Inspirational Video

I'm not usually the type to forward on videos and such in my email. But I got this amazing video from our neighbor yesterday, and as I sit here there are tears comming down my face! It's a great lesson in life, and make make you stronger! I know it has me, just mainly made me think!


It does take about 10 minutes of your time, but well worth it!!!!

http://video.stumbleupon.com/#p=ithct48cqw

Let me know what you think.

We're SOLD

Just an update, since well I'm at dad's house for a few minutes! Thunderstruck did great and was sold. Joel was happy with the price, and I have to say I've got no complaints. The kids on the other hand, wern't too happy. Infact MacKenzie had a good little cry when they loaded him onto the trailer. The guy that bought him, asked if he was a pet, but then again when you've only got 8 head...EVERY ONE...is a pet! But Dahrran knows that Thunderstruck isn't comming home with them, and is okay with the fact!

Sale Day

So the day has come when we finally get to see if our Cattle are worth the money, and making us any! Joel has been waiting for this day to come since Randy Schawang told him we could put Thunderstruck on the sale! This week has been hectic with Joel running around to get everything ready. And of course this morning the poor guy couldn't sleep and was up at (i don't even know what time!) Had showered, and was ready to walk out the door at 8:30am. Of course he couldn't sit stillHere's the bull we're putting on the Schawang Cattle sale today. The sale is at 1:00pm, today March 15, 2008, in David City, at the Fair grounds. So if you're looking for a bull, or even replacement heifers, come on over!

Hello All

Okay so I've been wanting to do this for a while now, and thanks to Sky, I finally found a spot that ... hopefully...knock on wood... I'll really like!

Things are great with us, and I can't believe that it's almost Easter! I have NOTHING bought yet for the kid's baskets, but I do have their outfits, and I do have to say I'm so excited to get them in them. Of course I had to buy the girls matching dresses!

MacKenzie's ER Visit!

Saturday, December 29, 2007

MacKenzie’s ER Visit! So lastnight we were comming home from dad's house, and the sidewalks were a little snowwy yet, and so of course MacKenzie had to play in it! Well she doesn't even get both feet in the door when she slipped on the linolium, and fell and split her chin open. So we took Dahrran and Kaitlynn back to dad's house, and off to the ER we went! MacKenzie did great, and came out like a champ with 3 stiches! She is so proud of them! She couldn't wait to see Dahrran today, so she could show them to him!!!!!! Don't you love her big grin!!!! Such a little big girl!!!

Kaitlynn's Surgery Date & Other stuff you might want to know!

Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Kaitlynn’s Surgery Date and other stuff you might want to know!
Current mood: blessed

Hello to all, I know I posted a while back about our decisions on surgery. Well we've come to a decision. We're going to San Antonio in January! Kaitlynn's surgery is set for Jan. 10. So now that we've got a date set things are going a lot better, it's just waiting for the surgery....which could possibly be the absolute WORST part of this whole ordeal!

So we now come to the point of how in the H-E-Double hockey sticks, do we manage to afford to get down there! Of course we're going to figure it out, but it's just so darn stressfull!!! So I'm setting up a button on our website that you can donate for our travel expenses. By no means do you have to, but we would really greatly appreciate it! If you don't have paypal and still would like to help us out, please just email me and I can give you our address.

Thanks everyone again for your continued support, I don't know how we'd get through the days sometimes, or shall I say, how I'd get through them! Kaitlynn seems to be oblivious to this all, but then again I think I'd rather have it that way!

Smiling on the outside, crying on the inside

Saturday, November 17, 2007

Smiling on the outside, crying on the inside Current mood: confused It's been such an emotional week, where do you begin. So I've been doing more research on Kaitlynn's condition. When we first started this process of learning about her condition, Jennifer brought up to us that there was a new type of surgery out. It is known as the Endoscopic Strip Craniectomy. It's a less invasive type of surgery, and is a lot easier on little Kaitlynn's body. I've talked with some really wonderful ladies this week, who've been in my shoes. One whos's son is now 8 and a beautiful big guy, and another who's son is 17 months and has just graduated from his helmets. These ladies have given me the support I've needed to carry on, even when the days didn't seem to have a light at the end of the tunnel. God has given us a new light at the end of this long dark tunnel, and it is up to us to decide what is right for Kaitlynn. The decision isn't going to be an easy one, mainly because of the finacial issue, but it's something we've got to do. As a parent you don't realize that some of your decisions will affect your children for the rest of their lives, until you come to a situation that will give you the time to think about it. I've done a lot of thinking this week, and crying too. Man it sucks to be a strong person. Sometimes I wish I was weak, I wish we didn't have to deal with the things we do. But I do know that God wouldn't have put us through this if he didn't intend to help us along the path. Joel's niece was also diagnosed with the same conditon as Kaitlynn, last week. So now I've got someone to talk to about it, but I don't want to say things that people said to me that I'd just wish they hadn't. It's hard to offer support when you're also going through it, and you don't know what to say to make it better. Because not many words can convey your feelings as a parent. Until this week, and finding out about little Olivia, I thought I was handling it all so well. Maybe it's just because I thought "we'll deal with it when surgery comes", and it will all be okay. And now I'm realizing that surgery is closer than we know. Wether we go with the full CVR surgery in Omaha, or the Endoscopic Strip surgery in San Antonio, it's going to be a long hard road. I just hope it doesn't come too fast, and I hope it doesn't move too slow! Please everyone keep us in your prayers! I just pray that if the surgery in San Antonio is for us, God will find a way for us to travel down there.