Forgot to mention...

I do remember telling you that David was gone skiing on Morgan's birthday weekend. Well, I never updated you on their trip. He had a blast...as usual. David and his brother decided to each take a GPS that would track their speed down the slopes. I knew they were crazy, but I never thought they were this crazy...David reached a speed of 64 mph and Mike...well, his was a little faster...try 72 mph. Can you imagine???? If you've ever been skiing (and I have), that would scare the living daylights out of me to know I was traveling that fast down a ski slope. Dr. Teed's son even joined in on the fun. At one point though, David, Mike, and John (Dr. Teed's son) were stopped by ski patrol. Yes, they do stop you for going too fast on skis! I wish I had some pictures to share of their trip, but I don't. I'm just thankful they all made it back in one piece...and I really mean one piece.

Time for a change

I realize that it's still Valentine's Day, but I was ready for a background change. I know this one is dark, but it has two of my favorite colors in it...purple and black. Yes, red is also one of my favorite colors, but I couldn't resist this background...enjoy!

Sweetheart Banquet

My sweetheart...my Valentine!!! David and I went to the Sweetheart Banquet at our church last night. We started the night off with supper (spaghetti, bread, salad) and for dessert, brownies with a homemade chocolate sauce and whipped cream. Christy's mother was the one who did all the cooking and made the chocolate sauce from scratch...talk about delicious! Mmmm...Mmmm! Then, on to the "Newlywed game". We weren't one of the couples who participated, but the ones who did had us laughing so hard until my face was hurting. I don't know who all has heard of or seen "cardboard testimonies"...well, we did something similar...instead of giving a testimony, we had to write something about our spouse. All you do is go up in front of everyone and hold up your cardboard and you don't have to say a word. Some people were funny (David being one of them) and some were on a more serious note (that would be me). On the front of my cardboard, I wrote "My husband David..." and on the back it said "is the best husband and father! He is also my best friend." On the front of David's cardboard (which, by the way, was a box that had Little Debbie on it, you know...the snack cakes) he wrote, "I love my wife more than..." and on the back, he drew an arrow pointing to the picture of Little Debbie. Ha Ha...very funny David. Oh well, I wouldn't have him any other way.This is my friend, Crystal. She and I have become pretty close this year. We team together at MIS. As a matter of fact, I first met her when I interviewed at MIS. She was on the interview team. I was hired last March. Then I saw her again when we starting visiting Pauline Baptist Church. She and her husband, Landon, are a hoot and my kids adore them. They are expecting their first child in August.

We ended the night with a little karaoke (not sure if I spelled that right). These guys were having too much fun! They were singing an Oak Ridge Boys song.

Without a doubt, you should be able to tell what part of an Oak Ridge Boys song they were singing here...base of course.

Getting ready for Valentine parties

The girls are hard at work on their Valentine cards. Lauren refused to have any help. She wanted to do it all on her own. This is the first year that I haven't had to fill out any cards:-( Morgan had a list of names of those in her classroom...Lauren only had to fill out the "from" part of her cards. She can write her name, but I went ahead and wrote it on a piece of paper for her so she could look at it if she needed to. Afterall, she had to write her name 20 times!!!!!Here she is looking at the paper where I had written her name. Isn't this just precious??? If she ran out of room writing her name, she just continued it on the next line. Hey, at least she knows to go from left to right and return to the left...that's one of the first ways we learn how to read. Morgan's almost done...she's checking the names off as she goes.

Happy 8th Birthday Morgan!!!

It's hard to believe that my baby is 8 years old. We celebrated her birthday ON her birthday (February 6th) with her first ever sleepover. This cake was made by a Kindergarten teacher at MES who makes cakes on the side. It turned out so pretty and was very delicious. I know now who I will use from now on. The theme...Hannah Montana, of course. We started the night off at Pizza Hut. The girls were starving, so we (Mom, Elizabeth, myself, and 5 little girls) loaded up and headed out to eat.

