Wow, what a nice Father's Day we had. Tori and I keep joking that it was a second Mother's Day for us...We might have had more fun than the guys! After church we went to the lake for lunch, then put Gabe down for a nap. George had a movie for the guys to watch, so Tori and I ran for the boat as quick as our flip-flops could carry us! We got to lay around, swim and just chat for a nice couple of hours before Gabe woke up and we went back to add everyone else to the fun. We parked in our own special cove and enjoyed the afternoon. The water was perfect and the sun was bright. I could go for a repeat tomorrow...
Gabe had his first swim lesson this morning. It went really well--he kicked his feet and blew bubbles and of course didn't want to get out of the pool when it was over. He has three more days left, then we'll be heading to West Virginia this weekend for a regional meeting with Ryan's work. Hopefully Gabe can show off his swimming skills at the resort!
Nothing else out of the ordinary here...Ryan isn't feeling any better, but I don't think any worse, either. He'll talk to the doctors later this week. We know lots of you are praying for us and we appreciate every bit of it. We'll keep you posted...
Monday, June 16, 2008
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Hot
Wow. It is too hot for the second week of June! When I stepped outside the other day, I was surprised by how completely I could forget that stifling, humid blanket of heat that is a Virginia summer. It was close to 100 degrees yesterday and definitely 100 degrees today. Yuck. I am very much missing dry Colorado right now---I love how cool it gets at night, even in the summer, and that the rain actually cool things off instead of making it even more humid. Ahhh, I could go for a drive through the mountains about now!
Well, it is a lazy Sunday afternoon, after our first busy weekend in a while. It felt strange to have a lot of things to do, because besides traveling, we have had surprisingly few things on our calendar. My brother Mike came up for the weekend again, which was a lot of fun. He got here late Friday night, and I vaguely remember waking up to a hug from him, because I think I was already in dreamland by then. Saturday morning, Gabe and I dropped Mike and Ryan off at Waid Park for the Pigg River Ramble, our county's annual canoe/kayak race/float. You could tell it was going to be a nasty day by how sweaty we got just walking from the house to the car, but the boys were ready to ride!
Gabe and I hung out about 6 miles down the river, waiting for everyone to come by. Our friends have property along the river, so both this year and last we have all gone down to eat lunch and watch the race. It was nice and shady and there happened to be some squirt guns around, so we stayed pretty cool. When Ryan and Mike came floating on by, they made the quick decision to just hop out and join us for some hot dogs---they had forgotten to bring water along, and were feeling pretty dehydrated, so were all too happy to end a little early.
After Gabe's nap, we headed on over to his friend Brodey's 2nd birthday party, but it was so hot out that we were all kind of miserable. There were lots of bubbles and tractors to play with, though, so we hung out before heading back to air conditioned bliss. Oh, and we grabbed some Homestead Creamery Chocolate ice cream AND Homestead Creamery chocolate milk. Cam and Vaughan, if you're reading this...we thought of you when we made the best milkshakes between here and Michigan!
Well, that is most of the weekend for you...it was so nice being back in our Sunday School this morning. It's been way too long since we've been in town on a Sunday (and feeling good...) and it is always such a blessing to be around the great people in our class. Here's a shout out to everyone in class who reads this...:)
Also, a shout out from Stephen, who is hanging out with us tonight...He says hey! To whoever...
Also, a shout out to all the 14 mosquitoes who chose to bite me a few days ago. I am not happy with you.
And finally, a shout out to spring. Even though it is too hot to feel like spring, and we are a couple of weeks away from summer, we have had a couple of great spring thunder storms the last few days. We had an awesome soaking rain yesterday evening that just made me want to run around in my bare feet. Which I actually ended up doing. Beautiful. Mike took a picture of me as I was deciding whether or not to make the leap off of the porch. I'm glad I leapt (spellcheck is telling me that leapt is not a word. I don't really care!) There is something about standing in the rain.
On that note...I hope everyone had a great weekend! If you're far away, we miss you. And if you are nearby, we miss you, too, so call us and let's hang out! :)
Well, it is a lazy Sunday afternoon, after our first busy weekend in a while. It felt strange to have a lot of things to do, because besides traveling, we have had surprisingly few things on our calendar. My brother Mike came up for the weekend again, which was a lot of fun. He got here late Friday night, and I vaguely remember waking up to a hug from him, because I think I was already in dreamland by then. Saturday morning, Gabe and I dropped Mike and Ryan off at Waid Park for the Pigg River Ramble, our county's annual canoe/kayak race/float. You could tell it was going to be a nasty day by how sweaty we got just walking from the house to the car, but the boys were ready to ride!
