Yeah, it's May

It is finally getting to be dry this week after 31/2" of rain the last 2 weeks.

Kayla's baptism was Mother's Day, with dinner afterwards. That was lovely and that's where the pic is from.

Lilly's graduation from pre-school is tomorrow night, with a little party at our house.

Mom and Dad go to see the heart doctor this morning for something in the english language about his test results. I do know one is 90% blocked and a couple others 40% blocked, I assume you have all asked them about it.

I also believe Mom will be going on oxygen shortly. Last week at her tests her lung capacity was 30% and her blood oxygen level was 87% which is adding to her forgetfulness.

They both are in goods spirits though and accepting of whatever they need to do.

John's graduation is next week, right Jeanne ? I do believe they plan on driving out for that. Congratulations to him on that. I am sorry I can't be there for that, but I will be sending a card and know that we are thinking of him on his great day.

Talked to Diane and she was telling me how hot it is there. We are still waiting. About 60 and breezy, making it still a bit chilly.

Kate is being a handful for Mom and Dad, but they love her. It is a good thing Rick and I got her house trained while they were gone to Diane's. They have a fenced in area for her in the back yard between the old house and wood house.

Kara and Darren and the boys are in Indiana this weekend. Logan is growing by leaps and bounds, even faster than Isaiah. He is over 11# already.

Kayla is getting baptized on Mother's Day at the same church they got married in. Then dinner out with everyone.

Ted Mohler had a heart attack this week, had a triple bypass done. Isn't doing that well.

Ila was also in the hospital over night, but the tests came back okay.

Just as an fyi, Dad did results back from his tests when he was in overnight. Ask him about it.

Lilly graduates from pre-school this month. You can't have one without the other. Everytime I pick up Lilly, it takes 30 secs, to 'let's call Kara and see what Isaiah is doing.' Or' I wonder what Isaiah is doing today'. He's really funny to listen to, trying to talk in sentences, sounding all grown up. He does pretty good.

Worked in the yard yesterday and need to finish up today. Lilly will be here.

Spring news

We are sure enjoying the spring here. Our pond is prettiest in the spring with the daffodils and tulips and crocuses to decorate it. They have gone by now. One frog is still here. He must have survived the winter and he is croaking a lot in the evening. Stan put some more tadpoles in last week too. A few weeks ago a pair of mallards started to come to the pond early in the morning and the female made a nest in one of the bushes. She faithfully sits there and she is quite accustomed to us now and even the lawn mower doesn't bother her. She has about 12 eggs. Dad said he thought after they hatch they would move out fairly soon. We hope so because our little pond couldn't handle them all. Plus Lillie, our golden retriever loves to chase birds.

Sarah's rabbit Angel died this week. Suddenly too. One day she seemed fine and the next we found her dead. It was hard for Sarah as she had her for almost 8 years.

Stan's lyme symptoms flared up starting aabout two months ago. The blood test showed positive with one band as they call it, showing recent antibodies rather than latent. We started him on a protocol that uses NaCl tablets and Vit C. He is up to 5 grams of each a day. Two weeks after he started this protocol and at only 2 grams of each, his fatigue, pain in knees, and burning on his feet cleared. He is feeling much better. His right eye is still quite affected and bothersome. He sees his eye specialist again soon to see how the clot is doing. As far as the protocol goes he will work up to 10 to 12 grams of each and this will continue for months. lymephotos.com is the site with information and I joined lyme strategies a yahoo group where lots of people are using this protocol. I would still like to get a Rife machine which is also used by lyme sufferers but it's pricey and Stan hasn't wanted to go that route yet. They use electromagnetic frequencies to match the lyme frequencies and basically shatter the spirochetes.

Today in our big backyard down below our house is the Turkey Hill Festival. There are tents set up and all kinds of free food compliments of Turkey Hill a mini market business here in Manor Township. They sponsor a large bike race here every year. Where we live is excellent bike riding and all year we have bikers. Turkey Hill started as a cow dairy and it still is but it has expanded to include all kinds of stuff. Their huge fake cow is here too. I see the bike race just started. Their off! I'm not sure how many times they bike the course, but it takes almost two hours. The five K and ten K foot races finished early and they also have foot races for younger kids. My kids love this festival and right in their backyard!

Warmly,
Jeanne

Good Friday to you

We got some rain over night, so that slowed things down here. The farmers will be planting next week.

Logan went in for his one week check and has gained 1# in the week. He had even gained weight before he left the hospital.

Jess and I did take Lilly and Isaiah to the egg hunt, they did quite well. Saturday Lilly's pre-school will have one at 10:00 and the town's will be at 1:30. Sunday will be Sunrise Service, breakfast and church. Having lunch early afternoon for the family. If it is nice I think we will go back to the pond. The guys have been wanting to go fishing.

Alvin Hill had a little episode this week and was at Toledo Hospital. I think he has had prostrate cancer and I don't really know what is going on.

Hope you all have a Happy Easter,

Cheryl

Good morning

Logan and Kara are coming home today. Kara is doing quite well, she was sick after the delivery with nausea for a few hours, but has bounced right back.Will be posting more pics soon.

Lilly spent the night and Pam and Jerry have to leave at 10:00 this morning, so Isaiah will be coming over until they get home . They have been here since Wednesday morning and have been taking care of him and taking him over to the hospital a couple times a day. Darren has been back and forth, some nights staying and some nights not, so he can put Isaiah to bed, that is usually his job and Isaiah was missing that.

Tomorrow there is an Easter egg hunt at the sportsman club and I am going to take them over there.

Next four days are supposed to be great here, sunny and 60. I need to get in that yard. We are having a work day at Mom and Dad's in the 22. We hope to go to Hillsdale next Saturday and get bunnies for the kids. Should have went today, but it wasn't going to work out.

Got to go,

Love

to catch up....

Alot going on this week. First of all the death of Kevin's dad. I will be picking him this afternoon at the airport. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family. I don't know how long he is staying.

Mom and Dad are almost back. They called this morning as they left Jeanne's. I guess the drive up the coast wasn't all Dad had hoped for. Bad traffic. They have had a good trip but are anxious to get home. They will be surprised at how Kate has grown. It was a pretty long drive for Dad and I believe this will be their last driving trip alone to the south.

'Logan James' birthday is tomorrow. 7:30 am. I will be going over in the morning to stay with Isaiah and then take him over to see his new brother. Isaiah will be the first one to see him and Kara wants to see Isaiah see him so it will be over an hour before that happens. We were laughing over the week-end how Kayla will be the big girl now.

She is the nubbiest thing. 7 months now. Ross started back to work this week, so that will be a huge transition for them all.

Spring is right around the corner here, so it will be busy here, work will be hopping and alot of yard work to do at home.

This is Lilly's last month at preschool and will start kindergarten this fall. Her and Isaiah are still best buds. Last night as soon as she got to our house, she started in, 'Can I call Kara, I wonder what Isaiah is doing tonight'. So he came over and it gave Kara and Darren a couple of hours.

Well that is it for now. Hope all is well where you are.