Sunday, January 12

This has been a really rough week.

I will explain briefly about my sister Lesha's ICD procedure. 

She called the Seattle hospital Wed. to find out what time she should arrive Thursday. It was then she learned insurance would not cover the heart device she had carefully researched and decided on. She was overwhelmed and bummed.

So, different device, different placement and more of a surgery, with no time to get used to the idea. The surgery happened. It was very difficult. She is petite and getting everything where it needed to be was very difficult. After some time, it was determined that the procedure was not a success. The procedure was repeated Friday. Hundreds of texts, several phone calls and many, many prayers later, the surgery was a success, we thank God for this.

It has been a few years since I had felt that discouraged.

I can't imagine how Lesha felt.

It is great to know Lesha is home. Please pray her follow up appts. look good.

The people who reached out, cared and prayed were and are a blessing. 

Today is the anniversary of my nephew Case's death. Ugh. 

Earlier I had a blog post about how excited I was about January. 

I think I was being overly positive if there is such a thing.

Breaking out of this funk is hard. 

Here's to a better week, a better outlook, and a great recovery for Lesha. :)

Ice Skating, Christmas break FUN

We started yesterday morning off right with Sticky Buns! 

Then we got geared up for ICE SKATING! 

Taking four kids ice skating made me a little nervous... BUT, it was GREAT! Oren was a trooper, content and along for the ride. Willem and Merit did great on the ice. Hazel ran around pretending and eating snacks.

Willem

Hazel

Merit saw a few friends there

Merit

Oren

A sweet Christmas Break memory...

I welcome January!

SO here is January.
I love January for several reasons.
Here's to hopin' we get a NO SCHOOL snow day, drink lots of hot cocoa, make mitten cut out sugar cookies... I hope we get evenings of movie watching. Cold, brisk walks on sunny days, ice skating and try to get a little organized all sound good to me! Hot coffee on frosty mornings, baby snuggles, good books...
This weekend Merit has a basketball tournament, it is really fun to watch him play. 
For the month of January I can only check facebook if I am on my treadmill. This either means very little facebook, or lots of walking and running. I am actually okay with either.

easy bake oven sugar cookies

cabin cozy

This room is SO stuffed with FUN! :)

It's the craft room.

And it needed a makeover so Willem and Hazel have been helping me paint it. 

Having them paint is frustrating, messy but most of all beautiful.

I told myself I had to use paint I had on hand, so the blue (it is supposed to be gray) is the color of Oren's room. In Oren's room it looks pretty gray, here, more blue.

This room CAN BE a catch all. I am okay with that, but every now and then I try to make it pretty again. And my hearts been warmed by the sweet sentiments I have run acrossed. I have saved lots of pictures and

old letters from people. MANY of the letters are from my Aunt Meredith and my sis Lesha from when we lived in Boardman, Oregon. 

Mother's Day cards from my boys, gift tags and cards from Natasha with beautiful detail! The sewing machine I bought when my job with the school district switched to full time. When we moved east of the mountains, I worked mornings for the Royal City School District, soon I got a full time job there (with benefits!) Within a month of this I went to the dentist :) and bought a sewing machine!! Wish I was a better seamstress.

Since having this room somewhat picked up, it has become Hazel's art studio.

My "brown paper bag" wall and the new blue.

Lissa inspired me to do the brown paper bag years ago.

My friend Maria made this beautiful hat. I wear it. Hazel wears it and Oren wears it. Thank you sweet friend! 

Happy January! 

More pics from 2013

Happy New Year! Although I am excited to be moving into a new year with new resolutions, new beginnings and new memories to be made... I do love to look back at the many pictures I took in 2013! Lots of sweet memories, lots of photographs... so here I am sharing a few more! 

Love looking back at MEMORIES MADE