I've been a little busy.....

Front Left Before

Front Left After

After, Left Front

After Right Front

Back of House Before

Back of house  now ;)

Close up of the deck and two monkeys

As you can tell we have been pretty busy lately. I think we finished up today though. Here are some pictures for those that wanted to see what all we have done. I think the front is the biggest difference  getting rid of that awful monster bush in front was a huge improvement!  Once all the flowers and the vines start growing I will take some more pics, it will look even better. The Bench in the front and the stand on the right of the Brick both have flowers and vines that will spread and hang down which will be beautiful. As well as the two round pots on the back of the deck ;) I can't wait! So happy that Gary pressure washed the house for me on Sat! You have no idea how happy that makes me!!!!!!!!



All though I am tired, I am excited about having our own house to clean up and landscape, so thankful for all God's blessings in our day to day life. Somehow, I doubt I take the little things in life for granted again. A roof over our head, a warm and comfortable bed that I don't hobble out of in the morning, a house for us to  be a normal family once again, enough room for all of us AND our stuff., a good job for Gary....all those little earthly blessing and best of all Peace of mind at night, mercy that is new every morning, and let me tell you I sure need it, a husband who loves me and works hard to provide for our family even when our life has been turned upside down, and 4 beautiful children that I  just can't tell you how much I love them.....I am to tired to even begin! After all the yard work and pressure washing the truck and the deck and the porch and the driveway.....then laundry and  then sorting the kids clothes they have outgrown....I feel a little bittersweet. Happy they are healthy but  sad to see them grow so quickly just in the year and a half that we have moved here.....Today I am thankful I am not a man, my shoulders aren't big enough and my strength is just not strong enough! lol! So I hope you all love the changes we made, & when I wake up you will have left me all kinds of  nice words about how good the yard looks and I can read them while I take some IBP and drink a Coke tomorrow morning! ;)
Night!

Memories Shared

Here is a story from a friend who wanted to share a memory with me about my dad. I think I will put it on my blog so if Satan ever does try to tell him he isn't being faithful to his calling or that God can't use him, or that he never was a help or blessing to anybody, he can come back here and read this as often as he needs to. Just so you know, my dad has  never told me how he feels or if he struggles with these things I just felt like blogging or saying these things to him. I have tried so many times to find words to tell him goodbye in case I never seen him again that I would end up putting them in a card before his surgeries....enough Goodbyes, today it's Happy Birthday!!! ;)


Hi Jamie,
I just read your blog about your dad and wanted to tell you how it touched my heart. He certainly is a very caring, compassionate person who will always hold a special place in mine and my husband's heart. He preached at our church the night my husband got saved. My husband had been under conviction for a while but was just really fighting it. He and I had a big discussion one Sunday afternoon and he said he just wasn't sure about things. He told me that he needed to hear that the way he was feeling in his gut was actually God speaking to him and that God really loved him. He also said he needed to know that even though he was a good moral guy that worked hard and didn't do "sinful" things that he was still a sinner.
Your mom and dad just happen to come to our church that night just to visit and The Pastor asked him to preach. He graciously accepted the invitation and proceeded to give us what God had laid on his heart. As he began to preach that night I had no doubt that he had been sent by God to let my husband know that he was was certainly loved by God and needed to be saved. Everything that my husband said to me that afternoon, your dad allowed God to use him to say those exact, almost word for word, things that my husband himself had said. my husband never hesitated that night to go to he alter and God wonderfully saved him. That was April 12, 1992, the day my home became a Christian home! I am so very thankful that while your dad had no idea that there was a soul in the balance he accepted the invitation and preached what God had anointed him with. He couldn't have had any idea what my husband was going through but God did.
I truly appreciate the life that your parents have lived before God all these years and I just wanted to share it with you.

