What? Summer is OVER?!

Alas, it is a very sad time in our home. Today we went to meet the girls teachers for the year! Leila's teacher and Brooke's teacher I know very well so no worries about what to expect. They both have their best friends in their classes this year too! As they prepare for this next year, I am preparing as well! Next week I have to go sort out all of the lessons, papers, and put my classroom back together! This has been the very best summer!

I have been reunited with some friends from highschool over the last couple of months. I look at their lives and am so much more thankful for the life I have. I have great in-laws who do everything in their power to make life better for their family. A great husband who just also happens to be the best dad ever! Parents who still teach me about the little things, sisters to keep me grounded, kids to keep it real! The things that I once thought would bring me a feeling of security seem silly now! I get exctied about a new whisk for the kitchen or a book for Leila!

I love Summertime!

There are many things that I love about summer, but one of my favorites is the food! Fresh veggies and fruits just make me happy! I have a very small "token garden" with tomatoes (Better Boys and Tommy Toe), cucumbers, strawberries(out of season now), sun flowers and two massive blueberry bushes!

My father-in-law sent me some of his peaches and I made a cobbler! Yes, from scratch! The girls thought this was very cool! I have been making blueberry muffins and freezing the other fresh blueberries by the quart size bag full for winter!

I am also in the process of putting up other veggies...Corn, peas, green beans, tomatoes...Hmmm, I think I want some soup! LOL!

What to do now?

Leila had another big seizure this morning. We are in between meds at the moment because the first meds made her so weepy and sad. She would start crying out of no where and just knew that all the problems of the world were all her fault...Just don't think that a 6 year old on zoloft to balance out the other meds is going to happen.

Honestly, the whole thing just makes me mad. I have heard people say that this isn't that big of a deal, because the seizures are small and don't leave lesions on her brain...well, it is not your kid either! She is afraid to go to sleep at night, because she might have a seizure! I am a grown up, I could handle something like this better if it was me, but this is a lot for a little girl to deal with.

That being said, I am very much a believer that God doesn't give us more than we can handle without HIM, and that these things make us stronger and help us to learn to depend on God more. I have told Leila this many times, just said it again this morning. At her age, it is hard to comprehend that God can use this as a positive to help others as she grows, and just honestly I am having a hard time looking past the here and now to the great plan that I KNOW God has for my child.

For those of you who do spend time in prayer, please pray for Leila. That we will be able to find the meds that will allow her to have a balanced, healthy, full life. That the doctor's will see her as a person, not "another patient". That we as parents will be strong enough to always point her to God, and that she won't grow up doubting God's love and great plan for her life. And anything else that God lays on your hearts in regards to this situation.

Summer Time Fun!

We started the summer with Brooke's swim meets! She has worked so hard on swim team and loves the personal challenge!

After Vacation Bible School, we went to Disney World! It was a great trip that didn't seem real until we had been there for several days! The girls had a blast meeting all the princesses and of course Mickey himself! Leila has a new big sister, Princess Bell! Brooke just soaked it all in and was all smiles, all the time! We were very excited as our total spending was right around $200 (including food!)...no we didn't eat any real meals, but we were on vacation!

Leila has a new kitten, her name is Oreo. This is the craziest cat in the world, but she is a PURRfect fit for my Leila! Full of energy and wide open!

Brooke's 11th birthday was the first of July, so of course in true David Price fashion there were fire works (as every occasion is an occasion for fire works)! She had two of her closest friends to spend the night so we ate pizza and a cookie cake!

The rest of the summer will be short, but busy with Brooke having two teeth pulled to help her braces, school preperation, and the last min summer funsies!

What's with the snakes!?

I have become the "snake lady"! We had another man eating snake in our back door!

I was on the phone with David one afternoon when the cat started jumping from here to there...at first I found it quite funny! As I went outside to get him and calm him down, I looked over and there it was! MAN EATING SNAKE right at my back door! I went for the hoe! I know, laughter all around, but I believe that snake was going to eat me! As I was beating this snake (which would NOT die), I was trying to get the girls back into the house and crying like a baby. Yes, real tears and everything! When it was all said and done, Brooke said that all she needed was popcorn, as it turns out I must put on a good show crying, and beating a snake with a hoe! I still get chills when I think about this snake! I don't like snakes...at all...

Next time you see a snake, think about the short chick, crying with a hoe in hand! You will at least get a laugh from that! ;)

Painting...

I have started painting again. This time it is my bedroom! As I was painting and covering all those little fingerprints, places where Leila secretly drew on my wall with eyeliner, nics here and there...I thought about how scared and bruised we are on the inside...the hurts that no one else sees because we "paint" over it. I became very aware of the awesome relationship with God. You can paint over whatever you want, but still it is not hidden from God. It gave me such a peace in these days after David's grandmother passing....Romans 8, God knows what we need, when we don't know what to pray...Never thought that painting a room would be what I needed! LOL! ;)

First Graders Rock!

Leila is a first grader now, "for real"! There was a friend of her's that was very sick right before graduation and she was worried that if he didn't go to graduation he would not be able to go to the first grade! LOL! I love the way she thinks! We also had a tea party for Leila's K-5 class!