O. . .what a Deh!

2011-10-01T11:22:00.000-04:00

A Scare. . .An Evil Scare

Cancer. . .that is a word I have always feared. And yet, here I am hearing it and hearing that word come out of my Mom's mouth is scary. Moderately invasive cancer.

1.kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.

adjective

characterized by or involving invasion; offensive: invasive war.

invading, or tending to invade; intrusive.

noun

1.Pathology .

a malignant and invasive growth or tumor, especially one originating in epithelium, tending to recur after excision and to metastasize to other sites.

any disease characterized by such growths.

any evil condition or thing that spreads destructively; blight.

Sounds so crazy to put those words together in one sentence. And yet, here we are.

The good news is they took it out. The other good news is that the surrounding tissues, they removed to check on, are cancer free.

So she waits one month to have radiation.

Another word I have a hard time with. Isn't raditaion bad for us. Don't we cover ourselves from it?

So my dear sweet momma is getting radiation in a month.

Thoughts that come to my mind. . .Thank you God for letting my mom detect this evil condition early.

Thank God for an amazing community of prayer warriors who have been rallying around me and my Mom!

Thank God for an amazing doctor who saw her early and the next day booked her surgery!

I am just worried for her and the future.

Heading to Miami tomorrow. . .

Gotta go hug and love on my Mom!

Happy Valentines Day!

2011-02-27T16:29:00.000-05:00

Happy Valentines Day!

Blessings from the Lord

2011-02-21T21:09:00.000-05:00

You know. . .when you look, you see. You know how when you buy a new car, everywhere you look there is one just like it? Well, blessing are like that too. They are there all the time, we just don't look!

I have been praying every morning with my Lord. Putting in time to be with Him and He is spending time right back with me.

We have been struggling financially and it is so hard to let go and let God step in. My hubby and I have always made it happen. So here we are stranded in a tough time and everything we have done to fix it has not helped. So, what is our lesson here? "Stop trying and just lean on Me, He says!"

So we continue to plug away and plug away and attempt new ideas. . .no avail.

Prayer, time with God, on our knees in front of the Holy Eucharist.

And then on e day a check arrives, a new client, 2, 3 ,4 . ..

Oh, don't get me wrong, He is not dousing us in cash. He is giving us enough to keep our eyes still on Him!

We are blessed!

“God has created you for eternity. Don’t settle for less.”

2011-01-22T00:45:00.001-05:00

50 people over the age of 95 were asked, “What would you do different if you had to do it over again?” Their answers were filled with the valuing of eternity. Their top three answers?
1) Reflect more- Consider what is truly valuable. Enjoy, embrace, enter into the valuable relationships around us every day. Loving God and loving others with passion every day.
2) Risk more- When it’s all said and done, it’s not about success or failure, but about risk. Did you live and go for it? Nothing is more sad than this, “What might have been.”
3) Do more thing that would live on after I am dead- Did I make a difference? Having lived a life of significance is a great, eternal desire in the human heart. The happiest people at the end of their lives are not those who have focused on gaining, but on giving.

So, I have been in a Secrets of the Vine book study for the past few months. . .it is the one of the only thing in my life right now that I feel is feeding me. Time with my kids, clients and my Lord are nurturing me like I haven't felt in a while. Again my dearest Lord is tugging on me and making me His own again. Thank you so much my faith Lord!

A fun day iceskating!

2011-01-03T20:12:00.000-05:00

Me and my babies ice skating for the first time! We were invited by our friend to a special day at an amazing hotel in Buckhead! Wow ! My kids are hooked.

They didn't want to leave and can't wait to go back.

It was so windy and yes I am dying my own hair these days. . .don't look to closely! Missing my highlights! But anyway back to these great friends. . .Love them!!!
And the smores afterward by the fire were amazing. . .as was the almost chocolate pudding like hot chocolate! Merry Christmas!

Bff's

2010-12-14T16:37:00.000-05:00

“This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when spirits sag, beauty for your eyes to see, friendships to brighten your being, faith so that you can believe, confidence for when you doubt, courage to know yourself, patience to accept the truth, Love to complete your life.”

