UPDATE!

Wow!! 

Its been a SUPER CRAZY summer so far! 

I started cleaning the church.

My husband had his second surgery on his shoulder, followed by an episode of low blood pressure.  {His blood pressure was like 85/65 one day!!  I'm no doctor, but I didn't even know it was possible to have blood pressure this low and still be living!}   

Oh, and did I mention he was diagnosed with vertigo to boot??  

I was diagnosed with blood poisoning due to some blisters I got mowing the lawn.  You see, I lived in AZ at the age most kids learn to mow...and then I went to Bible College....and then I got married.  I'd never mowed the yard a day in my life!!  While it's really not that hard, it's simply a lot of work and I got my hands blistered up pretty good.  Funny thing about grass - it tends to continue growing!  Which means I had to continue mowing.  So, my blisters got infected and I ended up in the ER with a red line going up my arm and bunch of ant-biotics. 

We had an AWESOME week of Kid's Krusdae at church!  Our theme was Army Vs Navy.  I was Army!!  Army Won!!  We had 21 children and 1 adult saved.  We registered over 290 children which is awesome for our little church and single bus route!  It was a fun week and very busy, but we survived and it was worth every ounce of energy!  

We've entered a 9 month season of physical therapy.   And yes, I mean WE have entered this season.  My husband goes three times a week for an hour.   He has to take meds before he goes which means he's considered legally intoxicated.  Which means I am his "designated driver".  Which means I do TONS of driving him around on "therapy days".  It's been "normal" for me to spend up to 6 hours a day in the car on these day, picking him up and dropping him off at work, or therapy, or taking him to do his running.  It's definitely been a struggle, but not impossible. 

God has promised not to give us more than we can handle and while there have been days when I wondered how much more I could take, I know that God is there all the time. 

Here are some wonderful things God has done for us this summer:

• My husband's surgery was a success and all is healing well so far
• My husband has improved to the point where he can now bathe and dress himself again!!  This is a HUGE time saver! 
• My husband took me on a one night get away for our anniversary.  We had a sauna and a hot tub in our room!  It was fantastic!  We even got massages!!  The down side is that Jeremy was medicated the entire time.  He said about 3 sentences that actually made since the entire time! =D   At first I was upset by this, but a couple of hours into it I realized that it was God's plan for my weekend.  I was able to relax and enjoy some "alone time" that I think I really needed! 
• A neighbor surprised me and mowed our yard during the week of our Kid's Krusade!  HUGE BLESSING!
• A pastor friend across town bought my husband a new recliner when his broke.  {He's been sleeping in his recliner since he can't lay flat with is shoulder yet, so it was defiantly a necessity!}
• Our oldest has started guitar lessons
• Someone found a dehumidifier at a FANTASTIC price, knew we needed one and bought it for us!  
• A man in our church has been mowing the grass for me since Kid's Krusade just to help lessen the load since so many things have been added to my already busy schedule. 
• I'm going to start watching some children so that I can be a blessing to some friends.  I'm very excited to help them out! 
• I've been able to spend quality time with my children doing what we call "Summer School".  

There are so many more blessings that God has given.  These are just the "BIG" ones!!  God is so good and so faithful!  This would be the world's longest post if I continued to list every little thing that God has done to show me He's here and He cares!  So many prayers answered.  So many necessities provided!! 

I share all of this, not because I want you to feel sorry for me, but because I want you to know why I've been so quite lately.  My husband told me I need to get back into blogging.  And he did so just  a day after I felt the Lord saying the same thing. 

Pray for me as I do my best to juggle all these responsibilities and get back into blogging!!  I would feel so successful if I could, by blogging, encourage at least one person a day!