we made it back from wichita safely. didn't run into any bad spots. the boys were really good on the road!! which made it really nice.

i'm waaaayyyyy behind on housework!! i'm tired of the clutter but how do you stop it from happening. seems like as soon as i pick something up someone put something else down.

Monday... I found out why my mom isn't in the best health. She went to the doctor and found out she has hyperthyroidism. she goes next week to see a specialist. they will decide then how they are going to take care of it. hyper thyroid makes a person lose weight, heart races and many things that for some reason i can't think of!! when they take care of this she should gain 20lbs!! YIPPPPEEEEE!!!! i'm so excited for her to get "fat". : ) I LOVE YOU MOM!!! the doctor also found a nodule on her thyroid. they will do a biopsie on it next week. 10 percent of nodules are cancerous and is least common in hyperthyroid. I also learned that thyroid cancer is slow moving, therefore easier to treat and most of them are NOT life threatening. I'm pretty confident that it isn't cancer. I'm so glad that she went to the doctor!! she has been heavy on my heart and my mind. no matter what she may think - her kids still NEED HER!! it just makes me so happy that we are figuring out what is wrong and kicking it in the butt!! : )

tuesday chad and i decided we would take the boys to the movies. thought it would be fun for the family. do it on the weekday, less people at the show, easier to feed jude if needed. so all day we were all excited to go. after supper i asked the boys to pick up toys (we do everynight before bed). guess what they were not listening. we told them and told them. finally chad made the call to tell them we weren't going to the movies. : ( bummer!! it needed to be done to teach the boys but man i was sad!! maybe next week. Cade was heartbroken. i don't know if lane even soaks in punishment or not. so we did something different. lane fell asleep on his bed. i did my walking tape (finally started!!) chad decided to take jude and go to his dads. this is the first time jude has been out of the house without me. : ( I was glad i was working out to help with the stress of that. i took a shower and cade put the dishes away and we got some snuggle time. chad came back home a couple hours later. i was pretty antsy!! i was ready to have my baby back. he did say that he had a really good visit. glenna finally got some good snuggle time with jude. : )

Wednesday... I found out that a friend of some of the youth from our church in arkansas has a brain tumor at the base of the brain stem. : ( they did surgery today and removed it but had to put him in a coma. I think he just graduated from high school last year!! I pray that God heals him.

I also found out some other bad/good news. my best friend genea - her husband zac was in a car wreck about 2 wks ago. some guy hit him going 45 miles per hour and he was stopped. He got bad whip lash, concussion and a bruise on his brain!!! he has been going to therapy and now can move his neck 45 degrees each way (couldn't move it at all after the wreck.) a bruise on the brain has symptoms of brain damage. He gets dizzy, bad headaches, forgets - messed up short term memory, irritable. she said he is def. not zac right now. : (. the good news is that he will heal (could take up to 6 mths) and he is still with us!!! I ask for everyone that reads this to please pray for Zac, Genea, and Aiden. Genea has a lot on her shoulders - so much i didn't mention. She really needs some strength right now!

Chad and I got the boys a bunk bed today. we have been talking about it so i did it. I also got a good deals on mattresses. They are really excited about their big boy beds!! Chad is putting them together right now (11:24 p.m) He is close to being done. the boys are on the couch tonight but will wake up to big beds in their rooms. they are big!! it is only a twin size but man!! my boys are not going to get that big!! : ) LOL!

better go chad just said the beds are done. plus i need to get to bed!!!