Thanksgiving 2010

2010-11-26T18:55:00.000-05:00

It was the most amazing Thanksgiving !!!!
A huge group happy and eating. . .a magazine worthy shot!

Nativity 2010

2010-11-26T18:17:00.000-05:00

Angel Hana!

Oh Come Let Us Adore You!

Oh Come all Ye Faithful!

Angels We have Heard on High!!

My thinking for Thanksgiving this Year!

2010-11-05T21:57:00.000-04:00

Easy Peasy is my style this year. . .oh, I know, I have been known to kill a party with my ideas and I will when H turns 6 this year but. . . I love this idea for Thanksgiving! So easy so peasy! And yes, so cute. I will put crayons on the table and let everyone add to the decor. Come on over!

Halloween Parties!

2010-11-05T19:48:00.001-04:00

Being in charge of one Halloween party and aiding in the other is a small feat. I mean, can I be in two places at once?
But I must say, H was the cutest Dorothy of them all. Even though Dorothy was the costume of the year for 6 year olds! What?? How come I don't get these emails??
As for R's Halloween party. . .the key to a fantastic Halloween party is to have fantastic moms to help!
The amazing pics alone are worthy of a magazine!

I mean really!!! Amazing!

Oh We're off to see the Wizard!!!

2010-11-05T14:46:00.001-04:00

Happy Halloween!!!!!!!

2010-09-29T00:00:00.000-04:00

Happy Birthday my friend Vickie!! So much fun at her party!!

2010-09-28T23:58:00.000-04:00

Aren't they adorable, especially given that hey wanted to wear the 1980's headbands themselves?
Tennis season! And I am loving it. Can I say so far. . . .this is my favorite sport ever!!!!????

Easy Breezy and of course my kids are N A T U R A L S!!
Love it!

Puppy Love

2010-09-02T17:36:00.004-04:00

Can you resist him?Isn't he adorable?
He is my constant companion now that the kids are at school! I love his silly way of sitting with one leg out to the side! Ahhhhh!!! Puppy Love!

She's a BEAUTY!

2010-08-31T19:51:00.011-04:00

She is a kindergartener!

Has her own desk!

Has a friend who is 2 feet tall but she thinks he is AWESOME!

My own pencil case! WOOO HOOO!

She is a BEAUTY!

. . .she really loves her brother!

just look at her!

Happy Birthday to my BIG 9 year old!

2010-08-31T15:01:00.003-04:00

WOW!

Do you say . . .
9?

What?
9 years old?
It started with breakfast in bed!
Donuts and balloons!

How MUCH can I love you?

2010-08-20T22:02:00.005-04:00

Me and my little angels. . .the sunset. . .sand and surf
When he grows up. . . He wants a beach house so he can meditate!
She wants to be a lawyer so she can afford a beach house! Full of life!
They are angels sent to me from heaven!

Beach!

2010-07-17T17:49:00.005-04:00

Happy Easter

2010-07-17T17:42:00.001-04:00

Comet

2010-07-16T16:48:00.003-04:00

My H and her puppy love. . . Comet!

Holy Communion

2010-07-16T16:44:00.002-04:00

My sweet angel boy took Christ into his body this Year!

Our Family and Friends came and the party was awsome!

The Zoo!

2010-04-24T17:20:00.000-04:00

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RIP Alexander Haig

2010-02-20T12:37:00.001-05:00

Alexander Haig, the four star Army general who served three Republican presidents, including a stint as secretary of state, died Saturday of complications from an infection. He was 85 and surrounded by family in his last hours.

Haig, who held top White House posts under presidents Nixon, Ford and Reagan, launched his own candidacy for president in 1988, but his campaign never took off and Republicans chose George H.W. Bush.

Fairly or not, he will be remembered for his over-reaching remark after the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan, when, as secretary of state, he declared, "As of now, I am in control here in the White House, pending the return of the vice president." Haig later acknowledged he had used a poor choice of words and would have a hard time living down the line.

He sometimes came off as a taciturn, hard-nosed military man but he had a lighter side. During the run-up to one of his confirmation hearings in the 1980s, the late Sen. Howard Metzenbaum of Ohio, a political foe, presented him with a box of nails. Haig got the joke and laughed along with the senator.

