Shrinking and Disappearing - Praise God

Granny has been taking chemotherapy, and on March 23rd she had a CT scan to see if the chemo was helping shrink the tumors. The doctor reported to her that the tumors are shrinking drastically, and some of them are gone only leaving behind a scar! We give all of the praise to God! We love Granny and want her to be back to normal soon. With Spring approaching she would love to be out working in her yards. I hope that she'll be able to do that this season. Of course, she's got someone that does the hard work, the mowing and edging, but I would love to see her able to plant flowers and take care of her roses like she loves to do so much.

On another note, when the storm came through last week and the schools closed at 1:00, I took the kids to stay with Granny. She was feeling good and wanted them to visit. I took a few movies over there so they would be occupied. Granny spends a lot of time in bed so she's got a t.v. and dvd player in her room. Before I left I put on a movie and made sure everyone was good to go. When I returned they were all still laying in the bed watching t.v., so I climbed in!



(Notice Rylan's "fake" sleeping!)

Welcome My Little Brother - Kolton Gage Turvin

On February 25, 2009 my family welcomed my little brother into the world. He is so sweet and precious.

My boys don't really understand how they have an uncle that's younger than them. When I told Rylan that he was his uncle he said, "Ya, if he was like 25 or something."

Daddy, Amanda, and Kolton came to visit us on March 28th, so Kolton was a month old. We couldn't believe how much he had grown. He is now 11 lbs. Rylan and Kaden both enjoyed the company.



But Kaden was a little more "stand-off-ish". He didn't really want to help feed him or hold him much. But Rylan did. He took the baby, laid him in his lap, fed him, and watched Kungfu Panda!



My daddy and Amanda are so blessed to have this little baby in their lives. He's happy and healthy and loved, especially by his Big Sister!

The Boys' First Helicopter Ride (3/21/09)

The boys had their first helicopter ride at Ft. Rucker on Saturday. I was actually going to ride with them, until I got up to the gate and realized that the helicopter didn't have doors, so I chickened out & let Robert ride instead. After they paid to ride we waited in line for about 2 hours.




We watched several helicopters take off and land, so I decided that it didn't look that scary, but by then Robert was excited and wouldn't let me ride in his place. So I watched as my 3 boys, Robert, Rylan, and Kaden, flew off in a helicopter.



And I was so thankful when they landed! They had a great time & Robert said I would not have liked the ride b/c the pilot made the helicopter go in reverse & take a nose dive! No, I wouldn't have liked that!! But the boys loved it!

Enuff Said

Smile Rylan. Hold Still!

This is what happens when you give your boys your cell phone for entertainment in the grocery store.

Daylight Saving Time

I know it's only been a couple of days, but I'm having a hard time adjusting to this time change. I love to stay outside late, actually until the sun goes down, walking or watching my kids play and ride their bicycles. Which, of course, leads to me having to stay up later to get everything done around the house. And then, it seems like I've just fallen asleep when the alarm clock sounds. Oh! and did I mention ~ it's still dark outside! Monday morning, the first day of school for the kids after Daylight Saving Time, when Robert went to wake them they said, "Why are you waking us up in the middle of the night?" Truly, it feels like I'm waking up in the middle of the night too. I can't wait until my body ~ and mind ~ gets used to this!

Girly Girl? Not at all. You can call me a Tomboy!

All of my life I have been a Tomboy. I spent the long summer days of my childhood riding my bike (barefoot, of course!), jumping on my trampoline, climbing trees, and playing in the ditch making mud pies. Don't get me wrong, I love make-up and getting my hair done and shopping for shoes and purses. But I'm just, deep down, not a girly-girl. I am so thrilled to have been blessed with two little boys. I don't know what I would do with a girl. Friday night I helped my dear friend, Jen, with a spa party for her little girl, Nyela, who is turning 9. She had a bunch of little girls with honey and oatmeal masks on their faces, cucumbers on their eyes, soaking their feet in a foot spa, and painting each others nails. Not the kind of birthday party we have at my house! I really enjoyed spending time with the girls and with Jen, but it was just so out of my element. That same day, Kaden had to bring an orange show-and-tell to school. Out of everything in his playroom, he chose to take my orange General Lee Matchbox car from the Dukes of Hazard. He thought it was awesome that it was a toy that his mama used to play with, and even cooler that the car was as old as his dad! Too bad I don't still have my big, yellow, metal dump truck. I really enjoyed using it to run over Mandy's Barbie dolls!