Hospital Day

Friday was moma's surgery. This is hopefully the beginning of the end for all of her cancer troubles. She has been giving the cancer a run for its money and this was the day to hopefully remove it for good. We started out at the hospital at 9am. Her surgery was scheduled to start at 11. We were a little surprised by the hospital waiting room. We thought going in that it was only going to be me, Krissy, and daddy waiting. We were pleasantly surprised to walk into the waiting room to see Aunt Cathy there and waiting already. Shortly after Aunt Colleen, Aunt Laura, Pawpaw, Aunt Patricia, and Aunt Linda all showed up. Later in the day came Aunt Trina, Aunt Brenda and Uncle EJ. (I really hope I remembered everyone; it was a really long day, please don't have your feelings hurt if I left you out). We loved that so many people came by to show their support. And we know those of you that didn't, you were there in spirit and prayers. We know that we have the best support system in the entire world made up of the best friends and family anyone could ask for. They took her back to preop at 10 and didn't actually start her surgery until right at 12:30. They surgery suite was a little behind. Its ok though, once they got started, they notified us every hour to give us an update. Everything was progressing well and going as scheduled. They finally came out about 5 and told us she was finished and everything looked good. She stayed in postop about an hour and then they got her to her room. Once moma got in her room, she started feeling bad. She was white and queasy and feeling very claustrophobic. So Krissy and I did what we thought should be done, we sent everyone away. Without seeing her. We felt awful about it because they had stayed and been with us all day and now we weren't even letting them see her. I hope they all understood. We were just trying to look out for moma at that point. Once the night grew on though, she started feeling much better. Krissy and I decided we weren't going anywhere and we knew daddy needed sleep so we kicked him out and we had a girls night at the hospital. Daddy wasn't very happy about it but moma needed someone there who would wake up if something happened and we all know daddy sleeps like a rock. The next morning we left after daddy came in and by that time moma was great. She was up, they had already removed her iv and she had already made her first trip out of the bed. Daddy stayed the next night with her and then she was free to come home. They woke up bright and early Sunday morning and headed home. Hopefully moma is on the better side of things now with only good to come.

Global Wildlife Campout

This past Saturday was the Annual Global Wildlife Bonfire and Campout. Since Krissy and I are members, we decided to go this year with all of the kids and moma and daddy. Moma and daddy brought the camper down and checked in around 12:30 to get a good spot. Me, Barrett and the kids got there about 4:00. Elena was so excited to be going to a campout. She just loves when we are all together. Landon, on the other hand, is such a homebody, he didn't want to go. Krissy and her kids got there about 5:00. They lit the roasting fire about 5:30 so we all went over and roasted marshmallows and hotdogs. Then they started serving dinner. Dinner consisted of traditional campfire food, hot dogs, chili, beer, and soft drinks. Then the fire trucks came. They inspected the bonfire and watered around it and lit it up at about 6pm. This was a massive size bonfire. We immediately had to back up because it was putting off way too much heat. So we sat around the bonfire for a few hours. They had a live band so the kids got to dance. We made some new friends and they basically ran around all night dancing and playing. They got their flash lights out later and started exploring. Even scared-of-the-dark-Landon went off exploring. All of the kids had such a great time and by the time it was ready for bed, they all just crashed. This was so much fun, we can't wait to do it again next year.

Halloween 2010

We just had a really great family weekend. Friday night me, Barrett, Krissy, Anthony, and all of the kids went to the Covington Block Party. We let the kids wear their costumes and trick or treat in the stores and all the old cars. They had a lot of fun. Little Anthony was in heaven looking at the old cars. He didn't even care about the candy. After we made it all of the way up the street and back down, the kids were pooped. We pulled through and got some dinner on the way home and they crashed as soon as they were finished eating.

Saturday was a good but busy day. We ran a few errands and Saturday afternoon Elena had a birthday party to go to. It was for 3 hours at a jump house so by the time we left, she was exhausted. Needless to say Saturday night, she slept really great.

Sunday was the big day. The one the kids had been waiting for. Halloween. We woke up and lazed around the house all morning. Then lunch and naps. While the kids were napping I started getting my costume ready. Then the rest of the clan got dressed. We left the house and met up with Krissy, Anthony and the kids in Abita for the town Halloween Party. They had small games for the kids, train rides, food, and inflatables for the kids to play on. We didn't have long to stay so we hung out about an hour and then loaded up the car and headed to Tina's house. Tina was having her annual Halloween bash with LOADS of food and a hayride for trick or treating. The kids were all having a ball running around with each other and playing and eating junk so we all got started on the hayride a little later than normal. We went on the hayride for about and hour and a half and then my kids had had enough. Landon was starting to get tired and was whining ready for bed and my big kid (barrett) was whining about having a headache. So we called moma and she came and picked us up off of the hayride. Elena was now whining because she wasn't ready to leave but good thing we did because she was asleep before we even got back to Tina's house to get our car. My kids had had such a busy week that they were just exhausted.

Overall though, this was just a really good weekend. We got to spend a lot of family time together and had a lot of fun.