Prayers and Blessings

New prayer request - my cousin Wendy had a son, Jack, Wednesday night by c-section and he inspirated some amniotic fluid in the process. He now has a lung infection and is in the neonatal intensive care section of Tacoma General. Very stressful for a first time mom and her family. He is a 9 pounder so he has some resilience and they have requested prayers for his recovery, mom's recovery and for successful breastfeeding which will bring him needed antibodies. We racked up the miles for me and know it works...

Ian is responding well to his treatments. He gets a spinal tap of chemo every Thursday and needed a blood transfusion last week, so that was a new experience for his family - 9 hours at Mary Bridge. They are assembling a hospital survival kit for those trips b/c who knows how long they will take each week. It's a roll of the dice. He's much cooler with is new hairdo to boot.

Nick spent the week at tennis camp with 2 buddies and Joe worked wrangling 40 kids at Vacation Bible School at church. He seemed to enjoy himself but learned he doesn't want more than 2 kids when he is an adult, so it taught him things on a variety of levels. Boys have a week off of activities until August 4-8. Joe in b-ball and Nick... we'll find something to occupy him.

We are well. Had a busy week last week and another coming up, so I've been a couch potato this weekend. Our washing machine is on its way to a quick retirement. The main issue is we bought the house from a single occupant and it came with a front load small capacity washing machine. With a family of 4 and two boys, right?! So it's days were numbered. It's been peeing on the floor like a geriatric puppy for months and Dan took it apart this weekend. Brilliant design, plastic compartment to hold the drum in place and steel screws. So the plastic housings break and you are ... screwed. Just what I need this week. Fortunately, Friday was 7 loads of washing day, which may have been the straw that broke this swaybacked camel. We'll do our part to stimulate the economy. The boys are off tomorrow for a M's game with the g-rent's and overnight. I'll work a long day and then take a pal to her colonoscopy on Tuesday - I'm everyone's butt buddy now; required ride home from the light at the end of the tunnel.

Peace and Blessings,
Michelle