LESLIE and STUFF

Happy Father's day Big Daddy!!!!!

2008-06-14T12:42:00.000-07:00

Happy Father's Day to my Dad! Will calls my Dad "Big Daddy" Isn't that the cutest? My sister and brother-in-law, Will and I took my dad to the eat BBQ today and had such a great visit. We don't spend near enough time together, but when we do, it's great.

This is a picture that we took 4 years ago on Christmas....

This is Will and Big Daddy last year

AND... to my husband.... Happy Father's Day babe! Will is so lucky to have you as his dad!

This is my favorite picture!

Bryan is giving the Father's Day message at Bay Area Fellowship this weekend and I am so excited! He was going over his message for me last night and...... Oh man is it good! If you are free this weekend, you should go check it out!

You won't ever visit me again.......

2008-06-12T11:33:00.000-07:00

for my professional services. This is what Will's Neurologist told us today. Dr. Bobele told us that as far as he was concerned, he does not think Will has TS at all, and does not see that we need to do any further testing....EVER! WOW! We were NOT expecting to hear that. Our precious boy showed off his cuteness and smarts in front of the Dr. and he fell in love with Will IMMEDIATELY! He even asked if Will could come live with him! HA! As you can imagine, we are just thrilled and are loving all over our son! Thank you for all of your continued prayers! We are so grateful! For now, Will is getting to do what he loves the most..... PLAY UNCLE REX's DRUMS!!!!!

Check it out!!!!!!!

2008-05-31T17:08:00.000-07:00

My husband is back up and running in the Bloggity world. He has a GREAT question for you all! Please visit his blog and comment! http://www.fiscuswhat.typepad.com/

YAY for Bryan!

WHEW!!!!!!!!!!

2008-05-27T13:45:00.000-07:00

To all who are praying for our sweet Will,

First of all, we would like to thank each and every one of you for your thoughts and prayers. My heart is warm just knowing there were people I didn't even know praying for our little guy. It is such a blessing to have family and friends that shower us in prayer! The Lord truly hears them. We are blessed beyond belief with such a beautiful child.
This has been a LONG 8 weeks of testing and waiting. I am so glad to be over with it. For those of you who have not gotten an update, here is our latest news:
Cat Scan was all clear
Kidneys were all clear
Eyes and retinas were all clear
Genetic blood tests were all normal!!!

Praise God!
Our Neurologist said that 80% of the genitic blood test picks up a positive diagnosis, the other 20% that is negative, the person either does not have it, or the gene was not strong enough to be detected. so we will never have an answer on whether or not he has this disease. We do know that the Shagreen patch on his back is closely associated with the disease, but in some cases is not at all. We are believing that will just has a weird patch of skin on his back and it is NOTHING else.

Anywho, with Tubular Sclerosis, tumors can start to grow later in life and since we don't have a difinitive answer, Will is probably going to have to go through these series of tests once a year, probably forever. Every year that the tests come back clear, it is unlikely that he has TS.
We have a follow up appoiintment with his Neurologist on June 12th. Probably to discuss the plan. As of right now, I believe we are clear to have more children.
We are so happy and elated with this news. Please continue to keep our Will in your prayers as we hope nothing EVER arises from this Shagreen patch. Again, thank you all!!!!!!!!!!

Love- Leslie & Bryan Fiscus

This and That

2008-05-23T07:50:00.001-07:00

Been on the go constantly! Here are some random pics:

This was at Monica Carrion's graduation party. He looks like such a big boy here!

This was before Ace Bernal's first b-day.

Oh My, how we grew to LOVE mother's Day out. This was his last day of "school."
P.S.... We still do not have the results of his genetic blood test back. Should be coming in anytime.

My husband gets to preach on Father's Day at church.

Well, thats about it!

My baby is all grown up!

2008-05-20T09:37:00.000-07:00

My baby brother, Rex, is graduating High School next week and I am the proudest big sis ever! I love him as if he were my own child!!!!!! Here are a list of things that make me so proud it hurts (tear drop):

1. He is a Christian who is not ashamed of his faith and is not afraid to share it with others! Does that mean he is perfect? No, he is human!

2. He is a natural leader! He is one that friends go to for advice. His peers and teachers love him. and always have since he was in Kindergarden. There is something special about that kiddo!

