope you enjoy the pics. I enjoy taking them! Thank the Lord for rechargable batteries! We wish all of you could come see the shows next weekend. We miss you a bunch. Keep in touch.
October 29 My GirlsWe had a great weekend together...just the girls. Steve was away on a retreat at Penn York and we ran errands, took great naps and then went swimming at the YMCA. We had so much fun! I realized that I don't spend enough time during the week with them...especially Emily. During the week I take care of their needs...making meals, cleaning up afterwards, picking up toys, brushing teeth, dressing, reading stories, doing bedtime routine...etc. Idon't have the time to play or just hang out with them...we hung out this weekend and I loved it. I must be a terrible Mom to only hang out with my kids one day a week. Emily is learning new words everyday...and learning more about how life works. It is amazing to see her become a person. I love this stage right now!! When we were in the pool I had her in a lifevest and as she was floating I told her kick her feet like she was a fishy...and she smiled big and laughed as she kicked up a storm. But it was like she "got it." She knows about our fishies and when I said she was a fishy she thought that was so great! My baby didn't get that this summer. She is saying "Oh Toodles" with Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and says, "Boo-Bah!!!" Every time she sees Dora. She recognizes and understands so much around her. She is stinking adorable!! Even the workers in the church nursery told me today she is talking more every week. So I feel so sad that she is growing so fast...and I'm busy and tired every day. It stinks.
Hannah is walking so great. Just a small limp now. She is drawing so well. Her teachers told me she is the youngest in the class and one of the best artists and one of the best readers in the class. I am so proud of her. She is a real sweetheart. She loves finding every new word on every sign, letter, tv, or product. Each week when she learns new sight words I find mysterious circles around words like THE, LITTLE, AM, TO...etc. on our bills, newspapers, or any paper that we leave laying around. She just does that on her own. I love it!
So, The next 2 weeks will be busy but then we should have more family time after that..including birthdays to celebrate. By Thanksgiving I will drop over dead, but at least my girls will know that I love them more than this life itself! October 27 Hannah's WalkingWow, Hannah has been making some great progress this week. On Wednesday out of the blue she said, "Mommy, watch this..." and she started walking! That was it! She is walking stairs now and walking all over school without the stroller. She's doing great. It is sooo refreshing!
Emily and I are spending our sacred Friday together playing babies. She tries to undress every baby doll she has and Mommy has to put all the clothes back on. Great game.
 We have only had 6 rehearsals for the FLM production and next rehearsal we are supposed to be off-book. Steve is gone all weekend so we can't really run lines together. We're a little worried about that. If you think of it, please pray for us. We open November 10th!
Thanks! October 17 The Gifts of the MagiSteve and I are going to be FLM's next dinner theater, "The Gifts of the Magi." We are playing the married couple who sells their only precious possessions to buy each other one Christmas gift. It is a beautiful story with AWESOME music. The performances are November 10 & 11 at 7:30 and November 17 & 18 at 7:30. Hope you can come to see it!
We only considered doing this because they had a great need to fill these parts and rehearsals are after school so we still can do normal bedtimes and worship team commitments. Plus the show will be over in a few weeks. Until then please pray for us... we are tired, and learning music like crazy!! We are working with Darren Litz, Denny & Sandy Brownlee, and Mr. Dave. And fulfilling a great passion in both of our lives! October 15 Dewey Decimal SystemI got an email yesterday and had read it before, thought it was nice, but didn't give it much attention. Then I took communion today at church and the Lord brought it back to my mind and it hit me in a new way.
The email was about a high school boy who wrote this essay for school. He said he dreamed he was in a library and the entire room was full of drawers of cards...organized by topic, like the Dewey Decimal System. Each drawer was labeled: Girls I've Liked, TV shows I've Watched, Impure Thoughs I've Had, Acts of Kindness I've done...etc. He said as he pulled out each drawer and looked at the cards, they recorded every detail of his entire life...in extreme detail. Every card was written in his own handwriting and signed by him. He was guilty to reread the impure thoughts & he was shocked to see how much TV he had watched. Then there was a file named, People I've Shared the Gospel With and he was embarrassed to see only a few cards in it. He was so embarrassed he felt he could never let anyone into this room to see these cards. Just then he turned around to see Jesus Christ standing there.
He was so utterly scared and embarrassed and deperate for Christ not to open any drawers...but He did. He seemed to go to all the worst possible drawers. He pulled out a card and the boy cringed as Christ read it...then He signed His name over the boy's in bright red. The boy cried out, "NO!!" as Christ owned all the horrible things the boy said and did. As if Christ reading them wasn't enough...He was writing His name over the boy's on every card. The boy was terribly humbled and broken as he collapsed on the floor and weeped. Then Christ came over not to barrage him, but simply to sit on the floor and weep with him. Christ said, "It is finished." and led him out of the room.
