Someone got mad at me yesterday because I never update my blog. So sorry. Here it goes. Things have been interesting. The Christmas holidays have come and gone and were nice. I enjoyed having McNeil home for the most part and Brandon was able to have some time off too. That was really nice. For the past 3 years we have had a major medical incident happen in January. 1st there was my kidney stone surgery and hospital stay. The following January we had Brenda which was awesome and so worth it, but I am speaking from a monetary point of view right now. Then last week I spent four days with Brenda in the pediatric ward. She was having seizures caused by high fevers. They never found out what was causing the problem but she got to go through a lot of testing and poking to find out what wasn't causing the problem. We are sure glad she is home and healthy now. The poor thing was poked 17 times before she got to come home. Most of those pokes were people trying to put an IV into her tiny veins. She was sure glad to leave that place. And so was I. It is so hard to watch your children suffer and if they had kept her for one more day or tried to poke her one more time I think I would have gone postal. I know they were just doing their job but that is not much comfort when it is your baby who is suffering and looking to you for help. All is well, she is back home and hopefully will not have to experience that again. Watching you baby stop breathing and turning blue is so scary. I am just grateful for everyone who was there supporting us and taking care of us. (Even the people with the needles.)

It is official, we have a new President and things in our world are starting to change. Some good and some not so good. I was a little confused when they offer prayers at the Innauguration but they are not allowed any where else publicly. Strange isn't it?