Fun pictures

It seems we have been busy, but with what? I think David's new long hours make the days seem longer. He is really enjoying his new job. He was quite proud of himself the other day, he was the first employee ever to get to run the combine.
I have been working on schooling again with Amber. She really enjoys it.

Rissa was scared of the big bubbles at first

Rissa's new wheels

The rougher the better for Amber

Picking flower buds

The girls friend, Braxton, came to play one evening

One of our kitties, want one?

No comment needed (:

Late one evening Rissa decided to find a place to cuddle down

You probably get tired of seeing our huge creatures. I think I would rather see a roach than this fuzzy thing in the house!

Visit with Grandpa and Grandma Summy

We enjoyed having David's Dad and Mom staying with us from last Sunday till Thursday afternoon. We were thankful they could be here with us when we had to take Amber to her doctor.
The girls enjoyed going to Mc Donalds with them one evening while David and I got to go on a date.
David's job at the barn shop has ended for lack of work. He has been enjoying working for a local crop farmer. He does what he enjoys, driving truck and doing field work with tractors. Some of it will be a new experience working with harvesting peanuts and cotton. His hours are longer, but he is glad for work!

Reading and visiting in the evenings


We ladies defrosted, cleaned and moved the freezer into the garage

Dad went with David to work every morning, but he did find time to make me some canning shelves in the garage

Decorating our driveway with chalk Grandma brought

I had some tomatoes in the freezer that we turned into juice

We are finally having cooler weather. Amber thought it felt like winter one morning when it was a little over 50*

Story time with Daddy

Amber Update

Amber was to see the specialist today and he gave a good report. He said at this time he is not concerned. He said it is very normal for kids this age who are around other kids to be fighting things they get exposed to. Her tonsils are very large which he said is a sign of having fought something. He wants to see her in three weeks to see how the lymph nodes are. He said he is not worried of Lymphoma. He said the neck lymph nodes are not the ones to be concerned of for that, plus they would be hardening. He said at this time he does not want to put her through a biopsy because it would not show anything since he feels it is just from being exposed to something. We were very relieved with what he had to say! We praise God for doing this!

Thanks everyone for your prayers!
I think with dealing with something like this you only realize how much you love your children! I tend to imagine the worst, and to think of what could happen if she had something really bad, it was hard! You think of making every day count!

Amber

For those of you who have not heard, we are dealing with some medical issues with Amber. A little over a month ago, the Pediatrician discovered Amber's lymph nodes were enlarged. We gave it a few weeks and went for a re-check. They were still large, so she did blood work to check for cat scratch fever. That came back negative. Amber is now scheduled to see a Pediatric surgeon at the Children's Hospital in Augusta Ga. next Thursday, who will decide what the next step is. They said a possible biopsy. They are now wanting to make sure it is not Lymphoma cancer. It is a scary ordeal and we would appreciate your prayers! I constantly worry about what we are going to find out. A friend shared this acronym with me

W- Wrestling
O- over
R- Reality
R- Ridiculously
Y- Yourself

One morning I went to get Rissa, she was quite proud of herself, she had taken her clothes off. Thankfully she had left her pamper on!

First Popsicle cone

Jenny having a female moment

Eating jelly

Below is a song that keeps coming to my mind as we deal with Amber.

You might have to copy and paste it, I am not sure you can just click on it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riu-9y3SkjY

Home Again

We are finally home again! We had a great time with family! On the way home we talked about how much has happened in the last three weeks~ we had three deaths, a wedding and a new niece!
I decided to go ahead and put ALL the pictures on, so have fun looking at them!
(the date is messed up on some)

Rissa taking it easy at Grandma's house


Labor Day at Grandpa Heisey's (playing church, I went out one time to find them all in a deep time of praying, I was wishing for a video camera)

Apple sauce time with Grandma Summy

We stayed in my parents guest house
Every morning the girls would walk down to Grandma's for Breakfast

Story time with Nitz

Going for a cruise in my brother David's car

On our first Saturday we went to visit my brother Parke and his family. We went on a scenic train ride

We also went to the PA Grand Canyon

Supper on the way home

Enjoying new cousin Trista Kate

Rissa being side-tracked while I held the baby

Besides building Gazebo's, David also built a shed for my Dad

Delivering the finished product

We spent an afternoon and evening at Shawnee State with the Summy's

Cousins and Best Friends

Signing off for awhile

Just a little update. We went to Virginia for David's Grandpa's funeral last week, and it ended up that his Grandma also died, so there was a double funeral.

We are now in PA for awhile. We might stay till next weekend, so I will not be posting on here till we get back.

We are all having fun being with family. David is back at his old work-place while we are here. Since he was out of work in SC, he is glad to have some here. The girls are enjoying catching up on playing with their cousins!

So, good-bye for now!