Katie's First Day of Tuacahn

Katie was up at the crack of dawn, showered, dressed and ready to go to school. As she calls Tuacahn her "Dream School".

She got home that day and talked non-stop for an hour about her teachers, and new friends that she'd met! We're totally excited to see where God leads our little lady. She is such a blessing and we love her to death.

We'll let you know when she's in a school production, she'd love to have the support of family and friends.

At the school, here is a dress code, everyone wears the same shirt and khaki pants and the shoes are your choice. Check out Katie's zebra striped shoes! She's sportin' a look, that's for sure!

08/14/10 Tore Achilles Tendon

As I told you in an earlier post, I tore my achilles tendon. I've been on crutches and have had use an ugly, black boot. I asked the Dr if the boot came in pink and he said not they chose black cuz it goes with everything! lol

There are days when it's really painful, achy and just plain uncomfortable. Then there are days, when I feel like I don't need to use my crutches and end up hurting more in the evening.

I started a new Bible study yesterday and it's on pleasing God. I was soo blessed by the first chapter! As I read it and thought about it, tears began to stream down my face as I realized, the way that I react to this achilles tendon circumstance will also bring pleasure to the Lord. The name of the book is called "Pleasing God" by Kay Smith. Here is a quote that really touched my heart yesterday. "When we live to please God, we might find ourselves in troubling circumstances and we might be very grieved in Spirit, but inside we'll have a joy that nothing else in this world can bring." Do I hear an amen?! In any situation, we are to give glory, honor and praise...Rev 4:11 "You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being." So this is where I am wit the whole thing...God is in control. I just need to hold on for the ride!

Well, I did it good.

This last Saturday, Orie, Katie and I were outside pulling weeds in the backyard. I was doing the clean-up when I kinda hopped across a muddy part. Well, it was softer than I thought and I hyperextended my ankle/heel. The pain was terrible and I knew I had done something bad to it. I came in the house, and Orie took me to the instacare. The Dr there said it was a mess and he recommended a sports medicine dr to look at it. So, yesterday, Tuesday, August 17, I went to see Dr Millward, he pushed and pulled on it and gave me some recommendations of what to do. At first he was going to cast it, and change the casts every 2 weeks and this would have been an 8 wk process. He however said he had a gut feeling and went and got the ultrasound machine. While viewing it, it said it didn't look too bad, and that made me happy. Then he started moving my foot around and said, oh no...it's completely torn! Dr Millward said there are really only 2 options, one is to have my foot in a boot 24/7 for 12 wks or have surgery. I don't have insurance, so we'd end up having to pay it all outta pocket, with money we don't have. I am applying for financial assistance with the hospital to see what we can do to work out something. I'm praying for a miracle healing so that I won't be stuck in a boot for 12 wks or won't need surgery. I'll keep you posted on what's going to be happening with me.

Another Priceless Date Night

After eating dinner, Orie got out the metal detector and we went treasure hunting. We went to a couple of parks, one of them had a sand volleyball court, so we combed it for a treasure. It was my turn and the detector started going off. I had Orie come with the shovel and dig it up. It was our car keys....Orie buried them to see if I'd find them! I did! HA I got excited there for a minute!! When we were done there, we went to another park that is a huge soccer field, thinking someone might have lost something there...we found lotsa metal beer and soda tops, but that's about it. Orie and Katie found a pipe, didn't wanna dig up the sprinkler system! lol After being out in the heat and the sun, we stopped and got ourselves a cold drink and went home. It was a good night!

Friday Date - Priceless

Orie and I paced up a light lunch and headed to Pine Valley for a picnic. Katie was suppose to come with us, but at the last minute decided to stay and visit with her grandma who was here visiting from out of state.

We took the opportunity of the beautiful landscape to take a few pictures.

Eating lunch by the babbling brook.

I'm no Cindy Crawford that's for sure...

Here's the Love of My Life....he's soo HOT!

Nothing better that brats cooked on an open fire....

What?

Alvin the chipmunk came and shared some of my Cheetos!

A little taste of heaven!

Our picnic area....

Here is a video Orie took during the hail storm.

It hailed in St George....

On Friday, it was nice and sunny all day, it was close to when Orie came home the wind started to blow. Then it started to rain then I heard ping, ping, ping and I thought the wind was picking up rocks and they were hitting my windows. Surprise, it wasn't rocks, it was hail!!

This is the backyard, look at all of hail by the firepit!

It rained and rained....
The gutter couldn't keep up with the rain, so it flooded over the sidewalk along with a ton of my landscaping rocks!

Couldn't believe it...then the humidity set in. I have realized I really like the desert and the dry heat.

Sunday, the day of rest

Went to church this morning, what a blessing I received from Pastor Dustin. Orie decided to make lunch at Subway and we went home. Okay, so we were at Wally World and Orie went back into the electronics department and picked up MarioCart for the Wii. So, when we got home, I took a comfortable seat and the racing began. Me against Orie, the seasoned gamer. I came in last or almost last every time, but it's a fun game even for the least seasoned gamer.

Now that I've raced, I'm pooped! The Lord was right on when He rested on the seventh day. Gonna go change into something comfy and take the rest of the day off.