Soooo, this morning in church I was reminded that I'm a sinner and Christ's name has covered mine in all of my sins. Even in my selfish, inner most part that no one has ever seen. The problem with being a Christian in a great church and working in ministry full time...is taking that simple fact for granted. Think about that room...with YOUR thoughts recorded, with YOUR actions cataloged. We truly owe Christ nothing less than the rest of our lives. October 13 Hannah is free from her castHannah went to the doctor today and got her cast off. It was a very cool procedure. I have pictures of it but can't upload them from the camera directly to the computer... so without a CD burner I'm stuck until we take the pics off the cam and put them on a CD at work. Sorry!
Anyway, they used a saw that sliced right through the fiberglass cast, but doesn't do a thing to skin. Amazing! she was a trooper and is now free! She had her first bath tonight in 6 weeks and didn't want to get out. I let her in there for like 45 minutes. Her knee has been bent for 6 weeks so she is slowing stretching it out, but the Dr. said it will be serveral days before she will be comfortable walking on it and it will be stiff for some time. Her skin is a little yellow and peeling, but doing well. She actually got to wear two shoes home from the Dr. today!
 Thanks for all the love, cards, and gifts during this time. We appreciate it so much! We are looking forward to a nice weekend. Steve's event at FLM was cancelled so we get to be home together all weekend! Tomorrow we are going shopping for new flooring for our whole upstairs; a housewarming gift from my parents. Thanks, Mom & Dad! October 11 No Daylight Savings Time!!!I hereby am starting a petition to NOT turn the clocks back this fall. If I get every Mom on the internet on board with this, could we do it? My Hannah has slept in until 7:00 the last two mornings. It is 7:15 and I still don't hear the "thump, thump" of hop-a-long. If you know Hannah you are saying, "WOW!" If you don't let me tell you that she has an internal clock that gets her up between 5:45 and 6:15 every morning no matter what time she has gone to bed. I don't know what has happened but I'd give anything for it to continue!  October 09 A Day OffOn this Columbus day Steve took his comp day and Hannah had off school. I went in to work for a few hours and stayed a little later to work on my blog on a fast computer...what a difference! I am much less frustrated today and I think it looks pretty good!
 The people we bought the house from are finally moving out completely today. They had stuff in the laundry room, garage, cellar, crawl space, entry room, barn, and shed. Does that give you any idea how much room we now have? We are completely moved in and unpacked and haven't even tapped these spaces yet! We are so blessed. These people have saved our financial lives...not that we were in dire straights, but we now have a great house, land to call our own, and lots of equity already. They have just blessed us and gave out of what the Lord had given them. We are so grateful and can't wait to pass the blessings on when God chooses to put us in that position.
Enjoying a BEAUTIFUL day at home with my fam...life doesn't get better than this.
October 08 Here I am! Breaking into the 21st century! When I graduated high school in 1994 I had never heard of the internet. I went to college and noticed people spent an awful lot of time just sitting in front the black monitors in the mass computer labs. When I would talk to some of my friends from high school they would ask me what was my email address, it would be so much easier to stay in touch. I said, "what is email?" And just never got around to learning it until I was a junior in college!So here I am 12 (oh GOOD LORD!) years later breaking into the blog world after my friends are all doing it and saying how great it is for keeping in touch. Well, I'm all for keeping in touch and relationships are very important to me. So I'm stretching myself for the opportunity to stay in touch better...not to mention the added perk of showing off my beautiful family to all of cyberspace.
Now, we have a computer that is as old as our marriage. Setting this site up and uploading pictures and trying to figure out how to do what I want has not been easy. My computer is slower than ...(I can't think of silly similies like that; where is Vaughn??) IT IS SLOW! And it freezes up and I want to scream. So, all that to say that there are stupid things about this site that I have yet to fix...don't know how, or if I keep trying my computer might end up in the street. Two in particular...how do I delete the unwanted photo ablums I started and how do I enter my age (not that I want to)? I tried to enter numbers but they would not take. Oh well. If you have any advice for me as I meander this 21st century highway, let me know!
Quick update: We have finally moved to a BIG HOUSE! We have lots and lots of room, a big big yeard where we can play football, and a big big table with lots and lots of food at 240 Beartown Rd. We are incredibly blessed. The Lord gave us this house and is providing more than we asked or imagined.
Hannah fell and broke her leg the day after we moved in and is in a full leg cast until Friday. When the emergency room told us it was a sprained knee, we sent her to her first day of kindergarten and made her walk on it! When I was called in to come get her we took her to an orthopedic who immediately put her in a cast. She's doing great and has been such a trooper. I really want to show photos of Hannah's cast and our new house, but the computer kept freezing up when I tried to add those news ones in. AGH! I will try another time.
Thanks for whoever might be reading this. It is nice to know that our fmaily is important to some and we love you!
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