Another Prayer Need

Please pray for my dad - as he's in the hospital right now. I'm pretty confused as to what's "happened" - was it a heart attack or wasn't it? Being this far away is hard. They are working to find out why his heartbeat is so irregular and why his heart rate is so elevated. I don't have any real answers, but will update when I find out more.

Thanks to all 5 of my loyal readers - LOL.

Please Pray For Anya!

Anya is the daughter of some church friends. She's been diagnosed with leukemia (ALL) and is currently undergoing treament. Anya is 3.5 years old.

Please be in FERVENT prayer for little Anya.

A new pic of Kids

This picture was taken at Uncle Randy's wedding - Memorial Day Weekend!

Thanks to Grandma Shirley Harrelson for sending it our way! We LOVE it!

It is official.

We are moving to New Hampshire. We have to be there by September 1. We'll actually probably be moving around the 15th or August or so - because I would really like to be settled a bit before school starts.

Hunter will start first grade on August 29. I decided not to homeschool for now, because I really want him to be able to meet some kids and make friends. That would be harder to do if we homeschool. We'll see how his first year goes and the make a decision about homeschooling for the following year. Most likely he'll stay in public school until middle school and then I'll pull him out and homeschool him.

I'm hoping to find some playgroups for the other two - or join some kind of activity so they will also be able to make some friends! And of course, that will help me make friends as well.

The next couple of months are going to be extremely busy - so this will probably be my last post until after we're settled in NH. There's much to do!!

New Hampshire?

Yeah, probably.

We're still not officially positive (LOL), but things are leading that way. Jeremy is in New Hampshire this week looking at houses, schools and such. We're hoping to be in the Portsmouth or Exeter area. Exeter is supposed to be known for their schools, but since we're considering homeschool (as of now, I will be homeschooling Hunter this fall), that may not matter much. We'll see.

I guess it's stating to seem more real again...I'm kinda ready to just go and be done with it...but there's so much involved.

We've gotta sell the house for one...that will be a fun task, seeing as how the house across the street has been for sale since we moved in here - almost a year ago. But we're leaving it in God's hands...if we're supposed to move, it will sell. Or Jeremy's company will agree to pay our mortgage until the house sells.

So much to consider...so much to do. And I'm so bad at being patient!!

Until next time...

Summer

Ahhh...almost summer. And it's 48 degrees outside right now. HUH? On a warmer note, it is supposed to be 70 degrees tomorrow! WHOOHOO!

I **think** I'm ready for school to be out. Hunter's last day is June 7. I'll be glad that the kids can sleep in some. I'm hoping that means that Tanner will forego his nap and I'll just be able to put them all to bed early!! I'm hopeful for quiet evenings on the porch (bwaahhhahaha - whatever!).

This summer should be pretty busy for us. Hunter's in T-ball. He has games every Monday and Thursday night starting the 21st of May until the end of June. That's alot of games!!! He's really improving, even from the first practice (which was just one week ago!). He seems to really enjoy it.

Now to just find something for Liz to do this summer. Her last gymnastics class was Tuesday. They won't meet again until the fall. I'm hoping to work with her on some of the things they did so that she's ready for next fall. She's finally got the back bend down! We're working on skipping tonight...she's just not quite getting it yet.

Tanner will just be along for the ride this summer. He's still a bit too young to put him in anything organized. We are hoping to hit the park ALOT! I'm also planning DAILY morning walks. We've got friends with a pool - so hopefully we can be swimming a lot too! Oh - and I'm going to try to get them in swimming lessons. Probably just Liz and Hunter for now. We're not allowed to stay, so I'll just have to drop them off and go play with Tanner somewhere until they're done.

WOW - it's going to be busy!!! And it's already starting! EEEEK!!

Well - I guess that's all for now...I'm hoping to get pictures up before too long...but don't hold your breath!

Happy Thursday!!

And life goes on...

Well, we have the house to ourselves again. Feels a litte weird! We miss Bill, Tricia and Nate but are thankful that they are getting to get back home and begin their life as a little family! It seemed more like one HUGE family here...well, b/c it was. But I think they'll enjoy just experiencing Baby Nate without all the added noise of three other kids!!

I believe in my last post, I mentioned my friend Christie. Christie ended up having her baby on Tuesday afternoon and I'm so thankful to report that Baby Lily is doing VERY WELL. She weighed only 1 pound, 12 ounces, but it's been reported that she's strong and crying (they were told she probably wouldn't cry due to her under-developed lungs). We are so thankful that all is going even better than expected! Thanks to everyone that prayed for that family! Today I go see Christie and maybe get to peek at baby through a window. OK, so I probably won't get to actually see the baby, but I can dream, right?

Hopefully things are going to start to follow some sort of routine again...but so far, if we count today, it's not happening now. Hunter is home feeling a bit puny...he had a slight fever, so I just let him stay home.

More later,