Our Awesome Summer at Home

Well, needless to say, we were quite excited to be home. We hit the ground running, and we haven't stopped since then. Our summer went by so fast, but we really enjoyed it! It's hard to even remember everything that we've done. John and I celebrated our 10th Anniversary on June 18th shortly after arriving home. We did pick up the Mary Kay car the night we arrived home. Then, we rode as a family in it in our local July 4th Parade. Jackson even held up a sign that said, "My Mom Can Help You Earn a FREE Car Too!" It was too cute! We had a yard sale and sold our red furniture, crib, strollers, and Johns Mitsubishi Galant that we bought after our 1st year of marriage. A little sad to see all of those things go, but we know that God is starting a new chapter in our lives now. I've been back to Dallas (yes, back in Texas, again) for our annual Mary Kay Seminar and Awards Night. It was a lot of fun to reunite with my new Houston friends, and it's always an amazing learning experience. Then, we headed to Gatlinburg for a family vacation with my mom's side of the family. There were 23 of us that stayed together in the cabin. The following weekend, our neighbors invited us to come stay in their camper at the lake for the weekend. Needless to say we only survived one night because Jocelyn was up screaming most of the time. Bless her heart. I think she is cutting her final 2-year molar...and the last baby tooth we'll have to endure! Wednesday, John and I leave for Australia, a trip we've had planned for months, before the whole situation with his arm even came about. Thank goodness his company was willing to let us continue on with our trip, and praise the Lord that John is physically healthy enough to go now. He just has a cover for his forearm so it won't be exposed to the Queensland sun. We just made plans to climb the Sydney Harbour Bridge, and we'll most likely go SCUBA diving in the Great Barrier Reef! For those of you that don't know, John's company also has a division in Australia. In April of 2007 a family from Jennmar Australia came to the states for 12 months...I guess to learn a little about how things are done here and to teach the plant here how things are done in Australia. All I know is that he was a huge help to John when starting up his new plant! His wife was also a huge blessing us upon the arrival of Jocelyn. They love babies, and their boys were 8 and 11 at the time, so they were more than willing to lend a helping hand with our little ones! We promised before they left that we would come visit them when they finished building their new house. So....here we go...as promised! I'll try to remember to do a post about our trip when we get back. I also wanted to update everyone to let you know that he has a CT Scan scheduled for September 17th here at Bristol Regional Medical Center. I have no idea when we'll know the results from that. We are just following doctor's orders that they gave him when we left Houston. Then, in December, he'll return to Houston for a similar checkup. Thanks for all of your continued prayers and support! We are so blessed!