Sorry been MIA

Well it has been a while since I have been on here to update. Alot has happened since last..

Rachel who is my 7 year old has been in and out of the hospital with tummy pains off and on. She was admitted to the hospital for 3 days and they did tons of tests on her and found nothing. SO the Dr. wants me to make an appt. with a Ped. Gastro int. to check things out more. She is also just getting over a sinus infection that caused her to have a fever for 5 days.

It is Spring break here now and Rachel is spending the week with my Mom. They love spending time together and it is nice to have a little more quiet here with just Emily. I do miss Rachel though and talk to her at least twice a day. :)

Back in early Feb. I was in the hospital with chest pains. I had to stay the night and they wanted to keep me more but I said no since we have no insurance. I am doing pretty good now. Had to go back in for a stress test and that showed I have Coranary Artery Spasms. They aren't doing anything for them as of yet though and I was praying I could get some insurance but nope I can't, not unless I leave my hubby. Nice huh? Keith's insurance at his job is CRAZY at $800.00 for family and $500.00 for just him and I. There is NO way we could afford that, we are already living pay check to pay check. At least the girls have insurance through the state.

Emily is doing great and is such a smart cookie. She is a total momma's girl though and doesn't want to stay with anyone except me or daddy. We want to put her in preschool in the fall, but not sure she is ready for it yet!? She is being SO stubborn on the whole potty training thing and that is driving me nuts! I am not going to push her though, maybe she is just not ready yet!? Rachel was so easy, and I was hoping Emily would be as well...

Looks like I will be losing my internet again for a while, so back to checking in at the library.

I will update again soon.......

Catch up a bit

Rachel was in the hospital for a few days after Thanksgiving. She had a UTI and has Anxiety, plus growing pains. I feel bad for her, but there is nothing to do for her. My Mom came and stayed with Emily while I stayed with Rachel at the hospital.

Christmas has come and gone and it was boring this year. Rachel was at my Mom's in IL. so we didn't even get to see her on Christmas day. Never will do that again! I miss her SO much! Christmas Eve was spent at Keith's Grandma Mains house and his Aunt made a HUGE scene. It wasn't a good time. Bah!

Just trying to stay healthy and keep everyone healthy as well. Will up date more soon!!

Life

Well life is going well. I wasn't feel too well a few days ago, but seem fine now, just tired. Both girls are doing well and I PRAY it stays that way!

I had my Tupperware party last night and 12 people came! I was so happy. Usually when I have parties people say they will come and then half if even that show up. It was a lot of fun and great to see friends I hadn't seen in a while.

We are really looking forward to Thanksgiving and heading out to my Mom's for a few days. I really miss her and so do the girls.

I REALLY need to get going with Christmas shopping soon. Lake of $$$ really stinks! But the lord will provide I am sure of that!!

Sickness

Rachel was up sick lat Wed. night, so we kept her home from school yesterday and today. She had a fever yesterday but it has gone down today. She seems to be doing better but is still not herself. I am having sinus issues and hope I am not getting sick as well. I pray the baby Emily doesn't get sick either. This whole H1N1 stuff is scary and makes me worry about my family. :(
I will update again soon...

Catching up

Well it's been a while since I posted anything on here. Life has been busy.

Rachel is now in second grade and loves it! She is also in Brownies and Childrens Choir. SO keeps pretty busy. Emily will be 3 in Dec. and is growing like a weed! She is such a smart little cookie too.

I am really torn about this whole H1N1 flu thing and trying to decide if I should get the girls the shot or not? I usually get them the seasonal flu shot. I have been praying about it and still am not sure what to do. I guess when the time is here I will make the choice and pray it's the correct one! Either way it's scary!

I have been having fun baking a lot and trying lots of new recipes. If you have any yummy ones please send them my way! My girls won't eat veggies except for corn and carrots, so I make things with pumpkin a lot. I also make chicken and pork chops a lot as well. SO anything you think I should try would be great!

I will up date more often now that I am back into the swing of things! :)

Spring Break 2009

We have been at my Mom's since 4/5 and have been having fun! Yesterday we all went to Rockford, IL. to The Discovery Center Museum and then for dinner with some relatives at Happy Joes. Here are some pictures I thought I would share..

