My perspective is best when I'm kneeling.

this past week we have enjoyed the company of our family from texas and hawaii. it has been a busy but wonderful time! we've been to silver dollar city twice, seen the movie 'up,' eaten lots of great stuff, played with some puppies, and made some great memories. connor loves his cousins so much. he spent every night last week over at mimi & grandad's house in the bunkroom with rachel, emma and joseph. he loved the special time with his hawaii cousins, too. he calls logan 'ziggy', micah 'peanut', amber 'amber joy', and kobi 'baby kobi'. i love his nicknames for everyone! he's such a funny little guy. and always so happy! i am so thankful GOD gave him to lane and me. what a miracle he is.

speaking of connor, saturday night was a scary night for us...he spiked a fever and was very sick so we ended up in urgent care trying to figure out what was wrong. our poor little man had his finger pricked, blood drawn from his arm, a chest x-ray, his throat swabbed, his ears washed out, a urinalysis, and to finish the evening off, a big antibiotic shot in his leg. the doctors never could determine what made him sick other than a suspect bacterial infection that they couldn't pinpoint. his fever is better now, although still present, but he is much more himself than he had been saturday night. i have never been so thankful to bring him home and tuck him into bed with us. the experience affected me profoundly. i keep thinking about parents in hospitals all over the world with their sick kids that they can't just take home and tuck into bed. when your child is sick, all you want to do is fix it. make them well again. and right away. to not be able to 'fix' an illness for your child would be devastating. i am so thankful GOD allowed us the blessing of a healthy child. that fear saturday night brought me to my knees and reminded me that my hope always needs to be in HIM. i was reminded that 'His thoughts are not our thoughts and His ways are not our ways.' He knows the bigger picture. He even loves connor more than i do and that is impossible for me to grasp. i've had really good conversations with Him about this. i love that He is always listening.

Pizza House Rocks!

Tonight, Lane, Connor, Grandad and I went up to Commercial Street to eat some of the best pizza in Springfield at the Pizza House-which happens to be across the street from one of Connor's favorite places to visit in Springfield-the old train bridge. So, after some delicious thin crust we hiked the bridge and drove home. The purpose of this particular post is not so much about the details of where we had supper, but more about what he said when we got home. (One of my favorite parts of this day.) Let me preface by noting that Lane is currently working in Humansville building a school. After Connor got out of the tub, he asked Lane if he had to work in the morning. Lane told him no, and asked him if HE had to go to work in the morning. He said, 'Yes, I do.' And I said, 'Hmmm, so where do you work?' He said, 'I'm building a school. In Jonesboro. It's where Elmo lives.'

I love my son. He's hilarious.

Memorial Day Weekend 2009

This is my first attempt at organizing a record of my family's daily happenings. Not just for the out-of-towners who might be interested in what's going on up here on the Farm, but mainly for my benefit so I can keep up a little more efficiently. I really enjoy keeping a journal, and I have kept one for Connor. I really love the hand-written quality of a journal. But I think this might be handy, too. We'll give it a shot!

Today is Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend. Lane is working the ice houses in both Nixa and Kimberling City most of the day. The weather is semi-rainy, but nice and warm. Connor and I put together his Polar Express Train Set this morning and played with it since we couldn't really enjoy the outdoors. He is now napping and here I am typing. It is nice to have a weekend of nothing we HAVE to do, but it would also be nice if we had SOMETHING to do. Is that contradictory or what? I think I'm starting to ramble. Time to move on to the decor' stage of setting up this blog stuff....