Sesame Street Live & Dad Update

We went to Sesame Street Live on Saturday. We had been talking it up to Luke for a couple of weeks.

I took this picture of Luke on Wednesday before church. Since we've been talking about Elmo so much he thought that Elmo needed to say "Cheese!".

We headed to OKC on Saturday morning to go see the "real" Elmo. Luke was so excited. I was hoping that he would take a nap on the way there, but no such luck. He couldn't think about anything other than seeing Elmo. We got there about an hour before it started and I was glad since we didn't know where we were going.

We just hung out until the show started. The anticipation was definitely mounting for Luke. When the show started he was all smiles! Funny side note to the story - Luke had done so good about pottying that day. He stayed dry traveling, through lunch and through the first part of the show. At intermission I took him to the bathroom and he went. They were selling Elmo balloons at intermission and Luke wanted one. Daniel didn't want to buy one then because he didn't want to wrestle with it through the second half of the show. There weren't many left and I was bound and determined to get Luke one after the show. After the show I made a mad dash for the salesman and paid $8 for this Elmo balloon. We made sure it was nice and secure so it wouldn't fly away on our way to the car. Here is Luke back in the car with the coveted Elmo balloon. We headed to bricktown to walk around for a little while before we had dinner. We ate and headed to the car to come home. Well, Daniel had both the drivers door open and Luke's door. You guessed it. The balloon flew out the drivers door. I was on the passenger side and couldn't catch it in time. We watched the $8 balloon fly away. Luke was already tired, so he was in the back seat almost in tears. I made Daniel stop on our way home so I could go into Dollar Tree and get Luke another balloon. The replacement balloon isn't as cute but it is still a balloon. All in all it was a really great day. Here are some pictures from the show!

Dad Update - Mom, Jennifer and my uncle picked my Dad up at the border around 11 pm last night. They traveled through the night and got to Tulsa around 2:45 this afternoon. They went straight to the hospital and did not receive very good service. They waited for about 5 hours and they still hadn't seen Dad. They went home and are going to try to get into an orthopedic surgeon tomorrow. Please pray that this can happen. He has to have the surgery within 5 days of the broken bone.

Dad Update

They performed a CT Scan in Mexico this morning. It came back good. That is a major praise item! Dad and the men traveling with him are currently waiting in line to cross the border. My mom, sister and uncle are about two hours away. They should pick Dad up around 11 pm. The plan was to go as far as possible. Dad would like to make in all the way to Tulsa before stopping at a hospital. He will need to have surgery on his elbow very soon after making it to a hospital. Everyone has been traveling for a long time so please continue to pray for safe travels.

Updated Prayer Request

Here is an update on what is happening:
My mom was trying to get the hospital in Mexico to do a CT Scan last night. They said they had the capabilities. Well, this morning we found out that they don't have the machine there. They load people up on a flat bed trailer and take them to where the machine is. It was really important that Dad get that done last night in case there was bleeding on the brain. They are going to try to get that done first thing this morning.
Dad is ready to see his family, so my uncle is taking my mom and sister to south Texas where the church group crossed the border. Dad would like to try to make it back to Tulsa before being admitted into the hospital. Please pray for safe travel for all involved. Dad is currently 7 1/2 hours south of the Texas border.

Please Pray for my Dad...

My dad is in Mexico on a mission trip. They were building a church. He was on the roof and it collapsed today. He has a serious concussion, a broken elbow, at least 20 stitches on his face and some chipped teeth. He has been admitted to the hospital. Please pray that his brain will heal so that he can be transported to the US for surgery on his elbow.

Ball Game at the Big House & Lunch with an old friend

I am already doing better at blogging. It takes me two months to update and now looky here. Two posts in a week! :)

Friday we went to one of our students' basketball game. They were in the state semi-finals. It was a great game, but they lost by two points in overtime. Luke had a wonderful time. He is Trevor's personal cheerleader. He kept cheering "Go Trevor Go!". He also had a great time eating popcorn!

After the game we had lunch with one of my best friends from high school. I hadn't seen Christina in almost two years. It was fun to chat and catch up. She recently got engaged so I got to see her ring also!

