Sleepin' with the Turtle

I thought you all would get a kick out of this photo of John. Every night he falls asleep with a Spiderman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, or one of his many ninja swords. No stuffed animals for him! He's definitely all boy! I have added a few goodies to the blog that I wanted to explain. If you scroll down the blog page, on the right there are three new buttons. These buttons will add the blog to either your Yahoo, AOL, or Google home page. I tried it and it actually works. Personally I like the emails better, but just thought I would offer a little variety. Also, on your blog emails, there is now a little picture of John David at the top next to the blog title. If you click on this picture it will take you directly to the blog site, so you can check out the slideshows and pictures. I may change the picture from time to time, but whatever picture is there will always take you to the blog site. I also changed my delivery time, so that if I post in the morning you will receive your email early afternoon. I almost always do my posts in the morning, so this should work well. Thanks for hanging in there while I work out the kinks!! Anyways, hope this makes things easier. Have a great day! Love you all, and thank you to God Almighty who has for now blessed us with these.

Answer to Prayer!!

Just wanted to write a quick post to share some answer to prayer! Dawn and Corey's grandma, Judy, came to a ladies get-together at church last night. We had a great time, and one of my really close friends was able to lead Judy to the Lord! Like I said yesterday, God is really working! Thanks for all your prayers! Also, for everyone who subscribes via email to the blog, all my picture slide shows do not get transmitted through the email. On your emails when you see the "rock you" logo, that means that there is a slide show. Then just hop right over to the blog page to see the photos! Love you all, and thank you to God Almighty who has for now blessed us with these.

John David All Dressed Up

Hope you all are having a great start to your week! We had a pretty busy weekend. At the top are a couple pics of John David all dressed up for church yesterday. He looked so cute, and he was obsessed with his tie. He's really into doing everything Jeremy does, so the tie was a big deal! Friday night our church had their Fall Festival and the kids all wore their costumes. I didn't make costumes this year. Dawn and Corey's grandma wanted to buy them costumes, and once the other kids found out they wanted store bought costumes too. :( I missed the fun I usually have making the costumes with the kids, but my sewing machine is in Tennessee with my mom, so I guess it was just as well. I totally forgot to take some pictures of them in their costumes, but they are wearing them again on Halloween night, so I'll be sure and take some then. Then on Saturday, we had a soccer game, and picked up Morgan (Kylie's best friend). Morgan spent the night, and the girls had a blast. they played dress up, and we made donuts. Long after everyone else was asleep, Kylie and Morgan were huddled in Kylie's bed giggling and whispering. They are so happy together. It really warms my heart to see them together. Among their more obvious similarities, the blonde hair, their smiles, and their almost identical personalities, we recently discovered that their birthdays are only a week apart, and they both have outie bellybuttons!! How crazy is that?! I guess they always say that everyone has a twin somewhere. Well, Kylie found hers! Dawn and Corey's grandma and dad were at church with us again yesterday. We also saw them at the Fall Festival, and Dawn's soccer game. It has taken some getting used to, but we are getting better at being comfortable spending so much time all together. With the progress that the case has made recently, the social worker said this week that Dawn and Corey may be able to go home (to their grandma's) sometime in January. As hard as this is, Jeremy and I know that God is working overtime in this situation, and how incredible it is to be apart of this family mending. Just please keep praying for us. Looking at the calendar this week, it doesn't look like it should be too hectic. That would be nice for a change! Love you all, and thank you to God Almighty who has for now blessed us with these.

