Friday, February 29, 2008

Prayer

There have been many people in our lives that need so much prayer b/c of hard times.

The first is Gretchen's mom. She called us yesterday telling us that the doctor's found an ovarian cyst the size of a tangerine in her sonogram. She has to have laproscopic surgery on March 12th to have it removed. She is very worried about it being cancerous. Please pray that it will be benign. Also, please pray for comfort for her mom.

One of Gretchen's friends, Alissa, is 29 1/2 weeks pregnant and her water broke Wednesday night. As of yesterday morning, she was having contractions. Please pray that the baby will be okay. They tried for 2 years to have a baby.

One of Gretchen's piano students' great grandmother is in the hospital on a ventilator and they are going to pull her off of it this week. It's very hard on the grandmother. Please pray for Terrie for comfort. She's really upset about it.

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Gretchen Sick!


Gretchen hasn't been able to take Zach to school or teach at his school for the past 2 days. She's been really sick. She had to cancel piano lessons yesterday and isn't even going to praise team practice tonight. Her and Zach are going to the doctor to hopefully get some antibiotics this afternoon. If you've talked to Gretchen, then you have heard how sick she is. She has a lot of pressure in her sinuses. Hopefully she'll feel better by the weekend. :)

Monday, February 18, 2008

Laundry & Cleaning...


Gretchen has been very lazy for the past couple of weeks. She hasn't done much cleaning OR laundry. So, today is "catch-up" day. She cleaned the whole house including dusting, washing floors and washing EVERYTHING!! She has to have a clean house in order to feel "productive".

It was raining this morning and the power went off for about 30 minutes. So, Gretchen and Zach went over some music stuff for a bit. When the electric came back on, tho, it was time to start cleaning again!

Corey and Zach were sick over the weekend. Zach still has a cough, even though he tries not to cough. It's very loose. We might take him to the doctor if it doesn't clean up within the next couple of days. Corey is feeling better. Gretchen is starting to feel sick now. Hopefully it's just a little cold and that's all. The "stomach bug" has been going around at school and Gretchen is REALLY hoping she doesn't get that.

Thursday, February 14, 2008

A Big Kiss


HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!

A big kiss from us to you!

Saturday, February 09, 2008


I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for your warm birthday wishes and gifts that were given to me. Thank you, Larry and Brenda, for the beautiful flowers (see picture). Thank you, Mom and Dad, for the money and card (see picture for card). Thank you, Grandma, for the card and money. It was very thoughtful of all you and I feel very blessed!

Corey took me and Zach out to dinner last night. I got my favorite cheesecake from one of my favorite restaurants along with some peel and eat shrimp. Then, we came home and watched an animated movie with Zach called, "The Ten Commandments". It was a pretty good movie (very biblical).

Friday, February 08, 2008

Gretchen's 28th Birthday!


Today is Gretchen's 28th Birthday! As the years go by, it just becomes another day. lol It seems less exciting the older you get. Anyone else feel that way?

Never the less, she's grateful that God has allowed her to live this long compared to those who never even reach the age of 28. Time to celebrate!! :)

Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Happy 55th, Dad!


HAPPY 55TH BIRTHDAY, DAD!

Don't forget to claim your "senior citizen" discount now! lol

Monday, February 04, 2008

Hawaii pictures!


Here are just a FEW of our pictures from Hawaii. Gretchen is still working on the rest!

Saturday, February 02, 2008

TAXES DONE!!

Gretchen stayed up late last night doing our taxes. She loves doing that sort of stuff. She finished them pretty quickly, tho. We printed them out today. We're going to just review them over the weekend and send them off on Monday! We like to have our taxes done early so we don't have to worry about it.

Happy tax season to everyone! :)