Mysterious Illness

I woke up Wednesday morning to Zach being sick. I was informed he had been up earlier in the morning throwing up. So he stayed home from school. He was finished with the vomiting by noon and was wanting to go outside to play by 3:00. He was not excited that I would not let him go out to play. Anyhow,he returned to school on Thursday and I learned that alot of kids and some teachers had been out sick too . As I went home from work on Thursday there were many local news trucks out in front of the public elementary school either leaving or filming a newscast. Later I saw on the news that Hobe Sound Elementary was having quite a few kids out sick (about 120 or so) and that the Martin County Health Dept. had been working with them to find out what might be the cause. So for now, we are wondering what's going on and hoping that Jessica & Andrea do not get sick.

Showing support!

While good friends Tim & Sharron Teed were here they helped show their support for McCain & Palin by holding signs on the corner of US 1 and Bridge Road. So Saturday night they got our kids excited and so they all made signs and colored them so they could go show support on Sunday afternoon. I'm not sure how much support they got, but I think the people were a little tired of seeing us drive around circles trying to capture a few pictures. We managed to get a few. So below is a slode show of them making the signs and standing on the various corners for supporting our candidates.

Trick- Or- Treat

Friday evening was an absolute gorgeous night to be outside. The community we live in allowed trick or treating for anyone who wanted to participate. There were quite a few who handed out candy. The kids sure didn't come home empty handed that's for sure. Hopefully more will participate next year. It was nice having a safe place for the kids to be out and it promoted fellowship with your fellow neighbors. I think everyone had fun! Below are a few pictures from the evening. As usual Meagan was not impressed with some costume even though it was something she had to wear and not some huge animal coming at her in costume. She has this Phobia with costumes I guess. Anyhow, we finally convinced her to wear it. You would have laughed your heads off at us as each one of our kids took a turn going outside knocking on our door saying "trick Or Treat" as Rod dropped candy in their buckets to show her how fun it would be to get candy. She was not impressed! But our neighbors mother who you will see dressed up in the pictures finally got her dressed. She was terrified of her with her mask on and hair, but something just warmed her I guess as Zola took off the hair and mask and got her dressed. Maybe she was scared this crazy woman would take off with her. Once she finally got dressed we headed on out to see what we could get. We got one Trick as neighbors down the road sprayed silly string at you when they opened the door before giving the treat. But we got plenty of yummy treats!!

We have a new Toy!

We acquired a new toy recently. We never told the kids as they would have drove us nuts. But we weren't quite sure how it was going to work out and how we would even get it home. Luckily good friends Tim & Sharron Teed showed up for a visit when they were in the area for a load. Tim is always eager to lend a helping hand! His truck was perfect for the job, even through a few minor glitches,they got it delivered to our house. The fun part was getting his big rig down our street. Unfortunately when he pulled over in the sand he got stuck. Luckily a 2x4 under the tire gave enough traction it came out really easy. So we didn't have to call a tow truck, thank goodness. The next fun part was to get it back through our narrow walk way to where it needed to be. They decided to lay 2x4's on the grass and wheel it back which worked really well. The kids are excited to use this as they always love it when we stay somewhere with a pool and hot tub. We are still working on some minor glitches with heating and some of the jets aren't working but I think it possibly got jarred loose in the moving process. Hopefully we can get it fixed soon so we can relax and enjoy it!

Youth Challenge

Last weekend Britt had the privilege of Riding the Bus with other Hobe Sound College and High School students to attend Youth Challenge in West Harrison Indiana. This is the first time she had ever done this. So I don't really think she knew what she was getting into. But I think after many long unsleepless (if thats a word) hours on the bus, she still had a good time. She was able to see her good friend Kaitlyn that had moved to Ohio this school year and also another girl Ashley from her class that moved to Indiana this year. She also saw a few other classmates who had moved away and also met some new friends. She came home exhausted and they only had one minor mishap on the way home. They lost a whole entire wheel. Luckily they noticed when they stopped by to get some snacks that it was gone. So after a several hour detour they arrived home about 5:00 pm Sunday evening after leaving at about 2 pm on Thurs. to go there. So it was a quick trip. I'd say she had fun. Below is a slide show from the trip.

Visiting Grandma!

Last night we headed out to the hospital to see Grandma along the way as we headed to Stuart for a bite to eat and a trip to Walmart for last minute Halloween candy and things. What a busy week. There has been absolutely no time to do anything.As we pulled into the hospital parking lot Zach reminded me that he had never been to a hospital before. I was thinking to myself yes he had he was born in one. But as I thought a moment, he was right. Zach, Andrea and Meagan (the last three) have never been in one. They were all born either in a birthing center or at home. So his theory was right. So this was a new experience for them. I'm not sure how exciting it was, but it was something new. Below are a couple of pictures with Grandma.





The 5 who are still at home




And Brittany and Meagan

Grandma's surgery went well!

Our day started off on Wednesday a little earlier than usual. We got the kids off to school at the usual time and Meagan headed to the sitter about 8AM. Rod & I headed to the hospital to wait for his mother's surgery details. We hit McD's for breakfast and next door to Starbucks for our morning coffee and we headed down the road to the hospital. She had already been wheeled in to surgery so we waited and visited with a good friend who was there for moral support. By the way this was not life threatening surgery. She had a knee replacement done. About 9:30 we were taken to the consultation room and the doctor came in and said everything went well and as long as she keeps it moving she should be in good shape. We went back out and waited while she was in recovery and just before noon she was taken to her room. We went up and saw her, she was doing pretty good and so we headed home to catch the kids who had early release at noon. Into the grind of homework and many other things , dinner at about 6:30 and headed back to the hospital about 7:30pm. She was more awake of course this time. She didn't keep her dinner down. I think the anesthesia was still playing games to her system. Hopefully today will be much better. They are suppose to get her out of bed and walking today. We'll see how that goes. If all goes well she'll be off to rehab in a couple days.