Playing Catch Up

So it feels like since christmas, we haven't stopped. I haven't really had time to truly update our blog either. So today, on my day off, I'm playing catch up. Nate is working 2 jobs at the moment, so I have a lot of "free time". This extra time, this week, will be spent editing numerous pictures, updating our blog, spring cleaning, etc.

Last night I downloaded and edited pictures for about 3 hours; finally getting caught up on those.
This morning, I was lazy :-). Slept in until almost 9am, and then proceeded to stumble towards the kitchen for my morning brew. Once that caffeine started ripping through my system, my eyes opened a little wider and I proceeded into the office. Since then I have been re-editing pictures and now have finally arrived at the "updating of the blog". I know most of your are on the edge of your seat, anxiously awaiting the most memorable blog post ever. To your dismay, this will be just another blog post, crammed full of "tidbits" and pictures. Hopefully you won't be overstimulated after reading this post and can carry on a productive day as I have done thus far. Of course, the question still remains of whether or not I'm going to actually change into normal clothes or stay in my pajamas today... Hmmm quite a predicament. :-)



Alrighty here goes....



Christmas 2008 was spent with the Sommers family in Ohio. Lost of fun, LOTS of cold, lots of presents, and our first ever Sommers Annual Settlers Of Catan Tournament. Trophy taken home by our new addition, wendy sommers. Below you'll see a slide show of that fun time :-)








January brought a trip to WVa for my mom's surgery. She had a disc repaired in her neck, so I went down to help out for the week. words to describe this week: Thankful, Tiring, SNOWY, Drugged up (mom not me), OVER.!!








February started out good and ended awful. As in my previous post dad suffered a massive heartattack on February 21st. We high tailed it down to WVa to be with him and I stayed for the week with mom and him at the hospital. He got to come home on mom's birthday, February 28th, which was a great birthday present. The next 4 weeks were frustrating and tiring for everyone as we anxiously awaited his surgery. At the end of March he had open heart surgery, a quadruple bypass and a mitral valve repair. I again stayed there for a week and a half until he was released from the hospital and stable at home. April would end with us back at the hospital as he developed CHF and later atrial fibrillation. So I took a quick trip home to be with him while he was in the hospital and to get him home. May ended with a Memorial Day trip home to spend the week w/ the family. Typically mom and dad come here over memorial day; obviously that changed this year and we went there. We had a fun picnic at babcock state park and finished up dad's "Harley Garage". I'm thankful to say that today, June 9th, 2009 Dad is doing much better and everyday brings improvement. We owe all our praises and thanks to God as He is the Healer and the Saver that kept Dad here and alive and well. Thank you for all your prayers, they were answered!!








Other tidbits:



Admist all the craziness from February 21 until may - we managed to squeeze in a trip to New York City. I wanted to take Joel & lisa for a quick spring break trip and to see the Phantom of the Opera. We had an AWESOME time and only saw 1/2 the city. we walked our hind ends off, but loved every minute of it. Now where to next year??








Nate bought a Harley - and has been out of control since then :-). I am now envious and want one of my own. My lil brother taught me how to ride his motorcycle when we were home last, and I LOVED IT!! I much rather prefer driving than riding behind someone!!

Nate's brother, Andy and his wife Wendy will be moving up here to TN in 2 weeks. they've bought a house that's literally 5 minutes from our house!! We're so excited to have family near by and pray that they will love TN as much as we do. We're praying their transition will be as easy as possible.

Nate and I have started leading a small group on sunday nights in our home. It's a group of young married and currently we're studying fireproof and the Love Dare. God has brought some great conversations into our group and we've grown closer as friends :-). So that's a huge praise

This past weekend Nate and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary. Due to all of our unexpected traveling in the past year, we didn't plan a big anniversary trip. Instead, we rented a cabin in Gatlinburg and ran away to the mountains for a weekend. We had a great time, and have decided we want to buy a cabin there!! :-) It was the perfect setting for a couples get away.




Not much else that I can think of at the moment. This should be a good first post for the "catching up" with Nate & Becca :-). Have a great day!