When we got back, we were all so stuffed full of pizza and weren't hungry for cake yet. So, we started by letting Morgan open her gifts. I didn't upload all of the pictures of her opening presents...just a few.

She was so excited here because one of the things that she asked for was the High School Musical 3 Nintendo DS game...and she got it from us.

We went ahead and sang Happy Birthday and let her blow out her candles...but we still waited a little while longer on eating the cake. BUT when we did finally eat it...it was delicious!!!

We ended the night with a dip in the tub. I knew they all wouldn't be able to fit in Morgan's tub, so we decided to let them bathe in ours. They had a blast and yes, there was water everywhere. Can you look at them and tell they were having a blast????

Mom stayed the night with us, but Elizabeth went home. We were up until after midnight. I told the girls that I wasn't going to sleep until I knew they were all sound asleep. Mom and I stayed up in the living room watching my Grey's Anatomy episode that I recorded. I had to go in their rooms several times to finally get them calmed down. Finally, they went to sleep. Lauren ended up sleeping with Mom and me. I just knew that after going to sleep so late they would at least sleep late...WRONG!!! They were up in the kitchen at 7:15 the next morning wanting breakfast. I made them wait until almost 8 because I wanted to get a little more sleep, but that didn't happen. Mom and I ended up in the kitchen cooking pancakes and scrambled eggs for them. We had an assembly line going...wish I had a picture of that!! Needless to say, that will be our last sleepover for a while. I'm getting too old to stay up that late! :-)

Morgan

Ok...I said I would give you an update on her lab results and almost forgot. They said that the results were negative. That was only for 2 of the tests that they did (one of them being salmonella). The other 2 test results take 7-10 days. I'm assuming they'll call me if there's a problem. He said that when she was on the Omnicef that it could have killed her "good" bacteria which in turn could have been the cause of all of this. He has her on a medicine now to counteract that. She's getting back to normal and able to eat again. She's getting geared up for tomorrow night. Tomorrow is her 8th birthday and she's having a sleepover. I'll have 5 little girls here tomorrow night (that's including my two). PLEASE pray for me! David is leaving for Colorado in the morning after "Donuts for Dads" at Morgan's school. He will miss out on all the fun. We'll have the party at 5:00, then take them to eat at Pizza Hut (Morgan's choice), then back to the house for playtime. There's no telling what the girls' bedrooms will look like, but that's ok. As long as they have a good time. I'll have all weekend to get it back in order. My mom is coming to help out and so is Elizabeth (Jordyn's mom). I'm sure I'll be posting pictures from the party.

Another update!

Ok...now that I've caught you up on pictures, I'll catch you up on Morgan. We had a busy weekend...well, David and I did. As for Morgan, she was literally in the recliner ALL weekend. She hasn't been out of her pajamas except to take a bath and put on clean ones. Her stomach was a little worse this weekend. I've given her Immodium chewable tablets (since she won't drink Pepto...can't say that I blame her). I've slept with her the past two nights. Friday night she was up 4 different times in the bathroom so I know she didn't rest well. Last night was better. I'm going to send her to school tomorrow and see how she does. They can always call me to come get her. As for David and I, we were pretty busy. David got up on the house and blew the gutters out with his blower, then blew all the leaves up in a pile out of the yard. He also had to clean up dog poop. Our yard looks so much better. And being the sweetheart husband that he is, he even washed my car for me. In the meantime, I was inside getting the house all cleaned up...mopping, vacuuming, dusting, cleaning bathrooms, and washing everything I could get my hands on. Everyone has clean bedding...including Tiger. David brought him in from outside about the time I was taking his bed out of the dryer...talk about lovin' it...he curled up in his nice warm bed and took a nap. I kept Morgan home this morning and David and Lauren went to Sunday school and church. While they were gone, I cleaned the inside of my car. It looks like new again. I'm going to call the doctor's office again tomorrow to see if they have Morgan's lab results. I'll let you know what I find out. Bye for now.