School's about to begin...

Wow, what a week the past few weeks have been. Getting ready for school to start has been super busy! From shopping for pencils and crayons to pillow cases and new shoes and socks, we have been to just about every store possible!! Mackenzie is so excited to start kindergarten. While, I on the other hand, can't believe my big girl is getting ready to start kindergarten- her school career is about to begin. How can that even be possible? It just seems like yesterday I was cuddling with my first born in the hospital. How could 5, almost 6 years have gone by that quick? I am very excited for her though. She's going to learn so many new and amazing things. I'm excited to see how she progresses as she learns new things this year.

Vaca

Parker and I got to take a trip without the kids to Clearwater/St. Petersburg, FL. to visit Shana and Jim. It was our first trip without the kids in 7 years!! We had a great time. However, by the end of the week we were missing the girls!

Here we are with the Hyatt in the background

The view from our room!

And it wouldn't be complete without an awesome pic of the beach!

New baby

I am so thrilled to say that I am going to have a new niece or nephew. Lauren called yesterday to tell me that she's pregnant with baby #3!! Yay! She is due approx. Dec. 5, 2011. We are praying for a healthy, happy baby! Congrats to the Barnes clan!

I know I haven't been on here in a while, but if you look at my blog every now and again then I hope you do now. This little guy needs many prayers. The picture is a little old. He's actually 18 months right now. He's the son of my friend at work who had to have open heart surgery the day after he was born. He also had open heart surgery again in December. Well, he went to his 2 month post op visit and they found that the pressure in his heart has not gone down like it should have. He had a sleep study done to see if he has sleep apnea (which can raise the pressure in your heart). If he does, then he will have his tonsils and adenoids taken out. If not, then they wait another 2 months to go back to the cardiologist. If at that time the pressure in his heart hasn't gone down or gotten worse, he will be diagnosed with pulmonary artery hypertension which is terminal. He would only live to his teens or 20's. Please pray for healing for this little guy's heart! He needs a miracle right now!