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!

Good-bye Grandpa Steve

The girls had their first experience with the death of someone they knew and loved. "Grandpa" Steve, (pictured below) passed away this past Thursday. He went to the hospital two weeks before to find out his cancer had returned. He never made it back home. The girls were full of logical questions, that left me at times scrambling for answers! One thing that was a little comical to me but not poor Jenny; the evening of the visitation, she knew Grandpa Steve was in Heaven, but we were going to see his body that night. I could tell something was bothering her, and after questioning her, she with big eyes told me she did not want to die to go see Grandpa Steve! She thought since he was in Heaven, we would have to go there for the viewing! I tried my best to explain what was really going on, she seemed satisfied after that. We are all going to miss him, and Grandma Edna who will now be moving back to Pa.
David was going into prison with Steve and will greatly miss his company!
David's Grandpa Summy also passed away this morning, so we are off to Virginia again on Wednesday.
( taken at Easter)

"How refreshing"!

Rissa played in the sandbox one evening for a long time. Knowing there was not any sand in it should have been a warning for me to go check what was so entertaining! We later discovered it was stagnant water! I can only guess how much she drank! We found out what was so fun when she came carrying a cup of it with a tummy that was fuller than when she had went out, thankfully she did not get sick!

Amber made a new friend (a toad)

Scuba Diver?

Weekend in Virginia

We spent this past weekend in Virginia. David had a cousin get married Friday night. On Saturday we went onto the beautiful Virginia mountains for a picnic with David's family. We headed for home Sunday evening. The girls had a great time with their cousins and second cousins!! They did not want to leave for home again. I regret not getting more pictures!

Up on a lookout in the mountains


Rissa learned a new word this weekend, "car"

Rissa never got so dirty before!

Picnic on the mountain

At the wedding reception