Boy, has it been a while! Last I posted was in November. Of course with November came Thanksgiving then the Christmas holiday. We had the kids choir musical at church, which 2 of the kids were in, RJ ran lights and Rod helped with sound. We had Christmas dinners/parties to attend. We celebrated Christmas with my husband's father, brother & his kids on Christmas Eve. Christmas morning is always spent with just us here at home. Then we went to Rod's Mom's side of the family gathering. That is always loads of fun. New Years Weekend we took off as soon as kids got home from their NYE All-Nighter & went to Tennessee to celebrate with my family. That was a long trip but fun to be with everyone. Everyone but my one brother & his family was there.
January brought a pain that we have never experienced before, and I pray we never experience again. Our nephew (Rod's brothers son) committed suicide on January 15th. When the phone rang at 2:30am on the 16th we knew it was not good, as the police and my BIL were all looking for him. We cried, we comforted each other, then we knew we would have to tell our children that their cousin had died. We have had death in our family but not like this.......It was sad time. We spent hours upon hours at my BIL's house, fixing food, making sure they had what they needed, just being there. The funeral was extremely hard. Continue to keep the family in prayer - my BIL and several other family members are not saved.
February brought waves of sickness through our house. All three of the kids had strep throat and Rod had a nasty case of bronchitis that required shots and breathing treatments and knocked him totally flat on his back for a week. Nothing like any bronchitis I have ever seen before. Thankfully I did not get sick.
In January, right before our nephew died, I started subbing daily for a teacher that was going on maternity leave. I started out with just doing after care and she continued doing her afternoon class. Then the first of February I started doing her class in addition to after-care. That was a good experience and I had fun - tons of prep work though! HA! She came back to work this week so I am back to subbing on an as needed basis (which is 3 days this week already LOL). Subbing is great and I enjoy it but working every day is not for me! HA! I enjoy being home doing what God has called me to do.
Well, that is a 4 month update from us! This weekend is Fine Arts Festival so I am sure I will have pictures and updates to share!
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