It has been almost a month since my last post...thank you Susan...but what a busy month it has been!!! First let's talk about Jim's back. He sneezed one day and literally could barely walk afterwards. I guess it was just the straw that broke the camels back....no pun intended. So off to the doctor he went. They did another MRI and decided rather quickly, like 4 days that surgery was needed. So we scrambled to get things in order so that we were prepared for him to be out of work for what we thought was about 2 -2.5 weeks. The surgery went very well. The doctor told Jim later that he was surprised at how big the rupture was...about the size of the tip of your thumb....and couldn't believe that Jim was still walking!! Thank you God for small miracles even when we don't know about them!! Well, the recovery is going well and Jim had his follow up this week. The doctor told him that he was going to be out of work for at least another 2-4 weeks. Yuck....he is already bored. Also he will have to go on temporary disability and that doesn't pay the normal pay rate, but it is better than nothing. =) Since it looks like he is going to be home most of June, I can continue to work full time until he goes back to work and he can stay home with the kiddos. Not our original summer plan, but it works, so we're going to go with it!! Keep his recovery in your prayers and us as well....thanks!
On to the kids....school is almost out!! They are so ready, and so are we!! They have had a great year, but are ready for a break. I honestly hope that Shelby Co. Schools never again make us go after Memorial Day, this is just plain stupid. The kids really haven't done anything all of the past week, and aren't going to do anything next week either. They are supposed to have Field Day Tuesday, but it is also supposed to rain, so we'll see what happens there. We found out that Taylor didn't make APEX, and she is ok with it. A little sad, but she is better. Bradley is doing well too, still thriving on his new meds. We thought that he was going to need an IEP, but he was tested and it was decided that he wasn't in need at this time...praise God! The school will keep his file open and in the future if it is decided that he needs one, then we will already be ahead of the game.
Bradley celebrated his 6th birthday!! I can't believe my baby is that old and almost a first grader. We celebrated at Incredible Pizza. It was our first visit and it was really fun! It was not crowded, clean, and reasonably priced. We went on a Thursday, and spent around $60 and we all ate at the buffet and had $50 of game cards to play with. It was a good deal on Thursday, they double your game card money so that was really nice. The kids had a blast riding the bumper cars, playing mini-golf, mini-bowling, games, skee ball, and spending the tickets they earned.
Taylor finished up her 4th year of Girl Scouts and got to bridge to the next level, which is Juniors. She has been in the same troop of girls since kindergarten and they have a great time!! Her leader, Ann and assistant leader Susan are just the best!! They really work hard to make it fun for the girls and I know Taylor wouldn't love it as much if they weren't part of it!!
I think that is it for now!! Have a great weekend!!!