Happy Birthday Dad!

as you might have gathered from my title, today is my dad's birthday! Thankful he is here to celebrate another year given by the Great Physician.
Here are some things about my dad that you may not know but I will never forget
 When I was little:
- He smells like wood (I know I'm weird but for me a lot of people have a smell!)
-He never got mad
-He never yelled
-He always would hug us and tell us he loved us after spankings....I hated that! ;)
-He would forget his wallet when we would be out for Family dinner.....mom hated that!
-He would take mom's car keys to work with him
-He would forget to pick me up from work
-He ALWAYS had a nickname for the people in his life, sometimes two or 3.
 -hehe.....His nickname for my mom was HOT CAKES...hahahah!
-He was always making up songs and driving us crazy
-The one time I remember his reaction being loud was when mom was trying to teach me how to drive and he was trying to nap in the middle seat, on the way to Connersville, that 90 degree turn right before you cross the state line into Indiana he woke up....I hadn't slowed down yet for the turn.....I am surprised he didn't have that aneurism then he was scared to death! Sad, I was 18 & engaged at the time.....no small wonder I didn't learn to drive until I was  24!
-He was always slow and laid back
-He had great feeling and emotion but, didn't express them in a loud or attention grabbing way
-He was shy and quiet in front of others
-He never said a bad or unkind word about others not family, not church members, not co-workers, no-body  in front of us kids.
-He would be the one to quietly absorb hurt or unfair treatment and gossip about himself or his family, and to forgive, all though many times his forgiveness would never be asked for.
-While he quietly absorbed it, I watched, and I learned a lot not only about my dad being a great man, but about people.....who aren't so great! lol! 

Now that I am older:
I will never forget my shock when he came out of surgery for the first time
Because of him, I know what death smells like, I don't like to be in hospitals because of the way they smell, it brings back to many memories of almost losing him.
He has changed in many ways since that surgery, way people can't see, or don't realize. But he is still my dad, he still sings silly songs, he still loves me, my sister and my brother and now our kids and spouses as well. Oh, and now that us kids are gone, mom says he sings silly songs to "BoBo" (his dog) and she even caught him telling the dog a Bible story one day.....I think he misses us alot....at least that is what I tell myself cause it's sad to be replaced by a DOG!! lol!
My dad always has a smile and a kind word for me, no matter how fat I am or how ugly I look, he always tells me I am beautiful....now that is proof  Love is Blind!
My kids love him, and they know without a doubt he loves them.
Some traits of his I have, others I have because of who he was or how our life was with a dad in the ministry. Some traits of my dad are SOOOO much my son, Tre`.
So many things I could tell you about my dad, the things I have watched him go through since his surgery.
Yes God gave him LIFE but it is a very different life than what he was used to. He never says it never complains of the pain, never lets people know......but as his family, we know. He went from being a preacher who dedicated his life to helping others, and being used by God, to being a simple man who no longer can minister in the way he was called, my dad never cared about having a big name as some men do, he just wanted to do what God asked of him. I have seen my dad in so much pain he thought he was going to die, and the Dr. were never to sure if he was going to live or die either, dad never once blamed God only asked for God's mercy, he has taken the blows life has dealt him, and when  not one of us, his family understood what or why, he still loved us. There is so many more side effects and recovery  in going thru a major surgery and multiple major surgeries than just the physical, to personal to tell, but my dad has been faithful to God and God has always been faithful to him.
My dad, loves his family (his sisters, and his mom, his nieces, his nephews) probably more than they even realize. At the age of 17 he made a promise to his own father after  he had died, that he would  take care of his family not just take care of them physically but, he feels that it is his responsibility to see that they all make it to Heaven together to be with Papaw Glen again, he feels a great responsibility and burden for them. So if your one of the Phillips family, and your not saved, know that my dad prays for you.

Well I have prob told you all this before so I will let you go now....if you don't want to re-read it's okay, it's just to remind my dad, no matter how life changes, he's still my dad and I love him....as forgetful as he is I hope he never forgets that!
Love!
Jamie

Schools Out!!

Summer Break is finally here! Now TIME,  take it slow the next three months! I mean it!

