Paintin' & Carvin' Pum'kins

Today Bobby, Kaylee and I got some Pumpkins and took them over to Mom and Dads to carve.
It was pretty fun. We got paint so Kaylee could color hers.

She kept making a BIG smile every time Bobby took her picture.She kept saying "SSS....Mile!" (Smile)
Now she's just making silly faces.

I guess she thought that I needed paint on me too. I kept having to stop her from painting me. She succeeded a few times, she got Bobby too. Thank goodness for washable paint!
Dad was out enjoying the nice weather that we had today. He was very tired but he stayed out there with us the whole time and after that we had a BBQ and he was able to eat a whole hamburger patty. That's a big improvement for him. Last week when Kent, Tammy, Becky and Shannon were all here we had a BBQ and Dad was only able to eat one bite of his patty and a bite of squash. He was noticing that himself too. Everyday he seems to be getting a little bit better. :)

Bobby was messing around and took a picture of himself too. He probably wont want me to put it on the blog. Hehehe!
After Kaylee was done painting her pumpkin she helped Bobby carve his.
Kaylee calls pumpkins "Pumkits"

Bobby showing her how to clean out a pumpkin.Now Kaylee's turn! She didn't seem to care for that part too much.

This is the first pumpkin that Bobby has EVER carved!
I was shocked when I heard that!
This is a new experience for Kaylee and Bobby both.

BOOOO!

Looks good for first timers!
Good Job Bobby and Kaylee!

We are proud of our pumkits!

Hospital Story Time

Here are some pictures of when Dad was in the Hospital that I had on my Cell Phone that I haven't had a chance to down load yet.
This one is of Kaylee waiting in the hall way looking through the glass railing trying to figure out how to get out of there. I don't know why it turned out so blury?

It seemed to be around 8pm to 10pm was Dad's happy Hour as we called it.
The time when he seemed to be feeling the best. We would all site around listening carefully while he told us stories that we have never heard of his childhood.
It was so much fun. Mom had an audio recorder that she brought so that we could record most of his stories.

Even Hunter and Kaylee where enjoying it!

Jeremy seemed to enjoy too.

It was sooooo nice to have ALL of my Family in one room together!
We will have to do it again soon, next time lets have it somewhere nice other then a Hospital.

Welcome Fall

I love this picture. I want to live down a road that looks like this.

I love this time of year when the leaves start turning beautiful burgendys, oranges and yellows!
When the wind blows through the trees it sounds so pretty. I wish it could always be Fall!

Checking Out Of Room 2508

Dad was discharged home from the hospital yesterday evening. VERY excited about that! Earlier that day before they told him that they were going to discharge him they gave him a good sized shot of Iron in his IV and it was pretty painful and it made him really nauseated. So they sent him home with a basin to throw up in. Luckily though he didn't have to use it.

We got him home and he was pretty cold and tired. So he slept pretty much the rest of the day. Witch we are happy he is getting some rest. Kaylee and I stayed with him for a while so Mom could go fill his prescriptions for him. Then after she got back I went to go get Bobby because he made dinner for Mom, Stacey and I, So we stayed there for a little while but it wasn't long before Moms head touched the pillow on the couch and she was out. She had been up since 5am and hadn't gotten any sleep since Dad went into the hospital on the 6th of October. I haven't talked to Mom yet today, But I'm hoping that they both got a great night sleep in their own beds for the first time in 10 days.


They have a follow-up appt with dad's nephrologist on Monday for some blood work to check his creatinine levels again. We still need his creatinine levels to come way down (indicating that his kidneys are functioning better). If they don't then there next option is hemodialysis and a kidney transplant. We don't want to have to go to those measures for sure.

Thank you for your continued thoughts and prayers!

Dad

Today was a little challenging. Dr Patel came in and Dad's white blood cell count is high. 12,000 when admitted. went down to 8,000 and is now back to 12,000. (9,000 is normal)
He had more blood work done. Because his blood pressure is down. They had a hard time getting it drawn. There were three people who tried (very painful)
He was taken to have a nuclear test and then again for a chest XRay.
We are hoping that some of these tests are good news in the am.

Please still keep Dad in your prayers.

Dad Update

Dad was going to take a shower to day and eat some lunch but they gave him the option of eating first or going and getting some test done and a Catscan, So Dad chose to have the test and Catscan done first then come back and eat lunch and take a shower. But not too long after they brought him his food they came back in and took his food away because after reviewing the Catscan they decided that he may need surgery. So no lunch or shower for Dad. So all day when people were coming in to visit him he kept worrying about his bed hair. So Nick donated his hat to Dad for the day so he wasn't worried about anyone seeing his hair.

