Summertime Treat

There's nothing better than a treat from the ice cream man!

Summer Fun

Last night we made pizza. We bought this pizza pack on a recent trip to Costco. It was less than $9.00. It has 4 crusts (2 crusts are vacuum packed together) and 4 sauce packets. We added our own cheese and pepperoni. And let me tell you - they were so good! Not as good as Mellow Mushroom or Area 41, but better than any frozen pizza I've ever had. The kids liked it (they had samples at Costco to make sure before we bought it).

One day last week, I should really say 3 days last week, we made cookies. Near the end of school Annamarye found a cookie recipe in one of her books she was reading so I copied it. We finally got around to making them last week. It ended up being a 3 day process. We made the dough one day and it needed to sit in the refrigerator. Then we played outside and it was too late to make the cookies when we came in. So the next day we made the cookies. And we had to let them cool. Then we went to the pool and again it was too late to frost them that night. So on Wednesday we frosted them. The cookies tasted OK, but we had lots of fun making them. I was so glad to finally finish, I didn't even get the camera out to take a picture of the finished project. Sorry.

Another favorite of the kids - washing the car. They absolutely loved doing this. They love playing in the water and we do this often over the summer. I hope they still enjoy this when they are teenagers, but somehow I don't think they will.

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day to Johnny, my dear husband and wonderful father of my kids! Happy Father's Day to my sweet Dad, Bobby! It's been a while since I have posted anything. Before I begin, let me remind you that I am not a doctor, nurse or any way knowledgeable about medical issues. This is the elementary explanation.

As some of you may know, my Dad has been in the hospital. Near the end of school he was diagnosed with a tumor in his lung. It turned out to be cancer. He had surgery and they were able to remove all of the tumor. He had the middle and upper lobe of his right lung removed, along with part of the chest wall. He came through the surgery great and from that he recovered well. However, he did have a few other complications. An irregular heart beat (A-Fib) was discovered so they treated him for that. He had trouble eating/keeping food down and they discovered it just took his system longer to wake up after surgery. He continued to have trouble eating so they did an endoscopy and found an irritated esophagus and a severe stricture (closing of the esophagus). He was put on medicine for the irritations, but to fix the stricture, they had to go back in and stretch his esophagus. They had to wait about 6 days to do this because he had been on a blood thinner to treat the A-Fib and there was a high risk of bleeding.

Finally they were able to do it and after being in the hospital for 2 weeks he came home. He has been home a week and has made tremendous progress! The swelling in his feet is completely gone and he finally is getting his appetite back. Please keep him in your prayers!!

I would also like to say a HUGE thank you to my in-laws, Leon and Betty, my friends - Celisa, Jeanne and Tracey who have been so helpful in taking care of my kids - taking them to the pool, playing at their houses, getting them back and forth to Bible School etc.... I can not tell you how much I appreciate it!! A HUGE thank you to all of you that have offered to help and have been praying for my Dad! I really appreciate you offering to help! I have a difficult time accepting help because I know you all are busy with your own families/kids and I don't want to be a burden. But please know I really do appreciate the offers!!

Since posts without pictures are no fun, here's a couple - Johnny opening his cards from the kids.

I am going to work on catching up this week so watch for lots of pictures!

Pool Fun!

Hello! Sorry I haven't posted anything in a week or two. Lots going on, but I will save it for another post. Just wanted to share a few pictures with you.