Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I have had breast cancer on my mind a lot lately. I have two young beautiful cousins fighting the disease. My cousin K is 42 and just underwent a mastectomy. She was diagnosed 2 years ago, had treatment and is now cancer free. K's sister S is 40 and is currently being treated. She is doing well but still has a fight ahead of her. K, her 19 year old daughter, S and their little sister A are all BRCA2 positive. K's daughter and A are being monitored at this point. My sisters and I were lucky that our dad is not a carrier of this genetically passed gene. My dad's brother is a carrier.
I'm praying for a cure for my cousins as well as a complete cure for all women affected by breast cancer. As a reminder to all women...do your checks, get your mammograms, listen to your inner voice and talk with your Doctor when needed.

Says it all..

The shirt says it all! Our kids love their Daddy! They all yell his name...Papa, Dada, Daddy, and run for the door when they hear him come home. Love you miss you!!!

Holy God...

Tuba loves God. He loves church more than ANY place on Earth. He could stay all day...or multiple days:) He loves the choir music and loves to watch the priest. He knows all the priest's next moves and often calls them out ahead of time. He has been singing Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, Have Mercy On Us. We first heard him singing it while he was lying in bed at night. So precious! It makes my heart so happy to hear him sing. Tuba doesn't have a ton of language but he does say enough things that we (his family) know what he is saying. He continues to add words and phrases all the time. He loves to sing! Here he is singing for you. Baby George is in the background talking too...sorry...it's hard to get just a single kid on the video at once;)

It's A Beautiful Day

All is well!

I'm happy to report that Sunday at church went so well! It was a nice normal day with the kids. Of course the babies had to come in and out when they were noisy but we actually spent time in the service worshipping:)

The weather has been beautiful...gorgeous! I love Fall, especially when it looks like this. Sunny and clear with a chill in the air. Love it!

The babies and Busy Guy have been sleeping MUCH better! Last night I slept 10 hours...and never got out of my bed. That is some kind of miracle!!! I woke up once at 3:00 when Baby George was crying but I resisted the urge to get him and he quickly fell back asleep. Heavenly. I have been so sleep deprived (at my own fault of creating terrible sleepers) that I wouldn't drive on the freeway because it made me get sleepy....SCARY!

The school routine is going super. I am beat by Friday...this is the first time I've really "gotten" the whole TGIF thing. We have gone out for pizza the last two weeks. It was nice to eat and come home to a clean kitchen and put everyone to bed:) We can't afford to keep that up but maybe delivery??? It is cheaper since we could make salad at home and I don't think they deliver beer/wine either:)

Cam is busy, busy with school. He has started clinicals this quarter. He has class 2 days, clinicals 2 days and works 2-12 hours shifts. So, we see him at dinner and maybe a bit on one day of the week. We miss him! One more year...that seems long right now but I know it will go by fast...just as the last year did.

My Turn, MY Turn!

Last Sunday after our very hard day at church we headed outdoors to the local school field to try out the new rocket that Papa bought. It was Cam's pick at the toy store last week:) The boys had allowance money to spend and Cam found this great rocket propelled by water and air.
Showing the boys how to fill it up.

Watching it GO! I could never get a shot of it because it was so fast and went so high!

Mr. P's turn to launch it.

Busy Guy checking to see where it would come down.

Mama and Baby George dancing around.

Tuba enjoying the show.

Sis in a brief moment of standing still. She must have run about 2 miles in the grass.

Not only did everyone jockey for a turn launching the rocket but everyone wanted to drink the rocket fuel:)

Nice Look

Sis has a new look! Every day after I get her dressed she runs and gets one of the boys' undies! Nice look...don't ya think?! She's got keys too so I guess she is ready to go:)

Check-Up for Tuba

Tuba on the first day of school....8th grade!

I took Tuba yesterday to see his Neurologist. It was a good check-up. The doctor was thrilled that his seizures have subsided and we are only seeing about 1 a week. Much improved! We had a lovely time in the car...just the two of us:) We got to hold hands and chew gum and listen to the radio. My awesome MIL (SuperMIL) came to save the day and watched the other kids. She sang/danced/marched/and read her way through 4 hours...and now has a sore shoulder. The hazards of the job!

We have gotten our travel dates and itinerary from Make A Wish and we are getting EXCITED!!! We are going to Maui for 5 days of POOL time!!!!!! It's hard to talk to Tuba about it since he thinks it's going to happen right now. He goes around asking, "Pool, pool?". Yeah buddy, only about 100 more days:)

This just cracked me up. Of course brother and sister had to get in on the photo too:)