This, That & I Guess I Forgot to Blog!

We have been busy with life. 

All good.

Except not good is that my sweet dog, Joy, is becoming paralyzed on her back legs.  I have taken her back & forth to the vet ... breaking my heart because I love this little dog of mine!

Besides that (and "that" is not a little thing) -- we continue to enjoy the normalcy of life!

Tomorrow we go to the Hematologist to get Hannah's numbers checked.  When I asked her tonight what she thought her numbers were going to be she said, "What numbers?" 

She is so into school & soccer right now that those are the only kinds of numbers she is thinking about: test scores & soccer goals.  Such a gift to have her mind off of the "numbers" of her blood counts.  It's been a long road to get to this point.

Tomorrow is our last monthly check-up (if all is well!?!) and then we will go to quarterly visits to the Hematologist.  I don't know how I will do with 90 days between blood counts but Lord willing, I will be able to rest in God's peace each day. 

We are counting the days until our trip to Auntie Mom's house!!!!  The girls & I are going out there for Hannah's Fall Break.  She has an entire week off in the middle of October -- what a country!

I swear that I think about blogging a lot more than I actually do these days.  I guess it is kind of like working out for me .. I just think about it most days.  

At least I blog a little bit :-)

Here are some pictures of the last week or so ...

Park fun!!

 Hannah's first time back up on the horse all by herself.  She goes to riding lessons once a week & it has been awesome!

 Lily & I went back to the local place with all the animals.  This place is so close to our house & we brought a Costco size bag of carrots ... and didn't bring any back home.  Sure those animals were sorry to see Lily go!

One was being a bit too aggressive ... hence the look on Lily's face & her right hand pulling away.

 Did I mention that Lily dresses herself most days?  Yes, she is working the striped pants, polka dot top & flower design shoes.  The girl has s.t.y.l.e.!!  T & Sarah will be proud!!!

 "I'm back" ... blowing a kiss to her favorite, the zebra!

 Lily's replacement "Baby" arrived from Target.com ... and she comes everywhere with us!!

 Attending a Fall Festival at Hannah's school last Friday night.  Lots of games, bounce house stuff & Chick Fil-A for the family.  A great night!

 Hannah's artwork hanging in the hall at school.  Love it!

 I stopped into her school for the book fair.  I am the "official" photographer for her 3rd grade class.  It has been lots of fun to put together scrapbook pages for the teacher. 

All God's best from our HOME in Kentucky!!