The Associated Press, citing his family, said Haig died about 1:30 a.m. at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
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H is a Rascal!

2010-02-01T21:47:00.003-05:00

We take our children to Church every Sunday and believe me. . .for a little 5 year old that is not an easy task. She tries to sit patiently but she is a rascal and gets into trouble easily. The glare doesn't work, separating the kids doesn't work. . .finally usually after a few threats of some sort I have to drag her out of church til she calms down.
This past Sunday she was not letting my son sit in his seat. Every time he moved to another spot in the pew she was behind him. She wanted him to sit in her lap but his was becoming distracting for me, Rami and the rest of the church members behind us.

Finally. . .I took her hand and dragged her into the waiting area in the back of the church. I could hear the priest read the gospel and she was ignored by me until she came to her senses.
She came up to me and pointed into a room off to the side. "Momma, what is that room?" The very dark room was the reconciliation room, where you go to confess your sins to a priest. I told her that.
Hmmmm. . .I could see her wheels turning.

After a while she told me she was ready to go back inside and be a "good girl."
I told her she is always a good girl but sometimes she makes poor choices.

As usual after a scolding, H is my best buddy. She climbed into my lap and cuddled with me quietly for the rest of mass.
At one point she whispered into my ear. . ."When do I go to recoliciation( she mispronounced)?"
I told her not until 2nd grade.
She whispered, "Then I am going to have a lot to tell the priest!" She was beaming with a silly grin ear to ear!
That rascal!

2010-02-01T21:27:00.002-05:00

My children teach me every day. Even when I think I am teaching them. . .
R and I have been reading Huckleberry Finn together every night. It is fun to read together especially since it is a book I never read either so we are discovering a book together!
As you may know, Huckleberry Finn takes place when there is slavery and they Mark Twain uses the "n" word to say black man or black woman. I have been just saying "black person" or what ever in place of reading that word.
We decided to go to the library half way through the book to borrow the movie to watch. During the movie they use the "n" word. I finally had to explain what that meant because R doesn't have any idea of prejudice or slavery.
So, we are back to reading to book and again I say "black man" in place of the "n" word and R says "Where does it say "n"?" I point to the word and he begins to look for it in the book. "There it is again Momma!" "Why do they say that?"
So we again have a discussion about ignorance, fear, prejudice and the like.
He asks me if we know anyone who feels that way toward black people. . .and I hesitantly say yes. He asks who? I mention someone who he really admires. Then without a blink he says the most Christ like thing I have ever heard come out of his mouth. . ." Mommy. . .was he just never taught that we are all sons of God?" "We are all connected! So, if he feels that way about a black person. . .he obviously never learned we are all connected!"
Lesson #1000 from my son. . .Judge not lest you be judge!

Merry Christmas!!

2010-01-10T17:18:00.005-05:00

Crazy Hubby Runs 40 miles in the Trails!

2010-01-10T16:21:00.014-05:00

Early December my hubby, Rami, ran 40 miles in a trail race in Pine Mountain, GA!
Yes, poeple run that far just becasuse. . .and they like it!
The kids and I met him at every rest stop and then drove to the next stop. We defrosted in the car after waiting for 15-45 minutes at each stop. We were fffffrrreeeeezzzing! But it was so great to see him and he said it really helped him get through the race, seeing us at every stop!

The kids couldn't wait til Daddy came running by! R and H would run ahead and try to find him!! It was such a fun day and Daddy was the hero!
Midway through the race Matt and Rami stopped for a quick pic! After the race they had steaming bowls of chili for the racers! Yum!

Some of the crazies. Matt Rose (second from the left) is my hubby's coach and he ran the entire race with Rami. He was so wonderful!
Jeremiah? Sashquash? Mountain Men? Oh! Its a silly man bet. "Bet you can't stop shaving til the race?"

We are so proud of our Daddy!!!!

He may be crazy but he's ours and we love him so much. He always does what he says and that makes me happy to call him mine!

Helen. . .here we come!

