Now I lay me down to sleep

I wanted to post a note before I go to bed tonight. I am unbelievably grateful to everyone that has supported me and my family over the past several weeks and continues to do so. Jason and I have all the confidence in the doctors and the hospital here in Cleveland. We both have an overwhelming sense of Peace that God has placed in our hearts that all will go well with the surgery tomorrow as well as our children being loved and in good hands at home. We are ready to take on this hurdle, one of many over the next few months. We grab it gratefully and with open arms to expose our strength in our marriage and ourselves. We believe we can not truly appreciate all the blessings in our lives unless we experience some of the sacrifices. I do not think it is a coincidence that we are going through this experience this week during the same week we celebrate Easter and the sacrifices God made with his son for us. Our challenges are minute in comparison. Jason gave me a necklace tonight that reads 'Keep the Faith' and I truly believe as long as I have faith, hope will always follow. I pray the Lord my soul to keep.

My Best Birthday Ever

I turned a very proud 36 years old today. I wear that age with pride without a care of wrinkles/sag/or fat. All that matters is that I am alive and have so many unbelievable blessings in my life, these 3 itty bittys at the top of that list. Thank you to everyone for all of the amazing gifts, cards, flowers, calls, emails, LOVE to help celebrate with me!

Lots of Love

We are giving and receiving lots of love around this family these days. Ms. Sara brought her twins over with dinner last night for a mini playdate with the kids. Brooks has decided to play dog with this Naturals ball. We took the kids to Nickelodeon's Storytime Live and they came home and crashed on their daddy before bed.

More Snow...More Laundry Basket Sledding

7 or 8 inches over the weekend. It was beautiful. The new Just Dance Wii game got a lot more use while indoors as well.

Preschool Puppet Show

Mommy brought the camera but the battery died just as I was getting it out. Luckily Daddy was there with his phone. Ella was the mother & grandmother in Little Red Riding Hood and the oldest billy goat in 3 Billy Goats Gruff. She did great, had all of her lines memorized, and we were so proud of her. Check out that smirk. She is literally fighting the urge to smile. Wonder where she gets that from????

Cleveland Clinic

We were already impressed with this hospital based on it's staff, campus, and attentiveness. Then as they were placing my catheter before my MRI, one of the techs says, 'oh, and have you seen the robots that deliver the supplies?' Wicked crazy. We thought the kids would get a kick out of seeing one in action. We are so glad to be home. Thanks to all that helped with the kids and sent prayers.

Cleveland Rocks!

Evidentally it's true because Gable wanted to go and the President was there as well. We were stuck in downtown traffic and watched them shutdown the entire freeway and airspace area so the pres could make his way out. Jason just really dug the Lebron banner..it was huge.

Miller's 3rd Birthday Party

We had fun! I think Miller was a little overwhelmed, but had a good time. Thank you to all that came to celebrate our big boy's 3rd birthday. Miniature versions of Strike and Big Red even made an appearance, that didn't seem to frighten Miller near as much. A big thank you to Aunt Carmen and Jennifer for driving all the way from Ft. Worth, TX with Jake and the 3 week old twins, Reese & Riley...aren't they precious?