We have a lot to get done before August, like teaching my stubborn little Dennis his abc's and 123's, riding bikes, swimming, working in our yard, and enjoying our last Summer before I will no longer have any kids at home during the school year. I don't think anybody realizes how hard that is for me. However not so hard that I want to have another!  lol!
A lot of prayers have been answered for us this year and a lot more have taken their place! ;)
Well I better go Ethan is sick and has been since Friday, so I need to get off here and get him in bed before he wakes Gary!
Love!
Jamie

Funny Memory

I have so many funny memories of church. Some people think church is boring, and at times to be honest there are those "dry services", but God sees our Faithfulness ;)

I heard a lady once, who was from another country and she sang opera and really beautiful....for those that like opera. The church was full of the black & southern Gospel gospel loving, bluegrass guitar players, Ky. briars and Hoosier hicks. So that in itself was different, but still beautiful. She wrote & composed her own songs from scripture. However one service she sang from "Song Of Solomon" I don't think it was Chapter 4 but, let me tell you, it was one similar. There are those that can keep from laughing in funny situations and those that can not STOP LAUGHING......I am one of the latter. I was doubled over in my seat....crying...the more the person sitting next to me tried to stop me from laughing, or hit me and say SHUT UP! STOP IT! the funnier it became, they wanted me to stop laughing so they wouldn't completely lose their own composure like I had......I laughed...for a long time hiding under the seat finally I regained my composure enough to stand up and go downstairs....where there were about 10 other people.... all red faced and laughing!

Or the time when my dad was up preaching and the guitar player who is sitting on the platform behind my dad, falls out of his reclining type desk chair.....it was so funny. Dad hears the loud bang and turns around casually to see whats going on behind him, all the while preaching.....I was doubled over then too....

I always loved to hear Richie tell about Melissa when she was younger she thought she was all hot cause she was wearing High Heels....and she fell down the backstairs of the church from the platfrom.....he said all they could hear was clump clump clump of her fall....

When Richie and some others sneaked outside during church and was talking to truck drivers on the CB and it went through the church PA system as well....

What's real bad though is if I think something is funny but nobody else in the church does....

If ever anything funny is happening or embarrassing at church.....do not look at me....above all do not make eye contact!

The Worlds Best Pork Rub

This is absolutely amazing, I love it!!! 

The Rub makes a sticky Sweet & Spicy Glaze you can spoon onto the pork after you slice it! It is also very pretty looking. Thanks to my Favorite Recipe site!

  www.allrecipes.com 

  

Ingredients 

*I baked mine for about 21/2 hrs. uncovered, the first 2hrs at 350, and the last 30 min at 150.

• 2 1/2 pounds boneless pork loin roast
• 1 1/4 cups brown sugar
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons coarsely ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons kosher salt
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 4 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder
• 4 1/2 teaspoons onion salt
• 1 tablespoon dry mustard
• 1 1/2 teaspoons crushed red pepper (cayenne)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground red pepper (cayenne)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 1 1/2 teaspoons paprika
• 3/4 tsp dried thyme 

Directions

1. Stir together brown sugar, sugar, black pepper, salt, ginger, garlic powder, onion salt, dry mustard, crushed red pepper, ground red pepper, cumin, paprika and thyme in small bowl. Heat oven to 325 degrees F. Rub the brown sugar mixture* evenly on all sides of the pork roast; use your fingers to rub pat, & press into pork. Place roast on rack in shallow roasting pan. Roast, uncovered, until internal temperature is 150 degrees F., 40 minutes to 1 hour. Remove from oven.  let stand 15 minutes before slicing. 

I need Healing, not salt in the wound! ;)

A stiff apology is a second insult... 

       The injured party does not want to be Compensated because; they have been wronged;

 they want to be healed because they have been hurt.

A FB Friend posted this as her status yesterday, and it stuck with me. Matter of fact I couldn't get it out of  my mind and this morning I woke up and it was still there. Maybe God knew I would need it for a friend today.