2009-11-15T22:46:00.007-05:00

Helen, Georgia... what can I say. Rami's family come here for the week and had a house in Helen. We went out to visit them. What a scene. Men dressed in leiderhousen, women barely dressed in German frauline dresses. Hats and large beer steins, candy apples and freezing weather. . .and my kiddies had fun. We took a horsey ride too!

My Beauty!

2009-11-15T22:39:00.004-05:00

The other day we were visiting friends and R was off running with the boys. H was and is a mommy's girl lately and wouldn't leave my side. So while my friend who owns the most beautiful townhome in Buckhead was cooking us a quick dinner, I was taking pics of my beauty while posing in the window. Isn't she a BEAUTY!

More from my sisters Wedding!

2009-11-15T22:32:00.004-05:00

Oh we Girls were posing for the camera. . .crazy girls!

More pics from my sisters wedding! My gorgeous son and my gorgeous sister.

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2009-10-26T00:33:00.001-04:00

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My Little Sis's Wedding

2009-10-20T23:07:00.008-04:00

My little sis got married a couple weeks ago and we had a blast in Pasedena, CA visiting and meeting her new family!
My handsome uncle Russ who walked her down the isle (I also got the honor of his arm at my wedding!)
My baby sister and baby R who is getting so tall. We had to stop by and smell the Pacific Ocean!

A Shout out to Noah!

2009-09-23T08:52:00.002-04:00

Crazy! We have had horrible rains in Atlanta for days and days and seriously I was looking out for the animals. Are they starting to pair up? Maybe. Above is a picture of a really nice restaraunt in Atlanta that is over 5 1/2 feet under water! So sad! We were blessed that we are on the hill in our neighborhood and have a tiny creek in our back yard so they only issue we delt with is our gutters need to be cleaned out. My rose bush is sitting on its side in my back yard. Rain, rain. . . Major streets are flooded and basements are flooded and roofs are leaking but that you God (because we really don't need one more thing right now) we had no flooding, no leaking, no accidents. Just 2 little ones who had a "flood day" off of school! Stay safe fellow Atlantans. I am praying for you.

Puppy Love

2009-09-07T14:42:00.003-04:00

I also stumbled across an article on calculating a dog's age...thought it was worth sharing this:

According to this, Comet the Dog and R are about the same age!

"The official formula, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association, equates the first year of a medium-sized dog's life to 15 years of a human's. The dog'...s second year equals nine years for a human. And after that, every year feels like five for a dog.

=> Click here to calculate your dog's age

Random Act of Kindness

2009-09-03T22:25:00.003-04:00

The other day I came home from a long day and I went outside to check on the mail as usual and I found a very unexpected present...a flower, a daisy, wrapped in tissue and a ribbon with a card that read. .
"Heather, Sorry H struggled with soccer. You are a great Mom and I hope you have a great week. Kristen"
Wow! A mom who is not exactly close to me sent me a flower because she saw me struggling with my daughter at her first soccer practice/game. My daughter has been having a hard time lately going into new situations. Although she is 4, she screams and cries when she goes to ballet(she has taken it happily for 2 years), soccer (she begged me to put her in this year), takes a picture for her team or recital. I am at my wits end trying to convince her that she is going to love it and that I am right here to watch etc.
I turned to Kristen(during a particularly difficult time last Saturday) and said to her" What do I do, do you have any suggestions? She recognized that I was struggling and trying so hard to help my daughter and she took time out of her day to let me know that she cares!! Wow! Isn't that just the coolest!? I called her imediately and thanked her and told her I was floored with her thoughtfulness. Now I am inspired to thinkof a Mom who I can be kind to! Who can you think about today? Leave a small flower and a note for her. She will never forget it!

A, B, C, D,E, F. . .

2009-08-21T14:53:00.005-04:00

I have had the cutest vintage alphabet cards and they have sat in their box for 4 years. I have been perplexed with what to do with them. . .Easy!! Get some string, some clothes pins and VOILA! Can't wait to put it up in the kids playroom! I have to hurry before H gets too big for alphabets!
Cute huh! I found this idea from etsy! www.etsy.com is a fantastic web site! Check it out!