Addicted to sig tags!

Some of my awesome and talented friends made these sig tags for me and I thought I would show them off a bit! Thanks so much ladies!!

Been crazy busy!

Well I haven't been keeping up with this as much as I would like to, but I am trying. :)

Emily and Rachel have both been sick, but are now on antibiotics for sinus infections. So hopefully that will take care of the problem. Spring break here starts the end of this week. Sunday after church we are headed out to my Mom's! I am really looking forward to spending time with her and so are the girls.

While we are out at my Mom's she is letting Keith and I go out ALONE for our 13th anniversary! woohoo!! We are going to a movie and dinner and then maybe bowling if we want to stay out longer. LOL We haven't been out alone in a year now, since out last anniversary.

Rachel went to 2 Birthday parties yesterday. One was at the Painted Penguin at the Mall. It was cool there and she had a blast. Keith, Em and I walked around the mall til the party was over. Then a couple hours later she went to another party and this one had a magician! It was pretty cool too! She still wants a Hannah Montana party for her B-day in July though. LOL

I got the second book to the TWILIGHT series on Friday and finished it that same night! LOL I couldn't put it down! Now I can't wait to get the others and for the next movie to come out in Nov. Keith say's I am obsessed. LOL Wellll maybe a little bit. LOL

OK thats my update for now, more coming soon......

More pics

SOme Christmas pictures- Keith and the girls.
Rachel was in a play at church and was an Angel.

Playing catch up!

Well we finally got a new computer after a YEAR!! SO now I can keep updated with things ( I hope).
Things have been going pretty good here. Rachel is doing great in school and loves it! She is also active in Daisy Scouts and plays Dodge Ball. Emily is doing great and is such a happy little girl.
I got some good news and some bad news yesterday, GOOD is my Sister is coming for a visit in May!! I miss her and haven't seen her in almost 2 years now. BAD news is my cousin David isn't doing well at all ( he has Downs). he is 45 now and going down hill fast. They live in NH so I can't even go see him. :( Please keep him in your prayers.
I have COffee talk to go to at school today, then tonight Rachel has Daisy Scouts and I have Praise Practice at church. Another busy but fun day!
I am trying to get a local group for moms going at my church, and so far so good! It helps that I already have a yahoo group going for Lowell area moms. :)
I will try and post some new pics I guess. :)
Emily turned 2 back in Dec. and we had a Rubber Ducky themed party for her. It turned out so cute! She was spoiled as usual.
Grandma Akers was in the hospital for a broken hip, but is home recovering now. Grandma Main is in a rehab center after a long stay in the hospital and they still are not sure what is wrong. Hope she gets to come home soon!
I will update again soon, I promise!! :)

Flood pics!

Top is our drive way when we were sand bagging.

second is looking across the street from our home.

Last is some neighbors on a make shift raft floating on our street!

Hello my friends! I hope you are all doing well.

This past SUnday we went to Keith's Grandma Akers surprise 85th Birthday party. It was a lot of fun and the girls were both good. :) Keith's mom was there and we talked a bit. We might go see her this week sometime and take the letters his Aunt Pat sent us so she can read them herself. It soudns like Pat isn't telling them the truth about that whole situation and making ME look/sound bad. Grr

My Mom has to get an echo cardiogram done on her heart the first week of Dec. Please pray everything is ok with it and I will keep you updated on that when I find out more!

Keith's Grandma Main has congestive heart faliure and is getting more tests done for that. Karen didn't tell us too much about it, so I will update about that when I know more as well.

Oh and woohoo I figured out how to post pictures!!! I will post more soon, but for now here's one of the girls from this summer.

Life

I know I have been terrible at blogging and I am sorry. I really am going to try and keep up with this again.

My Mom's tumor is slow growing and that is good news! They will just keep doing bi-monthly MRI's on her to keep an eye on it for now. She goes to see her heart specialist on the 11th. Thanks to all of you for your prayers and wel wishes for her through this all, please keep them coming.

