Happy EASTER!

All week I have been focusing story time on what this week means to us, as Christians, and she has several Bibles that help explain the events leading up to Easter, in a kid-friendly way, so we have been reading these frequently this week, as well as drawing “t’s” which are crosses, and what this represents, and how Jesus had to carry his own cross. This is a very graphic topic, but it is one I think is so important for her to understand the magnitude of Gods love for us that He would do this for us. This is what our whole week has been focused on, and I thought I was doing a pretty good job, until prayer time came on Thursday night…” Dear Jesus, thank you so much for letting your son die on the cross for our sins so we don’t have to… it must have hurt and you were sad, and maybe one day I will learn what sin is at school, because I don’t know what it is, Amen.” Isn’t it funny the words you just assume they know? So although we have now determined my failure as a preschool teacher, on to our real Easter! This morning we enjoyed a wonderful sermon, followed by baking, and some time with family. Although we do give her an Easter basket, we don’t teach her about any sort of Easter bunny, so I was throne off by her question, “Mama, what does a bunny have to do with Jesus dying on the cross?” For once she seemed satisfied with an I don’t know answer! Thank goodness! Hope everybody had a wonderful Easter!

 

 

Emilia loving on her cousin, Lily...

Chris took these photos while they listened intently about the rules of the egg hunt (to ensure they helped each other all get some!)

   

They all helped each other find one of each color (per said rules!) 

Picture Hudson saying, "its right here Lily!" and then screaming, "Over HERE LILY!!"

 

Then we went to Chris's brother in law and sister's house to see some more cousins... which included this pretty girl...

And Emilia's tallest cousin, Payton, who was nice enough to hide the eggs, and I wish I had the camera out when him and her were running around the house, hiding and looking for the Easter bunny. Hopefully Tom sends us copies, but just picture Emilia on his shoulders, and him standing behind a tree, with his legs sticking out below, and her head sticking out above... it was quite entertaining!

tomorrow

So I am way behind on updating, which is a good sign, because today I completed my 3rd full day of 12 hour day clinicals. Prior to my surgery, I had asked my sunday school class to pray for quick healing, because my doctor recommended 3 weeks off, but agreed to release me when I felt well enough, and was no longer requiring pain medication. He kind of laughed when I asked to go back in 10 days, but God answered our prayers and I was able to return exactly 10 days post operation. I am not going to paint a rosy picture and say these three days were easy, but with ibuprofen, tylenol, ice, heat, and much prayer, I was able to make it through the days and do my job. I have much more to update, as far as what was found during surgery, and what to expect in the future, but right now I am exhausted, and I can hear 3 little ones giggling, which means Emilia and her cousins, who are sleeping over, have found something better to do than sleep, so I must intervene! In the meantime, I had set up a blog for my parents to keep us updated as to my dads daily appointments at the Mayo clinic... if you will remember I was supposed to go but my surgery got in the way, so I thought the next best way to stay updated was a daily play by play/test by test blog! Please keep them in your prayers through this journey, and if you want to see how God has already blessed our family this week, you can read it at http://oursoldiersbattle.blogspot.com/. I prayed for a miracle healing, or that he had been misdiagnosed last fall, and I think we are seeing answers to so many prayers!

A new day

So today has been a new day, and to clear some confusion between my husbands and my postings, my Dr only wrote 4 days worth of pain medications because a pain specialist was supposed to meet with me prior to leaving the hospital, and manage my medication, but unfortunately due to miscommunication, this did not occur before I was sent home, and thus I was left to manage on my own until things were sorted out! An unfortunate and painful mistake... no pun intended! :) The pain I am now battling is nothing narcotics would help with anyways, but instead muscle spasms and nerve pain, as my C7 nerve is finally being re-perfused... yea and ouch! I will take it any day though to the alternative. Tomorrow I will post more of what was actually found during the operation, but for now am off to rest and hopefully heal some more! Thank you so much for your thoughts and prayers! Oh, and PS, the bummer part of my surgery is they actually shaved the back of my head/hair line, and let me tell you surgeons are not trained to do this in a straight line.... AKA no ponytails for me for the next year or so, or I might be mistaken for one of those "skate-boarders" in the 90s that thought shaving the back of your hair was the cool thing to do! Ummm, and I cannot ride a skateboard, so that is not me! :)