Albuquerque!

Well, it's been an interesting few weeks around here! Crazy busy with summer activities....VBS last week, kids' camp this week! I'm exhausted! In the meantime, we had an opportunity presented to us about church planting in Albuquerque. Chris and I have wanted to do this forever; we even considered it when Chris was finishing seminary, but it wasn't the right time. A missionary friend of ours is heading out there, and he was needing an associate planter. Chris and I prayed about it, and we feel like this is where God is moving us! Kind of scary....I didn't even know how to spell Albuquerque! I'm totally excited, though. It's going to be totally different from anything I've ever experienced, and we're planning to start a church unlike anything I've ever experienced. It's going to be hard and great and stressful and fun and all kinds of other stuff, and I'm pumped! We move mid-August. I have teaching committments here until then. I had to tell my boss that I couldn't take that comfy full time job this year, and that kind of stinks, but I just have to think God's got something even better for me in New Mexico!

We're heading out there in a little over a week to find a house and hopefully have some interviews lined up. Chris will be going back into nursing, so we've both put in some apps at a few places. Please pray that we'll find a house and jobs! Obviously, I'd love to teach, but I've applied for some other positions as well.

We've told Caleb. He was a little disappointed at first about not getting to be a Westside Warrior this fall, but he decided it would be cool to go to a "desert school." Of course, he also told me he wanted to see a camel when we move to the desert. Not that kind of desert! Maybe he'll settle for a lizard or something!

Please pray for us as we make this move that God would use us in a mighty way to impact the folks in Albuquerque. 80% of the population is unchurched there....they need Jesus!!!!

Some pics....

Just wanted to share a few pics from the last few days....

Caleb is God's warrior! He learned about the armor of God and got to bring home the costume....the breastplate and belt are in Chris's truck, so we improvised!

Here are some of Joshua in his big boy undies!

How cute is he!?

Weird Day

Hope you all had a better Monday than I had! I didn't tell many folks (cause it's not something I enjoy talking about!), but I have had belly issues for about a year now. So I finally broke down and went to the doctor. Of course, being the great nurse that I am, I self diagnosed myself, but the doc just wouldn't give me what I wanted! He wanted to do a....colonoscopy. YUCK! I knew he would say that; it's why I took so long to go. So, I skipped church last night to do the prep. I was more scared of that part because I would be completely conscious for that! It wasn't as bad as I had dreamed it would be :), but no fun nonetheless. Got up super early this morning. Praise the Lord for great friends who watched my kids and took care of me afterwards while Chris had to work! It would happen that the nurse who got me ready was a lady I teach with! I guess that's better than being the nurse actually in the procedure. Honestly, I don't remember much after that. Yipee for drugs! Thankfully, everything turned out OK. No major problems. Praise God!

So, I pretty much slept a lot of the day away due to the drugs. This afternoon after Chris got home we went outside for a while. My plan is to start potty training Joshua tomorrow, so we went and bought big boy undies for him the other day. He brought Chris the package right before we went outside, and Chris put a pair on him. Totally cute! You could tell he thought he was so big! He wanted to go to the bathroom outside once he saw Caleb (yes, my son loves going outside!), but he couldn't figure out how to make it happen. We eventually had an accident, but at least he's getting the idea. Hopefully, he'll be as easy to potty train as Caleb.

We had a wonderful evening playing at the park. I'm feeling much better now! I needed to get out of the house. The kids just love the playground. I really need to take them more often. Joshua is fearless out there! He loves the slides. He can do the same thing over and over again. Caleb's getting into climbing....up the ladders, up the slides (not down!), etc. Such a fun time watching the boys!

The Stars at Night.....

