Anna plays with iPhone at the lake September 11, 2010

We're lucky she caught it!  Mom and Dad get caught up in watching the "firsts" and forget to pull out the camera.

October 10, 2010 The last few weeks...WHEW!!!

Just a quick note to update...  Rhoni was kicked by a horse 2 weeks ago tomorrow.  The kick lacerated her spleen and she spent 7 days in the hospital while the doctors watched her blood counts, blood pressure, and heart rate.  All of that has remained stable and this past Friday she received a glowing report from her doctor... so now we just wait, keep her from running, jumping, climbing... anything else that might jar her abdominal cavity or have the possibility of causing blunt trauma to that area.  BUT, if we maintain all of that the spleen will heal itself and by Thanksgiving, other than some scar tissue, her spleen will be as strong as the day before the accident...

WOW.

I am still blown away by how AWESOME this body is that our Lord designed, created, and provided us with!  How can an organ that was so badly damaged (and if you had seen the horror on the Dr.'s face after he saw the scan...) heal itself with nothing more than rest and good nutrition??(things you do anyway)

Like I think I am over it and then I just see how great she feels and again am overwhelmed and I guess I just needed a public forum to say, "WOW!  You have AMAZED me again Lord!" and "Thank You, thank You for Your healing hands, for Your marvelous creation that is my child, for the body of Christ that showed up in person in that hospital room with gifts and snacks and gifts and..., for Your unwavering faithfulness to us, and for Your love!!  A love so deep and so suffocating that it is almost crushing and yet is so uplifting that you feel like you might float.  Thank you Lord for loving us, for loving me, and for showing up with the face of so many.  I LOVE YOU!!"