Our Summer

It has been forever since I have updated my blog! Keeping busy with the kids will do it! How do I summarize the summer besides it seemed to be only a few short days.

Isaiah wrapped up his school year and "graduated" into going into third grade. I am amazed again at how well he did at school in addition to his ability to speak so well in Spanish at such a young age. A few short days later we headed straight into summer with a trip up at Big Rock Resort and had lots of fun together as a family along with Grandma and Grandpa F. and caught lots of fish. Fishing seems to be the highlight as Daddy, Isaiah and Grandpa can't seem to get enough of it!

We then spent some time with Nanny & Papa and swam a lot in the pool as well as had lots of fun being completely spoiled as always! That is a role for grandparents, and my oh my do they get spoiled! The girls stayed with my mom as Isaiah and I flew to Washington D.C. for a very quick tour of our nations capitol. It was both of our first times and John did a great job at being our tour guide! We were able to see the White House, Lincoln's memorial, go up in Washington's monument and went to both the Museum of Natural History as well as the National Air and Space museum. It was a fantastic trip.

In July we celebrated Gabriella's 4th birthday several times! She loves birthday parties, the more the merrier! She was so happy to finally be four! She has talked about it since she turned 3 (a lot)!! A few days after her birthday we headed down to Florida along with John's parents to visit Great Grandpa and had a very nice time. It was so nice to see him perk up throughout the week and I think it was exactly what the doctor ordered...to be surrounded by his loved ones and the kids! Gabriella talks about Great Grandpa often and this visit gave her fond memories of being silly with Great Grandpa.

The following week Gabriella ended up getting sick with some sort of virus and for the next 3 weeks we were in and out of the hospital for a total of 12 days. We are thankful for the prayer warriors that prayed on her behalf and give God the glory for his mercy and grace in healing our precious little girl. She has been sick only a couple of times in her first 4 years of life and it was not like her to be sick at all, since I would always classify her as the one who is the healthiest of the three. She continues to thrive now and has put on all her weight she lost and maybe has even gained a pound or two! She loves to eat! She always wanted to be a doctor before being poked countless times for blood tests, IV's or protted for endless tests. She marveled at all the appointments she tagged along with as Isabella had her well check ups and even Isaiah but was never on the recieving end like this before. I was telling one of the child life specialists before the placement of her PICC line that before all of this she wanted to be a doctor when she grows up and she said she would give her a bag of goodies, and oh my she did! A bag filled with surgical hats and masks, gloves, syringes, medicine cups, tape measurer and lots more. Needless to say the desire to be a doctor has grown even stronger, as she cannot stop playing doctor!


Isabella is growing like crazy, both up and across! She has packed on some weight, which is good since she was so tiny her first year of life, she has made up for that now. She is talking like crazy and getting a mind and a will of her own, and she lets us know her desires very strongly! For she is a princess, just ask her! She has a doting brother and sister who bring her anything she desires and a Mommy and Daddy who still think she is a baby, so disciplining thus far has not been initiated quite yet! Which brings us to another point....she still is not walking. We are eagerly anticipating it to be soon though. She is content with crawling and pushing her seems to send her into a mini-rebellion where she won't even stand. So we try not to push too much and know she will start when she is ready. Hopefully sooner than later!

We are ending the summer (yes, summer is still thriving here in MN in the middle of September) on a very good note, some more time up at Leech Lake and a fun get away on the beach with our dear friends Russ and Lisa who invited us to vacation with them down near Charleston, SC.

As I remember our highlights of the summer, I stand amazed and in awe of God's presence in our life through His amazing love, mercy, and grace He so lavishly bestows upon us daily. He is an amazing God, full of power and majesty. Thank you Lord for my three precious miracles and an amazing husband.