A Mother's Day Tribute

I lost a friend last week. She was a patient, but I considered her a friend. She died of melanoma at the age of 49. Way too young. Her family set up a blog to chronicle her last weeks, she went very fast. Please read the tribute her 4 daughters read at her funeral. Their website is:

susie

Porter

Last weekend we had a picnic with our small group at a local park.
I took a few pictures of our friends the Fowlers.
Aren't they a beautiful family?
Porter gets dedicated this weekend. What an answered prayer he is.
They have an incredible testimony, that God will use mightily one day.

Soccer

Our computer had a virus, but my techie husband finally fixed it!

I have been unable to download pictures for a awhile, so here are some new ones. Amy is playing soccer again. She enjoys it and it is such good exercise. 3 of her good friends are on the team, so that is what she likes the most.

I liked these pictures the best. The smile on her face while playing, the one where she is saying "sorry" for knocking someone down, and her playing hard!

Swine Flu help

Lets stop the spread of swine flu......:)

Stats Class

Tia is doing well in her stats class. For those of you who dont know she started back to school during this semester to be able to enroll in the fall in the IUPUI nurse practitioner's program. She is very diligent and is doing well in a class that is very difficult and not in her "major" area.

So she has been studying a lot and doing a lot of homework. She is hoping that because she has been to every class and has done all of her homework that it will help influence her grade in a positive way. Isnt that the way it is suppose to work?

I am proud of her.

The Cubs

9-9 on the year.

but did anyone see what Kerry Wood did with the Indians yesterday?

Gave up a 3 run home run in the top of the ninth inning.. my wife keeps saying," I told you so!"... or translated "HE IS A BUM!"

jb

schedules

What were we thinking?

4 kids... multiple participation per kid.....2 parents.

we are losing.

baseball (Aaron and Andrew)
piano (Amy and Annie)
soccer (Amy, Aaron and Annie)
basketball (Aaron optional open gyms)
church (wed night group for Amy)
pto earth week (go green!)
stats class (Tia)
bible study (Tia)
5k's (Aaron ONLY)

oh yeah and WORK and TRAINING people to do my job.

and Parenting (mostly Tia)
Fundraising (it seems we have a fundraiser going on with atleast one child ALL the time)

Grace Groups(Joe and Tia)

shew I am tired.

I need a nap....pray for us. :)

jb