Busy Days~Sick days~Fun Days~Sad Days!!!!

So I know it has been a while since I posted!I thought I better post and let you know what we have been up lately !! since you are probably thinking where are the post!Well here it goes !!!!
After 6 weeks of waiting we finally got Lillie's new feeding machine that weights alot less then her other one she had!The back pack is even smaller for her!!It was funny because the first one she had weighed her back ward when it was on her back!She likes it and actually ask to put it on!On another note we took Lillie on Sunday to urgent care because her eye was watering and was red on the outside!The doctor said it look like she had a slight scratch on it and sent us home with a prescription to heal her eye!I was actually excited because I had found a medical bracelet for Lillie at the pharmacy where I got her med!!I wanted her to have one so that when we are at functions like b-day parties,ext people will see the bracelet and not be so out to give her foods!!Lillie wears the bracelet just fine and does not complain about it being on her hand!I do believe Lillie is so use to change that Iam thankful to God that she does do grest with new things that are changes for her!!
~~~~~~~~Sick days~~~~~~~~~~~
On another note I have not been feeling all that well!!part of the reason I have not blogged As soon as the weather changes in our town I have asthma issues!That means no sleep at night~totally tired from lack of night sleep~coughing~and not breathing well !!!Thankfully God has been my strength to keep going as I should!!Some how He gives me the joy I need to make it through my daily task of wife and mom!!
~~~~~The passing of a dear Lady~~~~~

Alisha's(Tony's sister) fiance Kory and his family lost a dear Lady Linda Olgesby on the 26Th of augest!This women is Kory's Nana!Nana held dinner every single night at her house for the whole family!This was after a 8 hour day at work that she would come home to make dinner for her family.Every single holiday was at Nana's and papa's home !Nana loved the lord and it showed in all different ways through her life!Close to 9 months ago Nana had the sweet blessing of seeing her only great grand baby be born that she would ever see before she would pass away Trinity Hope Bowers Alisha's and Kory's baby girl!Kory was very close to his Nana and this is a huge sorrow for the family as they will miss her dearly!But we can celebrate her presence with her king in heaven.Tony and I had the blessing of going to her funeral yesterday!We enjoyed hearing about her and how she greatly affected those around her!!They played beautiful songs that sang of the lord!They read bible verses that were Nana's very favorite.We were so glad to be there for the family and show we love them and will there for them through this very sad time.


~~~~~~by to the old couches and in with the new ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

So my sister and brother gave tony and I there old couches about 3 or 4 years ago and they had them for about 7-9 years before giving them to us!They had went through 5 kids and we all know how many body fluids can come from one child lol not to mention food and drinks :)The couch cushions have been washed so many times lol !!!So my husband said it was time to purchase some new couches for the family!So we saved money that I was making off of e-bay and Tony worked 3 days over time and after a month we went and got some new couches!!I actually came home with different couches then what we saved up for!WHY?? Because the ones we saved for looked as though They wouldn't be good for us because I could just see them getting thrashed after a couple of drips of juice or hand oil ext!I just knew something stronger and more colors would hide stains ext:)Tony loved the ones I switched to so we were all good :)We love them and are soo excited because the couches are our first store furniture purchase ever in 7 years together!!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~School Days~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The kids are loving school and we enjoy the time spent together that we are learning together!Addison can now write her own name without looking at her name written down for her and she finally learned how to make a S after 1 week!Anthony knows how to write his name as well and struggled to write the letter Y but now can write it all by himself!!!

First Day of Kindergarten !!!

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Well today was Addison and Anthony's first day of Kindergarten!I honestly never seen the day where I would be home schooling my children!Last year I had planned that Addison needed to go to public school because I was taking Lillie to therapy 4 different days of the week!We were also going to the doctors it seemed none stop as well. That was before I started praying about what the Lord wanted me to do!My heart wanted to home school really bad but I didn't see how I would home school my kids with Lillie and all her issues she was having!So I wanted to know what the Lord wanted for our children not what I thought It looked like I should do!The lord did answer my prayer and with time Lillie's therapy went to 2 days a week and 2 therapies on each of those days!Then her occupational therapist said Lillie was only 3 or 4 months behind and didn't think regional would pay for her therapy since she was not to far behind(government funded for children with disabilities) so we are not seeing her as of now and we are still waiting for some answers!Since last year Lillie has a diagnoses and so basically It cuts doctors apts because we have a pin point of what doctors now and how often!
I cant begin to say that last year I would have said there was no way to homeschooling but as of 4-5 months ago God made It clear as to what he wanted me to do and that was my hearts desire to Home school my children as long as the lord allows me to!He made everything calm down with Lillie so I could:)Praise God !!! I have such a great feeling homeschooling is going to teach me alot and I mean a lot of things!Oh Iam teaching my children but you see God is teaching me at the very same time:)through my precious children and schooling them:)I already know which child I will be on all the time because I was the same way as a child and I can remember having more important things to do then school work lol and I already know who I can give work to and can trust that they want to and will get it done lol !!!

"therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and bind them as" a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.You shall teach them to your children,speaking of them when you sit in your house,when you walk by the way,when you lie down,and when you rise up.And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates,that your days and the days of your children may be multiplied in the land of which the Lord swore to your fathers to give them, like the days of the heavens above the earth.
Deuteronomy 11:18-21

Happy Birthday Dad !!!