 You know how you feel when somebody lies on you, I mean let's face it, it's hard enough to live good and overcome your real life mistakes and failures but to have to live with complete LIES hanging over your head and knowing that in the back of everybody's mind they always wonder, "Is "IT" true?"  I know what that feels like to some degree, I have been lied on when I was younger and to this day, I have to sometimes take it to God and say I can't help what was said or not be hurt but I can give it to You and by Your grace live my life in a way that people no longer remember or no longer care because, it is not who I am today in Christ. 

There are those who are hurt as a child so deeply and publicly that the LIE spread on them or the words said to them went well beyond childhood and teenager years into their adult years, it haunts them to the point of  deep depression, some to suicide, some to backsliding. It didn't matter that they knew it was a LIE, what mattered was that it was told by a friend,a loved one, your family, a respected hero in your eyes.... Some LIES can ruin your good name and put a cloud of suspicion over you for the rest of your life, some WORDS can affect who we are as adults, how we respond to life today how we feel about ourselves 30 years later. It is only natural and human for us to want to be vindicated and avenged, and when that doesn't happen we ask God WHY?! Why are they getting away with this, when my life is ruined and I am innocent?!  Sometimes we blame ourselves because we feel there must be something wrong with us, because we just can't make sense of it any other way so we go between blaming ourselves, blaming God, blaming the indiviual.....We just want somebody to take responsibility for the "Hurt"

Sometimes we feel LIFE owes us an apology because it has been SOOOOO unfair and it seems more than we can bear! 

Psalms 10:1

 Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

13:1

  How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

 And then......"the apology",  some never get that apology, others get a "vague reference" to an "obscure event" that was really a LIE or a wrong but it never is just said, "I lied on you, I was wrong and I am sorry, Can you forgive me?"  or "I was wrong for what I said" I mean we could sat here all day and think of apologies we would like to hear from people who have wronged us, but that is not beneficial to either of us! lol! Like that quote said sometimes it only rips opens that old wound and leaves us bleeding and weak, because we are thinking, "You did that?!" or "You said that?!" and you think that "THIS" is an apology?! 

Or how about when you get a "text" for your apology, or the apology comes through a 3rd party? It is more hurtful, I agree. To know the how much damage and how deep the hurt you suffered and to see the wrong doer gets off with so little effort or real humility and real heart felt sincerity.

I said all that to let you know, I understand the hurt and the feelings of betrayal and I am in no way trying to belittle those real feelings or give you a band-aid and Aspirin for the open heart surgery so to speak.....

But Read what David says

Psalm 18

1 I will love thee, O Lord, my strength.

² The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
³ I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
⁴ The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
⁵ The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
⁶ In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
⁷ Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
⁸ There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
⁹ He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
¹⁰ And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
¹¹ He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
¹² At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
¹³ The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
¹⁴ Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
¹⁵ Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
¹⁶ He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
¹⁷ He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
¹⁸ They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.

Don't let "It" destroy you, let "It" make you a stronger person. Those wounds, they will always be there. I have found that when those "stitches" start to pull apart and the hurt threatens to overwhelm you again.....
Go back to the Healer of your Heart, to the Mender of your Soul, To the Artist of your Life who can take Broken things and turn them into Beautiful Works of Art. He will be there, not because I say it, but because He said it. 

Hebrews 13:5

for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

If you read that whole verse it says Be content with such things as you have , could it be that that means more than "earthly possession"  could it mean be content with your life as it is, because God not only is with you and for you but He also sees the greater picture? You all know I am not a bible scholar and I can't tell you how many times I have asked God what is the purpose of "THIS", and you know, I might have to ask Him that again today but, I do know that even when I personally have been unfaithful to Him.....GOD HAS NEVER BEEN UNFAITHFUL TO Me, He has been UNFAILING and UNCHANGING! And He is that faithful, unfailing, unchanging, merciful, loving and forgiving Father to you, if you let Him be. 

