Happy Birthday Baby

This post is for two things.  One is to say Happy Birthday to my wife. The other is to share this poem I wrote. This poem was to be for our anniversary last April, but it took me a long time to finish it. The poem has now become a birthday present, but was written to celebrate our ten year anniversary. I hope you will enjoy it, and help me wish Jessica a Happy Birthday!

Ten years down the road

Oh how time goes by

Three children later

For you all I would die

Ten years down the road

Since we first said..... I Do 

You took my last name

We became one, no longer two

Ten years down the road

Since our first little place in Marquette

We've moved around a bit

To Portage, to Berlin, then to Texas we went

Ten years down the road

We found a church and got involved

We built our home

We've kept our resolve

Ten years down the road 

We've had good times and bad

We've had joy and grief

But in each other we've always found sweet relief

Ten years down the road

And all will agree

That I must praise God

For you and our three

Ten years down the road

We look not only back, but ahead

To twenty, thirty, forty more

As by God we are lead

Carter Had A Big Day

Our day started early as we got all the kids up at 4 am to head to Dallas.

We had to be at the Hospital early to do all the pre op check in before surgery.

We always stop by our special tree.

They did a quick check up on Carter, then marked his eyes for surgery.

Carter thought it was rude that they wrote on his head.

Carter gets to play for a few minutes before they call us back.

Carter was very excited to get a Mickey mouse robe to wear.

Then we wait......... and wait....... and wait!!!!!

When they brought him back to us he was quite out of it.

Carter is the strongest little boy I know . He does not always know what is happening to him but he takes it as well as any grown man could. 

We are very grateful to the staff at Children's Hospital, they really know how to take care of the patients and the family.

Thank you to all who pray for us and Carter, we don't always know who you are, but we know you're out there and we thank you from our hearts.

A special thank you to Randy and Chrissy Cronin and to Rick and Jill Story. They teamed up to watch the girls so we could be free to focus on Carter.

Again I want to thank you all for your love and prayers. THANK YOU SO MUCH! 

A Carter update

This is just a quick update on Carter's surgery. He will be having eye surgery on October 22nd around noon at the Children's Medical Center in Dallas. It will be for both eyes and will be an outpatient procedure. Please pray that everything goes well and for safety as we travel. We will be leaving at 5:30 that morning as they will be doing measurements and all pre-op that morning. I will probably post more that day or the next. Thank you to everyone who prays for Carter. I know that he would not be doing as well as he is if there were not people praying for him. God's hand is very evident in Carter's progress and we are very grateful.