Cameron put some straws together so Dad didn't have to sit up as much to drink.
Kaylee fast asleep in the background.

Hunter was pretty tired himself and took a little catnap.
I love how he is laying here.

Kaylee sharing her chair with Hunter. Dad wore them out today.

Here they are almost holding hands. They were holding hands right before I got there with the Camera.

Great news thought! After hours and hours of waiting for the Dr. and Dad getting pretty hungry they decided that Dad doesn't need surgery. We are VERY Grateful for that!

So after hours after that great news they finally got the ok for Dad to eat. He had a bread stick that was just about hard as a rock so Hunter got to enjoy chewing on it.

Pray For Dad

Dad is in the Hospital and needs all of our prayers

Caught On Camera

Kaylee got a hold of my Camera a couple days ago. And this is what I found on my Camera afterwords.

Yummy October

I don't know how many IHOP fans are out there, but I'm a BIG IHOP fan! Around this time of year they come out with Pumpkin Pancakes, and they are really good! I don't like Pancakes but I like these ones. So Kaylee and I made them today for breakfast. She is really picky eater and I guess she doesn't like pancakes either but that her loss. ; ) They didn't taste like the ones that they have at IHOP, but I didn't have buttermilk so I used whole milk instead and I didn't have all spice. But it was still VERY YUMMY!
Here is the Recipe:

2 Eggs
1 1/4 Cup buttermilk
4 Tablespoons butter, melted

3 Tablespoons Canned Pumpkin
1/4 Cup Sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 Cup Flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice

Combine eggs, buttermilk, butter, pumpkin, sugar and salt in a large bowl. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and bled until smooth.
Makes 8-10 Pancakes.

Mom got me this book for Christmas last year and it has this recipe in it. It also has Red Lobsters Cheddar Bay Biscuits. The biscuits that they give you while you are waiting for your food. Also one of my Faves!

10 Things I Love About YOU!

• 10 Things I Love About Bobby...

1. I love how devoted you are into making sure your family has everything that we will ever need.

2. I love how you can get back home from a long day at work and still let me drag you to WalMart to go shopping or Drag you to go ride horses even when you are tired and just want to relax.

3. I love how you can stay up until like 11:00pm watching a movie with me and can still wake up at 5:00am and Drive 2 hours to work and get back home around 9:00pm and still have a smile on your face, no matter how tired you are.

4. I love how entertaining you are when you wrestle with Kaylee, no matter how much she kicks your buns.

5. I love how forgiving you are to people that have treated you badly and when it comes down to them needing your help you drop everything you are doing to help them and their needs. I know you would give them the shirt off of your back.

6. I love how great of a cook You are and can make a wonderful meal of just what we have in our pantry with out a recipe or any preparation. That I could never do.

7. I love how you don't say anything when I put my ice cold feet on you at night when you are trying to go to sleep, even though sometimes I can hear you catch your breath.

8. I love how you will site there and watch a chick flick movie with me and not complain one bite, even when I complain when you watch Football.

9. I love how you have really good hygiene, Coming from a family of 4 brothers, that is very impressive!

10. I love you for always putting your Family first before everything else. Your family is defiantly your priority!

• 10 Things I Love About Kaylee...

1. I love how Kaylee can't stand for me to be in a different room as her.

2. I love how she watches me and makes sure that I turn the light off when I leave a room, and if I don't she will.

3. I love how she always makes sure that I have my purse, keys and phone when we leave.

4. I love how she always makes sure that Jinx is put up in her crate when we leave and all lights are off and she has every stuffed animal that she can possible carry in her arms and is ready to go.

5. I love her strong love for animals, even thought at times her love for Jinx is so strong that Jinx can barely breath.

6. I love how she thinks when Bobby or I are laying on the ground taking a brake that means it's wrestling time and gives her full rights to jump on us.

7. I love it when she tries telling us a story about something she did and she uses hand movements to help her tell it, And you can't really tell what she saying but it is so much fun just listening.

8. I love it when she knows your not paying attention and she finds something to get into that she knows you don't want her to do or get into.

9. I love it when she barley gets hurt and she will cry and scream until you give her a kiss, then it's all better and acts like nothing happened.

10. I love her strong will, and how she knows what she wants and doesn't take crap from anyone. Even though its hard for some people to understand or agree with. That is my little Kaylee