3. The boy has been through a number of VERY traumatic events and seems as if he never went through anything. No victim mentality with Rex!

4. He has had every opportunity to make bad decisions and for whatever reason has not given in to peer pressure! He is stronger than I ever was! I think he is respected by his peers for that!

5. Rex is a phenominal drummer! I am not kidding when I say phenominal! If you don't believe me, he will be playing with the Element Student Church band before the hooks game at Whaterburger Field on June 10th ! GO SEE FOR YOURSELF! He could easily play with any band on the radio.

senior picture! Ahhhh..... so good looking!

Homecoming Court!

Drumming at a show!

us at christmas!

Oh, did I mention that he is a Great Baseball player! Well, he's about the best I've ever seen!

I LOVE YOU REX! You are Amazing and I am so proud to call you my brother!

baby Miller update

2008-05-14T14:45:00.001-07:00

Hey guys... I just got this email from Baby Miller's mom......

first of all, thanks to everyone who either called, emailed, visited, prayed or thought about us this last week. this has been quite an experience and looks like this is just the beginning of our journey.
just wanted to send a quick update on miller and i will try to give the cliff's notes version.

we were released from the hospital on monday after being in neonatal icu for 6 days. the diagnosis is that he has a congenital heart defect. tetralogy of the fallot --- that is the clinical name of his defect, and it involves 4 abnormalities of the heart. basically to put it in simple terms, he has a hole in his heart between the left and right ventricles (a murmur) and he has an obstruction in his pulmonary artery...both of these must be repaired. so, we are on schedule for open heart surgery in the next 6 months or so. we are on weekly visits to the cardiologist and the pediatrician so he is being closely monitored.

the good news in all this is that his condition can be repaired with surgery. of course, open heart surgery scares us beyond belief...in fact i have not even allowed myself to think about the surgery at this point...we are just taking it one day, one hour at a time.

so for the next 6 months our job is to keep him healthy and get him to grow strong for his upcoming surgery. we are trying to train his brothers not to kiss on the face and to scrub down with purell every chance they get. we are basically on self-imposed house arrest as to avoid exposing Miller to any unnecessary germs.

he is beautiful and huge...he weighed in at an amazing 9lbs 5 oz...wow!
please keep us in your prayers as our journey unfolds. it is out of our hands and we trust that the good Lord knows what He is doing.
again, thanks to everyone for all of your thoughts and prayers and please keep praying...we are not out of the woods yet!

heather, matt, tyler, maverick and miller schomburg :)

Please continue your prayers and pass on!

2008-05-08T11:23:00.000-07:00

I just recieved this from Heather's friend. Oh how my heart aches for her. This is the friend that went to San Francisco(earlier post) with us. She was 3 months pregnant when we went. Please pass this on.

Hello everyone,

I just am amazed at how much access God gives us to His love and encouragement and comfort at times like these and others. We never realized how many connections (churchwide) we have all over this area. That baby had over seven churches praying for them last night and fortunately the hard nights to come.

As far as we know, I spoke with Heather late last night and she is breaking down. She's hurting from the C-section, she's having to pump all the time, she doesn't understand all the information that's being thrown at her about the baby's condition...she's exhausted! The baby has three different congenital heart defects...two of which she could roughly explain and the other she doesn't know much about. First is a large mur mur (hole), the second is some sort of double ventricular defect where there are two arteries coming out of the same side of the heart??? It is not a matter of "If" the baby will have surgery it is when. Luckily he is healthy and as of right now, not on any machines, O2 or supportive tubes!!! His breathing is stable and he is eating and sleeping well. In other words, best case scenario and probably healthy enough to go ahead with the surgery soon. Heather and Matt are staying in the Ronald McDonald house next to the hospital and the cardiologist told them to "Settle in", it would be at least two weeks! Know they still have the other two boys at home. Please, please keep praying and I will do my best to keep you abreast of the situation! She did mention that the doctors should be in and have a decision about surgery (hopefully) by noon today.

Thank you for your love and commitment to God. Thank you for praying!

