I received a call from Deborah as I was leaving work saying that she was headed to the hospital because of constant chest pain most of the day. In her words between a 6-8 on a 1-10 scale. So I’ll be meeting her there to get things checked out.
thank you for your prayers and support. I’ll be posting updates to my twitter account (link below) as we find out further details. (fyi: you don’t need to have a twitter account to view the updates, simply click the link below)
I’ll write a follow up email/post in a couple days once things have sorted out.
thanks for your support and your prayers.
UPDATE:
thanks for your prayers everyone,
the joint connecting her sternum to her ribs was inflamed. they gave her some pain medication. although they’re not sure what caused it, but they said it should go away in a few days, if she can rest and do her best to “take it easy” with 6 kids; and take pain meds if needed.
once again, thanks for your notes of encouragement, support, and prayers.
we recently got a family season pass to our city pool, but it’s closed on sundays. so we headed on over to the cousins house for some fun.
the cousin’s pool had a leak so the water wasn’t filled up as much. perfect height for the twins though since they could touch the bottom and stand with their head above water.
this by far though has been the scariest video I’ve shot with my new iPhone. as you can tell part of this was shot with me holding the phone over the ledge just above the water in order to get the lower angle shot. I just kept thinking, “don’t slip, don’t fall… don’t slip, don’t fall… don’t slip, don’t fall…”
every once in a while something catches your eye and you know it’s going to be an instant classic. the picture above is one of those “somethings”. i call it Our Mama. we went out to take family pictures but i was ill equipped and didn’t have a tripod. and it was cold and windy, and the sun was setting fast so the light was soon disappearing. so i’d set up my camera to just start snapping a bunch of pictures every few seconds. this is one of the ones taken while i was still trying to balance it on the hood of our minivan, before i ran over to be in the picture.
btw: click on the picture to see a bigger version
i just love how it captures the important central role Deborah plays in the lives of our girls. as she shapes and molds them into women of God. Happy Mother’s Day.
here’s some other Mother’s Day “instant classics” that i enjoy:
although not an instant classic like the one above, i just couldn’t resist this close runner up:
in case you wondered what being a daddy of 6 girls is like: (anna is hanging on too behind me. you can see her hand below my chin and her other arm around my right shoulder.)
p.s. hello to maureen and brooke and jessika as well. if you regularly check my blog and would like me to know it, please leave a comment and i’ll be sure to say ‘hi’ to you, too!