A moment

2009-08-21T14:49:00.005-04:00

I don't know why, but I cried when I saw this short movie. Life is so beautiful. Especially the moments. The moments that are often forgotten and the moments that are huge! One day, and we never know when, we will leave this glorious world! Seize the Day. Carpe Diem.
We simply don’t know what will become of us 10 minutes from now, much less tomorrow, or next year. Do what you can today to insure that you’re there — fully and in totality — for each and every instance of your life’s passing moments.

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2009-08-10T21:05:00.004-04:00

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Why Exercise Won't Make you Thin

2009-08-10T10:45:00.005-04:00

This article written in Time magazine should have read "Why Exercise Alone Won't Make You Thin".

I was a dancer in my past who danced 8-10 hours a day and ate very little. Some pretzels, a slurpy, a cup of Joe, some popcorn, and rice and veggies. I stayed very thin. Too thin.

Triathlon entered my life and I was again exercising 8 hours a day. Teaching 3 step classes, running 4-8 miles, biking 20-70 miles and swimming 3-4 days a weeks for at least an hour. This coupled with my weight training I was a work out fiend. . .I gained 15 lbs. Now some of that was needed because as a ballerina I was too thin but some of it was because after an 8 mile run I ate a bagel with cream cheese. After my long bike I felt like I could surely eat more because I had worked so hard.

Fast forward to when my son was born. Although I tried, my son wouldn't sit in the gym for longer that 30 minutes. So, I had to train harder and more efficiently. Seriously hard 30 minute workouts 5 days a week was what I did and really almost no cardio at all! Drum roll. . . I lost 12 lbs and got really cut and had about 9% bodyfat!! I also ate really clean. Egg omlette for breakfast, lean protein and apples for lunch and snack, and a Big Ass Salad for dinner with chicken or salmon.

What did I learn?
Cardio doesn't make most people lean. Most professional athletes weigh their food, and basically starve themselves to stay in weight. They don't rely on their workout to keep them lean. That said, muscle won't get tone without being stressed. So:

To get toned muscles you have to work your muscles!! Weight training, lifting heavy objects, short bursts of high intensity work.

A serious commitment to eating all natural, organic, grass-fed, meats and fresh, organic, seasonal produce will make you healthy.

An active healthy lifestyle will make you happy. Get outside. Walk in the sun! Play!!

Hubby love

2009-08-02T15:25:00.004-04:00

Things I never did before I met you:

1. Watch the Tour de France for 3 weeks straight every day in the summer.(and like it so much)
2. Go to a motocross event
3. Go to terrible movies just so we can eat popcorn.
4. Run in a running race.
5. Compete in a Triathlon.
6. Bike 70 miles on a Sunday morning for fun.
7. Shave someones back. hee hee
8. Actually find that I am coming around to the idea that RVing may be a fun retirement idea.
9. Sleep under layers of covers freezing in the summer because the airconditioner is turned down to 68 degrees and the fan is on overhead.
10. Become a Lance Armstrong fan so much that I chased him down to get you an autograph.

10 Things that make me Terribly Happy

2009-08-02T15:18:00.004-04:00

10 Things That Make Me Terribly Happy

1. Slipping into our bed after being on vacation. Our bed has the best matress and sheets ever!
2. Slurpees!
3. The sound of my daughters giggle!!!!!
4. Sidewalk cafes
5. Fresh panseys, sunflowers, hydrangeas, roses. . . oh, all right flowers.
6. Thunderstorms and rainy days
7. My sons hair when he wakes up. Insane!
8. Puppy smell
9. The smell of rain on a hot pavement
10. Random cool days hinting that fall is around the corner.

Paint

2009-08-02T15:17:00.002-04:00

Well, My paint can arrived while we were on vacation. I am so excited!!! I will post my project before and after when I am done. Promise!

2009-06-26T18:03:00.005-04:00

Glidden Paint - FREE National Paint Giveaway

Decisions like this KILL ME!
How can I pick out just one color of paint when there are SO many great ones on their palette?
Well, I had to make this decision quickly because Glidden is giving away a free quart of paint to YOU!

