97 MPH Curve Ball

You know how after you have had a rough spell and you think things are finally getting back to normal? We were there. Mike was finally here and we were enjoying time together as a family, looking forward to a new more relaxing year. Well, all of that changed last week when Mike went to the doctor. He has had a cough since a week after he got here in November. The beginning of December i made him go to the dr and they said he had bronchitis. Well, he never really got better so i made him go in again. This time the dr did an x-ray just as a precaution. It was a good thing she did. They ended up finding 4 masses in his left lung. They did a CT scan which confirmed what they found. They don't know what it is so they are sending him to see a pulmonologist. Right now we have no idea what it could be. He shows no signs of infection and TB test was negative. So, now we wait. He goes in this Thursday, so hopefully we will know more then. Keep him in your prayers. We could really use it right now. What a wonderful way to start out a new year.

FREEZING!!

Quick post this morning. We are freezing this morning! It is -5 with a wind chill of -26! This morning is the first time that i have missed the weather in Hawaii. I have to go out in it to take the kids to school and i am dreading it. Mike had to stop for gas on his way to work and said he jumped out and started it, jumped back in and jumped out when it clicked off. He didnt take time to get a reciept and still froze to death. Wish me luck.....

December Begins

I have not updated in almost a month! Sorry about that. We have just been enjoying our time together before Mike reported to his new job. He checked in the day before Thanksgiving and thinks he is going to like the job he is in. The kids are all doing great. Shelby has a boyfriend and went on her first date the day before Thanksgiving. They went to see a movie. Talk about nerve wracking for us. We wanted to follow them and sneak into the theater to spy on them. Our Thanksgiving was great. We had the missionaries and a family from church over. There was tons of food, of course. We ate on the leftovers for 3 days. Today was Mike's first full day of work. It feels so weird to have him here and at work. For five months whenever he was here, he was at home. Now i have to adjust to getting back to normal. Shelby graduates in one month. I don't know if i am ready to say i have a high school graduate. That makes me feel pretty old. Ethan is playing basketball and really enjoying it. He has practice before school every other week so that is hard on all of us. He has to be there by 6 am and that is too early for me. It snowed the last 2 days. All of us were so excited to see snow again. Unfortunately none of it stuck to the ground but it was still pretty to watch.
Hope all is well with everyone.

Mike is coming home!! (Finally)

Mike is flying in this coming Saturday! I have been waiting until his ticket was purchased and his replacement was on the boat to announce his home coming. We are all very excited, of course. I just cant believe it has been almost 5 months since this ordeal started. He spent his last weekend on the island sailing with friends. They spent both Saturday and Sunday out sailing and spent the night anchored off one of the islands. That is just too much time out on the water for me but i am glad he got a chance to enjoy himself. Ethan has started basketball now. It is pretty hard because practice all week last week was at 6:00 am. Of course that meant that he was in bed by 7 every night, which was nice. This week he has afternoon practice. any hoo thats all i have for now. I am on my way to walmart to get the ac/dc track pack for rockband. I can't wait to play it. bye!

September

This has been a very busy month. We have had so many things happen over the last few weeks. Mike got extended again until November 7th. You can imagine how unhappy we were about that one. He now has his transfer date set though. That means he is definitely coming on November 7th. We cant wait until this separation is over. Shelby is graduating from high school early! She will be graduating is January instead of May. She plans on going to work full time to save money for college. She is pretty excited about it because she feels really out of place in this school. Ethan has had 2 football game so far. He is doing pretty good. I think this is the only year he will play though. It is really wearing him out. I posted a couple videos of him on here. He is number 64. If you would like to see more i can email you an invitation to look at the rest of the game videos. Mikaila is struggling in school. Coming from schools in Hawaii that were way behind to schools here that are advanced has been a struggle for her. She is getting tutoring from her teacher after school so we will have to see if that helps at all. I have been busy making 2 quilts. They are both patchwork so they have taken a bit of time. I had to cut out 572 squares for each one and then sew them together. I have on finished and ready to tie. I am hoping to have them both done before it gets too cold. We have company coming in October and Mike will be back for a visit. I am looking forward to both of those. Take care all!

fall decorations and Dagoney