This week can best be summed up as a very very heavy week, one filled with lots of prayer and lots of thinking about our extended family.
On the first day of summer vacation our nephew Alec was playing basketball at home and fell into the pole. A nasty bolt torn his right leg from just below the knew cap, 2 inches deep and 8 inches long. He also broken his leg. So he had surgery to repair the damage and to try and fix a nerve that he torn. He is basically on bed rest for .... a very long time.
My grandmother says that bad things happen in three and that seems to be true. My cousin Jordan was take to the emergency room, her blood pressure was sky high, which is terrible for her baby. After debating with the doctors, her son, Luke, was brought into this world on Sunday weighing in a 1 pound 1 ounce. He is so small and so fail, but the doctors are hopeful at this point. My cousin has been release from the hospital and if everything goes well Luke will be there at least until September which was his original due date. Technology is amazing and even though we can't go to see him right now we have been able to see videos of him already.
You can take your pick on what is considered the third bad thing. Jeff almost was hit while coming back from IU or the fact that one of my students is the teen in Bristol that the tractor rolled over and caught fire. Or that Jason's mom is now in the hospital to have her gall bladder removed. When it rains it just seemed to pour.
With all this going on still good things are happening. Life moves on and brings the good and the bad, the funny and the sad.
We went to a two year old twin birthday party. Tenille had a great time and is trying to decide which one of the boys to date first. :) Daddy is not happy about this.
I went to Walmart this week to get a few things and ended up fighting the self check out. I had to call the lady over three times to help me. On the last time when my gift card wouldn't work I said, well I must not be holding my face right. The lady looked at me and said, "Is your family hilly billy?" How are you supposed to answer that? I asked why? and she said well that is a saying from the south. Oh I got it from my father, was my reply. She then said and I quote, "We have another saying but people around here don't like it much. It's there is more than one way to skin a cat." Oh my, is this lady part of my family or what?
Tenille cleaning out the skimmer, an everyday activity.
Tenille has started telling ding dong jokes. What is that you ask? It is a funnier version of knock knock jokes. She just starts them all with ding dong instead. Funny huh? Well with that I will you all a happy father's day weekend. And please, everybody, take care of yourself!
More impovements on our house. We replaced a few roten boards from the deck. Who in their right mind would cover up that beautiful cedar with brown paint?
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