Easter Recap

 My life has changed a lot from a year ago.  This time last year we were barely keeping our heads above water with Lucy's health.  Every day seemed to be shadowed with a dark cloud of despair.  These days things seem to be going so well.  I try not to get too far ahead of myself, but planning for our future is so encouraging now.  God has chosen to bless our family and we are truly living every day to the absolute fullest.

I can't believe I'm just getting around to posting our Easter pictures. All this living life to the fullest has us awfully busy, but we love it.  As we were gone the entire week before Easter, we missed a lot of Easter festivities.  We managed to get in the most important fun things in the two short days we had before returning to school.

Of course, top on our list was dying Easter eggs.   Jack was the most excited, as this was the first year he could really participate.  Five spilled cups of Easter egg dye later, we had some really "colorful" creations.  I was so busy cleaning up messes that I hardly got to take any pictures.

Easter morning the kids woke up to three baskets filled with treats.  The Easter Bunny always brings a swimsuit (he's a very practical bunny) and then other little "happies."  

After church, we went to my parents house for Easter lunch.  We had a great egg hunt planned but rainy weather dampened our fun.  We still managed to have a great time with an inside egg hunt.  We got rather creative with our hiding places...look at the picture below of my grandparents.  

After we finished our egg hunt, we celebrated my niece's birthday with some yummy gluten free cupcakes.  She, my mom and I share the same Celiac misfortune.  After more than two years, the GF baked goods are finally growing on me.  Everyone seemed to enjoy them.

I pray that your Easter was as blessed as mine.  I have been reminded on a daily bases of the reason we celebrated that very special day.  I hope you have, too.  

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Well, hello there. My name is Kate. I haven't posted in so long that I thought I should introduce myself. Things are crazy busy at our home right now. With the Go Lucy Go race rapidly approaching we seem to be meeting ourselves coming and going.

I wanted to share a few pictures from this weekend. We spent every single minute that we could outside. I hope to be able to write more about it tomorrow. I hope your weekend was as perfect as ours!

Almost There

Thank you all for the encouraging words you left about our video.  It was definitely spoken from the heart.

My girls and I would like to say "thank you" to everyone who has donated to their school's St. Jude Trike a Thon.  The event is tomorrow and everyone is very excited.  If you have not made a donation and would be inclined to, we sure would appreciate it.  Helping Lucy and her friends at St. Jude is the best donation you could make!  Go HERE to donate.  (we are $600 away from meeting our goal.)

Lucy's eye appointment went well the other day.  Ok, "well" might not be exactly the right word but it could have been worse.  It seems that the generalized fatigue that Lucy deals with on a daily basis affects her eyes, too.  In the morning she appears to have almost perfect eyesight and then by mid day she has deteriorated rather quickly.  She is also having some problems with her tear ducts and that causes her eyes to remain very dry throughout the day.  Dr. H is going to try Lucy in glasses but she can't promise they will help.  She won't wear them all day, just only when she needs them.  Training Lucy to realize when she needs them will be the hard part.

Its interesting.  Lucy loves her hearing aids and has never complained once about wearing them.  When Dr. H said she was going to put her in glasses, Lucy was mad.  Like, really mad.  I'm hoping that if they help her see, like her hearing aids help her to hear, then maybe she will grow to like them.  As you can see below, she quickly changed her mood when I bought her an ice cream sandwich for lunch.  Yes, lunch.  Mom of the Year right here, folks!

Our Hearts Poured Out

Thank you Phil Ramsey for letting us pour out our hearts.  Thank you all for watching this.  Thank you all for supporting our family.  

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You still have time to register for the race.  Spirit Runners are welcome!  http://www.racesonline.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=public.race_detail&race_id=11954

Easter Bonnets

We didn't actually wear Easter bonnets this year, but I thought we cleaned up rather nicely.  I've got lots of Easter pictures to post, but tonight I am preparing myself for a busy day at St. Jude tomorrow.  Lucy has a big eye exam and we sure would appreciate your prayers.