That song (Deep in the Heart of Texas) has been in my head for weeks now! We're here, and I can't believe it's almost time to head back to Arkansas. It's been a great break for us and a great time with family. We had the joy of bringing a couple of our friends with us, too! Of course we had to teach them the words to Deep in the Heart of Texas because they kept messing it up! We kept telling them that TX wasn't really like in the movies, but we haven't exactly done a great job of dispelling that myth! Jamie wanted to milk a cow and ride a horse and generally have a "farm experience!" Easy to do at my folks' house. Horse ride-good, working cows- traumatic experience! She didn't know all the nastiness that comes with working cows! Then at church on Sun, it was the annual picnic day, and instead of the usual praise music, they had bluegrass! So Texan! It's not hard to find cowboy hats and boots in Fairfield!

Fairfield was a blast. Got to eat some yummy food, headed to Aggieland to see how much it's changed in the last couple of years and see Rebecca, and just got to hang with the fam. Worked a little at the strawberry patch, but probably ate more than we sold! Love those berries! Wish some could have made it home with me.

Now we're at Chris's parents house. We've relaxed a lot here and rode backroads on the 4 wheelers. Let me just say how adorable Joshua is riding! He rides up front with his daddy, hands on the handlebars, thinking he's driving! Too cute! Today is our last day here. Tomorrow it's off to camp back in the hills of AR. Chris's family is coming with us. Supposed to be beautiful camping weather! Can't wait! Thankfully, a few more days before back to the real world.....

Crazy Night....

So I was smoking crack the other day when I signed up for work...I need to work a little at the hospital since school's out, but the kids were having a Mother's Day Brunch yesterday at school, and I totally wanted to go. So, I did that at 9 and signed up to work 3p-11p. What was I thinking!? It really wasn't that bad except that I miss being home for evening/bedtime routines and hanging out with my boys. It was a nice easy shift until about 10:45. I had this patient that was going in and out of v tach (Clear! shock....bad rhythm!). He'd been doing this all shift and the doc knew but hadn't given me orders. The bad beats came more often and longer duration and eventually he was in full blown sustained ventricular tachycardia. This is typically where the patient falls out and we run a code, start CPR, the whole bit. However, this guy had an internal defibrillator, so it was doing the shocking for us. I am used to this happening in the controlled environment of the ICU with UNCONSCIOUS people, not totally awake and alert people!! This poor fellow was totally with it the whole time! His defibrillator was shocking him and it knocked him up in the air, scared us to death, etc! We called a code, so weird since he was awake, and gave him some meds that fixed his heart rhythm. YAY! I felt so bad for the guy. He was scared to death and just wanted his wife (who had just left 5 min before!). Thankfully, he's OK now. He told me after it was all over that he wanted us to just knock him out if it happens again and wake him up afterwards! I don't blame him! Needless to say, I got out of work late and totally wired. Late night last night.....but it's Friday now!

I have 2 weeks off! We're headed down to Texas next week to see family and friends. I'm making a trip to the holy land (AGGIELAND!) on Tues. We need to brainwash these kids a little! It'll be great to relax and catch up with everyone. Now to get the clothes washed and packed and get out of Arkansas!!!

Real Nurse....

It's been a busy week, and it's only Wednesday! Yay for me....my grades are posted for the semester! Graduation is Sat., but I figure I'll have to go once I go full time, so I think I'll skip this one! Since I have a break from teaching for a while, I've gone back to the hospital. I've been a real nurse the past couple of days! It's so funny when I'm at the hospital as a staff nurse, and I see my students. "Hey Mrs. George!!" I hate being Mrs. George!! I don't feel old enough to be Mrs. George! Several of my students are techs at the hospital, and it's hard for them to make the transition from teacher Julie to nurse Julie. I had to tell one of them today that it's OK to call me Julie! So weird.....

Chris and I had a great date Mon. night. We were supposed to double with some friends, but they had a previous engagement. So it was off to the 5 (the best restaurant in town!) for some yummy food. Then we saw 17 Again....so great! It was great to hang out with my sweet husband sans kids. Not that I don't love the little fellas, but sometimes it's nice having dinner without being interrupted by Caleb's crazy questions or Joshua wanting "more!"

