First Day of School August '09

The kids roll their eyes every year when I say I want the annual "back to school" picture! Lindsay is a Junior, Taylor is 8th grade, and Justin is in the 4th grade. Lindsay is helping me out with the driving to school this year-which is an odd feeling. We dropped Kyle off at college this past Saturday. He has really nice friends there that we were able to meet. He is staying in a new dorm that is more like an apartment. What a blast he is going to have!

More fun in Chicago...

We went to Navy Pier for the day after taking the train from Crystal Lake. Special surprise, Kristin and the babies were there! We went on a boat ride and saw the beautiful Chicago skyline. Fun Day with the family!

Chicago!!!!

We girls went to see Mary Poppins our first night in Chicago. It was a really fun show. We went out to dinner beforehand...ask me sometime how many adults fit in a revolving door section...funny story!!

Ouch!

Taylor had SIX, count them, SIX teeth pulled yesterday! Look at the roots on those things....the oral surgeon said they would have never come out on their own. Taylor is a brave girl! She is doing great....a few prescription pain pills have done the trick.

Visit with the Miller's

We took Cheryl and Micaela to Barefoot beach during their visit. They say you must check under your car for Gopher Tortoises, and we saw them lots of places in the early evening.

One Year

I am sorry that I did not post anything on June 6th. I was not able to be with the family in Michigan for all of the wonderful plans-which was very hard. It was difficult to read my prayer journal from that time period-especially when it was evident that we were going to lose him. One small section of what I wrote was "Ryan never gave up-he was so determined to give it his all. There were so many people who blessed our hearts with prayer. We did not lose him because we didn't pray enough, or because Ryan and Kristin didn't try hard enough or because his Doctor's and nurses didn't care enough. We lost him because our sovereign God's will was for Ryan to have glory in Heaven." The rest is just too painful to share, but one thing is certain-He was loved by us all! I can't wait to see him again!

Sweet 16!

Lindsay-girl turned sixteen today! Thank you God for such a great daughter!!!!!!!!!!!