What's been going on.....

Well life at hour house is enough to keep anyone busy!!! September brought us lots of work in the garden and of course getting things ready for our new school year which was a lot more work then usual because we are moving from schooling two children to three, Savannah "officially" started this year too! It has been fun watching her learn to read and see that yes she really is growing up.  We are navigating our way through High School with Brandyn as he is in the 9th grade and we are learning about transcripts and all the fun things that come with "homeschooling through high school".  Taylor is in the fifth grade and learning so much, she is a teachers assistant this year with her dance school in addition to her 4 days a week of dance and her weekend rehersals for her performance group.  I really hope she will be able to keep up, her dance teachers seem to forget that she just turned 10. In the last month Isaac has learned to walk, run, climb on our kitchen table, get over the gate that used to keep him off the stairs, open all closed doors, climb out of his crib, and find ways to get outside all by himself. After reading this I think I should list all things that he can not do yet, at 14 months old this boy keeps us BUSY! We are so thankful for these kids and all the joy and happiness they bring to us!

Here are three of them enjoying the end of summer fun.......

I forgot to mention, this boys loves the dryer....we have to make sure it is closed or this happens!!

In other news..... we were told that Savannah had Lukemia!  This really shocked Andrew and I and it was a very tough week here.  Savannah has spent more time at the hospital than any kid I know, her immune system does not function well so illness, hospitals, and all that goes along with this keep us on our toes!  After a long week, much prayer, and many hours spent with the Lord I was once again reminded that these lives are not ours they belong to the Lord and we need to serve HIM in hardship as well as during times of gratitude.  I am thankful that our dear daughter does not have Lukemia she has a severe case of A Plastic Anemia, which we can work with, well we would have worked with Lukemia too, but this is a little easier.  Now we have to make a lot of choices and decisions about how we will move forward with her care!