Last summer outing before school...

A friend of mine invited us to go to the near by orchard for some yummy fruit.
So we jumped at it.

Apples

Hallie
Picking Apples

Heidi
Picking Apples

Hope

Hallie, my friend Rachel and her youngest daughter Madilynn.
Hallie loves Madilynn

Heidi

Peaches!!
Good job Heidi!!

Hallie too!!

Hope loved pushing Maddie around...

and they all loved the dirt, of course.

2 bags of fruit + the sun + lots of friends + quality time with mommy = A great day!!!

Yum!!

We stopped up at the shop for some cider and ice cream.
Being the great mom that I am I had to capture this moment on camera so I put the cider and my purse in the van and took this picture. Then it was time to load up.

One problem, when I opened the van door and pushed it open
I hit the lock button and locked my keys in the van. OOPS!!
So we finished our ice cream inside until Daddy came to rescue us.

I love those girls!!!
School pictures will be next!!

The Move

We moved on a Monday morning. The Saturday before, our church had a family fun day to kick off VBS so a friend (Cindy) in the church offered to take Hallie and Heidi to it to have fun and help us be able to start getting the truck packed with less interruptions. I already told you about it, but I hadn't shown you pictures.
So here are a few. Some are out of order.

We went to get the girls toward the end and we got there a little
sooner so Hope could have some fun.

The Moon Bounce

Heidi and her cousin Caroline

Hallie

Face Painting

Heidi was a Cheetah

Hallie, mmm, well I'm not sure what she was.

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The Big Day!!

We had to add the trailer Sunday afternoon.
We just had too much stuff.

About 15 Minutes down the road we saw loose chains hanging.

The girls friend Kelsey who spent the night a few
times got the girls presents. They have a horse ranch
and the girls love horses so they got horses.
It was so sweet of her to think of them.

Taking turns in the truck with daddy.

Yes, we traveled with 2 dogs!!!

Hope liked hiding under her blanket and
usually fell asleep while under there.
I would move it so she could breath.

One of our many, many, many stops for a rest.

Thanks for stopping by.

Saying goodbye

Our church in MO was having a family fun day the weekend we were leaving, to kick off their Vacation Bible School, for the next week. Jeremy and I were so busy packing and getting the truck to load we didn't have time for family fun. So friends of ours', (The Higginbothoms) asked if they could take the girls for us. I jumped at the chance to pack without interruption. The girls needed to get out anyway. I'll post those pics later.

The Higginbothoms came over with a travel basket full of goodies.

yum!

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The girls had one last sleepover with their friend Kelsey and what is more fun at a sleepover than mattress surfing.

Hope insisted on going down by herself

The girls were wore out.
We miss you Kelsey!!!!

Sickness blue's

Well, It is Sunday and I am home from church with 2 sick kids.

I wasn't lying when I said they were all getting better, but it seemed to turn around on me really fast. Hope's cough started getting worse about a week ago. Friday night she was really bad, coughing and gagging and almost not breathing, so against everything in me we went to the ER around 12:30am. I hate hospitals. I really hate taking my kids to one and taking my baby is just not right, but I needed help and thankfully my mom works at the hospital so she called ahead and told them I was coming.

- They retested her for whooping cough. We won't have the results for 2 weeks.

- Tested for flu and strep- both Negative.

- They did get to hear and witness her bad gagging cough a few times. I hate going to the Dr. and telling them what is wrong, but they don't see it or hear it because you aren't there long enough.

- They had to stick a tube up her nose and suck out the yuckies to help her breathe better. She was so stuffy. She hated that worse than drawing blood.

- They drew blood to test for things and then left the IV in just in case they needed it for later, they didn't want to have to stick her again. I was thankful for that. They taped and boarded it down so she wouldn't bother it. It was late she was exhausted anyway.

After most of the tests and the IV I took her out to the play area, books and toys and things. They brought out some meds for her ear infection that I thought was gone a month ago. So they gave it to her and back up it came all over her PJ's and blankie,yuck!! So we went back to her room and she threw up more. She kept pushing the bucket away, but I had to tell her to leave it, poor baby.

We changed her into a kids gown and got a hospital blanket. Then they were ready for her to have a breathing treatment. So we sat on the bed and I held her and I held the mask to her face and then she fell asleep. Then we had to wake her for one more test and take out the IV so we could go home. When we woke her and she saw the nurses she instantly started crying because she knew something was coming. I kept saying "we are almost done, Hope. Just one more thing and we can go home." She would cry and say"almost done? I go home?" Broke my heart.

I was so glad when it was over and we could take our sweet Girl home. Please pray for Hope and Heidi to get well soon.

Heidi had a 24 hour thing on Saturday, but seems to be better now. We'll just keep praying it stays that way.

I hope you all are well. Happy Sunday!!

I didn't get this posted in time but, I wanted to update again. Today is Tuesday and Heidi is fine. Hope is not. Please keep praying.

Yes, I'm still here

Hello all,
I'm sorry I haven't been on. It is very hard getting to the computer since it is in the girls room. Combining two families has it's adjustments but it is working out very well. My brother surrendered to be a missionary about 2 years ago and he just left for college last Tuesday morning. He moved back in with my parents for a few months to get some house work done for my mom and to save money for college and not waist it on rent. So now that he is off Jeremy and I have moved into our own room!!!! Yahoo!!! Privacy is a good thing. Unfortunately our coming is at the same time as my brother's leaving. I was excited to be near him again, but God has other plans. I hope part of those plans are finding my 32 year old brother a Godly Wife!! Can I get an Amen?!!

My mom planned a great farewell for him at the church and he was very surprised. We also had a family one with our extended family. It is so nice getting to see aunts and uncles and cousins again. I have missed them all so much.

Hope is much better. Thank you all for your kind words and prayers. She still has a bit of the cough, but she can handle it now. Hallie had a cough, but is getting better. Heidi has been great!! The Lord has given us so many new friends we are amazed by His goodness.

I still can not download pictures yet, but hopefully soon. Thanks for keeping in touch.

Oh, and to answer a question for some of you, we have moved to Levittown, PA.


God Bless,
Ellen