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!!