Update

Quick update on Greta:

She is doing so much better! I am so pleased to be able to say this, because she was one day away from being cut open for exploratory surgery and biopsies. I will spare you the details, but her digestive tract seems much healthier! I am so glad we did not put her through surgery and anesthesia. She is still blind as a bat and I have had to fish her out of the pond once, but other than that she gets around pretty good.

The weeks leading up to Christmas were pretty hard on me thinking we were going to have to put her to sleep. I did not get as much done as I had hoped I would, but that's life sometimes, right?

We are back in the swing of life here in 2012 and I am trying, unsuccessfully, to organize the house and my life.

My boys love playing Angry Birds. I have never once played it and find the music annoying. Apparently, I am in the minority since it is extremely popular all over the world. Will made these out of a set of clay he got for Christmas. I thought the detail was pretty amazing.

Both boys are doing great in school and continue to love going every day. I am so thankful for our school and our amazing teachers. My respect for teachers continues to grow as I witness what an important and difficult job they have.

I still teach my 2 year olds on Sunday mornings and have just started a new Beth Moore Bible study on Wednesday nights. I have signed up for the half marathon again in April, so I will soon have to start running seriously again.

We are planning a trip to Washington D.C. in February because John Will's Uncle Bob passed away and is being buried at Arlington National Cemetary. This is a blog post all by itself, but I just mention it now because it will take much planning and preparation between now and when we leave.

Life is good and we are blessed. God is good all the time.


(P.S. The reason I have time to sit and type out this long post is b/c it is a snow day here and Ryan had the stomach virus last night. So, we aren't going anywhere today.)