Glidden Paint - FREE National Paint Giveaway
I chose Truely Olive because I am obsessed with greens! Wanna see if it works on my bookcases in the living room.

Pink Peonies

2009-06-18T22:10:00.002-04:00

Over and over I say. . .my favorite flowers ever!!!!!! Pink peonies!

Last weekend

2009-06-18T21:58:00.010-04:00

So, We were in Yorktown,NY last week. Visiting my Monster -in-law. NO pics yet. My BFF has the camera. But suffice it so say it was scary. She is a pack rat and a horrible housekeeper. I spent 3 hours cleaning the front door windows. A roll of paper towels and a 1/2 a bottle of windex. Ugh. Never smoke! It clogs up your windows. The windows looked like a cigarette. Ugh.
Anyway, I took the kiddies to NYC for a day and that was a blast! I never loved my house more than when I got back. So, pics of my house.

2009-06-11T22:01:00.002-04:00

Stage Mom

2009-06-01T10:33:00.003-04:00

Stage Mom?? Meeeee????

Tinkerbell Fairy

2009-06-01T10:29:00.004-04:00

H is so adorable and all the girls were so good getting their pictures taken before the recital. I am thrilled to announce she has decided to take ballet again next year!! She is a performer like her Mama!

Ballerina Love

2009-05-28T20:00:00.003-04:00

Ballerina days

2009-05-28T19:53:00.003-04:00

So, my little one is in her first Ballet recital this Saturday!! The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. JOY! JOY! She was bawling this past Tuesday when she did her rehearsals. I had to bring her on the stage and up ran the director and I thought "OH NO! I am in trouble." But, she just was worried about Hana. Hana had some sort of eye allergy reaction to the makeup too. So, we are going to go to buy Almay tomorrow. Her very own!

2009-05-26T10:02:00.006-04:00

Magnolias!!! They are all over in the south and yet every year when they bloom, I just have to stop and pick them and bring them home. My kiddies and I looked like crazy people the other day when after a quick trip to the pediatrician we could be found practicall climbing the trees grabbing branches and plucking off the enormous blooms. The kids were in awe! They are as big as our heads!! They don't last long in a vase but they are so pretty in the mean time! Wishing for a magnolia in my yard one day!

Twitter!

2009-05-14T15:20:00.002-04:00

I can't believe I just joined twitter. I have been good about not getting stuck up in My Space and Facebook since I seem to have addictive tendencies. But now I caved. I will give it a month and if I am there more than here I will quit.
Wish me luck!

2009-04-27T11:47:00.001-04:00

Cool!

2009-04-27T11:34:00.003-04:00

Motherhood is the best. . .especially in the summer. Can't wait to have my little ones home with me.
We have a new puppy!!!!! His name is Comet and he is a ball of fur and energy. He even nipped H yesterday and it scared me cause it was on her cheek. He didn't mean it but he just had a bath and was running around like crazy! He was so excited because we had just come back for a hike and he was soooo dirty. You would have hought he would be tired but noooooo. . .
anyway little H keepipng up with her big brother on the hike slid down some slippery rocks into the creek and got her dress all wet. She was fine! :) What fun it is to follow a big brother around!
We have had fun watching R's baseball games and H will have her first ballet recital in May! She got her costume and is in heaven! Tinkerbell!
The first grade play is this week too! and, I signed up both kids for swim team this year!
I wish I didn't lost my camera. It is so hard to have all these fun events and no pics!
Anyway, life is great and busy! Looking forward to lazy summer days!

Catching up!!

