Costumes...

The boys got tons of costumes from Mamaw and Poppy. Here are just a few...

Christmas 2008

We had a ton of fun this year. We spend Christmas day at home and the boys opened their presents. Then we headed to Danville to my parents to have a Filet Mignon & shrimp dinner and open presents with them.

(For those of you who voted on the poll. "Other" was the correct answer. I was tipped off to that when James voted "other" shortly after I created the poll.)

Sunday Dec 21st after church post...

WOW! It is SUPER cold! It was so windy and rough today. We had 57 in attendance in church this morning which is down from a normal sunday because of this weather plus many are out sick. (I think I may have forgotten to mention last week that a teen girl got saved.)

We gave the bus kids Christmas presents today. With the weather we were only able to hand gifts out to about 1/2 the kids.

We had a nursing home Christmas service this afternoon at 2pm. We enjoyed time of encouraging those shut-ins. We did something I had never done before which was Christmas carol up and down the halls of the nursing home. (Some folks closed their doors! Others came out to see!) We handed out the containers of homemade cookies that we had put together from tuesdays ladies meeting.

Tonight we had a man get baptized. Right as I was up on the other side of the baptismal to take the picture of him coming up out of the water, the camera flashed the words "battery empty" and turned off! Bummer. Tomorrow James is doing a funeral and then we have a Police Chaplain Dinner to attend. I'm so glad Kristy is babysitting. The kids will be in good hands. (Poor Kristy!)

Dec. Ladies Meeting

We had a great time for our december ladies meeting at our church. Of course we had to pick the worst weather day yet! We still had 14 ladies attend, which was such a blessing to

me! We had great door prizes and played cookie bingo and had a white elephant exchange.

Wrestle 'em up

This sums up just about every night when daddy walks in the door. We call it wrestlin 'em up!

Praise the Lord...

We are so excited at TBC. 2 people followed the Lords leading and were saved Weds. night at church. A teen boy and a man. Also a lady who is the parent of a van kid came to church and went forward for assurance of her salvation. We had 47 in attendance on a weds night which was a praise in itself!

Update on my dad (Weds Dec 10th)

Today my dad gets to come home from the hospital. They will be able to still try and clear up the infection from home. I am sure my dad is so sick of the hospital by now! I know St. Francis has some of the best hospital food around though. In 2002, after my 2nd hip replacement I discovered how good the food was there. It will be nice for him to have a nice home cooked meal tonight.

Matthew & Kristy

Here is a picture of Matthew with his honorary Aunt Kristy from when we had friends over a few days ago.

They are both big Colts fans!

Saturday update on my dad...

Well praise the Lord... My dad had surgery late friday night and they were able to save his leg. The doctor very clearly admitted he is not hopeful with this new knee. He put in the knee that has medicine in it and is meant to just be a temporary knee. The goal is to use this knee for him to be mobile while the infection clears up. If in a few months the infection does clear up they will put in a permanent knee.

Last night/early saturday morning, his leg was bleeding and it took 3 nurses to put pressure on the leg to have it stop bleeding. Also he had a fever of 103 degrees very early this morning. We are still just waiting a while to see what will happen. We are just thankful at this point that his leg is still saved and there is a chance he can keep it. I will keep this blog updated throughout the day.

Update on my dad...

My dad is still in the hospital. I appreciate your prayers. They postponed his surgery until tonight (Friday) later in the afternoon His blood was really thin so they treated him with 3 bags of blood thickener but it just wasn't like it should be to be in surgery. The plan right now is to go in and see the knee and the doctor right then will decide the course of treatment. My dad has scar tissue around his knee so it might be too bad to take a new knee. (In that case they will amputate 2 inches above his left knee) If the doctor decides he will give my dad a knee there is a temporary knee that has medicine in it they would use for 3 months and if the infection is gone in those 3 months then he would get a new knee yet again, a permanent knee. We are just praying that the Lords will is revealed through the doctor today. Thanks for your prayers!

The FLU!!!

Weds. night after church I came home and just knew something wasn't right. I had the feeling I had the flu. I sure enough was up until 5am sick. I will spare all the details. One good thing came of it... I lost 5lbs! Ha. Unfortunately it was all water weight so I won't have much time to enjoy it.

