Nathaniels Bad Back

Nathaniel and I went early Monday morning to talk to a surgeon about his MRI and to talk about different options he has. Basically the Disk between his L4 and L5 spine bones is so bad that if he twists or bends or hurts his back any further he will have loss of control over his bladder. He has lost the reflexes in his left leg and barely has any in his right. All in all, He doesn't really have any other option except to have surgery! The good news is that as far as back surgery goes, this is one of the more minor surgeries. The healing aspect isn't to difficult from the sounds of it either. The surgeon said he could be driving about four days after the surgery. Of course, it depends on how he is feeling. He also has genetic deterioration of the disk. There really isn't much he can do for that except lose weight, exercise, that type of stuff. I will post how things go after he has had his surgery. All we know is that he will have it Thursday, November 8th. We will know what time the night before.

Happy Birthday Grandpa

Grandpa has turned 100 years old. I just wanted to wish him a very happy Birthday and to put a memory I have of him. I remember always going up to sleep at his house and he would always tell me back stories, and take us swimming. He is the one who taught me how to dive. He would also give us (his granddaughters) rides on his motorcycle. I will always remember the stories he would tell us about his youth. How it was growing up during the depression and how he blew up the mountain and so forth. The songs that he would sing and how he would just love to be around other people. He loved to jump on the trampoline with us, up to his mid eighties. After that he just enjoyed watching us. I remember he would always record us just being silly, and had more compassion for strangers then anyone I know. He really is my biggest example of being Christlike to others. I am so glad that we had a party to celebrate Grandpa (William Paul Faddis)! We love you! I am also so glad that Bekie was able to fly in from Arizona and surprise us all for this special event. Thanks Chalese and Bekie for the surprise. I think the only thing that could have made it any more special would have been if the Autrey family and Kevin could have been here.

Star in Your Own JibJab! It's Free!

Witches at Gardner Village

I took Jarom, Rachel and Emily to see the "Witches" with Nathaniel. We all enjoyed it and took a few pictures. Jarom really looks forward to seeing the witches, and we have gone for the past couple three years now. It was fun to see that Gardner Village has mixed it up a little bit. They have added some new witches and have moved the locations of the other witches. Jaroms' favorite witch is still the "Witchy Poo". Rachel is still scared of the witches, but is fine if Nathaniel is with her. It was fun with Emily also. Then we went back a couple of days later with our playgroup. It was fun to watch all the kids run around and play.

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Dancing with the stars

Jarom and Rachel Laughed their heads off when Alysha did her JibJab that they wanted one of their own. They love to see these JibJab almost every night at least three times. They love to dance with this video.

Star in Your Own JibJab! It's Free!

At the "Big Top"

I just wanted to give Marvin and Denise a big thank you from the kids for taking them to the Circus. They had a lot of fun and still where their hats. Thank you also for letting Nathaniel and I tag along! Jarom was so excited when they sat down, and loved watching the clowns. He is our little "Bello". Rachel and Jarom said their favorite part was the cotton candy. Emily even enjoyed the circus. She was really good thru the whole show.

Rachel also enjoyed the popcorn and sitting with Grandaddy. Jarom eating some cotton candy. Jarom and Rachel missed the tigers because they decided they wanted Grammy to take them potty. It was probably a good thing though, cause the kids would have been friughtened by them. They did however, like the elephants a lot. They really had a good time. Afterwords, we all went to eat except for Rachel whom had fallen asleep.

Cute Kids!

I took Jarom to get his birthday pictures done and decided to get some of all the kids. They are all so cute I had a really hard time deciding which pictures to get.

I can't believe that Jarom is all ready four years old.

This is one of my most favorite pictures. I had to get a couple of just the girls. Rachel is two and Emily is five months. They look so much like each other. These, of course, are my favorite ones with all the kids together! What could be more cute?

Haircuts for the kids

The Kids went and had their haircut. Because they wher so good and held still, I then took them to McDonalds for lunch. Rachel and Jarom before their haircuts. They where a little bit nervous at first. Rachel getting her hair cut. She was so good for the stylist. Plus it helped that she got to choose where she wanted to sit. Getting her hair styled was fun, especially cause she got to watch a video she choose the whole time she was having her hair done. Rachel with her new "Princess" haircut and still watching her video while Jarom had his hair cut. Jarom having his hair cut. He got to play "Spiderman" on the Playstation while he was having his hair cut. He was so good also, but the clippers tickled him a little. He also got to sit in a firetruck car/seat. Jarom was a little nervous when he realized how short his hair was getting, but he was still really good. Jarom after his hair cut. What a handsome fella! It is so cute when we put it up in spikes. Rachel with her new haircut, playing with Emily. Emily was also very good while we got haircuts. Emily is just to cute to leave out of the story! She can almost sit by herself, but still needs a little help or after a couple of minutes, she flops over. We really have to watch Emily though, or she rolls right off of things. She is getting so strong.