Luke’s great recovery

I am so pleased with Luke’s incision. It is healing so nicely and he feels great! I am so thankful for all the prayers and for the steady hand of Dr. Moody.  His classmates were so kind. Each kid wrote him a get well card and they also made him a big card! Lilly and Julie-Ann brought it over and it just thrilled Luke.  Nate has started a nightly routine of learning I bowl of fried potatoes! I fry them in butter and he can eat 3 or four a night! Mr. Kitty is so completely rotten! He rules the roost when it comes to the cats.  I have decided to buy all my groceries at Aldi for the next month. We are about a week and and I love it! Henry has complained a little bit no one else has.  These are the new tennis shoes Nate picked out from Walmart for $13.88. We are all dying and hoping he never wears them in public!  Today was a specially good day for Luke. Silas came over and they had the best time playing Legos, hot wheels, and city blocks. So thankful for good buddies. Tonight was the cross country awards.  Henry earned his first letter and Nate earned his fourth letter, three in cross country and wine in track. 

Luke’s surgery

Luke was born with this “birthmark “behind his ear. It is more of a growth of a dangerous cells that can one day turn to skin cancer. Every year we have went to the dermatologist to have it measured. This summer it grew and got infected and the doctor decided it was time to have it removed. Today was surgery day! Dr. Moody was our plastic surgeon and Meamah Papa John Daddy and Deedee and Bryan all joined me to take Luke to the hospital.  He was so ready and such a good sport for the day! I tried to sneak him a drink this morning, because he couldn’t eat after midnight, but he said no way!  He was such a trooper for the IV. He did not even shed a tear even though the nurse had a difficult time getting it in.  The surgery lasted 2 1/2 hours! We were so happy that Dr. Moody was able to remove the growth without having to do a skin graft. However they did knock out a baby tooth out while intubating him. The tooth rolled to the back of his throat and stopped at the top of his trachea! Thank goodness they used a scope to remove it.  He is recovering nicely on the sofa. Dee Dee and John Daddy got him cotton candy and Mema and Papa brought him Krispy Kreme donuts! Sandy and her family sent him the most precious care package including a cat toy! We are so thankful this is behind him. Praying that the labs will be a good report.

Total solar eclipse August 21, 2017

 Pastor Josh and Valerie Ratliff the Tempest’s ray and alicia Keys and kids macie and Sadie  pastor Ray and Sue Barnwell  eclipse 2017 was so much fun. At 2:37 pm for two minutes and 37 seconds we got to experience totality. We gathered with some friends and John Daddy and Dee Dee‘s pasture. It was perfect. What a great experience for the kids.

Happy birthday Papa!

Happy birthday Ronnie Duncan! You are such an awesome Papa to my boys. Thank you for supporting them and loving them through their every stage. We think you are pretty awesome.

Happy 1st birthday John Wesley

We had a great time celebrating John Wesley‘s first birthday! The party was at James and Stacie‘s house. The party was lovely! Unfortunately Bryan had to work because Oconee nuclear is in an outage. He was so adorable digging into his cake.