Happy Birthday Lisa, we are so thankful to get to spend this wonderful day celebrating you. You are such a wonderful wife and a great mother and we are so glad to be able to celebrate you and let you know how much you mean to us. We hope you have a great Birthday.
Love,
Todd, Kyler, and Shaun
The boys were so excited this year to pick out a present for mommy. I started talking to them about it back in August and from the beginning they knew what they wanted to get her. So I took them to the store, strolled them down several isles to try to see if they might want to get mommy this or that, and they both agreed on the same gift. A "Toy Story" kick ball. They said this way mommy could play catch with them.
As we were picking out cards Kyler said he saw something that mommy needed for her Birthday Party. What he picked out was Disney Princess plates and a table cloth, said it looked "Girly" like mommy.
The boys and I got up this morning and made Lisa French Toast and set the table with her Disney Princess plates and table cloth. That way we were able to start her day off special.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Happy Halloween!
We had lots of fun carving pumpkins. The boys helped pull out all of the seeds and Daddy carved the faces. We also baked the seeds and they were really yummy!
The garage is the perfect place to carve.
We found this electric carver.It seemed to work pretty well.
Todd did a really good job on carving. The big one was named Big Boo and the little ones were named Buga-boo. They looked really good in the fireplace.
We hope that everyone has a really spooktacular time trick or treating!
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Rick the Stick - Flushtered....
There is a webcomic artist I follow, Ken Drabb. His creation is Rick the Stick (rickthestick.com). It has been online for almost 2 years now. The cool thing about RTS is that it's good clean stuff, and it's funny. Well he's got a book available now for $12 online. I'm going to by a few copies and try to see if I can help promote his site at our local comic book store. The material is really funny and unique.
Story: The main story is about Rick, a Stickman living in a regular cartoon world that learns he has a huge inheritance that has just been given to him because he is a direct descendant of the original stickman that was drawn in caves by cavemen. Along with the inheritance he also inherits a caveman named Winchester, that used to be an assassin for the British Parliament many years ago. Confused....well you won't be after you pick up a copy of "Flushtered" here: http://www.lulu.com/content/2703003
You can catch up with Rick the Stick here: http://rickthestick.com. Be sure to leave a comment on Rick's website and let him know what you think of the strip. You can read the archives and get caught up on the story or just pick up a copy of "Flushtered" available now.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Scary Stuff...
As a parent you know there are going to be times when your kids are sick, hurt, or just not feeling good for one reason or another. You think you can prepare yourself for these moments....we'll you can't. I don't care who you are you just can't prepare your mind, heart and spirit for what you will feel, think and/or do when your child is sick, hurt, or upset and you can't put your finger on the problem and make it go away.
Such an incident occurred with us last night. Yesterday afternoon Shaun started having whelps appear on his eyebrows, and some on his thigh. Well Benadryl seemed to do the trick and they were looking better by the time I got home. The boys went outside, dug around in the dirt and had a good ole time just like boys do. We all came in for Supper and upon cleaning up Shaun we noticed that the whelps were back, only this time all up his side, on the upper part of his legs and starting to appear along his hair line. So we gave him a bath and another dose of Benadryl.
The evening went on and all seemed fine, called the Nurse on call and she let us know we were doing the right thing and not to worry unless he starts getting swelling around the middle of his face (eyes, nose, mouth). So the boys got their showers (the just love showers now), their dose of "Tom and Jerry", and getting ready for bed. Well after the shower Shaun started getting whelps again on his back, stomach, arms, legs, neck, and his cheeks. But by the time he went to bed they seemed to be sustaining and some going away.
About 10:30pm or so we turned on a flashlight to check on him. Our hearts sank, or pulses pounded, and our blood ran cold. His entire body was now almost nothing more than a series of whelps. His poor face was swollen and red, and he wasn't getting any better. We woke the boys, took Kyler to Nana and PawPaw's and Shaun on to the ER.
Man I absolutely love Longview Regional ER, we were in to see the Doctor within 10 mintues, and completely done within an hour. Prognosis: Hives. Cause: Still Unknown They gave him a shot of Epinephrin (not sure if that's spelt right, but who cares) a steroid and Benadryl. Within 20 minutes he was looking like his old self, still a little red, but no whelps.
This AM he was whelpy again, so Lisa went to get his medicine filled and that is helping. Hopefully we can determine the cause before long. As a precaution we are changing laundry detergent just in case that might be the culprit. But as of now it is still a mystery and that's the hardest part, not knowing what Son of a %&*# made my child sick.
On a side note, I'm not a football fan by any means, but I may have to become one. Football saved our hide last night by giving Shaun something to watch while waiting on the Doctor to release us. Thank you SD Chargers and Oakland Raiders for such an exciting game and giving my baby boy something to take his mind off his woes, even if for just a little while. He told us while in the ER that when he gets bigger he wants to play Football, so we've got a little fan now.
Ya'll keep praying for him though that this is the last scare we'll have and we can find the culprit soon and loose it from our lives.
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