It's almost time to go to Texas! We're coming down for a couple of weeks to visit fam. I'm so excited! We need a break. It's been a stressful few months getting this building finished, so it'll be nice to relax and unwind! Can't wait!

Fun Friday

I didn't have clinic today!!! That's one good thing about the end of the semester. It's been a fairly uneventful day, but good nonetheless. Of course, the one day I get to sleep in my lovely baby Joshua wakes me up around 7:15! I try to tell him that Mommy doesn't get up until 8, but he doesn't seem to get it! Caleb's not a problem....this is one area that Joshua could start copying his brother!

I had a mini reunion lunch today with my first students, who happened to be the first accelerated program students. One of my teaching buddies is doing a paper about some of their clinical experience, so she organized a lunch to catch up and also get some research too! It was good to see them again. Most of them are in the Memphis area; not far, but I still haven't seen many of them since last year. Fun to see the different things they're doing!

Met Chris and the kiddos in town after our lunch. They were eating at CiCi's. My kids can put away the pizza! Then we decided to walk down to KMart....great place to get kid clothes right now! We found all kinds of stuff for the kids, and it was all on sale! Yay! After picking up Joshua in his 12 month clothes yesterday (the ones I sent last fall in case of accidents), I realized that neither child is really prepared for spring! Not anymore! They're going to be adorable!

Tonight is girls' night! Yipee! We're playing bunco for awhile, and then we're going to catch the late show of "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past." One of the women I play with is a HUGE Matthew McConahey (how do you spell that!?) fan. Should be a fun, but LATE, night! Have a great weekend!

Weird Child....

What is wrong with my kiddo? He is so strange sometimes! Last night as we were laying down for bed, Caleb looks at me and asks if I'm taking him to school, and I was since I don't have any more early clinics this semester. He gets all serious and says, "I think I'm gonna cry when you leave me tomorrow." What!? This kid LOVES school. Why has he started this crying thing now? He told me he'd be better if I gave him a hug and kiss, took Joshua to his class, and gave him another hug and kiss on the way out (I have to pass back by his class on the way out). OK. "Don't forget, Mom. Did you hear what I said?" "Sure, Caleb. I'll remember." So I did his thing this morning, and he still cried when I left. What is this about!? It's like he's decided to do this for no good reason. He always wants to go to school, even on off days. Like I said, weird child.

Joshua, who used to be the problem child, runs all the way down the hall and opens the door to his classroom, oblivious to me! This afternoon he didn't even want to leave. I think it was because he hadn't had his after nap snack yet. Leave it to my child to want his food before we leave! Once Ms. Stacy gave him a handful of goldfish, he was good to go!

My other boy (Christopher!) got a new toy today...we are now proud owners of a 4 wheeler! He's been wanting one for as long as I've known him (really longer than that!), and he and our friend Justin went to Memphis to pick it up today. It's nice. Chris laughs at me because my first question was, "What color is it?" It's green, by the way; I wanted blue! We're going to break it in good in a couple of weeks when we take it camping with us. Loads of fun ahead for us!

Randomness....

Yes, it's been a while....

I was reading another blog just now, & I agree with Melissa- I've been stinking busy and can't remember why! For the first half of last week, Chris was in Branson for a meeting, and I had to stay behind to work. The one week that I couldn't reschedule stuff had to be last week! I really wanted to go to Branson. So, the kids and I had a big time, didn't do much, but had fun playing!

We hosted a youth rally on Friday night. It went fabulously! I have dusted off the old keyboard and started playing again, and a group of us led worship. So great to be a part of people singing praises to our great God! I was totally nervous because I had to play one song without other instruments (I like not being the leader here!), but it went well. Some of our jr. high students did a skit, and Chris spoke for a few minutes. It was great!