Bren <><

Please be praying

2008-05-08T10:06:00.000-07:00

My friend Heather had a baby boy on Monday the 5th. He was born over 9 lbs and was a very healthy boy. His name is Miller. After his birth the doctor discovered a heart murmur. Heather was actually born with one too so she didn't think anything of it. After some additional testing yesterday the doctors in Katy found a hole in Miller's heart. He was halo-flighted to Houston's Childrens Hospital. Heather was released early to join Miller.

Specialists today will conduct more testing and heart surgery will be performed either today or tomorrow. PLEASE pass this on to everyone. This young sweet family needs all the prayers they can receive right now.

Thank you!

Houston......

2008-05-05T09:51:00.001-07:00

We DON'T have a problem!
We took Will to Houston to have his Retina's checked and praise God everything is great with his eyes. This whole "eye appointment" thing has been an issue.
We were referred by our Neurologist to the local Pediatric Ophthalmologist (yes, Corpus only has one) We were told, literally 7 people, that he was not a very nice man and that they would never take their child back to him. Bryan and I thought to ourselves that if we took Will there and had a bad experience, it would be our own fault because we were warned. Plus, we would never want to put Will through a "not so kid friendly" appointment again!
We were referred by a friend to Houston Eye Associates. They were great with Will (and us). Even though he Freaked out! Dr. Gonzalez assured us that his eyes were normal and that he wanted to see him in 6 months. YES! the drive was worth it!

My Boys in the WORD!

2008-04-27T11:37:00.001-07:00

This is the cutest thing! Will's bedtime ritual is: Bath, read the Bible (Will makes daddy read the children's version and Will reads the NLT!), and pray. This touches my heart everynight! (p.s. yes..... Will still takes a bottle at night! it's only water... and I say " Who Cares! I spend way too much time worring about stuff and I refuse to worry about this!") Enjoy! Should I put it on You Tube??

NEW LOOK!

2008-04-27T10:24:00.000-07:00

So I was a bit bored the other night and decided to change it up a bit! I'm still trying to learn this whole layout thing. Tell me what ya think
Will update: Still no test results on genetic bloodwork and we have an ophthalmology appointment in Houston this coming Friday. Pray for that PLEASE!!!!!

He gets it from ME?

2008-04-20T09:39:00.000-07:00

Will sits for hours in front of the tv watching practice videos from our church worship service. He can name all the musicians and knows what they play. Will currently has taken quite well to the drums, ELETRIC guitar (thanks daddy) , Keyboards, and vocals.....well...... We think he is the next American Idol! His favorite song is "Happy Day"! This video is kinda long, If you can make it to the end, it is worth it!!!!! Sweet Will! "My Savior Wives (lives)" ENJOY!

How 'bout.....

2008-04-17T21:37:00.000-07:00

A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO GOD!

Will had a CT scan of his brain and ultrasound of his abdomen done yesterday. It was a traumatic experience for us all as we didn't have a very "kid friendly" radiology tech and they didn't give our little guy ANYTHING to ease his fear and anxiety. I don't understand why not, but, whatever...... Needless to say, we were anxious to find out the results, so I called this morning and left a message for them to call me back with results. Well......PRAISE GOD, both the scans were normal. The nurse probably thought I was a fruit cake as I just bawled my eyes out, shouting from the top of my lungs praising God and thanking him for NO TUMORS! OH what a glorious day. My baby boy's brain is okay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So... 2 tests down, Hopefully only 2 more to go. We have an ophthalmologist appointment coming up to check his retinas and we are still waiting on his genetic testing to come back. We are trusting the Lord that these tests will all come back clear as well. Please continue to pray for our sweet boy! Oh how I want to shout it to the world that GOD IS GOOD....ALL THE TIME....ALL THE TIME.... YES HE IS GOOD!
I just want to thank all of you all for showering Will with your prayers. We are feeling them and the Lord is answering them.
Our love to you all!

2008-04-15T10:22:00.000-07:00

My sweet Will

2008-04-14T08:00:00.000-07:00

Hello friends,

When Will was 5 months old, I noticed a patch on his lower back. It looked like raised flesh colored stretch marks. When Will was a year old, my pediatrician asked that I see a dermatologist. The Dermatologist said that it was a Nevus of some sort and that it would all come together and turn dark Brown. My Pediatrician thought I should get a second opinion. We got one and she referred us to the Neurologist. She said it looked like a Shagreen Patch.

