Monday happy and sads!

I'm happy because:

~my babies are home! I've had my niece, Vianne, who is 2 and my nephew, Logan, who is 9 with me for the past week. I love having kids around! I've missed it. As most of you know I took care of Logan until he was about 8 and moved to NC. And my brother finished up work in NC and my niece, Chasity, road back with him. My brother, his wife, and Vianne will be heading to Tampa tonight to start looking for a place to live and so he can sorta kinda start work, but I have Chasity and Logan until next Monday :) YAY!! I've missed them!

~I'm home so that means lots of swimming everyday! I couldn't swim all summer at my sisters house and we only went to the beach 3 times. As Vianne says, "I like to swim, swim, swim!" :)

~I went to church yesterday like usual, but this time I had my sister in law, Logan, and Vianne with me. Of course my grandparents go to church there also. During church Vianne sat on the front row between my grandparents and it made me smile, because I used to do the same thing when we went to church there when I was younger. It was perfect and I was so happy we was able to make it to church and the kids were very good :)

~My mama is taking off half days this week, which means I get to spend lots of time with her and the kids before I start back to school nect Wednesday!

~I have been able to cook everyday and that has made me extremely happy. I love to make dinner and have it ready when my parents come home from work(well atleast when my mom comes home from work, dad eats whenever he gets home). I couldn't cook while I was at my sisters house, so I am soo happy to be in the kitchen again! I also love to play music and dance around my kitchen while I cook :)

~I also am happy because I went shopping at kohl's and got some new cute shoes and a couple sweater/shrugs to wear over my dresses when I go to church, and a new scarf and belt. And then i went to Rose's Sunday passing time until my Grandma got out of class and we could go eat and I found a pair of sandal heels for a dollar! Thank goodness for having small feet and being able to wear 6 nd 6 1/2's :)

~I've completed the invitations for the shower and got all the decorations and all the food planned out. I can't decide on games, any ideas?



Now for the bad:

~A friend of mine that I met through the church is headed to Lee University next week, but he had to deal with a horrible loss this past week. His grandmother went to see Jesus and although she is in a better place it is still hard on the family.

~A very loved lady of the church was diagnosed with breast cancer this week. She plays the guitar in our church band. Please keep her in your prayers.

~Another member of the church, a very loved man, who's wife is my Grandma's best friend passed away this week.

~My grandma's brother is struggling with cancer also. He has 6 tumors in his brain, some in his lungs, and other places(i'm not sure of the rest, but I know he has more). He is having a hard time.

Which leads me to my next sadness this week

~My aunts brother in law has been battling cancer also. He's been very strong and his daughter took him to Florida this past week hoping for a heeling and when he got there he turned for the worst. He stopped breathing and spent the week on machines. When asked whether he wanted to give up or fight by his wife infront of the doctors he was told to bight on the tube for yes and they said he bit down so hard. But sadly, we found out during dinner yesterday that they had taken him off of the machines and he had gone to dance with Jesus. When the call came in my grandaddy answered the phone. His body language told us all that something bad was being told on the other end of the line, my grandma started flipping out and jumped up checking the id called and telling him to give her the phone, he finally said it was my aunt and she sat back down, but we knew that Mr. G had passed :(

~Then, last night there was a really bad wreck here in town. Nobody knew right away who was involved, but we later found out that 2 teenagers that are friends with many of my friends ran a stop sign and hit another vehicle with a 30 year old man in it. The man died at the scene and the boys died before making it to the hospital. One of the teenagers had just become a father to a baby girl recently. The man also had two little ones that he left behind. It is such a sad dad here in town.

~As if that's not enough to make me sad, we are still planning on selling our house and moving somewhere else :(

~My dad doesnt want us to lose this house if something happens to him and wants us to be somewhere where he knows we are alright. He is scared that his friend that we rent the house from now would kick us out if something happened to him because that's just the type of person he is.

~My dad has been struggling also. It scares me. He wont go to the doctor, but he can't eat without choking. Anything he eats or drinks he chokes on. He has gotten to where he just doesnt want to eat and he has been very tired. We can't get him to go to the doctor, but he really needs to. I think I'm getting him to come around. He also needs another colonoscopy. He has had colon cancer in the past and is supposed to have a new one every 6 months to a year and it has been well past a year since he has had his last one. He also has to wear long sleeves and hats all summer (even though he works outside) because he has a constant battle with skin cancer. He just recently noticed some more really bad spots and is going to have to go to the doctor to get them taken care of. It worries me a lot. Please pray that I get through to him and he gets everything taken care of and whatever is causing him to choke is something that can be taken care of!

~Also please pray that I get through to my mom about going to the doctor also. She has not been to the lady doctor in more than 5 years I know for a fact. She really needs to go and she doesnt want to, but please pray that I get through to her.

~Also, (I know your thinking, "geez is this girl ever going to get done with all this negative", but I need to get it out) my grandaddy has not been himself. He had an ingrown toe nail back a few weeks ago and they gave him a shot for infection, but although it took care of the infection it made him really sick. Now he is not himself. Usually when we go to the flea market he runs off and leaves us and goes around 2 or 3 times before we finish and picks at us and rushes us, but now he drags behind and I noticed yesterday while we was at his house that he was stumbling a lot. Please pray that he gets better and comes back to his normal self. I don't like seeing him like this. He has a birthday next Monday that we will be celebrating Sunday with all of the family after church!

~An lastly, please also keep my grandmother in your prayers. She has been bleeding internally and they can't find the reason why. She has stints from an earlier problem and she really needs your prayers. They are running tests to find out what is going on.

Thanks for dealing with me through my happyness and sadness throughout this post!