Aloha!

Caleb and our family were invited to a Make a Wish sendoff luau this weekend.  SO much fun!  They had authentic Hawaiian singers, dancers (Hu-wadie girls as Isaac says), food and games.  The dancers did different dances from the different islands of Hawaii. They changed their costumes to match the theme of the dance. So beautiful! Caleb was given three different lays too. Super cool! We were able to meet two other girls who will also be going to Hawaii for their Make a Wish trip.

People are always drawn to Caleb and the Hawaiian ladies were no different.  They had him on their laps, telling him about Hawaii and where we should go to find the best shells.  It was so sweet.  All of these people volunteered their time for this party.  Make a Wish is such an amazing organization!

We are getting very excited about our upcoming trip to Hawaii!  We will find out on October 5th what they have planned for us.  Can't wait!

 

 

 

 

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Goodbye Southland Drive!

Today was a pretty sad day.  We said goodbye to our house that we've lived in for the past 8 years.  Joel and I put a lot of heart and soul into that house.  It's the house we brought both of our babies home to.  Lots of good memories.

But every season comes to an end.  We have outgrown our "starter house."  We never intended on staying as long as we have, and we are finally at a place in our lives that we are ready to move on.  We got an offer on August 17th, one way too good to pass up.  The catch?  We had to be out by September 19th.  After a mad dash to look at houses, we were very disappointed in what we saw.  So we still do not have a new house to call home. We also have been unable to find an apartment, which is making things a tad bit interesting.  They don't rent month to month around here.  Crazy, huh?  We are hoping to find a house soon, but do not want to settle on something we really don't like. 

For now, we will be living with Joel's parents and are praying that something comes up.  When we left our house tonight, Caleb was HYSTERICAL!  He was SO sad about leaving.  He was coming up with a bunch of one-liners in between his sobs.  Here's a sample of what I heard driving 15 minutes to Joel's parent's house.
*Goodbye bestest yard ever, I will miss you!
*You were the yard that I took my first steps on!
*I will never forget playing football games and baseball games on my bestest yard.
*This is like losing your best friend.
*I will NEVER have a yard like you again.
*I don't want to leave you yard, I will never forget you!
*I will never forget driving down this driveway one last time.

The part about his first steps, sort of made tears in my eyes.  But when he said it's like he's losing his best friend, I busted out laughing.  He is a little drama king.  And he was STILL upset when we got there!  Caleb has never been good with change or the unknown, and this is a HUGE change and unknown for him right now poor guy!

You can tell in the pics that Caleb was crying.  Praying that we find an even better yard (although it will be very hard to top!), so Caleb can have his baseball and football fields again!

 

Best.News.Ever

Today we received an email from Texas Children's Hospital saying that Caleb's blood tests show he continues to be 100% donor....Isaac's super sonic cells are holding strong! Caleb's stinky CGD cells have not returned this past year and will likely be gone FOREVER!!

Then we your people, the flock of your pasture, will give thanks to you forever; from generation to generation we will recount your praise. Psalm 79:13

Mr Greenthumb

Last spring, Isaac brought home a little styrofoam cup with little sprouts in it.  He was very proud of them and said that they would grow to be beautiful sunflowers!  I am not really good at keeping plants alive, but we planted it into one of his buckets (not knowing when our house would sell) and hoped for the best.  There were many times the past few months that I thought they were dead, but we'd give them more water and they would perk up by the next day.  And to my surprise, they made it!  (This may be partly due to the fact that our house was on the market all spring/summer and I kept a lot of potted flowers out for "curb appeal."  And I obviously had to try very hard to keep those looking nice. 

Isaac was SO excited when they bloomed.  I have always loved sunflowers.  So pretty!

First Day(s) of School!

School has begun!  Caleb was NOT excited about going.  He cannot belive he has to go SEVEN HOURS!  And he doesn't get any days off until the weekend!  I am hoping it gets better for him!  Here's Caleb on his first day of school:

 

And Isaac was SUPER excited for his first day!  He LOVES school.  He was very happy to see that his friend, Gabe, from T-ball is in his class.  I know he's going to have a great year!  Here's IZ on his first day of school!

Football!!

Caleb has moved on from baseball and is now super into football.  His favorite team changes daily...and it's not usually the Packers...gasp!  He has his new room in our new house all planned out to be a football room.  (And no, we haven't found a new house yet!!)  He can throw the football in a perfect spiral and is pretty good at catching too!  Right now he wants to be a quarterback when he grows up!

This is what he's wearing more often than not these days! Complete with his "real live" mouth guard in his mouth and all!