Will’s Neurology appointment was on Wednesday, April 9th. Will was diagnosed with a Shagreen patch which is commonly associated with tuberous sclerosis. He is going through genetic testing to see if he does have tuberous sclerosis. If he does, his case could be very mild (no real problems at all) or severe (possible growths on his major organs including the brain.) Here is a brief description…

Tuberous sclerosis--also called tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC)1--is a rare, multi-system genetic disease that causes benign tumors to grow in the brain and on other vital organs such as the kidneys, heart, eyes, lungs, and skin. It commonly affects the central nervous system and results in a combination of symptoms including seizures, developmental delay, behavioral problems, skin abnormalities, and kidney disease.

We know for sure that Will is not delayed in his cognitive development at all. He could name letters and numbers at 1yr and ½ (we love to show that off!) At two he could match up your car with one of his from his Hot Wheels collection. He is just so brilliant! Of course, I’m not biased at all! He does not have behavioral problems, and seems quite healthy. Our prayer is that he has NOTHING at all!

Will has numerous appointments that will further test for TSC and tumors. Please keep us in your prayers as we learn more about Will's condition and TSC.

If you have a prayer list at church, I ask that you please put Will on it.

I will keep you informed as we all learn more.

DAYTONA!!!

2008-03-05T07:54:00.000-08:00

Our friends Trish and Garrett treated us to a 6 day vacation in Daytona Beach. We spent 2 of the days at the Daytona speedway. For those of you who don't know, My husband is a HUGE nascar fan(poor me)! We got to go to the Daytona 500. It really was amazing! There were about 300,000 people there. That in itself was cool to see. The National Anthem was sung by Trisha Yearwood and the fly over from the Navy Jets was so awesome. I have to say.... the race was really fun!

This is Trish and Garrett! Great friends!
My husband was in hog heaven! He was such a nascar nerd! He loved EVERY minute of it and I loved watching him enjoy something so much! See the stands in the background? the seats were all full! and there was another stadium seating across the field that was full too!
Oh.... did I mention that we were in Mullet America? EVERY redneck in the universe was there! What a sight!!!!!!!
Although we had a great time away together.... We sure missed our little boy! It was great to get back to him.

I'm a SLACKER... I know!

2008-03-03T06:55:00.000-08:00

Okay, Okay..... It has been so long since I've blogged, that no one probably even looks at this page anymore...SOOOOO much has happened, so I'll do my best to sum up what has been going on in the Fiscus world! These pics are totally out of order. Sorry!

Christmas was great this year! After our christmas services at church, we normally spend the night with Gi Gi (my mom) on Christmas eve, But we decided to spend the night at our house this year. Everyone came over early that morning. We still did our matching pajama tradition. we were too busy taking pics of Will and his NEW DRUM SET, that we didn't even get a family shot! Boy the $20.00 it took for santa's elves to make that drum set was worth all the money! He plays it everyday! Along with his doodlebops guitar and keyboard! I have no boubt that Will is going to be very musical......he already is!
Just had to put this pic in here.... he is so darn cute, and quite the wiz at his numbers, alphabet, shapes and colors! He also has a new fascination with matchbox cars! he has about 100 of them and will spend hours lining them up and parking them and reparking them and reparking them! we watched an entire Dallas Cowboys game as he lined up his cars! Not one interuption. Kinda weird, but the Dr. says it's normal! I think he may have gotten that tiny bit of OCD from his Daddy! HA!

Will had a BLAST on his birthday! The theme was.....none other than CARS! He loved it! We had the entire family over and celebrated our 2nd yr with WIll. What a blessing he has been to our family! The little stinker will melt your heart with his smile and beautiful blue eyes and will make you crack up with some of the things he says and comes up with. This is my favorite age by far! I love this little boy with everything I have! THANK YOU GOD for this precious gift who has brought so much joy to our family!

