Tomorrow . . .

I go in for my partial thyroidectomy, where the surgeons will remove the middle and right portions of my thyroid in order to biopsy a large follicular neoplasm with hurthle cells.

Here I am the day before surgery.

I have so many posts that I need to catch up on but for now they are on the back burner.

This weekend has been about connecting with family and friends.

After Eli's t-ball game yesterday, we went to park and had fun playing, 

something I don't do nearly enough with my munchkins.  

It was a hoot riding the teeter-totter, all five of us on it at one point, Daddy really got it going!!!

After church today, there was cleaning and playing to do.

The kiddos went back and forth between being super sweet and super naughty,

so I guess it was a perfectly normal day :-)

Right before going to bed, Alli came down to give me another hug and decided we should pose for pictures at the computer ~ she can be so sweet and silly!!!

While I definitely feel some anxiety about tomorrow's procedure and the biopsy outcome, 

I am feeling more peace tonight than I expected.  It helps so much to know that God already knows what will happen and will prepare all of us to handle whatever comes our way.

"Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that He may lift you up in due time.  Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you."  1 Peter 5:6-7

Lice - YUCK!

On April 5th and 6th, Alli complained that her head hurt and she didn't feel great . . .

But she was running around playing and acting goofy so we didn't think much of it.

Monday morning I got her up and in the shower, which she LOVES 

but within minutes she wanted out. 

That was the tip off that she might really not feel well - yep, temp of 103.5. Back in PJs she went. 

We still had to take Eli to school and Luke to gymnastics so off we went in the car. 

At gymnastics, Luke started sobbing that his tummy hurt so we left.

We had an hour before Eli was done with school so we got Alli in for a haircut.

That's when our "fun" really began - the hairdresser found lice :(

Thankfully, she was extremely kind and finished the cut.  

We picked up Eli early and drove to Lice Knowing You on Mercer Island to have the whole family checked.  Praise God, it was only on Alli, who was such a trooper during the treatment.

When she was done with her treatment, we drove to Barbie Gramma's so the kiddos could play there while I went home to sterilize the house ~ my washer and dryer have never been so busy!!!
Thankfully, when she went back to Lice Knowing You for her followup check, she was clear.
Expensive but the ONLY way I would handle a lice situation :-)
We were so lucky as Alli had a very mild case.
We found out later, at least one other child in her class had it too.
Praise God that we made it through that itchy situation!!!

Little Bro

It can be tough being the little brother and having to watch from the side lines . . . 

Luke LOVES to play ball with Daddy and Eli at home, and he's pretty good!

This weekend, Eli had two t-ball games and Luke wanted nothing more than to join the team.

He walked around wearing Eli's batting helmet 

and at one point nearly broke my heart as he told me 

"I'll be bigger, I play t-ball too!"

All weekend he told us 

"I big Lukey, I play t-ball now?!?!?"

So hard to tell this sweet face that while he can play at home, he's just not old enough to be on Eli's team.  

Shoot, Eli is one of the youngest on the team.

Your time is coming soon sweet boy!

Frozen with the Fishers

What an amazing time we had this evening as we watched Frozen on the big screen with about 40 friends.  Our small local theater (the one G and I went to when we were little) gives you the option of buying out a showing of movie for a very reasonable price so we thought it would be fun and we were right.  Everyone had a blast and it was so nice for all the kiddos to be able to sit together, giggle, sing along, get up and dance and not worry about making too much noise!

It was Lukey's first time seeing a movie in the theater and it could not have gone better.

He LOVED sitting like a big boy with his popcorn and watching his favorite movie.

How fun to see all of the kiddos enjoying it and singing along.

Alli and Eli really wanted to dress up as Elsa and Kristoff.

Not wanting to be left out, Lukey put on a hat and called himself Little Kristoff :-)

It cracks me up that Eli can get away with wearing my boots and not look like a clown!

At the end of the movie, the kiddos all headed up to the stage to dance and sing "Let It Go"

Everyone had a fabulous time and loved grabbing a Frozen cake pop on the way out.

 Such a perfect end to the weekend!!!