2009-04-12T09:57:00.007-04:00

Oh!! So much has happened since I last blogged. My little lover son had a horrible incident happen. He came home from school 2 weeks ago and was complaining of a horroble stomach ache and began throwing up over and over. He was throwing up from 4:30 pm til 10:30 pm and I finally got so worried that I called our pediatrician and told her what was up. She told me that since he was at this point only throwing up a lime green colored substance, we should go to the hospital to get fluids put back in him. So, R and I drove to the hospital at 11pm. As anyone knows the emergency room is a long and exhausting event. We had a bag poised in case he threw up and we both curled up together and waited. . .finally at about 12:30 or 1am (who knows at this point) they escorted us to a room. The nurse who put an IV in R didn't use gloves (ahhh!), the IV machine kept sending off a siren that said that there was a air bubble in the line ( ahhhhh!), and if we could at all sleep we were disturbed by either the siren of the machine or my poor boy withering in pain. Finally at about 4:30am when he finally finished his IV, the doctor came in and said, "He will be getting better now." NO! He wasn't. The doctor left the room and in about 10 minutes R was again in so much pain "A 20 on a scale of 1-10." I went out the the hall and tracked down the doctor and told him that R wasn't better! So, he order an X-Ray and 2 MRI's. He told me that he was doing this on the off chance R may have appendicitis, although he thinks it is only a gas bubble.
Bless little R's heart, he was so brave. He was so serious, so tired and so sick. At 5:30am I finally got ahold of my husband who was asleep with H at home. He came to the hospital and just about that time the doctor came in to tell us that he has called a general surgeon and R will have surgery that afternoon because he has appendicitis.
Long story short. . .they gave R morphine, he passed out, and he went in for an operation at 2pm.
It is the most aweful experience I have ever been through watching my perfect little boy being hauled off to a room where doctors will open him up. Rami and I felt completely helpless and scared. Thank God for our faith. We prayed and prayed that God will hold him in His hands during this operation.
R's doctor was fantastic and came into the room and told us that his appendix was very infected and ready to burst. She said it was very big and inflamed.
R was wheeled back to his room and looked so groogy and sad. But he was back with us and we felt so much better. The next 3 days I stayed with him 24/7. Never left his side. I was his nurse, his mommy, his buddy( we played games, cards, and got our giggles back).
God is so amazing how He times everything. He gave R a few days to recover at home with no school for 4 days. R was feeling so much better and looking like his old self by Friday so we sent him to school so he could celebrate Easter(Easter parade, bunny cake). I need to note that h's class mom's sent us dinners for the entire week so I could concentrate on R and getting him well! What a treat!
Then Saturday we left to go to the beach for 7 days. He was instructed to not play hard for 10 days after the surgery so since we got to the beach on day 7 R had to practice patience. It wasn't so hard because it was chilly for the first 3 days we were there! God has such an amazing way!
On day 10 it was sunny, beautiful and we had a great time recovering. All of us!!
We got back yesterday safe and sound. And this morning the Easter bunny visited us!!!!
Happy Easter! The Lord is Risen!! Glory, glory Halleluliah!!!
p.s. I have lost my camera and can't post any pictures yet! :(

Our Life on a Wall

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There is just something about having kids. It brings so much fun and color and imagination into my life. This is our bullitin board that is in the kitchen and it is overrun with all the art work, calendars of kid activities, and pictures. I love it and I am almost melencoly thinking of life when they head off to school. H goes to kindergarden in 2011. R is a brilliant student these days and is loving reading and math. These are the days. . .

2009-02-11T23:36:00.004-05:00

Move with your breath and be mindful. That is my thought of the day. . .

2009-01-21T17:58:00.001-05:00

Obama and Yoga
Regardless of what politics you may practice, today is a day of change and renewal. Millions watched as Barack Obama was sworn into office. Obama promises change and specializes in getting people involved at the grassroots level. Before he began his presidential campaign, he was asked why he wanted to become president. Obama answered that he wanted to be of service.
This Saturday, yogis will also serve by offering free yoga in honor of Yoga Day USA. In the spirit of karma yoga, teachers throughout the country will offer free or discounted classes and workshops to help build community, change lives, and aid local nonprofits through yoga. Sponsored by Yoga Alliance, the events are held in yoga studios and parks, at beaches, and in private homes.
This week, get inspired with a Seane Corn video interview

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This is my family!

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The lovers!

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The family! Out on a date. The kids were angels and really appreciated the time with us. It may be our favorite date and anniversary ever! The kids are the best company. Just look at their faces! Pure joy!

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We went out on our anniversary date with the kids this year! It was so fun to take them to a fancy restaraunt and celebrate with them! They asked us to kiss. . . so we did!

The pure excitement of children at Christmas!