The Frog Incident

Well, Dawn's first day at preschool went very well. I think she really had a good time. John has been dealing with some congestion and allergy yuckiness for about 5 days. He seems to be a little worse this morning. I wanted to post the frog story. It happened at the Foster Family Picnic, but I forgot to post it when I posted all the pictures from the picnic. The picnic was at a local park that has a lot of wooded area. Jeremy decided to take Kylie and John on a walk in the woods. They came back just as we were all about to eat, each with a small frog in their hands. The frogs were very small, and as we sat down to eat, Kylie decided to hold onto hers and we put John's in a cup. The kids sat at the picnic table next to us with another foster family. We're all enjoying our meal when I hear screaming coming from their table. I knew immediately what had happened! I look over to see the kids all scrambling after something. Then I saw it! John's frog had escaped and was jumping from plate to plate! Kylie, while still holding her frog in her hand, was the one who finally caught the frog, right in Caitlyn's food! It was a classic "little boy brings frog to the dinner table" fiasco. It was priceless, and had all of us laughing hysterically. The best part was the look of panic on John's face!:) We have lots of birthdays coming up in our family. My brother, Andrew, turns 26 on the 29th, Jeremy turns 30 on the 31st, my mom turns 49 on November 9th, and my niece, Haley, turns 3 on November 18th. Caitlyn also has her violin recital coming up on the 28th. Love you all, and thank you to God Almighty who has for now blessed us with these.

Doctor Appointments and Caitlyn at the State Fair

This morning I took Caitlyn and John to the ENT/Allergist office for follow-up visits. Caitlyn's lung function is now back to normal after we started her back on the inhaled steroid. John however has fluid in his ears again. That meant they still weren't able to do a hearing evaluation. He goes back in six weeks unless he ends up with another ear infection. Please pray that the doctors won't wait if they need to put tubes back in his ears. He's had so much trouble with his ears since his the first set of tubes fell out. The slide show is pictures that my friend, Jennifer, took of Caitlyn at the state fair on the 6th of this month. Even though we homeschool, Caitlyn is associated with the Christian school at our church so that she gets to go on field trips and things with them. The whole school went to the fair and she had a great time. Jeremy and I had fun bowling last night. Jeremy bowled a high game of 146. Not bad, especially since he didn't have his bowling ball. I was amazed that I actually broke 100 three times in a row! Love you all, and thank you to God Almighty who has for now blessed us with these.

Jeremy and Angie at the Beach

Jeremy and I had a great time away this past week. We left Thursday night and came back Saturday morning. It was a much needed break, and we enjoyed it! We didn't think we'd actually be able to get in the ocean, since the weather had cooled off quite a bit. We waited till late afternoon, and actually the water was pretty warm. Jeremy and I both tried boogie boarding, but didn't have much luck. :) Jeremy and I are going bowling to night with our Sunday school class. We haven't bowled in awhile, so that should be fun. Caitlyn's two front teeth are loose! She's quite excited. I added a picture to the top of the post of Caitlyn singing at church. I still can't believe how well she did. Also, we had a huge answer to prayer yesterday. Dawn and Corey's dad and grandma came to church with us!! They really enjoyed it and it looks like they may continue coming. This would be great for all of us. It really helps when we're all in this as a team. Love you all, and thank you to God ALmighty who has for now blessed us with these.

John David Turns Three!

John David turns three today!!! I can't believe it, but we all know that time flies. He is really turning into a little man. In fact, the other night he didn't want us to tuck him into bed! He wanted to got to bed by himself. I know it's a good thing for him to be independent, but it's breaking his momma's heart! We had our friends Candy and Mark over for a birthday dinner the other night. All John has been asking for for his birthday was a Spiderman cake. I thought, well sure I can do that. Let's just say that I have not inherited the cake decorating genes from my parents! I try, but it just never turns out quite right. This time the whole top layer of the cake broke in half. I tried to "glue" it back together with icing, but I had made buttercream frosting instead of my mom's recipe (I should have known). Everything just kind of started sliding! It was horrible. I eventually got it iced, and I drew a spider web, and a big old spider on the top of it. Then I quickly threw it in the freezer, so at least the frosting would set, and it would stop sliding. By this time though, the entire cake was lopsided! I pulled the cake out shortly before dinner, and John David made my day. With excitement in his eyes, he said, "You made me a Spiderman cake?!" He then did a little victory dance around the kitchen, while I blinked back tears. Even as I cut the cake and it crumbled on the plates, John was so excited that I couldn't help but be a little proud of my Spiderman cake.:) Love you all, and thank you to God Almighty who has for now blessed us with these.