a full day

Fred has been working 6 days a week for a couple of months now, so he decided to take off today! He let me sleep in, which was wonderful. I slept until 9:30! Holy Cow! I haven't done that since I was a teenager. Really.

We went to Old Navy and got a swimsuit on sale for I. It's super cute. I also found a little fisherman hat for baby BigO. Then we went to WMart over there, because ours in town apparently doesn't sell swim diapers anymore. We needed to find a backpack for Mr.T, too. We found a sturdy looking one that is fairly small. Best of all, it's Cars, so he adores it.

After shopping we headed to Aunt Kayla's apartment. Electric Avenue. It's a cute studio apartment. We're gonna havta keep our eyes open for some furniture for that girl. She sure is a sweetie. For those of you who don't know, Kayla and Cindy are Fred's 20-year old twin sisters.

Then on to Aunt Jules's house to visit O & S. That was fun, too!! I love taking pictures, and it's a special treat to get the little cousins together.

Anyway, we took too long doing everything, so we stopped at Braums on the way home to get food and get back in time to change for the Members' Swim at the aquatic center. They messed up our order, so they apologized and gave us a free burger and large fries. That's nice anyway. Mr. E was very excited to have a "hambugger." We don't go out to eat often.

At the pool, they did free ice-cream treats. Yummy, but messy!! Mr.T had chocolate footprints leading away from the table. :-)

This past GOOD week

This has been a good week.
My aunt, uncle, and cousins were in town from TN. The kids had a blast with my 17-year old cousin, Wallace. We went swimming with them twice at the aquatic center.I'm not sure who was more worn out at the end of the day, Wallace or Isabelle.

The kids also had Sports Crusader soccer camp this week. Lots of fun, and they were able to get their energy out each day. The timing was great, too, because Trevor always naps at about 1pm, so I was able to get some housecleaning in. The awards ceremony was yesterday. It wasn't very well organized, but I'm glad the kids got certificates, T-shirts with Scripture verses and NIV sports Bibles.

The biggest PRAISE of all is that my Mimi's surgery was successful. This has given her a new lease on life. She is such a tough woman, so full of life and energy. Today is her 70th birthday, but I still don't think of her as old. Her surgery yesterday lasted 4 1/2 hours, to remove 1/2 of her pancreas, her gall bladder, duodenum, and the ducts leading away from the pancreas. Her ability to prodice insulin is gone now. But her recovery already is going great. They expected her to be in ICU for at least 2 days, and she was able to move out at 9pm last night. PRAISE! She is talking and in good spirits. Thank you, Lord.




So I would call this a GOOD week!