Library Fun

Our library had a "Dog Show" a couple Saturdays ago.  Ryleigh, Zackary and I decided it might be fun.

 

 

The show consisted of two adorable dogs, a standard poodle and a long haired dachshund.  The two of them, along with their owners put on a little renditoin of the Wizard of Oz.  It was  a bit silly, but the kids liked it.
They both had a time to "get in on the show". 

Greeting and petting the dogs was fun!

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Orphans

A couple years ago I began to learn about the devastating condition of orphans in Eastern Europe.  More specifically orphans with special needs. 
I watched this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1kbayAdlgg  and cried.  It made me sick to my stomach.  I began to pray for orphans in general.
Through this blog, http://theblessingofverity.com/ , I learned VAST amounts concerning the plight of orphans.  Through Susanna's writings about their journey to adopt Katerina, their family and their precious little Verity, my heart has been burdened.
There are many other blogs written by moms of families that have adopted special needs children that I read almost daily.  I also visit  http://reecesrainbow.org  and pray for many of the children listed.  I rejoice when they make it to the "My Family Found Me" page.  I have learned a lot and have a burden to do more.
There is a group of folks that hold auctions to help support families adopting children out of a certain orphanage in Bulgaria.  http://treasuresinhiddenplaces.blogspot.com/ .  I have made a jar that we are filling with coins.  We are planning to give that to a family when it is full.  We are almost there and are so excited!
I wrote into Reeces Rainbow and requested to be the Prayer Warrior for as sweet looking boy in bad shape in a miserable place.  I pray for Kramer daily.  His sweet face wakes me at night.  This is him:

 

 

Isn't he precious!  He is tiny!  Would you believe he is 8 years old.  He is malnourished, because the orphanage he is in is awful.  He has CP, he lays in a bed all day, all night.  He needs a mommy and daddy, and I pray for them too.

Reeces Rainbow only has his file for a bit longer.  It then gets sent back the the Bulgarian govt. labled "unwanted".  That makes my chest hurt!

 

Pray with me please!



                                 

Musing about my Monday

Our Monday was a bit different as it was Columbus Day!
That meant Steve had the day off. :)  So we did less school work and we didn't have our Awana Club.  Which meant we had a "free" evening!
We quickly decided a date night was in order.  I can not even tell you the last time Steve and I had an evening out just the two of us.  It might be close to a year!!
We had gift cards to a Marlin Rays restraunt nearby. 
                                         

It was YUMMY.  I had salmon, salad and green beans.  Steve had shrimp, salad and potatoes.  It was delicious and I did not have to cook it or clean it up.  :)

After dinner we went to see a movie.  Trouble With The Curve, with Clint Eastwood.  It was okay.  I am NOT at all a fan of the language.  The over all story line was okay, a bit heart warming.
                                      

We did see a preview for Les Miserable that is comming to theaters around Christmas.  I definately want to see that!  I LOVE that story.  Focus On The Family Radio Theater does a fantastic job with it!

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It was wonderful to be out and alone with my man!  :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO SAVANNA!!!

Savanna Leigh is 13 today!

Air soft pellets for her new guns. (she bought the guns a couple weeks ago, with her own money!)

Candy from Brook.

Zackary picked out a Lego for her.

A BEAUTIFUL Skittle cake,

Lovingly made by Maddy.

When you turn 13, you get to light your own cake!

Beautiful on the inside too!



Zackary John Update

We left early this morning for Zack's surgery on his ears. We had to be at Children's National Hospital in D.C. by 7:25 am. Surgery was to begin at 9:25, however they were running late and it was more like 10:15 am.
Zackary was pretty nervous and worried it would hurt. He was anxious about where we would be. As it turned out we got to stay with him until he was asleep. He liked that!
Being a childrens hospital, there were so good with him. Every staff, Dr., and nurse we came into contact with were very friendly and helpful. Here are a few pictures of our day.

He received a little activity book to occupy his time while waiting.

Showing off his name bracelet

His own rocking chair and TV!!!

Complaining about having to change into a hospital gown and wear weird socks.

At this point he was trying to convince us his ears were fine and that he could hear EVERYTHING!

This he enjoyed. He got to decorate his own breathing mask and "paint" the inside of it with bubble gum scented essential oil. :)

Sleeping on the way home.

"Glad to be home on my own couch! "

Dr. Rielly said everything went very well. He was amazed at the amount of fluid drained from behind each of Zack's ear drums. Each ear had 4cc (that is almost a tsp!) of thick mucus like fluid!!!

We have already noticed that he is hearing better. Shortly after being home he came to me asking in a disgruntled way, "What is that noise?" I said "What noise Zack, I don't hear anything." He said, it is comming from down there, he was pointing down the hall. It as a fan! A fairly strong fan, and it is pretty loud, but it has been running all summer! He's never heard it!!! It was bothering him so much that he eventually asked me to turn it off.

We are all interested to see how his speech improves, and to see if he speaks softer.

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