April 3-9, 2011

Sunday-Started the mornig off by going to church. After church the girls went to lunch with Grandma Watson and Tracy and I came home to eat. He went out after lunch to start moving and stacking more firewood while I got a little laundry done. The girls came home from lunch with Grandma, went straight upstairs to change clothes, and were out the door to play outside. I then went out and helped Tracy finish moving and stacking the firewood. We were going to get on top of the house to clean the gutters, but decided against it because of the 40+ mile per hour winds. The girls and I had to come inside to shower and get ready to go to AWANAs. We were out the door by a little after five, stopped in McDonald's for dinner, and off to AWANAs we went! Another great night at AWANAs. A little sad that it's going to be over in just a few short weeks. :( Two years ago today we took Trystan in to see Dr. Borwick because she was having leg pain. Thankfully, Dr. Borwick took Trystan's leg pain seriously and sent her over to Greenville Hospital for x-rays and bloodwork. She was the first step in saving Trystan's life! Later that day I received a call from Dr. Borwick stating we needed to go to one of the children's hospitals in St. Louis for further examination. There is where we received the news that would flip turn our lived upside down and inside out. But, looking back at all of what God has done for us and brought us through is amazing! We got through it all by God's hands and His grace! God is so good!! Monday-Back to the grind for the week! All the nice weather has come to an end today. Tuesday-The weather is continuing to warm up this week! The girls are so happy to be able to spend a little more time outside all the time. :) Trystan has her three month appointment with the surgeon tomorrow morning. Wednesday-Dropped Alyssa off at school this morning and then Tracy, Trystan, and myself headed to St. Louis for Trystan's doctors appointment with her surgeon. We arrived a little late and headed to radiology for x-rays on her leg. As soon as we finished there we went to the doctor's office for the appointment and results of the x-rays. When the doctor came in he showed us the x-rays and he seemed pleased with the results of the x-rays. Her bone is continuing to grow and thicken. Also, the old fracture from last year is finally starting to show healing. The doctor also gave Trystan permission to ride any ride at Holiday World. That news made Trystan's eyes light up! That news alone made her day! We then left the doctor's office, stopped for lunch and then headed to the school. Trystan was happy to go to school after the appointment. It is so wonderful that she loves going to school! After school I took the kiddos to the park to play for a little while to enjoy the beautiful weather. Thursday-It was a busy day after school. We came straight home after school to get homework done and get Alyssa's things together for dance and the 5th Grade Talent Show. Dropped Alyssa off at dance and Trystan and I headed to get us something to eat for dinner and then went back to pick Alyssa up. We then ate on the way to the school. When we arrived at the school Alyssa changed into her outfit for the Talent Show and headed into the school. The show had a few technical difficulties but even with those, Alyssa did an AWESOME job in both of her performances! She played her flute with a group of students for one act and did her jazz dance with Chloe and Hannah for her second act. Great Job Alyssa! We are so proud of you!!! Friday-So glad it's the end of the week. Looking forward to the weekend! Tonight after dinner the girls and I took a walk. We are wanting to get Trystan starting her training for the 1 mile Friends of Kids with Cancer walk. She really did surprisingly well. Obviously not as good as a "normal" kid but for her it was awesome! We did need to take short frequent stops, but she walked 1.12 miles in 34:29. GREAT!!! Saturday-Today Tracy and I worked outside quite a bit. We got up on the roof and cleaned out the gutters for the next big rain that's coming. We also pulled two dead plants out of the landscaping with the big orange tractor and picked up more and more and even more sticks from all of the bad winter weather. So that Tracy would be able to mow tomorrow. Even though we worked hard and it was hot out we did get quite a bit accomplished together today. :)