Saturday we went to a petting zoo at the university. The kids had a ball, of course! Caleb didn't really want to pet them at first (strange mood, I guess!), but he was not to be outdone by little brother! The funniest part was when the turkey gobbled at him and scared him! Then it was just funny. Caleb would walk towards his cage, and the turkey would let loose. Too funny! We went with our friends Justin and Jamie. They don't have kids yet, and Jamie was just as excited as the kids...or more! She's a hoot!

Yesterday was our last service in the old building! We make the complete move sometime this week. Pray for a smooth transition! I'm so excited to get this building program behind us!

Today I took the kids for shots. Yes, both of them were due. Caleb had to get his 4 year-old series for pre-K, and I'm just a couple of months late for Joshua's 18 month stuff. We went to the health dept. Where I come from, just a quick stop, but here....3 stinking hours! ugh!!! The kids did well waiting; Joshua even fell asleep. Then for the shooting time...they actually did OK! Caleb was good for 2 and only let loose for the last one. Joshua's just a tough little guy and got better as soon as he saw that lollipop!

So, I guess I do remember a little of my random, crazy week! Now I just have 3 more days of school! I'll be done Thurs. afternoon! Whoo hoo!!!

Adios, Guys!

I can't believe the week's almost over! Time seems to be flying faster all the time! Chris took Caleb camping for the weekend. They left early this morning and met his brother and his fam in S. Arkansas somewhere. From what I hear so far, they're having a blast already! The weather's gorgeous, and Caleb got to "drive" the 4 wheeler earlier. Chris says he's been grinning from ear to ear the whole time. I think he's excited about having some time with Daddy. He doesn't have to share him for 3 whole days!

So, it's just Joshua and me for the weekend. I shortened my afternoon class today so I could pick him up from school, and my fabulous friend Jamie took him for me and is watching him tomorrow while I work. She's been telling me she needs some "Aunty Jamie" time, and now she's got it! I don't know what we'll do, but I think it'll be nice to hang out with Joshua for a few days.

Hope you are all enjoying some beautiful spring weather....it's finally getting nice up here! Have a great weekend!

Happy Easter!

I actually already downloaded my pics! I'm never this on top of things!

Hope ya'll had a fabulous Easter weekend. We had our very first service in our new building this morning. It was great! I know we had some people just curious about the new building and others visiting family, but we had a huge crowd! The great thing is, though, that God had each one of them there for a purpose! Here's a pic of the sanctuary.

Easter up here is a bit different for us than it is back home. We don't have all our family up here, so it's kind of weird not going to someone's house and eating and hunting eggs with all the cousins. But, we've had a great weekend. Our church hosted an Easter egg hunt yesterday, and the kids had a ball there. Lots of kids, tons of eggs! Today, Chris wanted "home food" for lunch, so I made him a chicken pie (he called me Grandma!) and the fixins. Several people invited us to join them this year (our friends are so sweet!), but we kind of just wanted to hang out as a fam today. It's storming this afternoon, so there is no more hunting happening up here! It's been great and relaxing, and bonus....I got in a fabulous nap! It's been a great day to celebrate Christ!

What a happy camper!

Our sweet family!

Get down.....

You know kids say the craziest things.....and who knows where they get it from!

Caleb did this Tues on his way to school. Let me preface this story. We live 2 seconds (about 1/2 mile) from the church, and we're always running up there for something. We are bad parents and don't always buckle the kids! I think he heard this from others too, but here's the story.....

Chris put the kids in the truck (buckled up!), and Caleb starts singing a song. Totally typical behavior.. always making up songs. His song for the day was, "Get down, Get down, Get down before the policeman sees you! Get down, Get down, Get down before the policeman sees you!" Where does he come up with this stuff!? Chris called me at work, and my students and I got a great laugh out of this one!

In other news, we're going to have our first worship service in the new sanctuary this Sunday! I'm so ready for this project to end! We've been in a building program for most of our time here in Jonesboro. I hope stress will decrease over the next few weeks! Pray for us to use this tool as a way to reach the community for Jesus!

Happy Easter!

IT"S SPRING BREAK!!!

