Tatum's Dance Recital

On Saturday, Tatum had her first dance recital. It was adorable. I was so nervous that she would not remember her dance or that she would not want to go on stage. She did go on stage and she did remember her dance. She knew so much that when it came time to switch places on stage, she got fighting mad at the little girl that was not following instructions and trade with her!! I was so afraid she was just going to push her out of the way. She repeatedly told the girl to switch and included pointing her finger in the direction the little girl was suppose to go in!! She finally gave up and returned to her original spot just in time for the last 3 seconds of the song! I was relieved! :)Here are some pictures:

Summer

Summer..oh how I love you so!! We are off to a great start this summer. Michael had time off with us. We have thrown my parents a 40th anniversary party. It was great for them. We are still in Oklahoma while Tyler goes to Day camp at my parents church. All of the cousins are here playing and we are having a ball!!

Hope everyone enjoys the day!!

Surgery

Michael's surgery went well today. It did take a little longer and the cut is longer than expected but the dr is confident he was able to remove all of the cancer. We are waiting for tests results to come back to make sure it was totally removed. Thank you Lord for a great morning with no complications. Will you continue to pray with me that the test will show that the cancer is gone!

My sweet friend Melissa is bringing dinner for us! What a blessing!! My mom and my mother-in-law came with us today. Thank you for taking that time to be here with us!

Resting in God's Grace

I am in the most difficult place I have ever been. My heart is so heavy. On Monday Michael had a skin biopsy done on a spot on his forehead. Yesterday, we got the news that confirmed my worst fear. It is cancer. It is not melenoma...Praise the Lord for that!!! It is slow growing and the dr is confident he can remove it all. It is one thing to say you have faith in God, but another thing entirely to actually "live" it. Everything I believe in, is being tested. That is a feeling I hope none of you will ever experience. But one thing I know for sure is true...we serve a mighty God. A God that is bigger than cancer! A God that is loving, forgiving, powerful, all knowing. A God in complete control. A God that knows the end, when we do not. A God that is soveren..loving, merciful. A God that has everything under control. A God that orchestrated all of this. And that is where I am resting...

Please pray for us. He goes in on the 24th to have the procedure done.

Mother's Day!

I had the very best day ever!! It started with breakfast in bed...french toast. I got beautiful roses and a card that says..."How does Breakfast in bed sound?" (openin the card) A VERY LOUD buzzing noise is coming from the inside and it is a smoke detector going off and it says, "it is the thought that counts, right??" Too funny! If I was not quite awake when the kids came in..I was sure awake when I opened the card! Ha! Michael also cooked out for lunch and did all of the cleaning up too! We finished the day off watching Heidi together! Love that movie!

On Friday, we drove to my parents to the Mother/Daughter banquet. It was so fun! Bryson's bday party was on Saturday and the kids of course had a blast and were not ready to go home. Michael had finished all of the cleaning that I didn't get to finish on Friday! So thankful for a husband that loves me and helps me!!!

Busy, busy!!

Boy have we been busy!!! I really don't know where our days have gone. First, I was sick for almost two straight weeks, then Tanner got sick right after that. So that takes alot out of you. Michael and I celebrated our 12th anniversary on April 22nd. We took the kids camping at Lake Murray this past weekend. We had so much fun...well, except for the rain Friday night! Tyler has been taking TAKS tests at school and today is his last one, science. A couple of weeks ago, he took the math and reading tests...pasted both of them but got commended performance on the Math which is amazing. It is the highest grade posible!!! Yay Tyler!

We are down to about 24 days of school left till summer!!! We can not wait! Sadly, once these tests are over, they are pretty much done with learning anything. They just have to go to meet the state requirements for the number of days in school.

Anyway, that is what is happening in our house right now. Nothing exciting...for once!!

Happies :)

There are so many things on my mind right now. God has been showing me so many things lately. So, here is a list of things that I am so thankful for right now. There are so many things that we take for granted.

1. Salvation!!
2. My husband and kids
3. My parents
4. My family
5. God's Word
6. Our Amazing Church
7. Dances in the evening with Michael even though sometimes we don't have music
8. Rain
9. Sweet conversations with my kids
10. Family movie nights (which usually includes pizza)
11. My job
12. Michael's job
13. Time alone with God
14. Any Karen Kingsbury book
15. Our health
16. Fresh blooms
17. Evening walks
18. Teaching the kids new things and also learning a few new things from them
19. My 8th grade girl group from church
20. Laundry that smells like my mom's....Finally!!