So here we are....

Say the title of my post like Daniel Cook.. LOL Well we are on day 11 or 12? of very sick children, more blood work at the hospital tomorrow morning. The days are so long we have a running list of Advil/ Tylenol and antibiotic's of who had what when. Thankfully I can say Rachael and Presley are better they probably lost 5-10lbs during that time. I have been feeding them so much yogurt and pro biotic since they have felt better they're going never eat it again. Jude and Zachary also have damage to their hearts and the doctor wants to do an Echocardiogram once they are all feeling better. My pink eye is much better and I also have a voice again. I have been completely humbled by our church family once again. I have felt so loved by those around us, friends have brought meals, freezes, Popsicles, and little cards for the kids. Makes me very thankful to be apart of the Body of Christ. Just when I start to think it would be easier to not go and be apart of anything the Lord clearly shows me I do. Good thing! His ways are better than mine.

In my last blog post I shared we bought a hobby farm. It's been such a whirlwind with sick children and needing to be here or there signing this and that but I think we are done Monday.
Our new home will be a 4 bedroom house on 2.27 ac. in Pinatan Lake. I am BEYOND excited. Moving day isn't until the end of July and we still need to give our notice here. This is going to be a very busy June and July to say the least.

Today I started to pack up all our school books and declutter what we don't use and give away books to those that may use them. I got side tracked looking through how much I have collected over the years, I felt the flame of homeschooling get stoked again. Excited to move to the country and daily pour into my kids without distraction. Satan actively will use anything to pull families away from their most important tasks and seemingly innocent and good activities. I have been praying for the past few months "What is it God wants me to do?" I was kinda feeling lost I guess you could say. Maybe it had to do with new baby hormones balancing out but a quiet whisper would say "just do the next thing" I would lay in bed completely
frustrated. What on earth did that mean? all I could picture was putting in a load of laundry or unloading the dishwasher. That didn't seem like an exciting new adventure. After months of doing the next thing I felt like I had a brake through with buying this home. Things just fell into place one after another with blessings that could only be from the Lord. It has been a fresh revelation that He does have a plan. We need to have unshakable faith in our Almighty God. We need to have a clearness of vision of where we're going and what we we're supposed to be doing. We need to look at every situation through God's eyes and have His perspective. And we need to walk in the strength of the Lord and expect that God is going to give victory.
I have waited 13 years for a home of our own and God has blessed us. I am not worthy, and none of us are capable. "Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit" says the Lord (Zech 4:6)

Are we tired yet?

It's been a long week. Presley and Rachael got really sick Wednesday afternoon. They had really high fevers and complained of headaches. Saturday morning I decided to take them to the walk-in clinc where they found blood in their urine. :( So antibiotics were started and an u/s was booked for Presley. She told us to come back Monday morning if they weren't any better. Sure enough Monday rolled around and we went back the Dr. there wanted to leave it another 24hrs but my mommy gut told me No. I called our family doctor and we got in a couple hours later. They were so ill when we took them to him not able to stay awake at all. While we were there the Dr. found a heart murmur in Presley. We were sent to the hospital right away and told a Ped would meet us there.

So it turns out both Rachael and Presley have heart murmurs caused by the persistent fevers. Presley ended up with an infection in one of the valves in his heart. They had a ton of blood work done and showed their potassium was low and they were anemic. We still are waiting on results their blood was sent to Vancouver. Thursday morning we go back to the hospital to repeat all the blood work. To top it off Jude started running a temp tonight and crying his head hurt.

Nothing breaks your heart more than seeing your babies so sick. I woke up yesterday with a horrible case of pink eye, I have not had much sleep at all in about a week. But we will get through it. I have some of the most amazing supportive friends that have been there when ever I need them. :)

But in the the middle of the chaos of ill children we managed to buy a hobby farm!

Weekend

Austin and Zac built outside end tables today. I am so proud of them they did an amazing job. They are made with solid fur with a ceramic table top.

My mom knitt Hannah this vintage dress. I am so thrilled it fits her now.
Chris caught this photo of Rachael trying to catch up to me while I mowed the lawn. It reminds me of a novel cover. And I love that her sandles are on the wrong feet.

Hannah's Birth

Kizoa slideshow: Hannah's Birth - Slideshow

I almost forgot I had a blog!
We have been so busy the past few weeks, Chris gets home from work and we have been in and out almost everyday. I have felt so productive lately, cleaning and organizing Spending lots of time with my kiddo's. We are just loving that it's summer! School is DONE as in formal book work, but we are always learning and talking growing as a family be stretched in different area's.
Hannie is growing like crazy and has this new little scream she does when one of the kids walk by. She gets really excited and squeals with joy.
Rachael has been a little heart melter this past week. She is growing up way to quickly and has been saying the funniest things. She's like this 3 year old old lady. She has us laughing all the time.
Jude is in boot camp mode and doing AWESOME! He is very quickly learning "the look" haha. Gotta love 2 year olds. He's using the potty all the time now at home and so we will brave it out of the house.
Natalie has seemed to steal my baby (Hannah) and I pretty much have to beg for her at time as Natalie is packing her around. Real life dolly's are way better I guess. She is at the age of imitation.
She duplicates my mannerisms.
She copies how I do things how I talk to the little ones.
She mimics heroines in movies.
She is a sponge, soaking up the worldview and culture which we set before her.
I am modeling the image of woman that will shape her philosophy.
It is terrifying and motivating all at once.

Presley has been on mission to make some money he's been keeping his bedroom clean doing chores to make a quarter. He is trying to save for a dirt bike.
Zachary and Austin have been busy outside, they planted a little garden for themselves. So they have been spending time doing that. Also over at Gr. Grandpa's helping him with his yard too. I'm so proud of how motivated they are to help. They are so much like their dad and really know how to serve.

Well that's my update, I don't know when I will update again but soon!

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Happy 6th Birthday Presley

Happy 6th Birthday Presley!