My sweet cousin Stephanie got married back in November, so Her best friend and I took her away for a girls weekend to celebrate her upcoming marriage. We suprised her with a trip to San Francisco. She had no clue where we were going until we got to the Airport. We had so much fun... of course it wasn't nearly long enough! We went shopping, got our makeup done in Bloomingdales and had Dinner at a really Fun place in SF. We stayed on Fisherman's Wharf and ate some really great food. This was a picture we took in Napa Valley. We rented a town car with a driver and he took us all around Napa for the day. We stopped at some beautiful places! Our favorite place was this picture. we went to a tiny grocery store and got stuff to make a picnic and headed to the top of the mountain to eat! It was absolutely beautiful!

We took an evening bay tour and got to see Alcatraz and the Golden Gate bridge. I felt like we were in a movie! it was so cool to see a part of history that was a little creepy, yet so amazing! The Golden gate Bridge is HUGE! What great memories we made!

This was our shopping day! The weather was beautiful!

This is taking forever... so I will try to catch up some more tomorrow!!!!!!!

Halloween Pics

2007-11-11T19:30:00.000-08:00

So this was Will on Halloween. He was a boxer and was so cute. He actually went up to the door and said"twick or tweat" So adorably and boy does he take after his daddy when it comes to his muscles! Ha!

The pic below was at the Fall parade for Mother's Day Out at Yorktown Baptist Church. We dressed him in a frog costume that his buddy Jackson let him borrow last year and it was HUGE! He was so cute, and I could only get pictures of him from behind. I had to walk behind him so he wouldn't see me. He would've freaked out if he saw me. My sweet Froggie! His teachers must have taught him what a frog says, because he came home saying "ribbit, ribbit" Too cute.
Stay tuned for some pics of my San Francisco trip!

While you were out!

2007-10-22T07:39:00.000-07:00

A couple of weeks ago I decided to suprise Bryan with a much needed new look for our bedroom. With the help of my friends Terri and shannon, we got it done and Bryan was extatic! he continues to walk in the room and say "I LOVE MY ROOM!" The pic above is before and below are after! We had such a great time! I think I enjoyed the fellowship with friends more than anything! I'll be starting my living room in a couple of weeks! Can't wait for that!

Pumpkin Patch

2007-10-21T19:03:00.000-07:00

So we went to the Pumpkin Patch over at Asbury United Methodist church and had a blast! We took our neices and Nephews with us! Here is a cute pic of Will with his pumpkin he picked out! Yes, Yes, Yes... We found our camera! Thanks to our Beautiful friend who cleans our house(once in a while) It must have been under a pile of who knows what.?. I really want to post some more pictures, but Blogger is having problems with uploading them.....More to come, I promise!

Been way too long!!!!!

2007-10-10T10:31:00.000-07:00

Sorry guys! I guess I've been so busy lately! Well.... here is a quick update on what's going on with me!
Grandma is in rehab (getting better slowly, but surely!)Will and I LOVE mother's day out! Tippi Toes is amazing! I get to teach along side of Miss Sarah who was born to do this!and the lil girlies are so precious!
All is good on the homefront! My friends Terri and Shannon helped me re-do my bedroom! It looks Awesome! I will post before and after pics as soon as I can get ahold of a camera!(UGHHH.... we lost ours!)
Will is going to be a Boxer for Halloween this year! He looks adorable in his costume with his artificial six pack abs! Halloween is going to be so much fun this year because he is actually going to somewhat know what is going on!
I have another cousin getting married in November and(YES, I will do the spray on tan again!) Her Matron of Honor and I are taking her on a trip in two weeks to celebrate her upcoming wedding! I am thrilled about that!
Well... thats about it...... Oh...I've been doing a diet for the past 10 days and it has been great! Fruits and veggies, oats and berries... some fish! I've lost about five pounds. I really can tell my clothes are fitting differently! Thank goodness! I've got to fit into a brides maid dress AGAIN!!!!
Love to you all!

Tippi Toes

2007-09-12T20:36:00.000-07:00

So my good friend Sarah has invited me to take on a part time position(starting tomorrow)as a dance instructor for the Tippi Toes Dance Company. I am so honored to be able to work for her. She and her husband Adam are some of the neatest and most successful people I know! Sarah has a passion for dance and children and is VERY good at it! She and Adam just wrote a Children's book that was just published. It is incredible! Their book has been animated and they are going to start their own children's show that I know is going to be picked up by PBS Kids,Nickelodean or Disney! She just finished the Tippi Tunes CD (of which I got the pleasure to sing on) and it turned out great! Will(I kid you not)knows most of the songs already and he is only a year and a half old. Listen to it and you will have the songs in your head all day! You can purchase it on their website at www.tippitoesdance.com
I would highly recommend anyone who has little ones to enroll their girls(or boys) in Tippi Toes! It is the talk of the town! I can't wait! I just bought my ballet shoes today!

