Dad's Birthday

Well, tomorrow is dad's birthday. We decided to celebrate tonight. We went to his favorite restaurant, Macaroni Grill in Augusta, then came home and gave him his present. We all chipped in and got him a bike trainer which is this thing to put your bike on inside. You can set the difficulty and it's actually pretty neat. It's just in time for the winter season when he can't bike outside, because it's so cold. Well, I have to go because dad is going to open it now. haha Have a great weekend.

EMily

Quick Update

Following up my last post I thought you would want to know how Sarah is doing. Well, God healed her!! Yesterday morning she still didn't feel good but she rested all day and but evening she was feeling MUCH better. I'm so happY! It was so sad to see her in so much pain and so sad.

Good news at school...we have this BIG paper and the final thing counts as four test grades in one class, they are having us turn in rough drafts so they can help us get our final one really good. Friday we turned in a rough draft that was going to count as one test grade. To make a long story short the one I turned in to my English teacher, she said it was the best in the class and she was very disappointed with everyone elses and mine got a 97%!!!!!! I"m so happy! haha

Well, I have to go finish breakfast and get read to go.

Emily

Back to reality

Well, it was nice while it lasted. Today dad and Andrew goes back to work and Matthew and I go back to school.... :( Grandma and Grandpa have to leave today, I have to say goodbye this morning because they leave before I get back from school. We had a really good visit but it's sad to see them go.

All day yesterday Sarah wasn't feeling too good and then last night her stomach started hurting really bad. It was hurting mainly on her left side, or whatever side your appendix is on, and so mom called the nurse hotline number. They said that they weren't sure but it sounded like her appendix needed to be taken out and she needed to go to the emergency room. So late last night, about 10 I think, dad took Sarah to the hospital. After several tests they still weren't sure so then they had her get a drink and wait two hours and then they took a cat scan. After the cat scan they realized it wasn't her appendix, but they didn't know what it was. So, they released her. They got home at 4. They kind of wasted all that time because there wasn't a conclusion made and Sarah was/is still in pain. So, I just wanted to let you guys know that if you could keep her in prayer and I'll keep you posted. Thanks.

Emily

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!

Hey, I can't talk long but I just wanted to wish everyone a very very happy thanksgiving. What are you all doing? I hope you remember not only to have fun, eat a lot of good food, and spend time with family but to thank God for all He has given you/us. Our lives are so busy that we often just try to survive, let alone stop and think a moment of how much God has blessed us and helped us. We need to all try to remember to thank Him for all he does, has done, and will do in our lives. Have a great day and eat some turkey for me!!

Emily

Quick Note

I just thought I'd type a quick note. I'm not sure if I will be able to post again before Thanksgiving, so in case I don't, Happy Thanksgiving. Hope you have a great day. Grandma and Grandpa got here today. I have been looking forward to today for a long time. I not only get to spend time with grandma and grandpa this week but I have a 5 day weekend!!! Tomorrow mom, Sarah, the two grandma's, and I are all going to Atlanta Break Company tomorrow for breakfast. I can't wait! Mom, Sarah, and I used to go every now and then in the summer and when I was home schooled to get bagels. I miss it alot. They have really good bagels. haha Anyways, so we are doing that tomorrow. Thursday everyone is coming over for Thanksgiving and I don't think we have any plans for the rest of the week, just hanging out and having fun. School didn't go so good today so I'm very ready for a fun relaxing weekend. I have a little bit of homework but I have five days to do it and it isn't that much. Well, I have to go. Talk to you later.

Emily

Nothing much

Well, not much is going on here. Sarah is out of town with a friend (who is also home schooled) and her sister. They are in NC where her friends older sister goes to school. They are staying in the apartment with the sister and three other room mates. She is having a lot of fun. It's actually kind of sad because we are all sad and missing her and we call her and she is having a ton of fun. lol No it's not sad, I'm glad she's having fun.

Yesterday Matthew, Andrew, and I all went and got flu shots. It actually didn't hurt that bad (I was really nervous about that....) but it has hurt (a little) ever since. This morning as I was getting ready I noticed it was a little swollen. After we got them the doctor said if they get swollen to take benedryl but I can't take benedryl because it makes you sleepy and I have to go to school! So, I'm not sure what we're going to do.

Sarah doesn't get back until late Friday night and because it will be late she is just spending the night at the girls house. Mom has Friday off so Friday night mom and I are going to have some mommy and me time!!! I can't wait! I'm not sure what we are going to do yet, maybe rent a movie or something. It'll be fun!

