I made it

Saturday was quite a day, First Hope had her party, the little ones were quite well behaved and played well together. to my wife's dismay none of the kids wanted cake just ice cream except of course Hope who wanted all the sugar we would let her get her hands on. By the time they left I was ready for bed but I had to go and find a new TV and cook dinner. at 7:00 we had the big girls show up. By 9:30 they were bored with the movie and changed into PJ's and went out into the tent. For then next 8 hours I tended the fire and stayed awake to the best of my ability and watched over the pre-teens as the giggled and had a great time out in the tent. I was not doing as well getting bitten and chewed by the bugs of my back yard. by 5am I went in and got Vicki to take the next shift and make breakfast. it was a very long day. Note to self DON'T DO IT AGAIN!

girls gone wild

It is early on July 12th and soon my house will be invaded. First by 7 to 10 6and 7 year old girls and then later by the same number of 12 year old girls for a sleep over. I don't know if it was a good idea or a laps in judgment to let both girls have their birthday parties on the same day or not. Suzi is very excited to have a camp out in the back yard with all her friends I am just waiting to deal with the staying up all night to watch over them. Hope is also excited to have her friends here but I think that she is going to be less trouble with her friends then it will be to control the teen and pre teen girls at night. Ill be the one sitting in the lawn chair with my guitar near the fire place waiting for them to try and do something I think (7) 12 and 13 year old girls shouldn't do. I cant wait for Sunday to come. Have a great weekend.

hospital visit

We arrived home on Sunday night from oldsongs and had a great time up there. I will post later on the festival and all the goings on and whistle making while we were there later. Today however was much more of a heart stopper. I came down stairs this morning and found my daughter having dry heaves. I got to the sink just in time to help stop her from collapsing on the floor because she passed out. In short order she was awake and off we went to the hospital. after an EKG and some other tests it was determined that they really didn't know what caused it but thought it was just a fainting spell brought on by the heaves and sent us home. she has seemed fine all day and so I am a bit less concerned. My girls are my life and I worry often about what we don't know of their family history. Keep them in your prayers Suzi is still a bit shaken by the whole thing as am I.