Last night Marc and Andrew were both vomitting. Poor little guys. So far Matthew and James do not have it. I am just praying it is all over. Today I feel good and have very thoroughly cleaned the house to get rid of all the germs. I hate the flu!

My Dad in Hospital...

Thank you for your prayers for my dad, Jack. He is still in the hospital with an infection in his leg. He has been there since Sunday. We got the results of the culture they did on his open sore to hear it was NOT pseudomonus so PRAISE the LORD for that. That would certainly mean he would have his leg amputated. They treated him with antibiotics all day yesterday in hopes that he would leave today, however...

Last night things took a turn for the worst over the course of the night. His knee which was replaced last year, the prosthesis has been affected by this infection. They are sending him from Hendricks Hospital in Danville to St. Francis in Mooresville to do emergency surgery to take out the knee and see once it is taken out if it can be replaced or if they must amputate. The infection is really bad so we are prepared for anything.

Please continue to pray for my dad, Jack. Thank you!

Coconut the Ornament

As I was digging out the Christmas tree from the basement and putting it together I realized being in a new home this Christmas presented us with a problem! Our tree is a 9' tree and our ceilings are not! We will have to figure something out! We have 2 of the 3 pieces of our tree put up and we noticed our kittens love climbing our tree. This year we have a new ornament- Coconut! She is the angel on top!

Happy Birthday Cassandra!!

Happy 26th Birthday to James' sister Cassandra!

She is a great friend and sister-in-law!

Yes to Prop 8, Protect Marriage

I don't have audio on my computer so I cannot hear what they are saying on this video. I apologize if there is any profanity. (I don't think there is.) I saw this old conservative woman at the Prop 8 rally trying to defend marriage between a man and woman. She had a cross and the cross was pushed down and trampled on by homosexual defenders. For a group that claims to be so against hate their entire rally was filled with hate. I don't need audio to see that. It is so sad.

http://gatorgop.blogspot.com/2008/11/crazy-lefties-attack-old-lady-at-no-on.html

I LOVE Fall!

Today we played in the leaves. We have a pretty big yard with tons of leaves in it. James "hid" the boys for me to find them. I brought out my camera because I just had to take a picture.

IBC Banquet

Tonight we will be going to IBC's banquet in Greenwood. James and I are both alumni of that school. Pastor Monte is the guest speaker so it should be fun.

Britan's thoughts on Obama

I love America! I am proud to be a Conservative. Tuesday night I went to sleep with the results of the election still pending. It didn't look too good for McCain but I still held out hope. (Not the same hope Obama talks about!) Then I woke at 12:40 am and turned on the TV only to find that Obama had clearly won. I can't say it was too big of a shock. It is disapointing and scary to see young people so blindly following one man. Well I voted so now I have the official right to complain for the next 4 years, hopefully not 8 years! I loved Sarah Palin. I hope she has a good future ahead of her. When I woke this morning to see all the worldwide African celebrations it was strange and un-nerving.

Candy

The kids have TONS of candy from Halloween. Unfortunately, I have already picked through it for all the Reeses cups and the Milk Duds! Now since those are gone, I have no more interest... unless there are still snickers in there. Hum...

Great News

Yesterday I got to lead a 27 year old lady to the Lord. It made my day. She has a 6 year old girl who my kids love to play with. Also another lady joined our church yesterday! Praise the Lord.

I VOTED!

I VOTED! I stood in line FOREVER but I was glad to vote for McCain. I was wondering how I was going to manage having all three boys with me tomorrow standing in line while I vote. James watched the boys so I could go to the Courthouse.

Halloween 2008

Yeah! We went to my moms house! Last year we went to Danville High School to an event they had with games and candy, but this year we had plans on that day so we are doing things differently this year! Marc was the blue Power Ranger, Drew was Spiderman (with muscles built-into costume), and Matthew was a fire fighter.

We had fun! Let's just hope mommy and daddy can keep our hands out of the kids candy!

Good News Ministries Banquet

Good News Ministries Banquet

Tuesday October 28, 2008

November Temple Baptist Ladies Meeting

Ding Dong, They're Here... The Holidays

Willing Hearts Ladies Meeting
Tuesday November 11th, 6:30pm
* Food * Games * Devotional * Door Prizes *

Church Website

We have recently added pictures to our church website www.tbcmuncie.org

Peer Pressure

So most of my friends are doing it so I will give blogging a try too! Check back soon for updates to this blog.