Update on Josh

We went to his ENT dr. yesterday and while the fluid and his hearing was better than last time, he still thinks we should put in another set of tubes. So surgery is scheduled for 8/20/10. It is about a 5 minute procedure with no IV's or needles required. They give him some thing to put him to sleep that requires nothing painful. He can resume normal activities immediately. It is not a real big deal, but he will miss school that day.

We are getting along fine here. It is HOT and the kids ask daily about going swimming, which I will take them this weekend...even if it means not getting things on my to-do list accomplished.

We have officially opened All Glass and Mirror, our advertising is out and business licenses have been purchased, we are just waiting on customers to call...so in preparation and anticipation we have bought a truck...new to us but not new...we will be selling the old blue truck (which has a ton of things wrong with it) we got a good deal and are hoping for a successful business!

that's about it for now...until next time...Cheers!

Summer...going by too quickly!

Well, here we are, in the last 3 weeks of our summer vacation. On August 2nd we leave for a 4 night 5 day vacation to Gatlinburg, TN. We were booked to go to Gulf Shores, AL, but with the oil spill we canceled and decided to go to Gatlinburg. We have done some internet research and have come up with fun things to do with the kids. Our cabin also has a pool, which the kids will enjoy and it will be easy entertainment for them, not to mention cheap!! Josh has stayed busy playing with friends and right now he is busy working on back to school reading projects. Kate is all too ready for Kindergarten....I think she is mostly ready to be done with nap time in daycare...that is a long time to lay still and quiet when you just can't sleep. I do feel sorry for her but most days she does end up falling asleep. I have been shopping for school supplies and am almost finished...it is a never ending process, one store will have it, one store will be out so you really have to go to about 3 places before you're finished with a long and pricey list. Mom will be keeping Kate from like August 9th - the 24th when she really starts school. Kindergarten students do a phase in, so she will go 2 days during that time period. Hamilton County offers school aged child care in which Kate and Josh will go to the cafeteria after school and play, do homework, etc until Jon or I can pick them up after work. It is about 45.00 a week for both, so it won't be "breaking the bank" to send them both. I am just not comfortable enough to send just Kate so I am making Josh go too. Josh really doesn't mind though...they have fun things to do. So we have the rest of this week, next week and the week of vacation til the week school starts. Summer has gone by quickly and we will soon be back to the grind of making school lunches, doing homework, Wed. night church activities etc. Josh is also interested in playing Football, so we will be signing him up for that for the fall (August - November) and he has shown interest in trying out again for basketball...so we are officially in year round sports with him. Kate has really enjoyed swim lessons and has really learned a lot. She has one more lesson left (prepaid anyways) and I do plan on taking the kids swimming as much as possible til the end of September. I took them Sunday and they swam in the rain and had the best time. I will be taking Josh to another Dr.'s apt with his ENT Dr on Thursday. He will tell us rather or not he needs a new set of tubes...I say yes b/c the child can't hear!! So I hope to schedule that surgery after we have done most of our swimming (since he won't be able to swim for a while) I will keep you posted on that front. As you know, Jeff, my boss is running for Chancellor and early voting is underway and election day is August 5th. We are praying he wins! I will be making the move with him to Court...so I will be a Judge's secretary and a county employee. What does that mean? More holidays, more vacation, better benefits, and at least the same amount of pay, if not more...so it would be a good move for me (us) too. So keep praying!! Until next time...Cheers!

Re-united

Last Friday (6/25) Josh went to a place called Sir Gooney's (it is kinda like a Putt Putt Golf and Games) with a friend. While the original plan was for them to go to a Lookouts baseball game, the plan got changed due to possible bad weather. SO...when he left with the friend, thinking he was going to a baseball game, Jon and I decided to let him wear his All Stars baseball hat. (generally a BIG NO NO) This is the HAT that you can't get into the All Stars games, State, and World Series, without having on your head. Well, as noted above, the plan changed and while Josh was in the batting cages he took his hat off and forgot it...yep, the simple little hat that lets him play baseball every week. Well of course Jon and I were so mad when we found out and last Saturday Jon went to place an Order for his new hat. In the meantime, I prayed that somehow, someway we would get the hat back, thinking it was close to impossible, but also hoping for a small miracle and a lesson that GOD can do anything, big or little, if we have faith and ask. Well on Wednesday, Jon got a call from a friend that was on Josh's regular rec baseball team asking if Josh had lost his All Star hat. Jon replied "yes!" and our friend, Dennis said he knew who had it...and gave us his #. Yesterday, Jon met this guy, named Brandon, to get the hat. Brandon lives in Ringgold, GA and was at Sir Gonney's on Friday, saw the Hixson Hat, knew that Dennis' son played Hixson All Stars and thought it might be his or at least that he might know whose it was...well Dennis was asking around and found out it was indeed Josh's...It is a small miracle, a hat, lost in a very popular spot, picked up by someone who lives in another state, who knew someone who played in the Hixson league, who wasn't missing a hat, who found who lost the hat, who gave it back to the rightful owner, all in time for the next game...(the hat we ordered wont be here til next week so he probably wouldn't be able to play in this weeks set of games) but would have it for State...