Flag football

Micah is the one with the red pants with the strip down the side.

Yeah that is rain

We have had so much fun with flag football this year. They were short coaches so I was nice enough to volunteer Trent and his close friend Dave to coach for our boys team. Micah is loving having his father as his coach and out team this year is doing a great job of learning plays, growing in skill and having a great time. I finally took my small camera and was able to get some pictures. I admit they did not turn out well and I plan to fix it with bringing a better camera tomorrow.
tonight was especially crazy due to a sudden pore of rain... This is probably one of the hardest teams we have played.. the first time they stomped us but this time we held our own and lost by very little. We have won a few games, tied a few games and lost a few games. But in the end we have had many coaches commend our boys on skill and sportsmanship- which is so much cooler! Trent even said tonight he never knew he would have this much fun (Like I said, I volunteered him :)

looking up

Hannah is doing so well today. It looks like she is going to come out of this fairly fast now that she had that IV fluid. She was playful and happy most of the day... whinny towards the end but she is two and all.

Say a little prayer

It is weeks like these that remind me how fragile Hannah can be when it comes to illness. Hannah has had the stomach flu for 6 days. Because she already has stomach issues this was a hit to her system. She has been sick for so many days and lost so much in the way of fluids that yesterday she had to endure a battery of test, blood draws and x-rays to make sure we are not missing something. The test came back "OK" but Hannah was on a really close watch today. This afternoon Hannah would not stop crying, I realized that she was no longer making tears.. this was a bad sign since it had already been two days since a wet diaper.. ( only diarrhea) I got a hold of her doctor and quickly took her to the ER for rapid fluids through IV. I was able to take her home after 4 hours in the ER, but only because at the end of the IV she finally went potty in her diaper. I am so grateful we are home tonight and she and I get to sleep in our beds. The doctor left instructions that I am to call in the morning and report on how she is doing.
I am asking for prayers. I pray that the lord can help our family through this and that Hannah will recover now that she has had fluids put back into her. I pray that Trent and I can find patience for each other and our children as we are very sleep deprived and worried for Hannah. I hope that Hannah's recovery is quick and that it is full. I want to see my little ray of sun running around and getting into things again. I hope that again, our children understand we love them all this much but are just worried about Hannah.
I will keep you all updated. I know she will get better and I just hope it is sooner rather than later.
Thank you
Karen