Gabe and I hung out about 6 miles down the river, waiting for everyone to come by. Our friends have property along the river, so both this year and last we have all gone down to eat lunch and watch the race. It was nice and shady and there happened to be some squirt guns around, so we stayed pretty cool. When Ryan and Mike came floating on by, they made the quick decision to just hop out and join us for some hot dogs---they had forgotten to bring water along, and were feeling pretty dehydrated, so were all too happy to end a little early.
After Gabe's nap, we headed on over to his friend Brodey's 2nd birthday party, but it was so hot out that we were all kind of miserable. There were lots of bubbles and tractors to play with, though, so we hung out before heading back to air conditioned bliss. Oh, and we grabbed some Homestead Creamery Chocolate ice cream AND Homestead Creamery chocolate milk. Cam and Vaughan, if you're reading this...we thought of you when we made the best milkshakes between here and Michigan!
Well, that is most of the weekend for you...it was so nice being back in our Sunday School this morning. It's been way too long since we've been in town on a Sunday (and feeling good...) and it is always such a blessing to be around the great people in our class. Here's a shout out to everyone in class who reads this...:)
Also, a shout out from Stephen, who is hanging out with us tonight...He says hey! To whoever...
Also, a shout out to all the 14 mosquitoes who chose to bite me a few days ago. I am not happy with you.
And finally, a shout out to spring. Even though it is too hot to feel like spring, and we are a couple of weeks away from summer, we have had a couple of great spring thunder storms the last few days. We had an awesome soaking rain yesterday evening that just made me want to run around in my bare feet. Which I actually ended up doing. Beautiful. Mike took a picture of me as I was deciding whether or not to make the leap off of the porch. I'm glad I leapt (spellcheck is telling me that leapt is not a word. I don't really care!) There is something about standing in the rain.
On that note...I hope everyone had a great weekend! If you're far away, we miss you. And if you are nearby, we miss you, too, so call us and let's hang out! :)
Thursday, June 5, 2008
The Results Are In...
I really didn't feel like writing this post, so I stalled for a bit and added a bunch of new pictures. Hope you like them!
We did get a phone call from Ryan's surgeon this morning. There are two tumors that could be causing Ryan the problems he's been having. One is on his cerebellum, like most of his others have been. It would be the same kind of surgery that he has had before. And removing it may or may not make things better. The other tumor is on his brain stem. This one is not so pretty. The surgery is very major (not like the other ones aren't...) but they want to avoid it for as long as possible. So the bottom line is...the doctor wants to give Ryan two weeks and then reassess his symptoms to see if we can figure out which tumor is causing him the problems. At that point, we'll talk about surgery.
So we have two weeks for the prayer warriors in our lives to buckle down and help us combat these symptoms and the tumors. We serve a powerful God, and He doesn't want Ryan going through this any more than we do. To Him be the glory no matter what the situation, but if we can avoid this rather large trial, than we will be that much more thankful. I am personally praying for Ryan to have lots of energy, no pressure in his head or headaches, no depression about the situation, and no stress or worry about how to take care of his family. Will you pray with me?
We did get a phone call from Ryan's surgeon this morning. There are two tumors that could be causing Ryan the problems he's been having. One is on his cerebellum, like most of his others have been. It would be the same kind of surgery that he has had before. And removing it may or may not make things better. The other tumor is on his brain stem. This one is not so pretty. The surgery is very major (not like the other ones aren't...) but they want to avoid it for as long as possible. So the bottom line is...the doctor wants to give Ryan two weeks and then reassess his symptoms to see if we can figure out which tumor is causing him the problems. At that point, we'll talk about surgery.
So we have two weeks for the prayer warriors in our lives to buckle down and help us combat these symptoms and the tumors. We serve a powerful God, and He doesn't want Ryan going through this any more than we do. To Him be the glory no matter what the situation, but if we can avoid this rather large trial, than we will be that much more thankful. I am personally praying for Ryan to have lots of energy, no pressure in his head or headaches, no depression about the situation, and no stress or worry about how to take care of his family. Will you pray with me?
Monday, June 2, 2008
Fun in DC and No Results Yet
Arg! I just had our entire weekend summarized in a really witty and enjoyable fashion, when somehow I erased the whole thing! Unfortunately, I sat here looking at the screen in confusion for just long enough that Blogger saved my draft automatically and it saved it as a blank screen. Well...I am not going to rewrite it now, but I know that a lot of people are wondering about the results of Ryan's MRI. We don't know anything yet, but we should be getting a call in the next day or two and I will update the blog again then. And I might still try to recap. But I might not. I'll post some pictures, at least. And tell you that we had a great time!
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