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It has just been over a month since I have been on here. I almost forgot my password to get on, oops! There has been lots of things going on since I last posted and I have been a loser for not getting it done. Regular season baseball ended and now Zach is getting ready for Summer League with another team. They will be called the Outlaws. Zach is really excited about this team. They should do really well. The Heights had VBS the last week of June. It was lots of fun. On that Friday, Hayden had surgery on his hand to have a neuroma removed. It is all part of his NF Type 1. He was determined not to miss the last night of VBS so off he went in an arm sling with ice on his hand. He did well. This coming Tuesday he will have his stitches out finally.It has been blazing hot here. A cozy 100+ for the past week. I guess I shouldn't have been complaining about the cold weather we had in the middle of May. I guess that is all for now. Here are a few pictures from the past month. I will try to be more disciplined about posting here. I really need to stay off Face Book! LOL!
Shawn mowing Friday. It was so stinking hot!
Hayden July 4th. It was hot that night too! He is getting tired of me taking his picture so much!
Well guys sorry I have been away for awhile. With school ending, baseball, getting Zach off to camp, work and having a sickly child for the past week, I just haven't been into getting this done. Now that we have a little break from baseball and Hayden is feeling better, maybe I will do better. Not making any promises, but I will try! Here are a few post from the past couple of weeks. Hopefully, more to come.
June 5th: Took Hayden swimming at Seahorse. He loves going here. It can get a little crowded at times but it is just right for him. I like sitting in the shade with a good book while he has some fun.
Waiting patiently in line for his turn on the slide.
Ready to slide down
Off he goes. We spent 3 hours out here that day and he enjoyed every minute of it.
June 2nd: With Zach gone to camp, Shawn and I were able to give Hayden all the attention he wanted. We hung out in the backyard with our dogs on this Saturday night. It was very nice and the mosquitoes hadn't arrived yet.
Shawn and Yogi. They have a special bond. Yogi is so sweet.
June 1st: Even though Zach was going to have to miss a baseball game but we decided that this kid needed some time away and what better place to go than youth camp. Here is Zach in the Whataburger drive-thru before I went to drop him off. He was ready to go.
Luggage lining the wall. The scene outside the church as kids arrived. Our youth went to Bonita Park, NM. It was an awesome camp with several students making decisions to accept Christ as their Savior and several others making decisions of going into ministry. Way to go THF Outfitters for being an awesome youth group.
May 28th: This was Shawn's 38th birthday. I picked Hayden up from school a little early so that we could go get Shawn's birthday present and cake. We had to go to 2 different Wal-Mart's to find a cake. Top priority on Hayden's list, it has to be chocolate.
Shawn had had a long day at work and was really tired but he was happy to see that his boys had this surprise for him. My three boys!
It is funny that writing this post has been on my mind for awhile for many reasons and then on Thursday night it really became evident to me why, maybe. The first thing I want to say is....Cancer Sucks!!! I know that is harsh, but it is the truth.Between Shawn and I we have lost more than our fair share of loved ones to this horrible disease. I have lost my dad,John, in his early 60's to renal cell carcinoma and his dad to the same type of cancer in his late 50's. My sister. Melinda, died at the early age of 24 to leukemia and a brother-in-law, Steve, in his late 30's to liver cancer. My dad's sister, Frieda, died in her late 50's to esophageal cancer and my step-father, Jerry to melanoma in his 50's. I can't begin to tell you how many extended family members I also have lost to this monster. Shawn lost his mom in her 50's to multiple melanoma as well as 6 months prior to her, her mom died of the same thing.In the past week or so, two sports figures are dealing with cancer also. Boston College stand-out linebacker, Mark Herzlich, was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma and pro golfer, Phil Mickelson's wife, Amy, has been diagnosed with breast cancer. However, on Thursday night a young sports guy caught my attention. One of Zach's teammates mom informed me that she had received a call about her 13 yr-old son, CP, from the doctor. It appears that he has a malignancy. She was just beside herself. She hasn't told him yet because his appointment with the doctor is not until next Thursday and she didn't want him to have to worry all week.She was in such a struggle in trying to figure out how to even tell him. I have had lots of cancer experience but not with my own children and I hope that is a place I never have to go. I pray that she and her husband find a way to tell him and that CP is able to take in what is going on and deal with it. I pray that this cancer is contained into one place and that it responds to treatment. As I obtain more info and I know CP is aware of the situation, I will post more specific information. Please lift this family up.
Shawn mowing Friday. It was so stinking hot!
Hayden July 4th. It was hot that night too! He is getting tired of me taking his picture so much!
Hayden at VBS the evening after surgery. He wasn't missing the pie action! If u noticed not many pics of Zach. He has been the social bug this summer. Time for him to slow down for the rest of the summer so he can get ready for school and football! Can't wait!
