End of June already?!

Wow, June has really flown by! I mean, being stuck inside on the couch was not what I call 'fun' but at least it is starting to warm up and I can now stand up straight again! (Most of the time, anyway!) For those of you who don't know, they think that I will have to have my gallbladder out. That was actually a relief to me! I was so afraid it had something to do with my stomach... but the gallbladder, ah, no biggie! :) I go to the GI doc on the 9th, so hopefully we'll have something to go on then. For now, the attacks have calmed down and I can get along fine.

Now, a little retrospective glance. I am in awe and shock that almost (to the day!) that one year has passed since my wonderful husband came back to us from the middle east! One year! (It'll be a year on July 4th, just in case you didn't know that.) How thankful I am and blessed to have him home with us. Boat life will be an adjustment (whenever we find out when and where that will be) but having that small glimpse of the families who have their significant others gone for 12 to 18 months at a time definitely helped to put things in perspective for us. Life can change in an instant and I am so thankful for each and everyday that God gives me with my family and friends.

The girls 2009 dance recital!

Today the girls had their 2009 dance recital! I must say, I was so proud of them! They both did a wonderful job. Kassy did a tap dancing number this year to the song 'Put on a Happy Face'.



Lilly did a ballet number to a beautiful lullaby called 'Baby Mine'. It was my favorite number that she has done in the past three years of dance recitals.



Needless to say I am very proud of them and just wanted to share a few pictures of them. For a 'break' this summer they both have decided on a new path, jazz class. So that should be fun! I was so blessed as well, to be able to go. Thankfully my stomach condition has calmed down and I am able to now stand up straight! I'm able to start taking in more food along with the antibiotic that the doctor gave me. Test results should be coming back this week, so I'll see what was going on. Thanks for all the prayers, I really appreciate it. Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!

Rawr.

Things around our house are quite interesting lately. I have been down and out for the past week and it isn't showing signs of letting up. I am very frustrated and wish for it to go away. I finally went to the doctor yesterday (thinking I just had some kind of a stomach virus, I decided to wait it out) and they told me I had colitis (duh!) and if it didn't go away in a few days to GO BACK. Argh. I'm not happy. Today I decided I am just going to push through it, I need to take care of my family and sitting on the couch, curled up in the fetal position or in the bathroom is not working. I know that God must have a reason for this, but I'm not seeing it right now and I am very frustrated. Maybe I need to be taught to rely more on Him? I take good care of myself... I don't know. I'm just very frustrated and think it might be better if the doctors just fully took out my digestive system (okay, maybe that is a little extreme). Anyway, sorry I just needed a little rant... hopefully this is just a tiny storm and it will pass.