Okay...YES...I am a freak!

2007-09-02T08:52:00.000-07:00

I really think I am a freak when it comes to my son Will! I swore I'd never be one of those moms...but I have officially become one. I do have to say it has gotten a wee bit better as he's gotten older! Please tell me if any of you ever experienced this.......
I brought him home from the hospital and although I loved him dearly, the whole experience was terrible! I was in utter panic mode every second of every day thinking he was going to die! Really!! I was freakishly scared to leave him with anyone other than my mom.EVERYTHING had to be done perfectly or I thought he would die. I can't remember, for the life of me, ANY important events that took place for about 6 months. I was a wreck... and sometimes still am. Poor Bryan....you can only imagine!(thats all I will say to that)I sure am glad that stage is over.
Will is starting Mother's Day Out at Yorktown Baptist Church. I know MDO is the best for both of us and I am TRULY ready for it, yet nervous! Am I still a freak???? Why can't I be like other moms that have no problem leaving their children with others? I yearn to have a peace like they do. I know, I know, I just need to give it to God. Let him take the anxiety away from Will and I! UGHHH! any advice?

Do you really know me???

2007-08-27T08:36:00.000-07:00

I hardly ever do these, but someone sent this to me and I thought it would be fun to see what you all would say. just copy this and paste with your answers in the comments.

Where did we meet:

Take a stab at my middle name:

How long have you known me:

Do I drink?

What was your first impression of me upon meeting:

Color of my eyes:

Do I have any siblings:

What's one of my favorite things to do:

Do you remember one of the first things I said to you:

What's my favorite type of music:

What is the best feature about me:

Am I shy or outgoing:

Am I a rebel or do I follow the rules:

What's your favorite memory of me:

Any special talents:

Would you consider me a friend:

How many children do I have:

If there was one good nickname for me, what would it be:

If you and I were stranded on a desert island, what is one thing that I
would bring:

Grandma is resting!

2007-08-25T21:03:00.000-07:00

Well surgery is over and I tell you, the worst part for me was the anesthesia. She is 86 yrs old and that scared me more than anything. She made it through and is resting better than she has in 2 years. Probably from the morphine, but who cares! at least shes getting relief. The surgeon said that he was able to fix part of her spine, but was not able to fix the lower part completely. So we will see how much she improves in a couple of days or so! I am excited to see the improvement.He even mentioned her getting back to being independent in her home. Whoa, talk about complete shock! Thanks for all your prayers! He sure heard them!
I am so excited to keep in touch with my friend amanda! She is so much fun and anxiously awaiting the arrival of her baby boy! Go welcome her to the blog world! www.amandahassell.blogspot.com

PRAISE THE LORD!!!!!

2007-08-25T10:53:00.000-07:00

This is going to be very short as I have to go to the Hospital.... My grandma is having surgery on her spine today at 3:00. Please say a quick.. or long.. prayer for her and the procedure, that it will relieve her of pain. This is what we wanted for her and I just praise God she is a candidate! I will update you as soon as I get home!

