Prayer Request

I don't usually post prayer requests on such a public forum, but I feel the need to share with you some news I learned the other day. A girl that I went to high school with and see frequently (as she is one of lab techs at the pediatrician's office) has a very sick child.

Earlier this week she had one of our doctors check out her child and the doctor sent her to Childrens. Childrens ran some tests and determined that the child has cancer. They are sending my friend and her child to a specialty hospital for more testing next week.

As I have not discussed this post with her, I have withheld her name, but God knows her name and all the details of her situation. Please pray that He will hold them close during this time of such uncertainty. I can't even imagine the fear and pain that she and her child are going through.

Thank you for praying for her.

Praying for Stellan

I know that many of you follow McKMama at www.mycharmingkids.net. Her miracle baby is in the hospital with sustained SVT (a form of tachycardia). The doctors are trying a number of things to help him as continued SVT can be life threatening. Please pray for this sweet family.

They are a wonderful testimony to God's faithfulness in times of trouble and times of joy. If you click the praying for Stellan button on the right side of my blog, it will take you to their site where she is updating us on his condition as she can.

A trip to the grocery store

Last night I took my little McKs to the grocery store. Kenzie needed broccoli for her St. Patrick's Day Party. So after dinner we go to the store. Since we had eaten, I figured that we would spend less on groceries - wrong. But I digress, back to the beginning.

I made the mistake of giving in and letting the kids get the car buggy. For those of you who haven't experienced this, it could be a wonderful way to entertain your child while you are in the store. The car has 2 seats and 2 steering wheels with horns for the kids to pretend to drive. The McKs got into the car section and proceeded to play. By the time we were at the end of the first aisle (the fresh fruit and veggies section) they were over it. Kenzie got out because Kaleb was hitting her because she was taking up too much room in the car for his liking. After she got out, he began to climb out the side "windows" and sit on them ala Dukes of Hazzard style. Ok. Not too bad. That lasted about 1/2 an aisle.

He then got this bright idea to sit on the roof of the car. Stop the cart and have a conversation with him about the warning labels and why he can't ride on the roof. Meanwhile sis is hopping up and down the aisle doing some dance she made up. Kaleb gets back into the car and rides on the windows again.

All the while, I have to keep telling the kids to stay on their side of the aisle and quit blocking other people. They haven't mastered staying on one side of the aisle so that others can get through. And I am still pushing the stupid car buggy. Fortunately it drives well, but it is still awkward.

About halfway through our trip, Kenzie decides to hang on to the top of the car where the winshield would meet the roof and drape her body across the hood. Ok. When she is done with that, little man had to have his turn. I let this continue for a couple of feet and then stopped the cart and pulled him off. The manager of the dairy section was looking at us funny. By this time I was very cranky with them. I hate the grocery store, and their antics were getting on my nerves and making a dreaded trip longer.

We finally made it to the front of the store without killing each other and get checked out. I have promised the kids that I will never ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever get a cart that had the car on it again. Do not ask. It will not happen unless I have been hit over the head and have forgotten this day.

We did manage to get out of the store with everything on the list (which I left in the car).

On a brighter note, Kenzie got her report card last night. She had all "S's" and was checked off on all of the skills that she was supposed to have learned thus far. The teacher had written a sweet note. She said that McKenzie has learned a lot and has shown great progress this year and that McKenzie should be very proud of herself.

Thankfully, she is proud of herself. If you ask her, she is the smartest kid in the class.

Well, it is good to be confident in your skills.

This morning on the way to school, we were going to pray as usual, but she had some questions. She told me that she wanted to be baptized. I explained that you can't be baptized just because, but you are baptized to show that you have accepted Jesus as your Savior. I went through ABC's of becoming a Christian. I only had a few minutes, so I did the best that I could to explain it to her. I am excited that she is interested. It is so simple to be saved! I was so excited, that I may have given her more information than she needed. This isn't the first time we have talked about it, so I know she is absorbing what she is learning in Sparks. Please pray that she will feel God calling her to Him and that she will hear and begin a relationship with Him soon!

Have a great day!

No Not Me Monday!

Today I would usually post a Not Me Monday! However I am not feeling like it today. The kids are sick and I didn't get much sleep last night. I could be diligent and create the post the night before to post at a later time, but dial-up is not conducive to doing anything quickly.

McKenzie went to the dr. on Friday for a sinus infection - again. Dr. Ruth has recommended that she see an allergist. There's a surprise. My daughter needing to see an allergist. Fortunately we have a great allergist and Kenzie is familiar with the office since she will be going where I get my shots.

