Our Joyful Weekend!

(Ashley, me, Dad, Mom, Katie) (Ashley, Me, Dad, Katie)

(Jackson reading his poem -The 12 Disciples)

(Drew and his siblings and cousins)

(too many grandkids...)

(Tatum and Alexandria kissing)

Our weekend was amazing. Drew was baptized and Bree was blessed! What an amazing celebration of life.

To add to our joy, my DAD suprised us and visited from Pennsylvania! My mom and sisters, Katie (and her children Preston, Cameron &Kylie) and Ashley (and her hubby Justin and children Abbi and Tatum). Albert's Dad and step-mom came down and his sister Michelle (and her sons Jaylen and Josiah) and Al's uncle Ron and Aunt Pat and cousins David and his wife Jess and cousin Christy came down.

I was so unprepared for my Dad's suprise, but so excited! My mom and sisters and I were sitting in lawn chairs having a drink outside on Friday night after the babies had been put to bed. I saw a shadowy figure walking down the sidewalk near our house but didn't think anything of it- there are always folks walking around our neighborhood. Then, the "figure" walked into our yard and I thought, "who is that in my lawn?" Then, I realized that the "figure" walked a lot like my Dad, and had the same build. Then I realized that the "figure" was indeed my Dad! I ran across the yard and yelled "Is that my Daddy?" My sisters and my Mom did a fabulous job and pulled off a great suprise. Amazing. We had three days together. My Dad got to see all my babies and my house and my church and my town. It was so surreal but so wonderful.

Our oldest baby was baptized surrounded by family and friends. We were so happy for him and so proud of him. Albert said he almost cried as he hugged Drew after the ceremony. I did in fact cry, espicially when Drew told me that he wished his beloved Grandma (Al's mom) had been there (she passed away a few years ago).

I will post a few pics now and then more as I get them. Our camera ran out of batteries and so I have a few from my mom's camera. I'll add the ones from Al's Dad's camera soon.

On a downer...Brandon came down with a fever on Saturday night. By Sunday morning he was feeling better but Sunday night he was burning up again. 105.again. Usually, he does okay even at this temp but last night he was having difficulty breathing when we went to bed, and was moaning and just generally very uncomfortable. We almost made the trip to the E.R. but he fell asleep just as I was getting ready to call Dr. Rob. He slept okay and woke up in a pool of sweat later once his fever broke. Today he felt well for most of the day but later in the afternoon got up to 104.3. Tomorrow I will call clinic.