I have a big test today in school, please pray. It is 3-4 pages lond and my teacher keeps saying it is going to be really hard. :( So, I better go so I can study a little bit more before school.

Emily

Babysitting

Here's the babysitting update. Thursday night we babysat from 7 - 9:30. It went ok. Jenna didn't go to bed really good but Aunt Denise came home and got her to bed. Then mom just picked us up on her way home from work at 10. I was so tired yesterday...because I didn't get to bed until like 10:30 or 11 and I had to wake up at 5:30. Veteran's Day went good. We got to come home early, at around 1:30 or 2. That was really nice, I wish they would let us get out early every Friday....lol So, we babysat last night from 5-12:30. That was a long night. We got there and had pizza and just kind of kept the kids out of Uncle Andy and Aunt Denise's hair while they got ready. They were going to a silent auction. It was a black tie event to Uncle Andy was wearing a tux and Aunt Denise a fancy black dress. They both looked really nice. The only thing was it was outside and Aunt Denise's dress was sleeveless...The kids were pretty good. Ellie and LIly fought a little bit and Jenna was kind of crabby but they all went to bed fine. Today I have some homework but otherwise we're just chilling, which will be VERY nice. Tomorrow mom, Sarah, and I are hopefully going to go see Fred Clause. Well, have a great weekend.

Emily

Busy

I might not be able to post until the weekend so I figured I'd do a quick one now. Yesterday, or maybe the day before, anyways I signed up to help one of my teachers during my study hall. I really like it because it's with my favorite teacher, I'm always bored in study hall, and the study hall room is really cold. Yesterday I graded some papers (obviously not from my class) and today I did a lot of filing for her. I'm really glad I'm doing it. Tomorrow I have 2 big tests (please pray). Friday is Veterans Day. I'm a part of student council and every year student council puts on a big thing for veterans, so I get to skip all of my classes all day to help with that. I'm bringing a dessert and we have to be there at 7 am!!! A little early for me but I guess it's worth it to get to skip classes. I shouldn't have too much to make up either because for sure the morning classes won't be doing anything too important...I might even get to leave school early!!! So that will be fun. I could've signed up to be on the welcoming committee, set up, escort, or nothing. I signed up to be an escort. So I get to walk little old men down the aisle!! lol We do kind of a big thing for veterans day. First, the veterans come at like 8 and we serve them breakfast and then at like 9:30 we have an assembly honoring them, then at like 11:30 or something we serve them lunch. So it's pretty cool. I go early to bring my dessert, finish some last minute set up and then I am an escort for the assembly, then I help with the lunch (and get some myself), and then I help clean up. So, even though I won't have classes I will be busy but it's worth it! Luckily, one of my friends is doing it too so I will have someone to hang out with. Well, hope you have a great day!

Emily

Praise God!!

Well, as I said in a post recently, Sarah has been really sick. The docotr said that if she wasn't feeling better by Tuesday that she would need to come back in for a blood test to see if it was mono. Well, Sunday she was beginning to feel better and honestly I didn't have much faith, I figured it was just a good day and she wasn't better. (Sorry God!!) Today came and she still feels good. Praise God! THANKYOU!!! It was SOOOO sad seeing my sister who is usually happy, silly, and goofy all the time in so much pain and so sad. I felt terrible. But, God healed her and she is feeling good and doesn't have mono or the flu anymore!

Emily

Car pics

These pictures aren't the greatest, but I finally took some. Andrew's car was parked in the garage so his especially aren't good. Dad just cleaned his so it's nice and clean!

Mom and Dad's new car, I think its called a Scion TC?? It looks nice. It has a really cool GPS system, I like it because when you are listening to the radio it will show you the song, who sings it, and then the station. Dad loves it!!


You can't see this picture too good because of the sun.....

Once again you can't see it too well but there is a spoiler.Andrew's car was parked in the garage, so they aren't that good. But, as you can see it is a bright yellow car. I think its called a Lancer. The guy had put race tires, neon lights (inside), and some other stuff. He took really good care of it and waxed it twice a year! Andrew like that...


I'm personally not a huge fan of the big spoiler, but it's Andrew's car not mine...

Hope you enjoyed the pictures, sorry it took me so long

Please Pray

As I mentioned in one of my other posts, Sarah hasn't been feeling good. Yesterday morning she had a 103 fever so mom took her to the doctor. The doctor said she could have mono. Obviously we don't want Sarah to have mono, that usually lasts for a long time...the doctor said that if it isn't gone by Tuesday to come back in, so we are hoping, praying, and believing that it will be gone by Tuesday. Please pray and believe with us.

Emily