Praise be to God!

Update on Aaron: He is doing much better! When I took him to the doctor the other day, I thought we would definately be put in the hospital. Everything that went into him, came right back out. He has a muscle disorder so when he get sick he gets worse than most and it takes longer to heal. The doctor said he didn't know what we were doing right, but he didn't need to be put into the hospital, and he didn't know why. The only reason why is because of the power of prayer. Jesus touched my son so he could stay home and not be poked non-stop in the hospital. It's been a very rough week, but it could have been so much worse. He is on the mend now. He missed this whole week of school, but with Monday being Labor Day, he should be fine to start on Tuesday. Thank you to everyone who prayed for him. God has been good to us and I know he will continue to touch him.

Please Continue to Pray

Update: Aaron still isn't doing well. Yesterday he threw up and continued to have diarrhea. Since he still had some energy, I kept him home and continued to push fluids. He woke up this a.m. with diarrhea again. The worst part is I think he's urinating blood. He has done this in the past and has had multiple tests because of it. He has an appointment this morning with our regular doctor (I thank God for this-he knows Aaron best) to see if we need to go to the hospital. I am desperately trying to avoid that and I may not be able to anymore. Thanks for all your prayers to this point and please try and remember us today.

Please Pray

If you would please pray for my son Aaron. He's had diarrhea for 8 days now, and I'm afraid we may end up in the hospital. School starts tomorrow and I know he won't be going. That will also be hard for him. We need a miracle! Thanks.

I Am Alive.....

.......barely! I really hate to move. I know there are many of you that will agree with me. Moving with children has always been a challenge, but moving with a special needs child in the mix is only understood by those who've done it. School doesn't start until the 28th and I can't wait. I need them all out of the house so I can get things organized. I'm very tired of living out of boxes and bags. Throw in the fact that I am team mom for Joshua's football team and "head team mom" of all the team moms (a position I was appointed at a meeting I was not in attendance for) with a charity game coming up for Shriner's Hospital, it has been even more interesting. I am receiving baskets for the auction being added to all the junk in my house. I also am the chair for The Family Fun Committee at the boys elementary school. We are doing an ice-cream social for Open House. This a.m. I had to order 900 more cones and 24 more gallons of ice-cream. Life is never boring and for that I'm thankful. I do sometimes wish for a little quiet! I am including these pictures to prove how much of a mess I really am in. If you do not hear from me for a long time, please send someone to check under a pile! This was our old house. We had moved some beds. This is how I woke up and found Andrew sleeping one morning.

These curtains really need to go! These are found in Aaron and Jared's room.

The mess in Aaron and Jared's room.

Bringing all the laundry over and sitting it in my living room/dining room. At least Joshua was able to sit and eat breakfast. (I don't normally allow hats at the table, he was about to leave with some friends to go to Kings Island)

This is our closet size bedroom. We cannot shut the door yet.

The mud room. I will love having this when it is organized. The curio is going in the yard sale tomorrow.

I can't wait to cook real food again. I am so tired of eating out! The kitchen is small so the boxes are really in the way!

The basement where everything else was thrown.

The endless mounds of laundry! I will hopefully return soon........

Moving

Please pray for us. We are in the process of moving into a different house. Aaron has a difficult time with change and has had many issues over the last few days. We also had to give one of our cats to my dad. Our new landlord is letting us keep only one. My sister has a cat already and my dad wasn't too thrilled with the idea, but he caved and did it for me and the kids. I'm supposed to be finding her a new home. I'll update after the move, please try and remember us in your prayers. Thanks!

The Trouble of Only Having Sons....

....is they play rough. In other words, when you finally have a daughter for a week, she becomes part of the chaos. In this picture you can see the boys have made Rachel their quarterback. You may also notice the other two are in full gear. Rachel is just placed in position without any protection. This photo was taken the next day at a bowling alley. You can see she survived the football practice and was unharmed. Isn't she beautiful? I think she must really be mine. hehe