Happy Birthday Caleb

Today was Caleb's 27th birthday. He got home from being gone since Sunday night this afternoon. However, he ended up sick. I think he has a flu bug or something. :o( Not fun especially on his birthday. Hopefully he will feel better soon.

Just the 2 of us

Well, it's just Carson and me for a few days. Caleb's in Texas and has to wait until his job finds him a trip coming back up this direction. So, we may see him as early as tonight and as late as Friday or Saturday. Hopefully he won't have to be gone that long though. One plus is that he gets paid extra for being gone on the road. That's always nice, especially when you have a car that needs replacing. :o) In the meantime, Carson and me are having fun. We are going to make a trip to the park to go swing and maybe take a dip in the wading pool!

Carson!!!!!!!!

Sometimes he can be a real stinker without even knowing it! I had been looking for my phone everywhere all morning. My biggest concern was that Carson had been seen with it last. Yikes! That called for checking unusual places. So this morning after Caleb left, I began my search(4:50am). I started by checking the couches - under and in the cushions. Next I searched toy bins all over the house. Still no cell phone. To make matters worse, we don't have a land line so I had no way of calling it either. Anyway, my search included the laundry chute, refrigerator, our room, the bathroom, Carson's room(very quietly since he was still sleeping), all over in the living room and finally the garbage - in the house and the bag out in the can at the end of the driveway!!!! People probably thought I was homeless, digging through the garbage. At the end of all of that, I still couldn't find the thing. Then I thought to pray! Maybe if I had done that first, I would've saved myself from having to dig in the garbage?? By this time it was 6:30am and I was really tired so I went back to bed until 8:30 (Carson slept that long, hurray!). Well, while I was in bed it occurred to me that it might be in a bag in his closet. I had been putting clothes away yesterday and Carson was in there with me. I had already checked a few places in his closet but I thought I may as well check again. I ended up finding it in the bin that I keep his hats in. Thank you, Lord!! Anyway, Carson is very happy to see it again. I will definitely keep an eye on where he goes with it from now on. You can just see the stinker twinkle on his face!!!!:o)

The car's running!

Well, the car is now back up and running. We're not sure for how long, but at least we've had some time to come up with a plan in case it really does die the next time(yes, there will be a next time). Thanks for praying!

Car Trouble

Today, Caleb went to come home and his car died shortly after leaving the parking lot. He tried to start it again and it started and ran for only a few seconds then died again. Anyway, we're not sure what the problem is. Caleb is going to talk to the mechanic at his job and see if he might know what to do. However, if any of you are familiar with Caleb's car, you would know that it has 260,000 miles on it and is pretty much on its last leg. Well, we're not sure if it will be up and running anymore. We had planned on getting a new(used, but new to us) vehicle this fall, but we may have to scratch that plan and get one earlier. Please pray that we can figure out what's wrong with the car so that we can have a few more months of saving money. If not, pray that God would provide the money a little early. :o)

Carson's WI Birthday Party

Today was Carson's Wisconsin party. It was nice this morning, so we decided to go with the plan to have it at the park up the street from our house. Well, by the time we got everything set up and the grill going, it started to rain. Yep! So we all ate fast and had some cake and called it a day. Some of our family came back to the house and watched Carson open his gifts. Overall, it was not the best party, but we still managed to have fun. :o) Carson enjoyed the Jello airplane that I put on top of his cake. Yum! He got some cool gifts too. He got a toy cell phone, Lightening McQueen car, toy helicopter, sleepers, rumble truck, and money.

Carson's 1yr. Check up

Well, today Carson had his 1 year doctor appointment. The doctor said that he's doing great. He is 23 1/2 lbs. and 32" long. He grew 2" in one month! He also was given a shot, but didn't even cry. What a man! :o)

Happy Birthday Carson!

Today is Carson's birthday! He's one year old. Wow, it's amazing how fast he's grown. He is close to walking now and enjoys pushing his new tonka truck around the house! :o)