When Luke brought the kids home from his weekend with the kids, Kaleb was running a fever. He ran one all night with a slightly runny nose and a cough. He went to the dr. today. He has the flu. Cancel all plans for this week. No gymnastics etc. He will be contagious until 24 hours after the fever breaks. We didn't get flu shots, so I expect Kenz and I will get it too. Yipee!!!! Ms. Becky will definately be glad that I didn't go to keep nursery last night and infect the entire church!!!

Anyway, I know we could use all the prayers we can get as this week will be especially trying with everyone (but me, so far) being sick.

Have a great day!!!

Not Me Monday!

Welcome to the blog event known as Not Me Monday. Where we celebrate the things we didn't do last week. You can check out the rules at http://www.mycharmingkids.net/.

• I do not record NCIS religiously and watch it when the kids are not at home.


• I do not get so engrossed in the recorded episode, that I forget that I recorded it and actually watch the commercials.


• I did not take my daughter and our cousins Kelly and Sarah to the re-grand opening of The Groovy Pad. They did not have a great time dressing up, having their hair, make-up and nails done, and singing HSM songs.


• I did not allow the kids to watch "Enchanted" four times in the last week. I did not allow them to start watching it close to their bed time, so that they would fall asleep watching it. I did not fall asleep before they did.


• I do not love House. I do not watch it so often that my kids know all the characters and are able to identify their favorite episodes.


• I do not watch so many shows with medical terminology that when a character on a non medical show didn't know what petechial hemorrhaging was or what could caused it, I did not shouted out the answer at the TV. If you don't know that that is, do not ask me!


• I am not starting a draft of this blog on Wednesday while watching said NCIS recording.


• While writing this draft, I did not forget that it was recorded and still watch the commercials.


• I did not forget to post my Not Me Monday on Monday, even though I started it last Wednesday.


• I do not have my own private stash of chocolate at home. I love the DeMets Turtles. I do not hide them from the kids so that I do not have to share with them.


• I did not eat half of one of the Turtles and put the other half down, for 2 seconds mind you, to help McKenzie address her valentines, only to turn to find the other half devoured by my chocoholic son.


• He was not grinning madly and laughing while I was trying to find the piece of chocolate.


• He was not having a hard time keeping it in his mouth.


• He did not then proclaim that he wanted more brownies. I did not contradict him and tell him that what he had eaten was not a brownie but a Turtle.


• I did not make brownies so that I could avoid sharing my private stash with the kids or alert them to where I have hidden it.

McKaleb is still recovering from bronchitis. Please pray that he gets over it soon. I am concerned because he is on steriods almost everytime he has a breathing issues (residual effects of having RSV in 2007). He is still occasionally wheezing and needing breathing treatments to help with that.

Hope you have a great week. We are off to gymnastics tonight!

Another lost tooth

McKenzie has lost another tooth. She has now lost 4 teeth. She is growing up so fast. Just 6 years ago, she was such a little thing, and now she is almost as big as I am.

The last tooth that McKenzie lost was pulled by Mrs. Book, at teacher at her school. She refused to let me pull this tooth since Mrs. Book is apparently the "best" at pulling teeth. She had to wait for Mrs. Book to pull it.

So Mrs. Book pulled it yesterday. We put it in the tooth fairy pillow and went to bed. I was exhausted because I had to work late on Monday night at a Financial Aid Night at Milligan College and we had gymnastics last night. My plan was to get up early in the morning and make sure that the tooth fairy had stopped by to collect the tooth and leave a surprise.

Needless to say, I felt like I had been hit by a truck this morning and I forgot. I realized that I forgot when a very disappointed McKenzie said "She didn't come." I quickly realized my error and let her know that I had been in the kitchen to turn on the iron and I thought that the tooth fairy had left something for her in there. I instructed her to get her clothes on quickly so that she could come check it out.

I quickly grabbed the notepad on the fridge, disguised my handwriting and wrote a note from the tooth fairy explaining that she left the surprise in the kitchen because she saw how tired McKenzie was and she didn't want to wake her. What had the potential to be a huge disaster was averted and McKenzie skipped back to the bedroom to show McKaleb the money she got for her tooth.

I told McKenzie that we would put the tooth back in the pillow and that the tooth fairy would pick it up tonight since the tooth fairy wouldn't have to worry about waking her up since it is the night she stays over with her dad. Boy am I glad that she accepted that without question. It was awful to hear her disappointed little voice. She was happy after she got her personal note though.

Keep me in your prayers over the next few weeks. Today it has been 10 years since my first date with Lucas. Obviously a lot has changed in the last 10 years and not all for the best. December has always been a rough time for me since I have Peter Pan syndrome and don't want to grow up or things to change. Unfortunately everything changes. I remember being upset over growing up when I was 10 years old. Since my birthday is in December and New Years is right around the corner, it has always made this a difficult time of year.

Thanks in advance for the prayers. I hope you all are having a good week!