On Saturday Daniel played in the church league basketball tournament. This ended their season. It is so funny to watch them play ball. They won their first game and lost the second. Luke really likes to cheer for his Daddy and even got to sit on the bench with Daddy for the last couple of minutes of the second game.
That is our exciting weekend. I will do better about updating! I promise!!! :)

What happens when Daddy helps Luke get ready for bed...

It has been forever since I last updated. Life has been pretty busy lately. So instead of letting you know everything that has been going on I thought I'd leave you with this cute picture. Sorry - I couldn't figure out how to get it the right way!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

It has been a while since our last post so I will try to fill everyone in on our adventures this Christmas. We headed to Nana and Papa's after church on the 23rd. We had our family Christmas with Nana, Papa and Aunt Jen that night. It was so much fun! Luke had a blast handing out Christmas gifts. He got to be the first to open his gifts. It was so funny - I would tell him to pick a gift and he wouldn't grab the one closest to him. He would glance over his stack and choose a gift. His favorite gifts from that night was the Finding Nemo DVD that he asked Nana and Papa for and the Elmo Garage that Aunt Jen got him. He also really loves his new trike that he calls his "bike".
The plan for the next day was to leave for Granny's house by 8:30. I think we made it out the door by 9:00. Not too bad. The only problem was I woke up with matted, gunky eyes. You see I always get these extremely bright ideas on how we can save money. I decided that since it is winter time I didn't need to take my allergy medicine everyday. So I missed about three days of medicine. This sounds very vain, but I really didn't like having my picture taken all day Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. On a side note, my eyes are almost completely healed. Still not wearing my contacts yet, but maybe in a couple of days.
Back to the story - we get to Granny's and the festivities begin again. We have a quick lunch and it is time to open presents. Luke thoroughly enjoys handing out the gifts again. Did I mention that was also my favorite job as a kid?!? This year we started with the youngest, then went to the oldest, then next youngest, then next oldest. You get the picture. It just so happened that Daniel and I were in the middle. He was the last youngest and I was the last oldest. I don't know that I really like that. Luke got all kinds of great stuff at this celebration, but his favorite was a Thomas the Tank Engine train track from Granny (pictures at the bottom). That night was lots of fun hanging out with cousins and aunts and uncles. Santa always came to Granny and Pa's house for me as a kid and I'm loving it that Santa is able to do the same for Luke. Luke slept with Nana and Papa on Christmas Eve night and wasn't able to go to sleep. I went in and layed down with him for a minute and we heard a noise at the window. He looked up and said, "What's that?" I told him that it was probably Santa and he wouldn't be able to stop until Luke went to sleep. The kid went to sleep very quickly after that because he really wanted that McQueen shake beep beep that he thought Santa had.
Luke woke up ready to see if Santa had came on Christmas morning. Santa even left the McQueen beep beep that Luke asked for. After opening Santa presents we were off to Grandma and James' house for another round of Christmas festivities. We had same great food and fellowship with family and Luke was able to play with more cousins and open more presents. I got the new Point of Grace CD playing dirty Santa. I was pretty pumped about that. Daniel won a tool bag that I am hoping that he will use to finish the backsplash in my kitchen!
Then we were off to Daniel's parents. Luke got a Wal-Mart gift card that he has been using to buy accessories for his Thomas train track.
We hit the after Christmas sales on the 26th and 27th. We also made a stop by the Dillon office on the 27th to visit with Jynger. While we were shopping on the 27th we received a call that Granny, who had been sick since Thanksgiving, was being admitted to the hospital. We went home and packed up and headed to Granny's. Mom was able to spend the nights at the hospital and we were all able to hang out up there during the day. On that Friday night all the cousins but one (Bailey we wished you had been there!) spent the night at Granny's. We had fun. It was me and Jennifer, then two 13 year olds, a 8 year old and a 6 year old - then Luke of course. Granny was able to come home on Sunday and I think that she is feeling much better.
Luke and I also came home on Sunday evening. We had to get ready for the big New Year's party with the teenagers. My house was packed with activity. Most all of the kids stayed all night and didn't sleep. We've all been sleeping pretty much all day around here.
Hope all of you had a great Christmas and Happy New Year. Enjoy all the pics - I had problems just picking a few!
***A funny thing that Luke is doing now - Daniel taught him how to "pretend" get his nose stuck to someone elses nose. Then he will pull apart and say "Ouch" and rub his nose. There is a pic of Luke and Daniel being stuck in the slide show!