Announcing……

 

 

 

2007 Cub Scout Webelos Leader of the Year!!!!

 

Tim was awarded the Webelos leader of the year for our district.  That covers 2 counties and about 25 other packs all with several Webelos groups.  It was quite an honor!  He was so surprised and excited to be picked.  I was so excited for him because he as worked so hard over the past 2 years to make his little group have fun, learn and grow into young men.  They are all crossing over to Boy Scouts this Spring and all with the coveted “Arrow of Light” (the highest award in Cub Scouting).  I just have to give a BIG SHOUT from a proud wife for my husband.  HE’S GREAT!!!!

Hello everyone!

 

Things at our home have been crazy for the last 2 weeks.  We have too many activities and too little time.  I am usually careful not to schedule too many activities per week, but I must have had thoughts of grandeur when I was adding things into January.  LOL 

 

The boys are enjoying scouting.  Tyler has just earned his last activity badge for Webelos making the "super achiever" award.  Ben finished up his "Bear Requirements" and went to visit a Falconer that had 2 falcons and one hawk to see up close.  That was so cool.  Especially since we have had some close encounters with birds this week - a turkey vulture in our yard and a owl in one of our trees. 

 

I've started working out weekdays locally.  It's something that I've wanted to do for a while, but Ryan was not old enough to let me leave him with a sitter daily.  But now he is doing so well, I have found the time to work it in.  I am hopeful that I will soon return to my former 20's looking self, except with more lines on my face, and stretch marks, and broken spider veins and...and...and...so much for hope.  LOL

 

Tim's business has been slow for December and January so far, but it's starting to pick up.  I enjoyed having him at home with us so much, but it will soon be the busy season once again. 

 

Ryan's supplements have been challenging to start and keep a schedule, but we are doing our best.  He is such a champ and is learning to swallow all the different vitamins and supplements.  He will be starting 2 more that are specifically for the residual DPT in his body this week.  I am anxious to see if there are changes.  He already learned a new work this week “Ow-side” (outside).  It’s adorable.   

 

Just for kicks, here's a pic of Ty & Ben w/ cousin Emily while making a 5 mile hike up a mountian in Arizona.

 

 

Have a great evening!

 

~J

 

 

Good Evening

 

I wanted to post some info about some testing that we recently had done on Ryan.  After 5 (almost 6) years of medical testing, therapist, drugs, diets and endless doctors, I decided to try something different.  I was directed to a mutual friend who does Electrical Dermal Screening.  Basically, it is taking at the method of acupuncture and using electrical reading to see where there is congestion in the electrical flow of energy from the body.  Sound Hokey?  Well, maybe except she found many of the exact things that our family Chiro found in addition to another alternative medical guy (Dr. Brimhall), and none of them know each other and I never shared the results with any of them.  I was actually shocked she found the same things.   

 

What she found along w/ the others were: residual pertussis and diptheria immunizations, wheat allergy, and retained metals. I was not surprised to see the pertussis and the diptheria. Ryan started having seizures 5 days after his first DPT shot when he was 4 months old.  I always suspected that the "pertussis" portion was to blame and therefore never had that shot again and delayed all other immunizations until much older.  Dr. Brimhall found the metals, and the wheat allergy before.  So those were also confirmed.

 

So what are we doing?  We have started a program to detoxify his little body of those things.  I'm not going to go into details but will say there are several homeopathic tinctures and some herbals along with fish oils and vitamins.  It's been easy enough to implement.  Along with the supplements Ryan is doing ionic foot baths twice a week to help detox the metals as well. 

 

Now I know that some of you might thing that Jen the nurse has totally went alternative.  And I guess that yes, I have.  But I will say that I didn't just get on the computer and read a ton of info and then try to find my way and cure my kid myself.  I did that before and found no peace.  I have been praying and waiting on God to direct my path to find wellness for Ryan.  And this is where He has directed.  God has led us and revealed through small windows what Ryan needs over the last 2 years and now our path has led us to use these methods.  I am very hopeful that we will see progress in Ryan as we work. 

 

We will be doing the EDS for the next few months and I will keep you posted on how Ryan is doing and his progress.  Please continue to pray for his success. 

 

Blessings! ~J

More things I'm thankful for:

 

18.  My in-laws are wonderful giving people who love me and my children. 

 

19.  My husband likes to be silly.

 

20.  I have friends that are friends when I'm not friendly.

 

21.  I have friends that trust me enough to share the real problems in their lives. 

 

22.  I have friends that I can trust enough to share my real problems.

 

23.  Ben like to wrestle on the floor with Ryan in the evening just like brothers should.

 

24.  That Hillary Clinton came in 3rd in the Iowa Caucas

What do homeschooling, a cat and a dog, and living in a small town add up to?  Free entertainment. 

 

As I've looked outdoors the last 3 days we have had several nature, biology and gross anatomy lessons.  For what ever reason, our cat and dog have used their natural instinct to hunt and kill some small, poor animals.  Then they are so proud, they bring it up into the yard and proceed to throw the corpses up in the air and catch them in their teeth on the way down. 

 

Our cat caught 2 mice, one on Tuesday and then one Wednesday.  She played for close to 10 minutes, throwing, catching, biting and then finally eating them.  Of course we all headed outside to watch, but then promptly left when she started to chow down on the head.  Crunch, crunch.  The whole “eating the fur” thing made me have a tickle on the back of my throat.  Gag.

 

Today as we were finishing up school, we see our dog Suzy prancing along the road with a large squirrel in her mouth.  The tail hung and dragged the ground as she bounced along.  She acted like a beauty queen on the runway as she showed off her “talent”.  However, she, unlike the cat, had the decency to eat her meal in private. 

 

Both animals stayed outside for most of the day, but bringing them back into the house was well, unnerving for me.  I feel like using a Clorox wipe on their mouths and bodies.  In fact, while typing this I have the urge to send them back outside; however, it is already below freezing and I’m just not that cruel. 

 

We did enjoy our free entertainment compliments of our pets; however, I would probably rate it a PG13, for horror and tense situations.  That makes it all the more interesting to 3 little boys.    

Good Morning and Happy New Year!

 

I'm sitting down to the computer this morning with a bowl of Irish Oatmeal and a warm fire.  We've had a cold start to the New Year with temps in the 20's and for Texas, that's just too cold.  LOL 

 

We visited Tim's fire station yesterday for New Year's Day since he was at work.  Ben climbed all over the fire engines and got on top of them while pretending to use the hose.  I'll try and post some pictures.  I was using my regular 35mm camera.  Ryan loved the fire engines too because he is a lover of large vehicles.  So he was in truck heaven.  Tim let Ryan run the lights and sirens and Ryan screamed with delight. 

 

Our main reason for our visit was to....ahem, visit Tim.  Right?  Well, of course, sure, but the fact that Tim's fire station just bought a 60" HDTV and a Wii had a little to do with our trip to see daddy.  Tyler is in love with the Wii and I'll have to say that it was fun.  We were boxing and playing tennis for the few hours we were there.  You can really get a good workout if you try.  So as a result the boys have started a savings plan to get a Wii by summer.  So if any grandparents want to hire a few boys for odd jobs, give us a call.

 

We are back to school today.  It was a nice break, but I know if I take a longer break there will be no break for later.  And if you homeschool, you know that the spring is painful without a couple of break weeks. 

 

Blessings!