I know this has been long and I hope you weren't bored in reading, but it was my heart today, heavy as it feels, Maybe I just blogged to myself today, or maybe it was for you that my heart was heavy...

Love!

Jamie

Out of the mouth of Dennis!

A few weeks ago Ethan told us his BFF told him that his dad, who is a pentecostal preacher, mows his yard without a shirt on. To be honest, we figured he was mistaken but he insisted so I  said "Ethan MMAYYYbE he MIGHT mow the back yard like that but I doubt it and I know he don't mow the front yard without a shirt on!"  I didn't think anything else about it as it was from the mouth of two little Dennis the Menace's and not my business anyways.....that is until my mom tells me that Ethan told her the same thing, except this time... I was the yard mower! When I asked him about it he says in so many words he just enjoys the "shock factor" he gets from people! And how funny it is to see their reactions.....funny....not really the word I would have used, shocking is a little more of an accurate description!
Just to clarify, I DO NOT MOW YARDS.....and as for the other, I am not going to address that one it is so mind blowing....

For one I love who is hurting.....

When people let us down

When our heart is broken from loving somebody who can't love us back

 When we let ourselves down

When Life is not the dream we had planned

When our stubborn pride leads us to make decisions that we regret  

When we are running from a Father, who sent His Son to die so we can live

When we wonder if God is still there, does he really care, does he really love... me...you

Psalm 56

1 Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.

² Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
³ What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
⁴ In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
⁵ Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
⁶ They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
⁷ Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.
⁸ Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
⁹ When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.
¹⁰ In God will I praise his word: in the Lord will I praise his word.
¹¹ In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
¹² Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
¹³ For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

I think David must have felt as all of us have felt at times, and yet he found the answer wasn't in running from God, it was in running TO God.....I pray one day you will find your way Home to His loving arms....after all this time He has spent waiting on you, letting you do things your way......He is still willing to "Run To You"
I've heard more than one preacher say the only thing holding the Return of Jesus, is the mercy of the Father for those wondering around lost, those wallowing in the filth and the stink of their sin, their misery, they say every prophesy has been fulfilled for Christ to return.....^"For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?" 

What an amazing, merciful, and loving God we serve...even more amazing is that one such as I can call him Father....


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The Least of These Benefit

When we was first approached about doing a benefit for my dad and mom, I was hesitant as were they. It wasn't that the need wasn't great and the burden they carried wasn't heavy, it was just humbling, and knowing so many other people are having things rough in today's economy. But we met as a family (without my parents of course) and discussed it and things just went from there. Every obstacle or hesitation we had was resolved pretty quickly. In just 8 weeks it all went from one person's desire to help to an actually event!

I would like to say thank-you and I am sure my Parents, Holly and Seth and their families would add theirs as well....

 I have to say it would have never been possible without Jennifer Johnson Thompson and Dana Childress Paredes, they volunteered to undertake the donation part of the benefit, which meant they were the ones who got the donations for the dinner, the items auctioned, the gift cards, all the area churches who donated baskets to be auctioned off, let me tell you, all that takes a good 8 weeks and you are constantly working to get each and every item from businesses! And to their families for the sacrifice of their time and helping as well!

Crossroads Community Church who was so good to let us use their facility for the Benefit, I think in part due to knowing Heather Wagoner Terry and her reputation. It was so appreciated! We thank you so much for your compassion and hospitality to our family.

I think it was amazing how churches from different denominations came together to support my parents, all the Shady Springs fellowship churches, First Assembly, and Cornerstone. I know some of the members was once a part of the Oak Grove church when my dad was pastor there many years ago. All the family and friends....

A heartfelt Thank-You to Hiltop Pentecostal Church for sponsoring the benefit, it was greatly appreciated!

Also a heartfelt Thank-You to Sis Sharon Brock who sang for us....amazing as always! We appreciate the time it took you to get there, the gas, the drive....and of course we were honored to have you!

