June Highlights so far!

Last day of school June 4Th: Valor is now going into 8Th grade, Ethan 6Th, Jadon 4Th and Breandan K.

Jay and I drove out to Vegas for Aunt Becky's wedding, Jay officiated it. We had a good time, we stayed in a suite at the Venetian (beautiful place), which is also where the wedding was. It was good to see family.

Me, Jay and his Mom

Doug, Becky and the kids
The reception was at an Irish Pub called Henesey's

Valor made the 13-14 All Star team. Games start the 27Th.

Ethan made the Major 11-12 Team. Games start the 27Th.

Jadon started flag football through Upwards

Breandan lost his first tooth. He couldn't find it when it fell out so he drew a picture and wrote a note for the tooth fairy.

Father's Day we went to Mom and Dad's for lunch. Then we went to the water park.

Praise!!! Jay's leg and foot are getting much better. He has the boot off and he is walking on it, though it still gets pretty sore. He still has a limp and it is still weak but that will get better in time. Thank you all for praying.

And the month is still going......

Updates!

We had a very busy May.

Our So. Cal trip was good. We spent a lot of time with family. Grandma's celebration was good. We were so blessed to have her in our lives.

A trip to the beach!!

We went to church with Will and Annalisa then we took lunch to the park and Becky met us there. It was so good to see everyone!

Then we went to Will and Annalisa's for a BBQ and got to see more friends, the Jacobs and the Emory's!

Breandan and Alyssa were decorating cookies

That night we went to Mel's house to hang out and make S'mores!! Melanie came to hang out also.

We spent the weekend at Royal and Denise's new house in Corona.

After we got back from our trip Breandan graduated from preschool and he got his first trophy from t-ball.

5Th Sunday at church the kids led the service. The Youth group did worship. Robert (guitar), Valor (bass), JP (drums) and Joe and Melissa sang. They sounded really good. The video is a little fuzzy though. The preschoolers sang a song and the K-5Th grade did a skit, bible verse and showed how they were learning to pray. It was great to show all the adults what they are learning.

Donya (Walling) and David's Wedding

Donya Walling got married this weekend. Breandan was blessed to be in it as the ring bearer. It was a perfect day and a lot of fun. It was great to see you Tammy also even though it was so short!

Grandma

Well yesterday morning Grandma/Nana went home to be with the Lord. She was 87 years old. She has been telling us for years, since Grandpa died eight years ago, that she was ready to go home. So in the midst of our sorrow we know that she is rejoicing with Jesus today. She loved the Lord with all her heart and was such a prayer warrior for us. We are so glad we got to go down at Christmas and spend some time with her. The last day we saw her, back in Jan., we took her to the beach ,which was her favorite place to go, she called it "her"ocean. We have some great memories to hold on to. The boys are doing OK. This is the first time they are old enough to realize they have lost someone they are close to. Death became "real" to them. We will be traveling down south later this week for the funeral. Thank you for all your prayers!

A good friend of mine just emailed me this verse I thought it was perfect. 2 Corinthians 5:1-10. Thanks Andrea.

Christmas 2008

July 2008

She came up to Chico for a visit

Good News/Bad News

OK so the bad news first, we did not even see this coming! Jay went in to the Orthopedic surgeon and he does have a fracture in his ankle, but the worse news is that he also broke his fibula bone. His leg has been sore as well as his ankle but we thought it was just from the bruising and favoring his ankle. The fibula which is the small bone in the shin is broken straight through. Also the tendons are torn and separated from the bone. SSOO he is going to have surgery next Thursday the 30th to put a pin in his leg, to hold the tendon next to his bone until the tendon heals (about 2 months). He is to put no pressure on it for that entire time, crutches and down time. Then in two months he will have another surgery to take the pin out. Please pray for him, the doctor said this is very painful recovery.

OK so now the good news. Valor's leg is probably just a strain on the Achilles. They are going to do an MRI next Friday, the 1st, just to make sure it is not worse. He should be moving around better soon if the MRI doesn't show anything else.

Thank you all for your prayers we know God is faithful and will take care of us. Many prayer requests here, God know them all. Jay will not be able to drive for many months and needs to stay down as much as possible so he is pretty bummed. Someday I hope we will be able to look back and laugh and see the things that we know God will show us through this.

And one more thing!!

OK so in the last post I went through a lot of the stuff that was going on this month and as of tonight I have to add one more thing!  I spent 2 hours in Prompt Care with Valor tonight.  He possibly tore his Achilles tendon during his baseball game.  It is wrapped in a boot like cast and we need to go to a orthopedic surgeon to get an MRI done to see how bad he hurt it.  SO now I have two on crutches around the house.  So if you could please pray for him and Jay (and Mom too)  Thanks.  Well this takes away a few baseball games a week now because he will probably be out for the season depending on how bad the tear is.  :-(

Busy Times!!

This month has been a lot busier then usual for us. On top of baseball, which is about 8 games plus practices a week, we have had a lot of other things going on this month. Kite day, Acquire the Fire, Air soft wars, going to two services at church, a big injury, new braces, a new family member. And the month is not even over yet!! Here are a few pics of our adventures!

Please pray for Jay, he was the one with the big injury. While playing air soft with the boys he stepped on a rock and rolled his ankle and while trying to catch himself he rolled it the other way also. This happened two weeks ago and he can still not put any pressure on it and it is very swollen and bruised up to his knee. There is a possible fracture, he goes back in on Wed. to find out. He is still in a lot of pain and very uncomfortable. It is his right ankle so he cannot drive so I'm sure you can imagine what that does to our schedule!!! Remember the 8 games plus practices mentioned above! But God is faithful and it has all worked out so far.

Chico has a kite day once a year and people come out and pack the park to fly kites, have a picnic, listen to music and have fun hanging out with friends. This year was very windy, almost too windy to fly kites.


Valor won tickets a few weeks ago to the Newsboys concert on Air 1, well this time Ethan won tickets to Acquire the Fire. It is a two day youth conference in Sacramento at Arco Arena. TFK, Building 429, Group 1 Crew, Phil Joel did worship and the had different sessions on teen issues. Jay took the boys and they all had a great time.

The Kovacs' had an air soft war, BBQ, and bon fire on their property. There were about 20 people there.

Ethan now has joined his brother in getting braces! He also needs to get a few teeth pulled to make more room. No fun.

Easter Sunday!! After church we went to Mom and Dads for lunch and an egg hunt.

The newest member of our family, Kylo. He is a German Shepherd/ Collie mix. We got him from the Butte Humane Society. He is 5 years old and very well behaved. Gabby needed a friend while we are gone so much. They get along great.