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Here is a picture of Hana bursting with joy at a present that her brother got! It was so much fun having Christmas this year with our 2 kiddies and my Mom!!

2008-12-25T20:59:00.001-05:00

Christmas is such an amazing time. Hope, life, excitement, beauty, stillness, prayer. . .What a beautiful time. I await 2009 like you can't believe. I just want to brush off 2008 and hope none of the dust of the year clings to my shirt yet I know that the whole point of life is to learn from our mistakes, know that He is there for us, know that He has a bigger plan for us. One that maybe in this life we will not ever understand. One whose lesson maybe gets taught to generations in the future. Yet I still have this huge hope for all of us. My immediate family, my friends, my business, my community, my state, my country, my generation, my world. . . I wish on all of my friends a magical new world in the future. Pray and continue to pray. . .ceasesessly. . .

Found the Time

2008-12-25T12:42:00.001-05:00

I am here in my mothers hallway at her condo in Florida. I found a great place to practice!

2008-12-15T23:16:00.001-05:00

Hana was in her first school Christmas show this year!! She is wiped out from all the ballet dancing she had to perform this weekend!

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The cute little Bo Peep Sheep! Ryan dragged them around through the hole show and fell in love with one of them! The one on the left! Eliza!!

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Toymakers assistant and the little wind up toy duckie! I can't believe I didn't get a picture of all of us together. It was one of the best times having my 2 kiddies on stage with me!!
xoxo

2008-12-15T23:07:00.001-05:00

My little toymakers assistant!! This is back stage and although at first Ryan didn't like the fact that he had to wear makeup, by the 5th show he was getting used to it. He actually liked it! I have to say he looks so beautiful!

2008-12-04T17:35:00.001-05:00

Highland Fling at The Beach Club in Palm Beach, Florida. Rami, me, former Sec. of State Alexander Haig, Mary Francis Turner and my uncle Russsell Sherrill.

Seaquarium

2008-12-04T17:31:00.003-05:00

My cuties at the Seaquarium. This is right before we all got soaking wet from a Killer Whale.

Seaquarium

2008-12-04T17:31:00.002-05:00

My cuties at the Seaquarium. This is right before we all got soaking wet from a Killer Whale.

Miami Beach

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Miami Beach was so beautiful. So are my kiddies!!

Need I Say More. . .Thanksgiving in Homestead, FL

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My Little Pilgrim

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1st grade does the cutest presentation at mass for Thanksgiving. Sooooo. . . Cute!

Cooking Pumpkin Bars with R

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My Litlle Ducky

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Hana was so excited to try on her duckie costume for the Babes in Toyland Baller but when it came time to take a professional picture she freaked. Tha'ts why she doesn't model like Ryan.

2008-11-06T10:16:00.001-05:00

Here are my two angels!! Ryan came straight from Karate and Hana is eternally in her princess dress. They are sooo cute!

Halloween

2008-11-05T20:54:00.001-05:00

Halloween preparty!! I was a spider woman and Rami was a rock and roll guy!! We always are the only parents that dress up!! Rock on!! Young forever!!

Hana's Birthday Party #2

2008-11-05T17:16:00.001-05:00

Hana and Caroline at her party. She insisted Caroline get equal attention! Cuties!!

Notice they both chose the same bears!!

H's Birthday Party

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Hana and Kaley, her best buddy from preschool. This is a picture of our princess at her birthday party. She had it at build a bear and had a great time. As you can see she is still wearing her costume from Halloween.

2008-11-05T17:01:00.001-05:00

Sunny California!! Oh how I would move there in a second. This is my BF Vik, me, Chris and Sis. We had just taken one of the best yoga classes ever at Bryan Kests studio in Santa Monica. I envy my sister to have that within a bike ride from her apartment. What a life!! And now she is a yoga addict like Vik and me!! heehee

2008-11-05T16:59:00.001-05:00

Gone are the dog days of summer but this is one of the cute pictures I took of the kiddies out on the pool deck.

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Our son, Ryan climbed our tree this afternoon. He looked so awesome amongst our fall leaves. Ahhhh! Fall my favorite season!

O. . .what a Deh!

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