june birthdays

Today my family celebrated June birthdays...Kellie (20) and William (10). I'm sure you can tell from the pictures that the theme was A&M! We had a great lunch, did a little dancing, opened presents, and had birthday cake and ice cream!

first saturday of summer

Macie thinks her bows are hats!  I was hoping she would start liking them...we have one in pretty much every color.  She's starting to have to wear something in her hair to keep her bangs out of her face.

A couple in our Sunday School class were having a garage sale today and were selling lots of baby stuff.  I'd been looking at small pools for Macie to play in at our house.  This is a turtle sandbox that we are using as a pool.  Macie's not into dirt just yet!  Here she's helping scrub!!!

I really need to buy some swim diapers for the summer...I just haven't had time!  She doesn't care though...she's having fun!  She's still in her pj top...its summer...we do what we want around here!!!

One man's trash is another's treasure!

Daddy don't spray me!!!

I'm excited to see what else this summer has in store!  Fun times!!!

mom

As most of you know, my mom just underwent brain surgery.  She's now at home recovering and doing better and better each day!  We are still waiting on the biopsy results to find out what the next step is.  It is amazing to me how in one week she found out she had a brain tumor, had surgery June 1st, and is already home and getting back to her normal self again!  God and I have been close this week, and He has shown me that He is in control of every situation...big or small!  He's taught me that worrying is a waste of time and that friends and family are truly a blessing!  In the midst of all that's going on with my mom, Macie decided that it would be a good time for her to have strep throat and pink eye!!!  I think God was trying to see how many things I could juggle at once!  So...I took Macie to the doctor the morning before my mom had surgery.  By the time Grant, Kellie, and I got to the hospital my mom had already been taken back to prep for the operation!  Part of me was really upset I didn't get to see her before she went in, but I think that was God way of keeping our emotions in tact. A lot of people told me that the moments before surgery are very surreal...especially brain surgery.  As soon as the surgery was over, we got to see her in the recovery room.  The doctor told us everything went as planned and now we would just be waiting on the test results.  She did really well the next couple of days and got to come home Wednesday, June 3.  

I've been awestruck by the amount of love and support our family has received over the past couple of days!  More than that, I've seen how many people my mom has touched...church people, KISD employees, other school districts in the area, friends, and family!  She's pretty awesome!  She's done a lot for a lot of people!  That is very evident in the amount of flowers she's received in the hospital, dinners that were brought to their house, and all the cards and letters she's gotten!  Thank you so much to all the people who have prayed for my mom and our family!!!

Her next appointment is Tuesday at 2:30.  Hopefully by then we will have some answers as to what caused this.  Please keep us in your prayers!