Please pray for my friend and Pastor Tami and her family. Her Mom has cancer and isn't doing well at all and her Father might have cancer now as well. This is very hard on Pastor Tami and she does SO much for everyone, so please keep her and her parents in your prayers.

Rachel got her glasses yesterday and she looks SO cute in them! I wish I knew how to post pictures on her! lol She is excited and nervous about wearing them, but I think she will be fine.

Halloween was a blast this year! We took the girls Trick or Treating and a bunch of our friends came with us. The kids had a lot of fun and got TONS of candy! Rachel dressed as Strawberry Shortcake and Emily was a cute Cheerleader. The night before Halloween we had Bread 4 Life at church and then the kids went "Trunk or Treating" in the parking lot. They had a great time with that as well.

Now new is Thanksgiving and we will be going out to IL. to my Mom's for a few days and I can't wait! On Thanksgiving day we will go to My Aunt and Uncles for dinner. I am really looking forward to spending time with my relatives.

I REALLY need to start my Christmas shopping soon! SOmething keeps coming up that takes our extra money and it is really getting to me. I am usually DONE before Thanksgiving but this year that is NOT going to happen. I really only have to buy for the girls, my nephew and my mom. Everyone else gets either gift cards or money. I want to make Christmas fun and special for the girls because I remember how special my parents always made it for me and those memories and feelings last a life time!

I booked Emily's 2nd Birthday party at our church on Dec. 7th from 2-4pm. I hope the weather holds out and isn't bad then so everyone can make it. I am sending out 17 invitations and really hope most or all can make it. It is a rubber ducky theme and I am so happy because a little store in our town has rubber ducky plates, napkins, table clothes, and balloons. So I ordered them all and just have to order the cakes yet and get some goody bags and stuff for the kids. Hard to believe my baby will be two!

Baptised!!

Rachel, Emily and I were baptised on Sept. 21st! WOOHOOO!! I also became an Offical member of our church that day!!
After church a bunch of us went out to eat. It was a great day!!!

Cardboard Confessions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvDDc5RB6FQ


AMAZING!!

Flooding in Lowell!!

We were evacuated from our home on Sunday because of our street/yards flooding. It got up to over waist high on our street! Thank God for the people who came and sandbagged our yard and garage!! We got our power back yesterday afternoon and so did the house next door to use, but that is all on our street for now. So we have a home full of people who are staying with us til they get power back. Just wish we had a bigger home! I will post pics when I can. I still can't believe it all happened! The kids were out of school yesterday and today, not sure about tomorrow yet. Many places are still flooded and many roads are still closed. It's crazy!!

Update on my Mom

She had an MRI done and there is a tumor on her brain. So she needs to have surgery, just not sure when yet since she has to see other doctors. Please PRAY it is NOT cancer!!
I will try and update you as much as I can....

Please pray for my Mom!

She was taken to the hospital on Saturday and they did a cat scan and found a spot on her brain. They are doing an MRI today.. Please keep her in your prayers!
I am going crazy cause I can't be at the hospital since we live 2 hours away and Keith has to work!!

Still here....

Hello my friends! I have been keeping busy so haven't had time to blog lately.
I have been going to Membership Class at church every MOnday this month, then have Praise Practice Tuesdays and Thursdays. I am happy that Andrea is getting Faithbooking going soon! Our first meeting is Sept. 9th. My Friend Tisha and I are also getting Scrapbooking going at the library for every third MOnday of the month. I am really looking forward to both things!
Rachel starts Daisy Scouts in Sept. as well but goes Tuesdays instead of Wed. so Candie will have to take her for me. Rachel seems to do better when Mommy isn't around anyway. LOL
Keith took Rachel to a Railcats baseball game on Wed and she LOVED it! They had to leave early from the game though so she could get home and to be since it was a school night. They got home about 10pm and she went straight to bed. :)
I have been reading as AWESOME series of books and I highly recommend them to you all! "The Yada Yada Prayer Group" books. I am on book #5 now out of 7. They are by Neta Jackson. They are also GREAT for a book club and it tells how you can start your own Yada Yada group as well! :)

Come join the fun!!!

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