Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Boogie Rondo...

is something from my sisters and my childhood.
Thanks to my mother,
we all got to experience it/him,
just in different ways.
For my sisters,
they only needed to behave to have Boogie Rondo
leave sweets and treats for them.
She got smarter when she had me and put my friends and I to work.
Boogie Rondo would only come if we filled
ice cream bucket of acorns and pinecones and leave it on the back step.
When they were filled,
we had to run around the house and when we got back,
he would have left us treats.
So on our trip,
the grandkids did it and had a blast.
 They found all the pinecones.
 They followed Aunt MaeMae around the house.
 They had just as much fun following the leader
 all around the house.
They came back to find the bowl of treats(for the record,
I usually worked for one treat- they got three treats)
Boogie Rondo is still going and being
passed to another generation.


Sunday, October 27, 2013

SHHHH, It's a...

Surprise!
We went back to Green Bay this weekend to
surprise my mom with a retirement party.
She had no idea about all three of my sisters
coming into town with our families.
Here is my sister and I after we got back from the party...
in the kiddos fort:)
 The following day, we went to the pumpkin patch.
Our Aunt Patti took the day off of work to come with us.
There was pumpkin bowling...
I forgot how strong my sister was as I was taking the picture
and got pumpkin guts all over me!
Here are all of the kiddos on top of a hay bail...
it was a fast picture.
My mom and Aunt Patti...what beautiful ladies!
My sister, Jessica, and the girls on a wagon ride:)
 My adorable niece loving up the spider hay bail. 
We celebrated my Oscar's 8th birthday! 
How can my baby be 8 years old?
We had a great weekend and
it made it easier to leave knowing
Christmas was right around the corner.
 
***Update***
Although, I didn't talk to the pediatric kidney doctor yet,
I brought the results for my sister and brother-in-law to look over...
there is no narrowing of any of the veins that would require surgery!
Now we will hopefully be able to have both doctors
figure out the medication for Evie together.  
 


Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Update on Evie...

After our last appointment with the cardiologist,
she recommended we do a renal ultrasound to make sure the kidneys are
functioning properly.
She did say sometimes it can take a bit to get
blood pressure under control,
but she wanted to eliminate the possibly of her having any
other narrowing of veins going in or out of the kidneys.
She also thought her bp should be going down by now
and she doesn't want to put her on another bp medicine if we don't have to.
If she does have any narrowing,
it would require surgery in Rochester.
Even if that's the case,
it would be less invasive than her other surgery.
I will keep everyone posted on the results as soon as
we know.
Keep the prayers coming please!

Friday, October 18, 2013

We're On Top of the World

So this whole adventure started because I was trying to
get a fall leaf pictures for my sisters.
I was frustrated that the power lines were in the way.
So Zach told the kiddos and I to get our hiking shoes on.
And up we went.
Keep in mind I have never been up to the 'cave'
before so I didn't know the extent of our adventure. 
If I knew the almost vertical rock climbing,
I'm sure I would have opted for the children not to attend.
We all made it safely and had a blast. 
The view went on and on and on.
The kids just kept repeating, "We're on top of the world!"
 I'm glad Evie was still holding onto Zach though.
 We could see wind mills in Cashton and houses in Sparta.
 The pictures don't do the colors justice,
but at least it's something.
Up on top of the bluff,
we had to go through some woods. 
The kiddos kept saying they felt like they were in the story
The Spooky Old Tree:)
It was a little eerie.
 Our faithful cat 'Mittens' followed us the whole way.
The pictures a little blurry,
but this is a rock face we hugged to get to the cave.
Here is the cave.
We were hoping that no animals were in it when we got there.
We could walk into it and
it goes to the right and you can't see to the end!
 The rock structure outside of the cave.
The kids loved it
and after we got down(and everyone was safe)
so did I:) 
 Here is one more picture of a neighboring hill that can be seen from our
front window.
 

Saturday, October 12, 2013

A Little Increase...

We recently had a bit of an increase on one of Evie's medications
per the pediatric cardiologist according to her blood pressures. 
It doesn't seem to be affecting her and
I'm hoping that with the Thursday appointment with the cardiologist,
it will be adjusted back down to where she was at before.
This has been a process and we are all getting adjusted
to it.  She is doing really well and in good spirits.


Thursday, October 10, 2013

Happy Fall...

Sometimes, I just can't believe I live in a place that is
so beautiful.  I tried to capture the color of the leaf change,
but pictures don't really do it any justice.
 
 
 

After a fall drive,
the family did a little work on our fence to
make it a little more seasonal.
Then the kiddos and I went for a walk up the hill.
And of course, I had to surprise them with a little candy corn
to celebrate the season.
The kids had me cracking up all the way.
I was feeling good so I decided to do a fall craft
I saw on pinterest.

Evie's craft turned out to be interpretive.
Joey put her own spin on it by coloring the tree as well
as the leaves.
And Oscar made his very similar to the way
I would have.
Everyone had their own style and are beautiful.


Friday, October 4, 2013

Update for Evie...

I'm happy to report that Evie is
doing really good.
We just found out that her blood pressures
that I've been taking every night are looking good so
we won't have to run into the clinic weekly.
Depending on her weekly reports of blood pressures,
the cardiologist can adjust medicines accordingly.
Although she is keeping the medications the same for now,
this will make it really easy to adjust medications
and we won't have to wait until our appointment date.
I feel really good about this
and think it's a proactive approach.
We are so thankful and blessed.