I'm not excited about that or anything! I am sad, though, that it's already Thursday, and my spring break's almost over. I think this is one of my favorite parts about teaching nursing....I get the breaks too! Last week was Mom's spring break, so she and Chappie came up for a few days. It was great to see them, of course, but I'm just a uterus. They only came for the kids!

We had a ball playing and reading and watching movies. We went to the Memphis Zoo (one of the kids' favorite places!) one day. I'm so glad the weather's getting nicer so we can get out more. We love it outdoors!

This week has been nice, too, even with the little rain we've had. Joshua is my truck man. He got a big Tonka truck for Christmas, and he's started wheeling it through the house and running over anything in his path! I made him take it outside the other day, and he rolled it all over the yard. So cute! Now he's brought it back in and is wreaking havoc even as I type!

Chris's parents are here this week. They brought my nephew Nathan with them this time, so Caleb is totally excited! They have been playing nonstop since they got here. They're so cute!

We haven't done much this week for my spring break...my goal was to read, relax, and read! Jen, I got hooked on Karen Kingsbury's Baxter series because of you! I'm down to my last 3!! I'm addicted! I think Chris will be excited to have me back once I'm done. I just need to find another series now!

Hilarious!

So I know I've been out of pocket a while....it's been just a bit busy around here!

Anyway, last night I think I laughed harder than I have in a long time, and I had to be way too quiet in order to really enjoy the moment! Caleb has been my difficult child to get to sleep. Joshua-no problem! They sleep in the same room, so most nights Caleb falls asleep in my room and gets moved when Chris and I are ready for bed. Apparently, he wanted to be the big brave brother last night. Joshua has been a little more whiny when we lay him down for the last few nights, nothing major, but I guess Caleb noticed. He told me last night that he wanted to lay down with Joshua so that he could say, "It's OK, Joshua. Don't cry." How sweet is that!?

I was totally on board with that. I would love to just put both boys down and not have to worry about moving them or anything! So, we had it kind of rough at first. I had to put them back to bed 3 times in about 15 min! Then Chris came in from his meeting and put them in bed. We went into our room and just listened to them. They are the cutest things ever! They talked for a minute, and then we heard them get out of bed.

At first, Joshua just walked down the hall by our room. Caleb knew enough that he wasn't supposed to get back out of bed. He crawled past our room like a little army guy! Neither of them saw us. Caleb went to the bathroom and then they went into the living room for a minute. I can't believe they didn't cry when they didn't see us. On the way back down the hall, you could hear them talking and Joshua growling like a lion, but right before our door, they both dropped and crawled past! So cute! They saw us then, but we acted like we were sleeping. They played right there for a minute. Joshua was right in front of the door, but Caleb just peeked around occasionally to make sure they were still safe! Chris told Joshua to go back to bed and that he was coming to check to make sure that Caleb was still in the bed. By the time he got around the corner, the umbrella that Caleb had been playing with was on the floor, and Caleb was in the bed! He thought he fooled us! It was the funniest thing! Joshua went back to bed, too. Caleb fell asleep quickly after that, but Joshua talked to himself and his animals for a bit longer. We just enjoyed listening to the sounds of our sweet boys! They make us laugh so much! I wish we could have videoed that. It was just precious!

Be My Valentine

Caleb had his Valentine's Day party today at school (he only goes on Tues and Thurs). Yesterday we made a mad dash to WalMart to pick up goodies. You know he's still totally into coloring, so he picked color your own valentine's cards for his classmates. And bonus, the cards had animals on them! He had a ball coloring them and kept telling me all the kids he would be giving them to. They partied hard today; he came home with a bag full of cards and candy and other goodies. Lots of cards from Claire and Kaylie..... He told me today his girlfriend is Kaylie. What a ladies man! Last night he told my friend Jamie that she is his Valentine and told her husband Justin that he would have to find another valentine!

Joshua could care less that it's Valentine's Day...he was just pumped that he got cupcakes for snack today!