Yesterday was my dads birthday and I couldn't be more thankful to God for my Dad!He means so much to me and I love him very much :)Iam so thankful for who he is and all he does for our family!He is a great papa to his gran babies and loves to play with them!He always brings jelly beans in his pocket to give the grand kids and boy do they love that!!We celebrated my dads birthday at my grandpa and grandmas house!We all went swimming and played fun games!My grandparents made a great dinner and we had yummy cake and ice cream:)My aunt Linda and my cousin Cara surprised us and stoped to say hello!! They are from Washington and were down visiting other family members!!I was able to see Cara's new baby girl who is 6 months old I believe and her son I have not seen in a year!(It was so nice to see you girls love you)It was alot of fun!Tony had to work over time so he was not able to go!He was able to enjoy being with his friends after work though because we got home late!

Addisons First Tea Party With Nana !!!!

Addison and Kalani and there American girl dolls were invited by Nana to come to her house for a tea party!Addison Got all dressed up and I curled her hair!Nana had this planed for about 3 weeks and worked hard at making the tea party meaningful and memorable as well!!Nana fixed a table all up and made the girls such a special lunch with there names by there plates!Nana had a special time talking to the girls about "Seeking God with all your heart " and she did a special hunt to help them understand what seek means by hiding different things and the Addison and Kalani had to seek for them.They played dress up together,and they did each others make up,they danced to music and laughed and had such a special time!Thank you mom for making that day so special for Addison and Thank you for making memories that will seriously last a life time with my daughter and soon Lillie will be joining in on the fun memories of Nana's Special tea parties. I love you!!

NorthHills Family Camp :)

So we went to our first family camp with our church for the weekend!We had alot of fun!We learned about "our Stuff" and how really is it important in our lives!We were blessed to hear my brother in law give a beautiful testimony of his life and how Jesus saved his life.We had awesome worship each day and boy did the girl like the boys leading it!The kids had such a blast and it was such a blessed time getting closer to our church family!They are such special individuals and were such a joy to spend time with this last weekend.We also enjoyed doing skits,watched movies,played chubby bunny with marshmallows as well!"Oh and WE GOT DIRTY FOR SURE LOL"We cant wait to go next year!!Thank you to everyone who put the camping trip together so we could enjoy a great time together as a church family!


Lillie girl!!

Addison and her friend Sarah!

Amy and her hubby

Becky boo!!

Susan doing them good o dishes!!

Amber with her daughter Jenesis and Laura

Addison and k and Lillie worshiping to the music!
Hanging out!!!

pre-teens in front row!!!Hmmm I wonder why:)THE BAND LOL!!

FOOD IDEAS.......

About a month ago our family was invited to go to Tony's cousins son birthday party and I had started talking to this girl Lizzy! We went to highschool together.She had asked me about Lillie and we started talking and she had asked me if I had heard about the Vegan food and I had no clue about it but heard a couple of times of it on a support group for parents with EE children . So she told me a little about it and how they have stores in several places and one being in Sacramento (45 mins from our home). So after the party we said by and that was that.

So over the last 4 weeks I have been trying to think of foods to feed Lillie!I have been so focused on what she cant have because she will get sick! That I found myself feeding her the same things weekly and feeling as though my mind was stuck on ideas!So I started praying that God would help me with different ideas of food to feed her! So the other night I made caned re fried beans and I had took out a nice size bowl for Lillie and put cheese in the pot!Well Lillie loved them so much she ate the whole bowl and wanted more of them!So as I went to get her more I realized she could not have more because cheese was in them!I always give Lillie food any time she wants it only because Its such a issue in her life So I felt really bad that I couldn't give her more! So the next day I went to the store to get the pinto beans and googled how to make them in my crock pot because I wanted to make sure she could have all the pinto beans she wanted without being told" NO" I made them and gave her them and she loved them just like the caned ones "YEAH" I froze the rest in daily portions so I could just pull her food out for the day!I actually Iam working on making her food 1 day out of the month to make a months supply of her own foods!Okay so 2 days ago Tony's cousin Jessica calls me and says Lizzy the one I had been talking to at the party had sent me a book to her house (The one at the top of my post what she had been talking to me about!Its 130 ideas for making foods free of animal,no dairy,no fish,wheat,gluten,peanuts,tree nuts:)basically its a vegetarian book but it still gives me so many ideas and really Lillie is living like a vegetarian besides the fact she can have turkey,chicken and pork!I cant explain how happy I was that the lord had heard my prayer and answered it in a person who I really wasn't close to!The fact that Lizzy cared that much to take the time to buy a 20.00 book and to send it to Jess to give to me was such a blessing and made my day! What a huge hug from God!Oh and that lunch box on the front is called "Lap Top lunch box and you can find it at http://www.laptoplunches.com/ They have all kinds of neat things on there!I know many of you like to feed your children healthy things and this is why these 2 women are the founders for these boxes!You can feed them healthy foods away from home in a neat box that comes with a insulated cover and ice pack!It can get pricey but to me its a one time buy and worth it. PS I think I will look on e-bay first :)

BIG O SPIDER !!!

I thought I would share with you our big visitor the other night !Addison had to go potty in the middle of the night and almost steps on it in the hall way!She screamed for daddy and I didn't hear her but Daddy sure did ! It was so funny because at 2am I woke up to what sounded like my husband playing with the kids in the hall:)they were laughing and just having a blast!If you know my husband he really gets into these kinds of things!or its a big deal lol:)Tony sprayed it with some type of bug killer and he shrunk!He was bigger then this picture for sure!needless to say Addison liked sleeping on the floor but now she is liking her bed a whole lot more since the spiders cant get her up there:)We wont tell her that they climb hee hee!!They were talking about this spider last night at dinner and it has been 2 nights ago!I thought it deserved a post for the sake of it was a huge deal for the brazil home.