update . . . sorta

Hi, I’m on break, which means the kids are peacefully sleeping away in their cribs for nap.  :)  I do love this time, its rejuvenating in a lot of ways.

I’ve talked to my mother multiple times today, the first being her waking me at 7:30am to let me know dad was going back for surgery at that very moment. Ok, sleep was not coming back after that so I slowly made my way to the kitchen to make coffee and do some praying. I was more anxious than I thought I would be but could not get my dad off my mind, I ended up praying a lot! Then I called her around 10am, he was still in surgery. Thats normal, I was mostly checking on her status; my bro, Billy, was with her so I worried less. Then she called me around 11:20am and he was out of surgery . . . everything went fine, though they ended needing to bypass 5 arteries, instead of 4 . . . but it still went very smoothly and he’s sedated in ICU right now.  The 24 hours after surgery is the most crucial.  Strokes can happen, not to mention other potential difficulties . . . so they keep a super close eye on him for a day or two.  Then he will start his recovery in the hospital for a few days then go home, probably Wednesday or Thursday of next week.  Its a painful recovery, from what I gather, so please keep praying that God just speeds recovery and gives my dad the grace to deal.  HE is faithful, so I’m not worried, just want to keep him in prayer.

Wow, I think thats all I have to say about that. Nothing new here. Justin is off taking a day of leisure scuba diving with a buddy of his today.  He loves to dive! So I hope he’s having the time of his life! He works so hard I’m glad he gets to just take off today! Though I have to say he’s diving a bay up by Tillamook and the name sounds like retard . . . so I’ve been calling it retard bay, I think its native American and it seems that its Negard bay or something but its waaaaay to close to retard . . . thats too bad.   I told him not to get retarded in retard bay. haa haa I crack myself up!

Ok, not that funny  . . . guess I’m going now.

God Bless!

Mom, dad, Tobias (26 months old), Samuel (8 months old) and cousin Braxton (15 months old) . . . see, my dad is a handsome dude! :)