Saturday, July 27, 2013

An Overdue Update

Long time, no update.  Thanks for patiently waiting.

 

Here’s a quick review of the last few weeks of our lives:

 

  • Samantha (our oldest, “unofficially adopted” daughter) got married on July 6.  We’re so happy for her and her new hubby, Chip.

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Their wedding was an intimate, beautiful wedding at Chip’s parent’s lake house.

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It was truly a beautiful ceremony and reception that we were blessed to be a part of.

 

  • Selah had a sleep study July 8 (which was much more challenging than her sleep study nine months ago), but good data was received.  The results revealed severe sleep apnea (waking 26 times/hour!!!), most likely due to enlarged tonsils and possibly enlarged adenoids as well.  She has an appointment with an ENT Monday to discuss a tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy.

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  • Cooper had an adenoidectomy July 18.

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He saw his ENT in June, had an X-Ray of his adenoids, which showed his adenoids were MASSIVE and needed to come out quickly.

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Cooper did EXCELLENT with his recovery.  Never cried a bit, not even coming out of anesthesia.  He’s been able to breathe through his nose, which is a first!  He’s still in the recovery phase, so we aren’t sure yet of the final results, but we hope that not having adenoids will help Cooper not to snore, to sleep better, and to breathe more easily through his nose.

 

  • I’m reading Love Does by Bob Goff.  It’s GOOD.  Really, really good.  I highly recommend it!

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  • Matt and I spent a few days in Chicago (just the two of us) on a business trip for Matt (Farmers Insurance).

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We enjoyed our little getaway, but always look forward to getting back to the kids.

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The view from our hotel room window was big-city beautiful, which was wonderful because we mostly spent our days in Chicago napping, reading, and relaxing.  People said, “Wait, you can do that at home!”  We replied, “Nope, we can’t.”  Smile. 

 

We’re not big-city folks, and our lives are always crazy busy, full of running around and very little R&R, so while most people would spend their time in Chicago exploring the city, we were ecstatic to spend it simply relaxing with just the two of us.

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We spent our evenings celebrating at Farmers’ events.

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Our favorite event was a night at the Museum of Science and Industry where Matt and I played around like we were kids. Smile

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Matt was attempting to catch simulated grains of sand with his shadow.

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And the simulated butterflies enjoyed landing on my green blouse.

 

It’s back to life on the run!  Thanks for supporting our family and ministry!!!

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