4-day weeekend ahead!

Yeah! A 4-day weekend awaits us. So, what is everybody's plans? Our is to recoup and rest. Mark had his tonsilectomy yesterday. The surgery itself went well and was short. It has been the recovery that has been the more difficult road. We finally left the hospital around 4:30 yesterday and I was happy to get home. Mark had a rough night but hopefully things will get better for him. Thanks for all of your thoughts and prayers. They are very much appreciated!

Schuyler passed her 1st level of swimming lessons and is moving on to level 2. She has come a long way from the little girl who didn't like to be splashed or put her head in the water. Mack and I will begin Mommy and me lessons at the same time Schuyler starts level 2. Mack is completely opposite and is fearless. With her life vest on, she will jump in the pool and come up w/ a big grin on her face.

Our niece Megan is going to come and stay with us next week. The kids are out of school and Mark will be home still and I will be working to save PTO for when the baby is born. The kids are very excited and I hope to dosome fun things while she is here. Definately take some pics!

The pics are from when the girls' and I went to visit my friends barn clear back in April. So far behind with pics! Have a good weekend!

Happy 2nd B-day to Mack!

Yesterday was Mack's 2nd B-day. What a big girl she is becoming. She knows and says more words than I can believe and she's got such a tiny little body for all of her spit-fire personality. Schuyler had swim lessons so Papa took her swimming outside so I could watch Schuyler. (Mark was getting his filling fixed. He chipped while eating out at Misty's for his b-day dinner). When we got home, little did we know, big sis handed lil' sis one of her presents and she began opening. Luckily, we caught them before any presents were handed out. Papa then came to join us for a spaghetti dinner and the remaining presents afterwards. She seemed to enjoy them but most of all I think she enjoys having her own bike helmut and a soccer ball. She's a little mushroom head in the helmut but still so darn cute! Even though it might actually be bigger than her head - LOL!

A prayer for Jack

Hi all! I'm sorry I haven't been as faithful to my blog as I would like. Life has been very busy. I know many of you who read this are Christians and so I'm going to ask you to say a prayer for this little guy. His name is Jack and he is about the same age as our Mack. He is the son of one of my good friends. Jack is going to Mayo center to have a specialist do surgery on his hand. They believe it is a vascular abnormality and can be fixed. While he should be okay it's always hard to have your child go through something like this. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers.

We had our first ultrasound on Friday and made it a family affair! I'm happy to report the baby is healthy and things look good. It was so neat to watch Schuyler's reaction as she saw the baby on the screen. She wanted to know if it was a brother! All of us but Mack is hoping it is! The due date is Jan 8th or Jan 10th depending if you calculate it by last cycle or ultrasound, respectively. I have days where I feel good and others where I feel terrible. I'm hoping only a couple more weeks of sickness and tiredness and I'll be back to my old self.

Mack and Mark celebrated their birthdays this weekend. Mack got to choose her cake and she chose a butterfly. She was a little ham! She got a shirt that was bright pink w/ rhinestones on it that said "I'm the Little Sister". She paraded around like she was a model. "Look at me. I'm pretty!" LOL!!

Thanks for checking in and I'll do a better job and keeping up!

2 girls + ??????

Okay, for those of you don't know, and there still may be a few of you out there, we are expecting our third child. #3!! This was a surprise to both Mark and I and took a little time to adjust to but we are excited. And the girls, well, Schuyler is sure it's a "brudder". McKenzie I don't think has grasped the whole concept yet.

One of the things I have learned in my journey of life is that God works in amazing ways! This year, I have devoted myself to Christ. This is/was a huge step for me in my faith. Since this time, I have truly experienced his hand at work. The hardest part was to let go...to realize that I'm not in control. This is still a struggle for me but let me tell you some amazing things have happened. I'll give details some time but not today. Anyway, just thought I would share that little bit.

I'll keep you all posted on baby developments!