Mom update, Beautiful Weekend and Leaves!

This weekend was absolutely gorgeous around the Ozarks! It was sunny and in the mid 70s, absolutely perfect! Saturday the boys and I went to go see Little House on the Prairie, the Musical! It was so good! Melissa Gilbert played the role of Ma, that was pretty cool, she can actually sing a bit too! Her son played Willie Oleson, he only had a small part, but what fun starring in a musical with your famous mom! When it was about to start my brother called to let me know that our mom had fallen, again! Please continue prayer for her! She got quite a goose egg on the back of her head but was okay. She had also fallen in the morning but said it wasn't bad. I went with her to the neurologist on Thursday and it looks like she has had some damage to her brain from atherosclerosis. Her MRI also showed some nerve problems so that could explain some of the pain she's been having and balance issues. She's going to have an EKG, ultrasound of her carotid artery and a nerve conduction test performed this week. Her meds having been changed so we are hoping to see some improvement with that too. We also convinced her to sign up with Lifeline. Lifeline is an emergency necklace or bracelet that she can have at home in case she falls or needs help. She wasn't too keen on the idea but once she realized how stressed out Kent (my brother) and I get worrying about her she thought it would be a good idea since she is on her own. She has trouble at night when she has to get up and go the bathroom and falls so this way she can push a button and voila, help is on the way! They don't call 911 unless they have too, they will call Kent and I first and go from there.

After the play we met our entire family at my sister-in-laws parents house for a birthday party for my beautiful niece, Laura. My kids LOVE going to their house! They are the coolest grandparents ever! All of the little kids (7 of them) got bouncy balls in their goody bags and were having wars with them in the hallway! They were flying everywhere! They had a blast until, yep, one got hurt. Actually two, but they were minor injuries! It was a fun time, we haven't all been together like that in a long time!

After church and a meeting about the kids Christmas pageant (Jake is going to be a shepherd and Cooper is one of the three wisemen) meeting, Scott and the boys spent yesterday afternoon raking up the leaves and sticks in the backyard. He didn't tell them that their last job of the day was to play in them! It was too funny, Jarika went running full speed and smacked into the leaves on her hip! I don't know what we're going to do with this girl! Jake LOVED the leaves, big surprise there! Cooper tolerated them for a bit, Addy HATED them! No surprise there either! We made her play in them for awhile then she got out, must do more sensory with this girl!


Please pray for Gavin's family, he went to his heavenly Father last night, I'm so thankful he is no longer suffering, but so sad that a little boy is no longer here.