June 2009

June is one of our favorite months of the year, because we take our annual vacation to Tim's Ford State Park and spend the week after Father's Day in cabins there with Jennifer's family. This year we had 4 cabins and enjoyed boating, fishing, golfing, eating, and playing games.

Courtney had taken swimming lessons last year, but this was the first time that she was able to get in the lake by herself and swim with everyone else. She also rode in Big Bertha tube without an adult this year also. We also had a new water toy this year (Poparazzi) that everyone loved. Jennifer and I took our turn and Phillip succeeded in flipping us off of it. We rented another pontoon boat this year so that we had enough space for everyone to be on the water and not have to make trips into the dock.

We made our annual trip to Montana Drive-In in Estill Springs and watched Disney's Up and Earth. We also had our annual Fish Fry at the end of the week and enjoyed the fish caught during the week with french fries, hush puppies, all the fixings and homemade ice cream.

Courtney also participated in another basketball camp at our church and Kelsey was a coach at the camp.

May 2009

DCA Concert Choir performs Spring Concert.

Courtney turned 12 on May 11th. We celebrated her birthday at the Hermitage Lanes. She got new bowling shoes and a wrist brace to go with the ball and bag she got last year. She really loves to bowl.

The DCA Drama Banquet was also held in May. Everyone had to create their own masks. Kelsey made a very lovely and creative mask.

Kelsey had several friends who graduated in May and attended many of the events during May, including Graduation.

We are back at home

We left the hospital and stopped for dinner with Peggy & Glen. We tried to update everyone that we knew were on their way to the hospital. Since my Dad isn't up to driving 3 - 6 hours on the road yet, he and Mom did not come over from Sweetwater and we were able to stop Christy before she drove in from Jackson.

I know God works in mysterious ways and we just have to trust that He is watching over us and will work things out the way they need to be done. Even though the aspirin question had been discussed with the doctor last week, that began the discussion today. The anesthesiologist was concerned with aspirin still being in her system with this particular surgery combined with the fact that she had been on anti-biotics for an upper respiratory cough last week. This surgery is very bloody anyway and with these additional factors, it made it more risky and could have created issues with her breathing. On top of that, it brought about questions about her back surgery that we are in the process of scheduling early next year.

So now the doctor who was going to perform this surgery is going to meet with the anesthesiologist and the doctor who will perform the back surgery and decide how to proceed. There is a possibility that we could still have this surgery in the next few weeks or we could end up having the back surgery first. We just have to be patient and see what they decide and then turn it over to God to lead us to make the right decision.

Please continue to keep us in your prayers and watch this blog for updates. In the meantime, you can catch up on what our family has been doing over the last year by reviewing the older posts on this blog site.

Thursday, December 17th

We are packing for our trip to Vanderbilt Children's Hospital. We will be leaving around 9:45 AM CST since we have to be there by 10:45. The surgery is scheduled for 12:45, so I will not update anything until after they have taken her down to prepare for the surgery.




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April 2009

We spent Easter in McMinnville with Jennifer's family. Lots of fun for the kids and Kelsey sang a couple of solos (Redeemer and By His Wounds) at church Sunday morning.

Kelsey also went to Atlanta with the DCA Choirs for a competiton at Six Flags. They won their division and they ate a meal at the Medieval Times restaurant, spent some time in the park, at the Atlanta Aquarium, and at the Coca Cola Museum.

During Awards Day at school, Kelsey received the Drama I Award, got recognition for being in the National Honor Society, made the All Year Honor Roll, and Top 10 % in her class. Then her class finished 2nd in the Field Day activities.

March 2009

Courtney was chosen as one of the Students of the Week at Dupont Hadley Middle School and went to her first Predators game. We got free tickets from the school and Jason went with his Dad also.

The DCA Spring Musical was "Hello Dolly" and Kelsey was part of the ensemble and played several parts, which required multiple costume changes.

National Performing Arts Festival - Disney World

Kelsey went to Disney World in late January with the DCA Thespian Troupe for the National Performing Arts Festival. They got to perform some acts from their upcoming Spring Musical (Hello Dolly) and also had the opportunity to perform individually or in duets in front of judges for the competition.

Kelsey and Heather Runyon performed a duet from the musical "Wicked" and received an Excellent placement for vocal duets.

The group placed first and were chosen to perform on the Dockstage in Downtown Disney. Several other individuals were given Superior ratings and placed first in their categories.