Chris and I have some crazy Valentine's plans this weekend. I get 2 dates this weekend! Tomorrow the boys' school is offering a parents' night out, and we're going out to my favorite restaurant, and Sat. our church is having our Valentine's banquet. The theme is Treasure Island or something like that, so I'll have to post some pics of us in our pirate costumes! Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Mail....

Getting mail is so much fun when you're 4. Caleb LOVES to get mail. Joshua gets a bit excited, but it's mainly all about Caleb! My mom sends the kids mail fairly often. Today, they got 2 things! Mom ordered the kids Madagascar 2, and it arrived today. YEA!! We also got our Valentine's box today. There was something for all of us in there! I actually got fun mail too! Caleb got a new coloring book, Joshua and I each got a book, Chris got some beef jerky (yum!), and there was (of course!) some candy in there too. I miss the days of fun mail....all I seem to get now are bills!

Chris and I are trying to be healthier...please pray for success! I've lost 35 pounds already, but I'd like to drop 20 more. All the baby weight would be gone and then some!!! Anyway, Chris got onto me today. I said I was going to come home to eat after my clinic this morning. He had already planned a lunch meeting (church business, you know!), and planned to eat as well as possible. I succumbed to pressure and went to eat with some students instead of eating my good for me food at home. However, that burrito, while not as good as Freebirds, was stinking awesome! Chris picked at me all afternoon! What can I say: I just can't resist yummy burritos! I'll eat well for supper tonight!

We've also increased our exercising. I forget that I'm no longer 20 years old and not in the best of shape! I have some kick boxing videos here that I enjoy, but I seem to think that I can do more than my body wants to! I'm a bit sore at the moment! I did the quick 20 min cardio one today instead of the 45-60 min ones I've been doing, and it seemed super easy....guess that means I'm doing something right! Now if we can just get some warm (and dry!) weather up here so we can get outside!

Poor, pitiful Caleb!

We went to the Arkansas Sportshow at ASU today. We've started a new men's ministry at our church, and some of the guys set up a booth there. There were lots of "manly" stuff everywhere...camo, guns, boats, animals, food! It was actually reall fun. We had our pic taken with a big black bear. Caleb was loving that! The picture is too cute; the kids are looking at the bear, and Chris and I are looking at the camera.

After looking around at all the stuff (and eating some yummy cotton candy!), we went to hang out in the booth with the fellas. This thing actually started last night, so Chris was there then too. He was bragging last night about the dinner I was cooking him at home...he had marinated some pork chops and I fixed them after work. One of the men asked him how the food was, and he raved about that. Then Kenny asked Caleb if he liked the pork chops. My darling son, totally serious, looks at him and says, "I didn't have anything but water last night." WHAT?!? He's such a goof ball! We all got a great laugh out of that one! I did actually feed my kid last night! Caleb gets a glass of water at bedtime every night, so I'm guessing that's what he was talking about!

Joshua is being his goofy self. Right now I'm wanting to strangle my in-laws for buying him that crazy loud popcorn push toy thingy that he's pushing around right now! That thing is WAY LOUD! His eye is healing well...he fell into the brick around the fireplace last week. Not ER worthy, but bloody none the less! He's getting such a personality. Such a sweetie, too. I love it when he runs up to me and gives me hugs and puckers those lips for a kiss. I love being a mommy!

Have a great weekend!

WE SURVIVED!!!

Wow, this has been the craziest week ever! The ice storm was massive. I've never seen ice like this before! It covered the trees, and I bet the ice was at least 2 inches in diameter! It came through last Tues. I had class that morning (students and I were not too happy about that!), but by that afternoon everything closed down. We lost electricity that morning. Thankfully, we have a gas fireplace and a gas cook top and best of all HOT WATER! Chris's parents were up visiting (poor things!) and endured it with us for a few days. Tues night, Chris and I tried to brave sleeping in our bedroom (super cold!) and it sounded like gun shots through the night as branches and huge portions of trees fell outside. Kind of creepy! By Wed. morning, most of the area was without power. We luckily found a restaurant open and got us some grub.