To the Cornerstone Worship group we appreciate your time and effort in singing for us as well! I know it takes a lot of time and sacrifice to get a group together to practice and sing for an event, we really appreciated it and from what I heard it was great! Thank- You all so much!

To Hoofin It Photography- Thanks so much for your time & sacrifice, we are excited to see all the pics you w ere able to take and appreciate the donation as well!

Stevie & Co.- Thanks for setting up the sound system! Without you there would have been no music!

To our Professional Auctioneer, Kyle and his pretty wife, Thank- You! I must say I have never been to an auction in all my life and I think it takes a special person to be able to do what you did! And it couldn't have been done without your "helpmate".

And to each and every one of you who donated,be it money, time, prayers or helping us work the event, we humbly and gratefully thank-you.

In watching my parents  I have learned that sometimes, Life doesn't turn out as you planned.Just because you have dreams for retiring and growing old together with the love of your life and your family, doesn't mean they will come true, and just because you dedicate your life to the Ministry doesn't mean you will always be used by God in the way you once were. I have also learned that Life can be disappointing and heartbreaking but no matter what it brings God is faithful and He is there with you through it all. My dad is a person with an extremely high pain tolerance, you never know he is in pain most times yet he lives and will continue to live in pain for as long as he is on this earth, I  have seen him close to death more times than I care to remember, but God has blessed him with 14 years (this Aug) of Life beyond what the Dr. ever thought possible.

I have seen my mom try to become the Breadwinner of the family, when all she ever wanted to be was a stay-at-home grandma to spoil her grandkids. I know at times that burden has almost crushed her, it has changed her life. I have seen her try to take her desire and a lot of time the need to stay at home with my dad and take care of him when he has bad spells, and use the talent she has for sewing to provide an income for them.
I can't thank each of you enough for helping to lighten their load and showing the love of Christ to them in such an overwhelming way.

Matthew 25:40
Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Deuteronomy 7:9
Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;

A Day in my Drama/Life ;)

Took the kids to the dentist well it took us about a month to get all of us in cause they would only do 2 of the same family in one day....not sure why or where they think that makes sense but....I will be nice today ;)

Long story short Ethan has 4 cavities I didn't know about, and 1 that had to come out.
So Wed.May 2nd. we went for the extraction, he was scared, and it didn't help matters to be told by his big brother  "They give you a shot inside your mouth with HUGE needles! It hurts so bad!" and yada yada.... (I guess Cayden was trying the prevention method to get Ethan to brush his teeth)
So after it was all finished I asked Ethan how big was the needle and this was his reply.....

The Needle was THISSSSS big!!!

On Friday May 4th, Ethan stepped on a needle, and immediately started stomping around screaming, to make an very long story short.....it broke off in his foot. We didn't know until Sunday when we had X-rays at the ER.
Went back to the Urgent Care where the PA decided to make an incision to see if he could dig it out. He couldn't and here is the why.We had X-rays at Reid Hospital ER to see WHERE it was, as the previous X-Rays didn't show. Come to find out the needle was at an angle and laying next to his bone. So he sat up an apt for Ethan to see the Orthopedics on Monday. Monday they set up surgery for Tues.

Ready for Surgery, before being drugged

 Tues he had Fluoroscopic surgery, and has had a huge bandage on his foot since, we are to get it off today.

The Needle that was stuck in his foot, next to a quarter!

It has been quite a drama the last 4 weeks or so around here.I have been kicked, hit, punched, chocked with intent to do bodily harm, and bit in a sensitive area......I am just thankful it was little Ethan and not Cayden.!
 On top of life I was preparing for my parents benefit and trying to help out those in charge as much as I could which is why the needle was in the floor.....well it was actually in a spool of thread against the wall next to where I was sitting, Ethan had to squeeze between me and the wall to get it in his foot....*sigh*

I will blog later about the benefit, but I have got to get off here for now! Thank to everybody who prayed for us this week......as you can tell we needed it! :)
Love!