August is NEAR

We are approaching August! It is hard to believe that the year is passing so quickly. Miss Brenlee is getting to be such a big girl. I wish that I had pictures from our recent trip to Atlanta;hopefully, I will get some soon.

The work on the interior of the house is progressing slowly. We hope to order cabinets this week or next week. Then, we can demo more of the areas with the existing cabinets coming out last--after new ones arrive, just before installation.

Brenlee is a bundle of joy! She spent the night last night as her Daddy is sitting for the Bar Exam. I'm sure Daddy could not focus on studying with this cute little bundle running around chatting up a storm. We were happy to have her!

Lacey Allen, Tex & Sharon's daughter, will be married this weekend. So, it will be a funfilled weekend of family activities!

Justin continues to amaze us with his cute personality and his sweet ways! He comes by weekly to get his time with Brenlee! She loves her "Uncle J"! Continue to keep him in your prayers as he plays the waiting game. He will wait until September for his next procedure that is supposed to help his voice. At this time, he continues on with the feeding tube, but is waiting for progress. He tells me that the nerves won't really "heal" or "regenerate" as they were cut, but I guess that his body can compensate. Time is the only thing that will give us the answer...so "time will tell". Keep my precious boy in your prayers!

Bill & I will be celebrating our 34th anniversary on August 9th! YEA!
Next year, our 35th anniversary will be on 08/09/10....cool! So, we may have to plan something really cool for next year!

Friday, July 10

Bill and Justin were in good spirits! Justin checked in at 6:45am, is having MRI and then the radiation. They were released around noon and all is well. The docs feel things went well. Justin has not had any side effects and will have a check up after 6 months.

Follow-up

Today was the follow-up visit with the neurosurgeon.

I just spoke with Bill and he felt the follow-up with the surgeon had gone well. They spent an hour talking with him and letting him answer all of the questions that Justin had about the surgery.

He was very pleased with Justin's progress. He said Justin had a GREAT attitude and was doing remarkably well. He does feel the nerves will heal and adjust that they are very traumatized from the surgery. He feels the procedure on the vocal chord that Justin has planned for this fall will help with the voice and swallow situations.

Continued prayers for the radiation to work on the existing tumor...tomorrow morning Justin checks in about 6:45am and will be released in the afternoon. They will be home Saturday evening.

Praise God for His blessings and THANKS to all of our kind family and friends for their thoughts and prayers as Justin travels this crazy road of life!

Reno and Demo

I should take some pictures tomorrow of the house....it has new siding, new windows, new doors, and new paint. It has not been painless! In fact, it has been quite painful! Painful for Bill because he is the one the installed the beautiful new windows and doors...painful to me because I used about 8 different samples of paint and still was not sure which color to put on the house! YIKES! We are pretty pleased with the final paint job and the beautiful siding.

The demo will take place on Justin's tumor on Friday. He and Bill are leaving first thing Wednesday morning to go back and see the neurosurgeon. Then, they will do a radiation treatment on the smaller tumor....the larger tumor was removed in February. Thoughts and prayers for Justin this week!

Gone Fishing!

EWW, what is that, Grand daddy?
That is the wierdest thing I've ever seen!
I think I'll check it out!

Bill and Justin went fishing. They had a great time. Wow, what a hot day they picked to go fishing. Here are some pictures of Brenlee checking out her first fish!

Justin is really enjoying his boat. Thanks, J and Bill, for sharing the fish with us!

July 4 coming up!

We plan to be at the Broome's for part of the day and celebrate the 4th of July. Justin and Amanda may join us...time will tell! I hope they are able to join us as it makes things more fun!

Family Lake Weekend

We try to pick a weekend each year for the family to go to the lake. Last year, we had the whole crew only missing Uncle Mike. This year, we had several missing. Maybe next year we will get the entire crew back again! It is always fun to see the cousins together! Picture at the top is Patrick & Ashley/Wes' son, next is Amanda & Ashley (with Ashley/Wes son), next is Shelley Allen holding Kyle (one of Ashley/Wes' sons) and the last picture is of the twins-Paige & Lauren with Shelley. Fun times at Canyon Lake!

Where is the rain?

Whew-it has been a hot and dry June! We have been staying cool in the house and playing in the water, which Brenlee loves. Brenlee loves being outside, so we try to stay in the shade, playing in the yard or riding in the stroller.