Jonesboro was up and running for the most part by that evening. We spent lots of time in the play area at the mall over the next few days just to stay out of the house and keep warm! I never thought I'd be tired of going to the mall! After that first night, we all camped out in the living room by the fire. Schools were closed all week. Most are back open now, but there are still some out indefinitely.

It was quite interesting taking showers! While the water was hot, it was freezing cold outside the shower! No hair dryer....lots of bad hair days! We survived, though, and it was not the most ideal situation, but I am thankful for what we did have.....

Some friends of ours live in town, and they got power back Sat. morning, so we packed up days worth of laundry to take to their house and catch up at least a little bit! That evening the kids and I were headed back home while Chris was off to the hospital to see another friend. I was talking to him on the phone when I came over the hill to the house, and my garage light was on! I never knew I'd be so excited to see a light bulb glowing! We were (and still are) the only house on the street with power. Our internet/cable was restored last night, so now we have more than one fuzzy channel! Power came on at the church Sat, also, so we were able to have services on Sun., and we were able to feed community members and electric crews last night.

There are still tons of people in the area without power. The crews up here are working very hard, but it will take probably till the end of the month to get everything back up and running. Pray for those still without power. This morning, about half my students were still without power. We'll make it through though! God is good!

The kids took it all in stride. Joshua was WAY out of his routine....bad napping, not wanting to go to sleep at night, etc., but we're getting back to normal. Caleb was concerned that he was not going to school, so he was pumped this morning to get back! I must say, I'm kind of glad to get back to a routine too!

Nasty Gunk!

Do kids have this uncanny sense to get sick a couple of weeks before the new health insurance kicks in? I think Joshua knows! Yesterday his runny nose got nastier and nastier. He sounds so nasty. It's like there's all this gunk that he needs to cough up but won't. I guess I can't ask too much for an 18 month old! So he started running fever last night and this morning it was up to 101.5, and it was no church for us. We went off to the doctor. Thankfully, no ear infection, just an upper respiratory infection. Thankfully, this is my child who LOVES his medicine, so it's no problem getting his antibiotic down! You can tell he's sick because he's actually sitting down some today (this is my running child!) and he gets out of breath when he does try to run around! Pray that Caleb doesn't catch the bug!

Not much else is happening in the George household. Memaw and Papa (Chris's parents) arrived for a visit last night, so the kids are totally pumped about playing with them. Caleb is into coloring this week. Yesterday he colored an entire coloring book! He's working on staying in the lines. Now if we could move onto using multiple colors! He uses only one color per picture! So weird! So we have purple snowmen and yellow dogs, etc. Anyway, he told Memaw that he needed a new coloring book today, so they had to take a trip to Wal-Mart for some new stuff. He's now working on the new dinosaur book! He also got this Cars drawing book that you can draw on and then erase. Pretty neat! He's doing very well with his drawing, too. I'm impressed with some of the stuff he's drawn on his magna doodle this week. It's amazing how you can see the effect your praise has on him. We're all like that; it's just magnified in 4 year olds! I love his face when I tell him how great his drawings/color pages are. It's so sweet. I love being a mommy!

Now we're gearing up for a new week. My sophomores (nursing students) take care of their very first patient this week....they're terrified! Pray for sanity!

Dancing King!

Caleb has such a straightforward little mind. I was flipping through the channels and stopped on The Notebook. It was the part where Noah and Allie were just getting together, and they danced in the street. Caleb asked why they were dancing in the street. I told him they just wanted to. He gets that thoughtful look on his face and says, "But Mommy, you're only supposed to dance at the ball!" What was I thinking? Of course that's where you dance! He had watched Enchanted with me a few days ago and I'm guessing that's where he figured out that you dance at balls. At that time, he thought it was silly that you danced at balls and you threw balls. That mind is always going!!!