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

House Fire

Please pray for my brother, his wife, five kids and my mom(my mom is visiting with them in Indiana). My brother's house caught on fire tonight and they have lost a lot, but thankfully and most importantly all made it out safely. Your prays are appreciated.
Love,
Lisa

UPDATE:
*3 firemen were taken to the hospital: 2 for smoke and heat, one from a beam falling on him.

*The Chief Fireman told my brother that he would lose the whole house. However, hours later he returned to my brother telling him that a lot of people must of been praying for you all... They still have some of the exterior left. The upstairs is pretty much destroyed and the downstairs is pretty gutted and water damaged. They are still investigating the cause of the fire. They think, but are unsure at this time that the fire was started in the girls room due to a light left on that fell over and started to burn clothing or faulty wiring. the firemen said that it was a good thing no one was sleeping in the room. They may of not made it out. That was the room my mom and 4 children would have been sleeping in that night. I am still unsure of all the facts... I am sure I will know more later. I will update later if anything new or something changes....
PRAISE BE TO THE LORD ALL ARE SAFE.... my mom called me this morning and I guess she is going to be bring 4 out of the 5 children back with her.......

*My brother's family is in need of clothing and if you can help by donating clothes, old or new, would be greatly appreciated. Sizes are posted below:

The girls and my sister in law only ware dresses and skirts.

Tomi and Tianna: Age 14 and 12
Dress size 14-16
Underwear size 4
Shoes size 6-7

Elijah: age 10
Pants and shirts size 10
underwear size 10
shoes size 3

Victorian: age 7
Dress 6x
underwear 6x
shoes size: 1

Joshua:
pants and shirts: size 2T-3T
Diapers size 4
shoes Baby 8

Gina (sister in law)
Dress size 10
shoes size 9 1/2

my brother Tom:
pants 36/32
shirts large
shoes 9 1/2

thank you for your prayers and if you can help in anyway it is greatly appreciated.

A Tie Dye Day

So I had this idea that we would all wear tie dye shirts for a family picture. Well the boys were not in the mood to take pictures... Surprise surprise... Anyways a few shots turned out.. We had to use the tri-pod to get family pictures and that made it hard to focus and center everyone.. but here are a few good shots. Enjoy

Yes that is a giant Lollipop. It matched the tie dye theme.

I like this one of Gail and I too bad the boys were not looking at the camera.