7 Month checkup

Nathaniel went to visit the Dr. on Friday. My sweet Mother in -law came to help with Nolan. Thank you. Then we spent a fun day hanging out at her house for awhile. Here are Nathaniel stats:
Wt: 19 lbs 15 oz (75%)
Head: 17 1/2 inches (50 %)
Length: 27 3/8 inches (55%)
He is pretty similar to Nolan's 6 month stats

We took Nathaniel to the little farm down the road and took some cowboy pictures of him. The first 3 are of Nolan at 6mts. Nathaniel is 7mts in his pictures. Nathaniel was very tired and he would not smile at all. But they still turned out cute.

Nolan

Nolan

Nolan

The rest are Nathaniel

Blackout!

Sunday afternoon we had some really high winds. These winds were so strong that huge trees were pulled out of the ground roots and all. We were very fortunate that we only had small branches and some shingles from our roof come off. We lost our power from 2:00 pm-10pm and some places still do not have power. We lost our phone lines and internet service for a few days too. They say that Duke energy has over 800,000 costumers and over 600,000 were without power. The number has gone down now, but many still do not have power, water, and/or phone service. We were on our way to church Sunday night when we noticed all the damage around us. Many business closed, street lights were out, and houses were damaged. We made it to our church building, which is meeting in a Lakota school right now until we build a building, but with no power we ended up going to a near by members home and had our Church Anniversary dinner there and short service and than back home to candles and a hand held radio. Nolan loved reading books with his flashlight. Well since, many lights are still out many of the schools our closed. well this leads to trouble around our neighborhood. A few years ago when school was out for the summer some bored kids went around breaking car windows and stealing items from the cars...Well last night Nathaniel work up around 2 am and as I was feeding him I heard this crash like glass. I thought great someone is breaking into a car... well I could not see anything when I looked out the window.. but this morning Gail came back in from starting his car up for work and said that someone threw a glass jar of pickles at his car last night and there is glass everywhere. I was just thankful that the car was fine. I told him some bored kids out late at night b/c there is no school tomorrow...Well I need to see if I can reach the Dr. office. Nathaniel had his 7mt checkup/shots due on Monday, but due to the blackout... they were closed Mon. and Tues. So I am hoping I can get through to them today...I having a feeling it is going to be crazy with everyone trying to reschdule their appointments.

Enchiladas Recipe

Here is the recipe Marshan and Terani (Enjoy)

Enchiladas ( From the famous kitchen of Bev Sills)
This recipe was very simple, quick, and inexpensive to make.. It made a lot for us too!

1 pound turkey (cook and drain)
Mix together with cook turkey:
1 8 oz cream cheese
half a jar of picante sauce
a handful of shredded cheddar cheese
1 small box of spinach.. follow cooking directions

put mixture in flour tortilla and roll them up
lightly spray bottom of baking dish and place them
in the dish.

pour remaining picante sauce over top of enchiladas
sprinkle with shredded cheddar cheese on top
Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes

Play Time

Nolan wanted to play with his sled the other day. So here he is with Nathaniel house sleding. Daddy pulled them around the house. Nathaniel was not for sure of this new trick, but then really started to enjoy it.

Nolan wanted me to put up his tent the other day.Here he is playing in it with
Nathaniel. He also went and got his pillow and blanket and took a 5 minute nap in it too.

Hon Cousins

My parents have been watching my brothers 4 older children while they get things situated with the house fire in Indiana. So Gail and I had them all over for Sunday lunch. Here they are playing outside. Thanks for all your prayers and donations. The kids have plenty of clothes now thanks to all your generosity. It is very appreciated.

House Fire

The fireman had told them they would lose their whole house... He came back later and said you must have had a lot of people praying, because they still have the exterior...They also said that the tin roof helped contain the fire....Here are some pictures taken from my brother's brother in-law's camera and my mom's . Yelp my mom's camera and GPA survived with out harm.. She had had them in special cases!!! The most damage occurred in the girls room and upstairs.. My brother is suppose to meet with their insurance investor tomorrow. Please pray that all will go well with the insurance. Also please pray for my parents who have 4 out of the 5 kids staying with them right now.

Upstairs

bathroom

Upstairs hallway

closet

boy's room

boy's room

Kitchen

Girl's room