Christmas Eve 2008

Hopefully the video works. We had a wonderful Christmas and are feeling so blessed this holiday season!

Hubby Update

Eric is feeling much better.  He's continued to take the Nexium (for possible heartburn???) and is still off dairy.  He's no longer in pain which is good... and the nausea is also gone.  All of his most recent labs came back good - no problems... so that's a praise.  Though, it'd be nice to have a logical explanation for when he doesn't feel well.  I told him maybe he needed a psych evaluation to which he laughed and said, "well, you already KNEW that!"  HAHA!

For now I think we'll wait and see how things go.  If pain pops back up again, then i think it'll be off for the CT.. For now, without the pain, we don't really see it a need to get that done.  But, we'll keep you posted :)  

Thanks for praying!

Kid's Christmas Program

Noah and the 1st-5th graders sang a couple songs. They did really great! :) Over Christmas break Noah's getting a hair trim!
Carissa and Micah sang Away in a Manger and "C'mon ring those bells". They were adorable!
They sang for all 3 services. Micah's doing the actions for "no crying he makes" here... shhhh...
My pretty girl.
The little ones were so cute. These were the 3-5 yo's (not yet in kindergarten). Carissa was so excited to be on stage where mommy sings... and when we told what we were thankful for at the dinner table she said, "i'm thankful for singing songs to Jesus on stage!" That's my girl!!!! :)

What's goin on around here....

Eric's not been feeling well for a while. He has had a myriad of symptoms.. none pointing to anything real specific. His blood test from last week came back all on target... nothing out of the ordinary. His xray showed everything as it should. But still he's not feeling well.

He's doing a couple more test this week and hopefully we'll get results by Friday. IF those results all come back in the clear, then he'll go in for a CT of his abdomen. A couple years ago he had to get one done too (for different stomach issues) so at least he knows what to expect (and we know what kind of bill to get! :( lovely.. ha ha) . IF things come back in the clear on that, then the next course of action is to go see a GI doc. I feel good having a plan of action in line with the doc. He's puzzled by the symptoms and "lack" of symptoms as nothing is definitive. So, we wait and trust that God is in control. Eric's very tired so prayer would be great. He went back to teaching school today (After having TUES-FRI off last week) and was completely whooped by the time we got home.

We'll keep you updated as things change :)

"is it Christmas yet?"

MMM... thanksgiving turkey!!!! :) And homemade apple pie in the background!
Josiah, my snow bunny boy!! We drove to the top of Chinook Pass to find some snow to play in later in the week!
Eric, Carissa, and Micah on a sled..
Carissa toting her sled up the hill.
Noah, hanging out... "HI MOM!"
My snow angel!
The kids put up their China ornaments first...
Noah was going for the top .. "so joey can't get it, mom".
They dress themselves and are true fashion statements.




It's hard to believe December has arrived.. This'll be short tonight b/c it's time for bed but I thought i'd pop on here real quick :)

We got through turkey day. i bought the turkey - still frozen the DAY before. I did manage to get it thawed and cooked and we sat down by 4:30 pm! It was a way low key day with just the 6 of us.. well, as low key as any days is with 4 kids racing around. Eric felt puny most of the day .. and that continued the rest of the week and through the weekend. He went back to work Monday and seemed okay and on the mend, only to wake up feeling horrible this morning. So, he was home today again. I'm praising God that he's kept the rest of us from getting it... so far!