Started out our early morning flight! It usually takes us leaving at 4:30am for the airport and getting in at 11 or midnight.
Each Sunday we are traveling and Brice is sharing and preaching about the mission. We have some very, very exciting news regarding the mission to share soon (still waiting for a few things to be processed). Often times this means long road trips, so if so....we always take advantage of the free Jr. Ranger programs!
This summer since our teammates are doing the later summer furlough, we were back for all the kids to play baseball and softball. It is a fun break for us and neat to see them on a team and doing something their father loved too!
We have called this our medical summer. I (Amanda) had several issues with teeth (not fun at all). One of those things has been with our youngest, Greeley. She had a big hospital stay with numerous shots a day for a prolonged time 2 months ago. Since she came home, she went from sleeping mostly through the night to waking up every hour screaming. When we visited her pediatrician here and we told him about her hospital experience, spinal tap, and all he said - she must have trouble sleeping, right? We said - how did you know? And he said....an infant going through that much trauma usually suffers from PTSD and will wake often from night mares. The good news he said should clear up in 6 months. The bad news 6 months of waking every hour with her right now :) Still, we are grateful to have her and that she is ok.
Kensington was also scheduled to have her heart Cath this summer. We had been give a 2% chance of her holes disappearing. After keeping her lying still for 45 minutes, the cardiologist told us one hole had disappeared in her heart, the other gotten smaller, and the other one we could just watch! No surgery needed now. Which meant, we could get her surgery on her ears. The only date they have available is her birthday, June 1st. But we are looking forward to getting that done for her, as each month she was having reoccurring ear infections for over the last year.
While back, we always enjoy grandparent and cousin time!
So thankful for dear family and friends!