My sweet Grandma

2007-08-21T13:23:00.001-07:00

This is something that My family has been dealing with since April.
My sweet independent, fun loving, sharp as a tack 86 yr old gramdmother fell in her home back in April and could not get up. My dad called her several times throughout that day to check on her, but figured she was out and about. (She still drove) When he still did not get an answer that evening, he went to find her on the bathroom floor with her feet tangled up in her toilet seat. He drove her to the ER and she had a 2 week hospital stay. She has Osteoperosis and her spine has compression fractures in 3 different places. Well, with physical therapy and treatment for a UTI... she was able to go home to my dads house. Her house is too dangerous. Growing up in the great depression era, she saves EVERYTHING! You can't even walk through her house. Anywho...We got her an apartment in a senior community and quickly found out that she needs something more. she has fallen 4 times since going there and we have had to take her back to my dads. she needs constant care and we are just having to take shifts. Her falls have caused her spine to deteriorate more! It is so sad to see her in so much pain! I am guessing she feels like she is in labor 24 hrs a day. So sad. She is physically and mentally exhusted. She has a MRI today which will tell if she is a candidate for this procedure where they inject a foamy substance between the vertebrae and should give her some relief. Please pray for that! She thinks after this procedure she will be driving again. WOW! What faith! Although she will probably not drive again, I am praying that this procedure will releave her of pain and give her a break.It is so hard to know the steps to take when your parents or g-parents can't take care of themselves. We don't want to prematurely do anything (nursing home).She deserves more than that; however we all have jobs and kids and we can't afford to take more time off.We need assistance. Plus we want to have a good quality relationship with her in her final years. She also falls into the "middle man" bracket where she can't afford private care, yet makes too much for government assistance. Her insurance wont provide a provider! If anyone knows where we can get some affordable assistance, please let me know. There has got to be some hidden things out there that we just don't know about.

High School Meme

2007-08-17T19:54:00.000-07:00

I copied this from someone's blog and thought it would be fun(and a little embarassing) to share!

HIGH SCHOOL MEME

1. Best friends in high school? Brandey, Niki, Analisa,Jenny,Mike,Scott,Wyndi. We had a large group of friends of which we all still keep in touch!

2. What sports was I in? CHEERLEADING... I don't care what anyone says... it IS a sport! Go Hornets... Sting em!

3. What car did I drive? I did not have a car. I bummed rides off people! I occasionally got to take my mom's car to HEB.

4. Where am I Friday nights? Football games, and PARTY, PARTY, PARTY! My how things change!

5. Was I a party animal ? YEPPERS! I am so suprised I never got into major trouble!

6. Was I considered a flirt? Not really.

7. Was I in band, orchestra or choir? Freshman year-Marching band ; Senior year-Show Choir! LOVED IT!

8. Was I a nerd? I don't think so.... Got Sophomore class fav, and most friendliest my senior year!

9. Was I suspended or expelled? No...But I got Detention for sleeping in class and cried when I was sent to the principal's office.

10. Can I sing the fight song? OH YES! and still know the dance routine too! My sis and I still do it occasionally!

11. Favorite teacher? Mrs A

12. School mascot? Hustlin Hornet

13. Did I go to prom? Yes, My best guy friend and I swore to each other in the 8th grade that we would go together no matter what; however he had a girlfriend our senior year and I let him off the hook.

14. Would I go back to school? Well, I had a BLAST and would do it again in a heartbeat, but would do a things a little different.

15. What do I remember most about graduation? There was a TERRIBLE storm that came through and everyones cars got stuck on the way there! People were outside trying to push their cars to high ground. Thank goodness my stepdad had a big truck and he dropped me off at the entrance!

16. Where was I at senior skip day? At the beach - JP Luby.

17. Did I have a job? Babysitting!

18. Where did I go for lunch? Pizza hut in the bluff or Burger King, El Popo(cheesy little mexican rest on NAS) or Taco Bell on Nile.

19. Have you gained weight? Yes a little, but My har is definetly better now. I had a Lion Mayne and I also looked like a cobra.

20. What did I do after graduation? Moved to Austin and started school at Austin Community College. Moved home 6 months later.

21. What year did I graduate? 1992

22. Who was your senior prom date? Mike Farah

23. What was the most shocking thing you did in high school? The night before Senior skip day, TP'd the school and got caught by the police. It was really bad! We shoe polished all over the windows and stuff. Well, they made all of us line up and step forward one by one and state our name... all being video taped by another police officer! We also had nailed nails in all the door locks so that the doors would not open the next day for school.... The replaced locks came out of our Prom fund! TERRIBLE STUFF!

Can I get a Woot woot?

