More of What the Girls did

The first week of my moms appointments were all over the day. One day it was at 8:45, the next 1pm and so on. After that first week, all of the appointments were at 1pm.

One of the days that was early we finished up and headed to the big mall that is near her doctor. While there Haven got to ride the carousel. That is one of her favorite things to do!

Haven also colored a lot and I mean A LOT. We made Valentines to send to Daddy and Bro.

She was doing a good job writing her name.

More Valentine fun. Making and decorating a heart shaped cake.

We played outside - even when it was chilly

One night it even snowed. So we woke up to snow on the ground.
Happy Valentines!!



Lunch at Cracker Barrel - Yummy!
And cant forget our time with Friends. Here is a pic of Haven and her friend Zayden. They are super cute together. He is 6 mos older.

What the girls did

While in Alabama for 5 weeks, we went every week day with my mom to the doctor. Her doctor is an hour away. So each day we drove an hour there, went to the food court to have lunch. Sometimes we had to wait on my mom but mostly her appointment was finished by the time we were done eating. Then we drove the hour back home.

Haven watched lots of movies on my phone and I do believe she can quote much of the movie from Bambi, Lady and the Tramp and Beauty and the Beast.

When we got home Haven would go for quiet time and I would go for a run around my parents neighborhood while my mom rested inside.

In the mornings, Haven would play while my mom and I drank coffee and chatted.

Toward the end, Haven and I didnt go with my mom every day. The days were nice so we would stay home and play outside. My parents have deer that frequently walk by their house so we would look for deer tracks and do other fun stuff outside.

We are back

Haven and I flew in from Alabama on Saturday afternoon. It was such a nice day that our family had a great time hanging out outside just enjoying being together! Ill try to catch up on what was missed, but I have so much on my plate right now. Most importantly, getting J registered for KINDERGARTEN!!!!!

Justus turns 5!

Today Justus turns 5! What a great milestone. In the fall he will start kindergarten. Wow....such a big boy!!

Much thanks to friend Ashley for inviting Neil and Justus over last night to celebrate. Im told there was lots of boys playing and yummy food along with a pinata and Lego Star Wars cake!

Today Neil and his parents have plans to take Justus to Johns Incredible Pizza. Nothing like pizza, games and ice cream to say birthday!!!

Since Haven and I are here in Alabama it is so nice to have family and friends who are helping to make Justus feel special.

Happy Birthday Justus!

Preschool trip to the Planetarium

Today Justus preschool took a trip to the Planetarium. And of course, Haven and I got to go too. It wasnt quite what I expected, but was very interesting.

Basically we went into a theater like room that had a big dome ceiling. Kinda had an imax feel. Then we watched as stars and planets appeared before our very eyes. There was a story to go along with it. At the end, different constellation's were pointed out to us

After it was all over, the kids enjoyed putting coins down the spinny thing.

Fun times.

Gearing up

This is the last week that Haven and I will be home for quite some time. On Saturday, she and I will leave to head back to Alabama to help my mom through the (hopefully) last stages of fighting her cancer. When our time there is done, she will be the VICTOR!!!! Just recently in my quiet time I read in Exodus 14:14 "The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still" So we will be still. She will have 5 weeks of radiation and then 2 weeks of follow up.

So we are gearing up to go and be gone for 7 weeks. I love going to my parents and I love helping. The only draw back is being away from Neil and Justus. Thank God I have such supportive family and friends. Thanks to everyone who is praying for us and a big THANK YOU to Gigi who will be keeping Justus during the days while Neil is at work.

Here is a pic of my mom at Christmas time. She looks pretty darn good for having just gone thru chemo treatments!

Snowflakes

This year I thought it would be appropriate to teach the kids to make snowflakes. So we went at it!

I only had to help a little bit with the cutting and of course telling them how to fold the paper. Justus did a good job helping with the tape and getting them on the glass door.