Over the weekend we went to Ellijay, GA with Matt’s family (George and Barbara & Mike and Stacy).  We had a lot of fun catching up and being together.  We had some great meals and got a good game of catch phrase going!  Matt and I even got to sleep a little extra in the mornings with Barbara and George taking the boys for us!  What a treat!  We didn’t take a bed or anything for Jeremiah to sleep in-the Xterra gets full pretty easily these days, so we were planning on him sleeping in bed with us.  What threw us off was Caleb…. It’s a big change for a toddler to sleep somewhere new and unknown.  He didn’t go for the bunk bed, so our whole little family ended up sleeping in the same bed!!  HAHaha!!  It is so funny to think we did that-wish we had a picture to remember it by!  On Saturday we shot some of Mike’s guns-and it was so fun! I had to drag Stacy out of the cabin :), but it was worth it!  We created a great memory and have pictures and a video to remember it by!

 

We wanted to put some updated photos of the boys on here for you to enjoy!  Love you all!

Last week Caleb had what we thought was a cold.  On Sunday, Jeremiah seemed to be coming down with one as well.  J’s cough got worse and worse to the point on Wednesday he was having trouble to breath.  We took him to the doctor and found out he had RSV (bronchialitis).  Caleb probably has RSV too, but since he is older his body can handle it better than J.  Its like a cold gone bad-tons and tons of mucus and coughing!  We got sent straight to Scottish Rite from our doctor’s visit-and have been here ever since!  The little guy has gotten several breathing treatments (where they put a mask on him and he sucks oxygen mixed with some medicine) and had his nose suctioned numerous times (like with a vacuum cleaner).  It has been so hard watching such a sweet little guy be so miserable and go through so much.  Did you know they make hospital gowns his size??  It is pretty cute!  We have spent two nights here and are hoping we get to go home today!  Matt and I are both really tired physically and emotionally.  We want to go home so bad-to be home and be with Caleb!  We miss our active little toddler and know he needs his parents and back to a normal routine, but then we want to do whats best for J too….so it’s just hard!  My nerves are kind of like shot.  I am praying he is doing better, so we can go home and all be together again!  Thanks for praying for us and checking in!

January 20, 2009-what an amazing day!!  This was a huge day for lots of reasons!  One, it was the inauguration of our first African American president that we are totally pumped about!  Second, Jeremiah rolled over from his stomach to his back during ‘tummy time’ for the first time!  Third, and the reason for this post, ANTHEM was released!!  YEA!!!  We have been so excited to share this film with all those we love…and those we don’t even know!  We feel like God is going to use it to change people’s lives…and now it is here and that process has begun!  It is so exciting to be able to share this film with so many people who have given financially and with their time and prayers to make it happen.  Thank you to all those that made it possible!!  Even though we have seen the film tons of times…it still touches me every time I watch it.  It has become a joke between Matt and I how we both relate back to the film.  When something is going on in our lives or someones we care about…Matt and I will often say “it’s like John said…” or “your life is a poem” …some line from the movie.  It has become something we live and breath and want to live out.  I am so completely proud of my husband!  Matt spent HUNDREDS of hours editing and perfecting it.  He could probably quote the whole film for you from beginning to end (just like Tony could do of Pirates of the Caribbean in high school).  Even though he is a whiz at editing there are so many things he had to research and learn to be able to complete this film.  This film is one of my favorites EVER!  Not even thinking of the film itself-with the message it holds…it is professionally packaged with an incredible cover-and even a bar code!!  Please pick one up if you haven’t already!!  You will not regret it!  www.brokenvoices.org. Broken Voices has been an exciting road to be on.  Its been so cool to see God move and touch lives through this organization.  Its been hard, but also one of the best things I have ever done/been a part of.  There are moments when it gets tough, and in all honesty I want out…but God is faithful!  Its like Len said “God is faithful when its good, when its hard, etc” see there I’m quoting it!  Whenever we have needed something God has provided.  I feel like my faith has grown so much this past year in trusting God to provide, and just when I feel like I have learned that lesson…its like God says “I’m not through with you or this lesson yet…you can’t do it on your own-you need me!”  We love you all and are so blessed to have you in our lives!  Thank you for being on this journey with us!