This and That

We have been very busy lately...first I have to brag on my wonderful, amazing, and talented husband.  He has not been feeling good for about 2 months now however he knew how important it was for me to have by backyard redone before I host a graduation party here in a month.  Here is the "before" picture...

And the after....he did such an amazing job.  Yes I helped him but he was the mastermind behind all this hard work.  I love it and we cannot wait to enjoy it this spring and summer. 

In the middle of this process I also revamped my pottery that goes in back.  I am really into reds right now and I must say I love how these turned out.

Also in the middle of that weekend my best friend Kelsy took my sister and my newphew's senior pictures.  She did such an amazing job and I am so blessed to have her in my life.  Thanks so much Kelsy for these amazing pics.  I am only going to share a few.



Here is what happens after pictures for 3 hours...

Next we had our first baseball game this past Saturday and I was so proud of Gunner.  He played first and catcher and did awesome!

After the game with had family game night with our great friends the Vannaman's.  We had so much fun eating, playing cards, talking about their new boat, and letting the kids play.  We are so blessed to have them in our lives.  Love you guys.



Hope everyone has a great Easter...

Love to you all

Anna



Still here...just busy

I keep saying I am going to find the time to blog....well I have not done that yet.  It has been two months since I updated and a few things have been going on..
Update on my brother in law....Michael goes back to the DR next week to find out if the meds are working.  If they are then GREAT but if they are not then we have to find a way to have the surgery to by him some time.  They wanted to try the meds first because he does not have insurance and we cannot find a DR to do the procedure.  If neither the meds are working or the surgery does not happen then he has about a year...if the meds are working or we can get the surgery now then we have about 3 years or less.  We just take this one day at a time and I trust GOD has a plan for all of us regarding this.
Update on my daddy....he has lost 40 pounds since January due to his diabetes and the DR was very pleased with him on that.  His levels are staying normal and that is great.  He has been having some other issues and we are doing some more testing.  I won't go into detail but please say a prayer for him.
Gunner started baseball last week and we are very excited to get this season going even if we spend 3-5 days a week at the ballfields.  He is doing much better in school and I could not be prouder of him right now.  Chris just took Gunner on a 3 days camping and fourwheeling adventure and they had a blast plus met some great people.  This is going to be there annual trip between father and son. 
While they were gone I worked and then Friday Kallie, me , my mom, and my sister went to Greenwood to see my grandma and spent the night with her.  We got up on Saturday and spent the day shopping and eating lunch out.  We had such a great day that I hated to come home but I was excited to see Chris and Gunner.  When we went shopping we went to these two little shops in Booneville AR that are very trendy and we got lots of goodies.  I cannot wait to go back there again.  I like little towns that have trendy little shops and people actually know you.  We ran into a lady that used to work with my dad over 20 years ago when he was an assistant manager at the WM in Booneville right before my brother was born.  I did not get any pictures this weekend as I forgot my camera AGAIN. 
Chris and I are now starting on some house projects and I will be doing several posts on my little handy man and his great work he does for our house.  I am excited to get some of these projects underway and completed before the BIG graduation party I am hosting my sister and newphew in May. 
On the list....a deck for our backyard, a Pergula over our deck, painting the inside of the house, new backsplash for the kitchen, multiple flower bed makeovers, and many more.  Yes we are crazy but we love sprucing up things and since we have been here for almost 3 years it's time for some major updates.  Happy Spring

With love,

Anna

Prayers

While I have always been one to share most of what is going on in my life.  This past week/month has been a little more than I can handle to say the least.  First many of you know my daddy was diagnosed with Type II Diabetes after getting very ill so that in itself was an adjustment and I know its treatable still very scary to us.  We started adjusting to this news and then we got the call from Chris's mom that his brother was sick and could Chris come right away.  They ended up taking him to the hospital and after 4 days we were told the he had Cancer.  Now that word in itself is terrifying your mind goes to many different places and you try to adjust.  They told us it was prostate cancer...well okay we can deal with that because it is very treatable...well then they told us it was in his bones on his spine and lower back. Well this is bad once it gets in your bones there is a less chance of treating it.  I have to say this was a lot to deal with.  I said we were going to have a better year and deal with everything the best we can.  This news set me back and I felt like I was walking around in a dream for the last week.  Michael goes to the Urologist on Thursday to get a biopsy done and then the next week we meet with the Urologist for the test results, stage, treatment options (if any), and where we go next.  While I tell you this, please do not feel sorry for us we are a strong family and we love each other and we will make it through this (or at least I keep telling myself that)  I have to stay positive and tackle each bit of news head on and just help our family the best way I know how.  While this will be a battle we fight for a while and something we will always deal with I do know several things:
1) My husband is my rock and now its my turn to be his
2) I have an amazing support system from my parents helping with my kids and helping Chris and I deal with this.
3) I have some AMAZING friends who have checked on us this week and have offered to help in any way possible
4.) My bestie who brought me one of my favorite lunches this week just becasue she knew I was exhausted and needed it.  I am so blessed to have such a great person in my life who I know will help me through this.  I love ya Kelsy :)
5) God and Prayer....with him all is possible and with prayer many things can happen so please as you read this just say a little prayer for us.

Here is a picture of my brother in law Michael with his 13 year old son Austin at Christmas this past year.