Entry for September 24, 2007

Well, Terri hasn't entered a blog in a bit, so I thought I would do one for her. Things have been going pretty well, no complications and the incision is healing quite nicely. She is beginning to experience the all-to-common itching associated with the healing process.

For the most part Terri does what she is supposed to do like rest, stay down, not attempt to do anything much but then we are talking about Terri who doesn't like to do those things. She does experience some pretty severe pain in odd areas of the back of her head, which are probably attributed to the surgery itself as most don't persist very long.

Terri's first 'big' outing was with her friend Roxy on a trip to the nail salon. Seems like it would be a pretty low key activity right? Well after what Terri had done, she quickly realized that it isn't so low key and she couldn't wait to get back home and as expected, she paid for the trip for the rest of the night.

Myself, I think I am finally getting over my cold as are Austin, Channing and little Macee. The first week back from Colorado was not the best time for all of us (with the exception of Terri thank God) to get sick. Trying to keep the kids away from Terri and Terri away from the kids was no easy task. I am back at work full-time now, playing catch up and as strange as it sounds, getting some rest.

Austin's team the Windsor Knights played the Sonoma Dragons yesterday in Sonoma and trounced them 36-7. Austin play's noseguard and also defensively on special teams during kickoff. During one attempted return, three Dragon players who had just gotten the ball under control had almost gotten to their feet to begin the run-back. What they failed to see was Austin running full speed, slipping past every opposing player in his path, who absolutely hit the three of them like a freight train laying them out like falling timber. All you heard across the crowd was, 'ooooohhhhhh'. I believe all three players are expected to make a full recovery. The devilish smile on Austin's face said it all, 'when the three of them looked up, they realized it was just me standing there, just Austin, the Hammer'.

Channning's team performed equally well. Channing and the rest of her cheer team made sure to keep the boys fired up and the crowd cheering. I am always amazed at how many cheers those six and seven year old girls can remember. In fact, I asked the cheer coach, 'so these girls know like 20-25 different cheers?'. She replied, 'no they actually know around 50 of them'. Now that is simply amazing. Even though I have been at most of her cheer practices and she practices all the time at home, I maybe remember three or four.

Macee is fitting in really well at Little One's Christian pre-school. The school is the same one attended by both Austin and Channing before her so we know all of the teacher's and the owner very well. In fact, Terri does the books and payroll for the school so we trade for tuition, which works out quite nicely.

Terri will be returning to Colorado to meet with Dr. Oro for her first follow up appointment in mid November. She currently has an application into Southwest Airlines for their free medical transportation program. I think if they accept you, you get one or maybe two free trips a year.

I would again like to say thanks to those families who have brought us dinner those many nights, it has been a big help.

I would like to say a special great big thanks to our church family for all of their support and prayers. God is so big that is truely blows me away.

May this blog find you all happy, healthy and blessed. God has and continues to bless us in amazing ways each and every day.

In His Service,

MIke