Garden Helper

 
In between rain showers, and when the sunshine finally coordinated with Kelsey's nap time, Zac and I planted our "garden". Three tomato plants (an heirloom, early girl, and cherry) and basil. Fingers are crossed for a good crop!

Great Fun at Great Wolf

If only the distance between Meridian, ID and Centralia was shorter! We had a fun long weekend with the Kelley's at Great Wolf Lodge.

Injury Update

Took Thomas to the eye Dr. yesterday (May 19th), 20/20 vision and the scratch is healing quite well :)

Less than 3 months...

We were enjoying a leisurely Saturday evening (05/15/2010) at some friends' after barbecuing when I (Jerry) heard a long sustained scream. The boys had gone down to the tree house to play. After arriving upon the scene, I discovered Thomas standing below the tree house holding his eye crying, and Zac was up in the tree house with a panicked look on his face. Their story revealed they were pulling on respective ends of a rope, Thomas down on the ground and Zac in the tree house. The rope was draped over a railing top board that subsequently gave way. The top board measured approximately 5' in length with nails protruding through either end. The top board fell to the ground landing vertically. As the board then toppled over, one end with a cluster of nails hit Thomas in the eye. We praise the Lord that the nails missed the iris and pupil but one nail managed to hit him on the white part of the left eye. As you can see, the other nails left scratches or punctures below his eye as well. After 4 hours of waiting in ER, we were sent home with some eye ointment. He is to go see an ophthalmologist this week for a follow-up. We made it less than 3 months between ER trips, but this time with a different kid.

Sisters

I've heard that many sisters experience sibling rivalry... Thankfully, we are all equally gorgeous, our homes are perfect, and our kids are geniuses, so we don't have this problem.
Love you girls much!

Easter

Easter this year was a bitter sweet time for our family. On the morning of Good Friday we received the dreaded phone call that "something" wasn't right with my Grandma. And then the whirlwind began. The trip to the ER, Dr's, Nurses, waiting, and more waiting. Hastily eaten meals in the hospital cafeteria, (the chicken teriyaki is actually quite good), the diagnosis of a stroke, a parade of specialists, Easter dinner eaten off of paper plates, and dyeing of Easter eggs put off until next year. Thanks to left over candy from Thomas' birthday pinata, my sister and I managed to put together an Easter egg hunt for the kids and take some pictures. Having little ones to take care of through this crisis was a blessing, it helped us to focus our sadness on something positive. Then, the evening of Easter Sunday, the Dr. told my Mom that there was no chance of Grandma recovering. Our sadness was overwhelming. It was one of those times when even praying was just too hard, all that I could muster was "help us through this, Jesus." The odd part about all of this is that when you are given a diagnosis that there is no chance of recovery, the hospital sends a fruit tray and coffee up to the room. Strange. I suppose a pile of grapes, apples, and strawberries is somehow supposed to make you feel better? The one thing, the most important thing, the ONLY thing that made us feel better was knowing that Grandma would be going home to Jesus. Then came more waiting, Hospice care, meds, keys locked in the car, more waiting, and early morning the Wednesday after Easter, Grandma went home to Jesus. Kelsey summed it up best when she asked me, Mommy, is Grammy in Hospital? No, Grammy is in Heaven. Oh, is Grammy all better? Yes, honey, Grammy is all better.