2007-08-15T10:08:00.000-07:00

Bryan has been saving to buy me a washer and dryer for christmas(my current dryer leaves rust marks on everything...Blahhhh) We were told about this site and were able to get it WAY before christmas because it was almost half the price! It is so much better than the ones we were saving for. They were delivered today and I can't wait for Bryan to set them up and and try them out! YAYAYAYAYAY!
If you have never heard of http://www.woot.com/ It is the single most cool website I have ever been to! Apparently it is some sort of clearinghouse. It has a single item for a blow out price for only one day! Everyday it is something different.
I think today it has a 42' flatscreen TV for 799.00. What a deal! Go check it out!!!!!

Spray-On update

2007-08-15T08:25:00.000-07:00

Well....The results are in.....Although my ankles and wrists are splotchy.....The tan actually came out great! I would definetly recommend it to anyone; however I would try it several times before an actual event. Just to get the hang of how to even out the Ankles and wrists! So overall, I was happy!
The Wedding was absolutely beautiful! Will did such a great job as "ring bearer" I wish I had pictures, but we were all in the wedding so I didn't get any shots! hopefully I will get some emailed to me. But it was so much fun and I think Brooke had a blast!!!! So much so that after the reception was over, she wanted everyone to go to her parents house to keep the party going!~ Of course we were all exhausted and declined (plus, it was their wedding night! if ya know what I mean!). Whew, what a success!

Barbie? or Cheeto?

2007-08-09T19:35:00.000-07:00

So....I just had to post this!
With all the preparation for this most special wedding, I forgot that I am as white as a ghost! I had skin cancer removed from two places on my body a couple of years ago so I try to stay away from the sun and tanning beds(YES TANNING BEDS CAUSE SKIN CANCER TOO!)

anywho... I have heard some good and some bad things about this Mystic Tan thing, so I went to the tanning salon to check it out. The girl at the front desk will be a great sales woman when she graduates from college. I was convinced that this was going to be my quick fix! The process was not hard! you just walk into a little booth and this machine sprays you from top to bottom! It was great! She told me I wouldn't see full results until tomorrow, but......Oh MY WORD.......I am so dark already!!!! Well....if I get any darker than this.....I will either be a barbie or a cheeto for the wedding. Poor Brooke, This could be bad! Please pray for me....Yikes:)

Let the Weddings begin!!!!!

2007-08-09T16:12:00.000-07:00

Well..... Love is in the air this summer! My husband Bryan is a pastor and has been asked to do 7 weddings this summer and I am in 2 of them. Needless to say, our weekends are booked starting now.

My cousin Brooke is getting married this Saturday and I am so excited for her! It's gonna be such a cool wedding. Her style is so unique! We have the most precious bridesmaid dresses and hers is absolutely so sweet and flirty!! I will post a picture of it when It's all over.

I can't believe she's getting married! She is my sweet cousin that I used to babysit every weekend and my baby girl is all grown up! Geeze, I'm getting old!!!!!!!!

Can't wait to share ! until Monday..... Here is a pic of her with her fiance and parents at our family reunion. Brooke is on the left.

My "sweet" lil boy!

2007-08-08T08:43:00.000-07:00

YAY! It's working! So I guess I'll just jump on in!

Life is so good right now and at the same time so incredibly hectic. I am having a hard time finding a schedule or routine these days.

I have to say this stage of my son, Will's life is the most challenging so far. He is just now starting to get defiant and dicipline is so hard at this stage. I know he knows more than I give him credit for, but does he truly understand that when I take him outside of a restraunt to scold him... that I am actually scolding him???? NO! He just laughs and points to the cars and says,"beep beep!" SO FRUSTRATING! and he actually likes "Time out." When he does not get his way and starts to throw a fit......we will say"No No Will, we do not act that way!" Well... He just mosies on over to his designated time out spot and just sits there and enjoys it! UGHHHH! Does anyone have a manual on how to dicipline a 18 month old????

All in all he is a very sweet boy and so precious to boot! I think I'll show him off a bit....

This was his first haircut!

First Potty on Pot!

Playin in the sprinkler!

Okay... thats enough for now! Until next time!

Hello Blog World!

2007-08-05T20:34:00.000-07:00

Well... I am going to try to attempt this whole blogging thingy! Everyone else is doing it...so I will give in to the peer pressure and jump right on in. I am not sure I am even setting up things correctly, so I may need some tips Susie!!!!!
I want to see if this is all working correctly before I start to post, so shoot me some comments if it is!
So excited to start this!
Leslie