Daily office...

My church has just started a project called Daily Office, and I'm really excited about it. The vision is to make the pursuit of God a part of your entire day.  You get a morning devotion, an evening devotion and a text at noon and 5:00.  You can sign up online through September 29 at

http://www.gatewaychurch.org/learn-grow/daily-office-project.html

Dark ages...

We have no land line, phone or Internet. I had a post all ready. It's witty. It's insightful. Your life will be changed. But I'm just not going to type it with my thumbs, so I'm on vacation blog mode until we re-enter civilization. I'll try to post pictures each day.


Brothers h watching a thunderstorm

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Nana wuz here...

You can tell my mom was here last weekend because...

• We have Nutella, a varied selection of sugar cereal, Rice Krispie treats and oatmeal cookies.
• All of my kids had a bath last night and I didn't yell at anyone.
• All of my dirty clothes hampers are empty.
• Chris and I both slept until 8:00 two mornings in a row.
• I didn't prepare a meal all weekend.
• Chris and I went on a date.
• We have a pumpkin on our porch in mid-September.  Apparently, if you're Bryan and you ask Nana for a pumpkin, it's in the bag.

We should make a movie...

John put together a timeline for our vacation last week.  I wish I had a recording of him telling the story.

Looking at our vacation, all you can do is laugh.

Tuesday – John’s stomach virus; Mark’s stomach virus; Isabella gets stung by a dozen jellyfish; Jacob is stung by jellyfish.

Wednesday – John’s stomach virus; Papa sticks his feet into oven on broil for 2 to 3 hours (horrible sunburn); Jacob is stung again for good measure and JT too; Layla sees how many marbles can fit into her mouth; Andrew spends the whole night throwing-up.

Thursday – John is now even sicker than before and joined now by Angela who is very sick;  In an attempt to make it to Medieval Times before all the children get sick we return from dinner with Summer throwing up; Nan and Bella get sick.

Friday – Nan cooks a wonderful dinner to have Jacob disrupt it by puking in the living room.  Next Aaron’s a crazy itch attack on his sunburned back – sending Angela to retrieve drugs.  Jacob is up all night throwing up.

Saturday – (get ready……..) John wakes up at 4:00 A.M. to pack scuba gear for long planned trip with JT, but 10 minutes after JT is woken up he gets sick (VERY SAD JT),  all the women go out to breakfast together until called home because Layla has swallowed a bottle of medicine, called poison control, Aaron discovers his wallet is missing when trying to take daughter to emergency room, oh yeah and his phone too, don’t worry say the police when they call – we found your wallet, Aaron/Angela/ Nan go to emergency room, police bring EMPTY wallet back to Aaron, John packs car by himself while watching kids because Karen goes to knitting store (should really hear John telling that part), finally John and family head back home at 4:00, Ian gets sick and pukes all over inside of suburban – pull over into only gas station around named “El Cheapo” to begin insane cleaning to remove puke from all over suburban – get text to let us know that Layla has cut herself with razor - drive down the road and Ian pukes again, now there are no more clothes for him – we go to Cracker Barrel and buy Ian a shirt and clean up puke – Andrew informs John that he doesn’t like his chicken, John asks Andrew if he likes his life – 5 miles later Ian pukes everywhere again – immediate pull off exit and head towards only gas station – Karen laughs and says look at the sign, you guessed it “El Cheapo” – Ian pukes again (rest station) – Ian pukes again.  Karen heroically catches the puke in a take-out container.  John hits a curb pulling into the gas station and Karen inadvertently throws the puke all over the car.  The gas station is full of hookers and taxis and the light turns off as soon as we pull in – Bella wakes up Karen to inform her she has wet her car seat on accident, followed by another Ian puke  - John rolls into his house just past 2:00 AM (22 hour day) with Ian and Bella naked and wrapped in the last two clean blankets in the car.

Sunday – David is sick on the way home; Rand falls down basement stairs and goes to hospital but CT scan is clear. Rand wakes at 1:00 and cries inconsolably for an hour. Bryan wakes at 3:30 and pukes in the hall. Summer finds it by stepping in it. Bryan wakes at 4:00 and pukes again. Summer finds it by stepping in it AGAIN. The next morning water is leaking through Chris and Summer's living room ceiling. Rand is still very cranky. Subsequent x-ray shows that his leg is broken :(. First pediatric orthopedist suggests an appointment in October. Seriously. For a nine month old with a broken leg. Should we just go ahead and schedule him for surgery?

Even with all of that, it was still a great vacation. I love seeing my family and watching my boys with them.

The cavalry has arrived, and things are looking much better at my house.

Touching, yes. Helpful, errrr...

After Rand fell down the stairs, David and Jacob dressed in battle gear.

David:  We're going to protect Rand from falling down the stairs.  

Touching if not exactly helpful. It's another way they're turning into little men that I don't quite understand. "Someone is hurt. I will pound something or somebody."

Less than 24 hours and he pulled off this cast.




Hopefully cast number 2 will last a little longer.




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I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison for letting me fall down the stairs when I was just a baby...

I can't write a witty or soul-searching blog post on the main event here.  It's just too sensitive.  Here are the last 24 hours.

Email to friends:

R fell down stairs last night.  Went to ER.  Did CT.  Clear.  R up at 1:00.  Inconsolable.  Finally slept.  B up at 3:30 and 4:00 puking.  Clean puke in middle of night.  Twice.  Water leaking through living room ceiling this a.m.  R won't bear weight on leg this morning.  Go  for xray.  Broken leg.  Waiting to get into ped ortho.  Sigh.

Response from friend whose toilet broke.  Ensuing leak destroyed main and basement level of her home:

Oh my goodness. Together we could write a really moving country music song.

Pawley's island day 6...

7 of us got a stomach bug


Guys took over during









Traditional women's breakfast


Which got interrupted when


2 year old ate most of a bottle of pepcid.

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