Bees....

I have had an awful time

with bees this summer.

I have gotten stung more then I 

ever remember getting stung.

The first time I stepped on 

a bumble bee in our basement.

My foot swelled up so bad

I could hardly walk for a couple days.

Then about a month ago,

we were doing sweet corn,

and I got down off the back

of the truck

and put my hand right on

another bumble bee.

That time my hand swelled up 

pretty bad.

Both times I got stung,

I would start to feel very funny.

My ears would get really hot

and my head would get very itchy.

Yesterday I was up at Mom's talking to her

and Heather.

We were standing near where is was burning stuff.

And all of the sudden 

there was yellow jackets everywhere.

Mom got stung 9 times

and I got stung about 12 times.

It is kind of hard to tell how many

because some spots there is two stings 

right next to each other.

I started to panic a little bit

because of my reaction to one bee.

I thought what is going to happen with

that many stings.

So Sam took me to the doctor right away.

Thank goodness I didn't react how

I did earlier in the summer.

The doctor gave me some 

meds to let with the swelling 

so maybe that is helping.

But I didn't seem to react to how 

I did earlier this summer.

I am so thankful for my amazing husband

who kept my mind off of things

while we went to the doctor.

I must have different reactions

to different bees.

In other happenings,

I took the boys to the bounce place on Monday.

They had a great time.

Gabe loved it.

School starts Monday.

It will be fun getting 

everyone to go to bed early

and get them up early.

Life....

I found this that I had written 
about a month ago:




Life can change in the blink

of an eye.

Last week our old pastor,

from when we went to Maple Grove.

His wife was in a freak

bicycle accident.

Now she is in a coma

and they are sure

what is going to happen.

She was on vacation in Oregon

and now her life and her

families life is changed forever.

Sometimes you forget how

fast something can happen.

I have really been reflecting

on that this week.

I haven't seen Glenda for years

and it hit me so hard.

I remember them helping with the

youth group when I was in it.

Pastor Bill dedicated Caleb when 

he was a baby.

I pray that they will have a miracle

and she will be healed.

We had our miracle,

I hope they get theirs.

It is amazing how something can happen

so fast and change you life completely.

We need to trust God to take care of us

and know what is best for us.

Talking to him daily about the little

things in life. 

Stuff you don't think matters but it really does.

Praying throughout the day for 

our families.

Catching Up...

Well it has been a long time since I posted on here.

I can't believe summer vacation is 

almost over,

one more week til the boys 

go back to school.

They got their teacher assignments

this week.

I think Gabe got a good teacher.

Caleb has lots of changes this year,

he has a schedule and a locker, 

which will be different for him.

It seems like we have been very busy this 

past month.

At the end of July we had

VBS at our church,

which was lots of fun.

This was the first time they have

had it there since we have been there.

the girls leading worship

playing games

these guys did skits every night, 

they did such a good job.

We were so proud of them.

big kids playing in the sand.

We had a lot of fun doing VBS,

the kids seemed to really enjoy it!

Last Friday night we had a picnic

for the youth group.

It was raining really hard

in the morning and we were afraid

it would rain that night,

so Sam cleaned out the barn floor.

It turned out to be a beautiful evening.

The kids had a fun time swimming in the pond.

Last weekend we went to the beach

for the weekend,

we left Saturday afternoon.

What a mistake.

We sat and sat in traffic.

It took us five hours to get there

when it should have taken three.

Needless to say we were glad to get there.

We had a fun time at the beach

and in the pool at the hotel.

Gabe was so sad to leave.

outside of where we stayed.

the boys liked watching the boats.

we also saw some jellyfish in this water.

Wednesday Gabe finally got

to get together with 

his friend from kindergarten.

They had so much fun together,

unfortunately they will not be 

together this year.

We have also gotten some calves 

over the past month,

I especially like this one.

Lucky