Our 13th Anniversary!

On Tuesday, my folks kept the kids so we could go on a date to Red Lobster (thanks to my secret sister's gift card) to celebrate our 13th Anniversary. Rick brought home 13 roses for me. They are the most beautiful roses I have seen. The have opened up so very big & beautiful. I'm thankful for 13 years of being together with the ONE God had planned for me!

If it's gonna happen, it's gonna happen to Jake . . .

As you can see by these photos - Jacob has many scars to show for in his short 6 years. I wish I had all of the pictures downloaded/scanned so you could see them all. But my scaner isn't hooked up. It all began at age 2, Jake was walking to the door at the library and fell and hit his head on the door jam and needed 9 stitches in his forehead. Just a few months later, he knocked his chin on the edge of the tub and should've had stitches. Next, to follow was Jake getting burned on the chest by dad's hot coffee - he was blistered up and sore for days. The picture of Jake by the tree, shows a scab from his falling from the top bunk in his sleep. That was a rude awakening! In '06, Jake flipped over his handle bars and got a HUGE knot where his 1st scar was. This April, him & Caleb were playing teeter-totter with G'pa's 2x6 board and Caleb got off and the board slapped Jake in the face and most recently (Tuesday), the kids were riding bikes across the street in the golf course parking lot when Jake hit a curb and flew off in to a bush. The picture shows how exhausted he was after this accident. He has about a 1/2 inch gouge next to his mouth, "road rash" on his arm & scrapes by his eyes. PHEW! What a time he has had! I truly am thankful for God's ultimate protection on his life. This last picture shows Jacob's 1st missing tooth, which has nothing to do with his scars - I just couldn't figure out how to delete it. : ) Although, the poor guy has been traumatized by all of the dental work he has had. Three silver caps, several filling, 2 "root canals" - his little teeth have no enamel and could use several thousands $$ of more work - but we're praying he begins to lose his teeth fast!

So whenever, Rick or anybody else takes Jacob somewhere I say,

" Remember, if it's gonna happen, it's gonna happen to Jake" so please be careful!