Trey's Endoscope

On Sunday Daddy and Mommy took Trey to Ronoke. Trey's stomach doesn't feel well a lot of the time so he needed an endoscope to try to figure out what the problem was. Trey LOVES medical stuff so he was very excited to be able to go.
They were able to stay in a Ronald McDonald house over night. All of them thought it was very nice. The house was beautiful, they were served a nice dinner for free, the refrigerator was stocked with all the things kids love like donuts and ice cream and even the beds they slept on were "Sleep Number" beds.
Monday morning Trey had his endoscope and it went very well. They didn't really see anything but they took some biopsies and we are waiting for the results. Hopefully by Monday we will hear something.

Camping

This weekend we went on a Sunday school camping trip. We are "city people campers" so we stayed in a cute log cabin.

We had a great time even though it rained the first night. On Friday we had decent weather so that was nice. For one of our meals we had hotdogs cooked over a camp fire and hamburgers cooked on the grill- yum! The kids enjoyed riding their bikes around the camp site. And we had a lot of fun sitting around the fire, talking with our good friends.

About Our Week

The last few weeks have been very busy for us. Mommy and Tyler have worked at the pumpkin patch, we have had school and I've had several Bible studies I been going to. It's been a lot of fun but today it's been nice to slow down and get back into a normal schedule (if that even exists LOL).
For school with the younger kids I've been doing some cooking with them. Yesterday we made brownies from scratch. They seemed to enjoy making them.
Lately the kids have been having fun riding bikes on the little road behind our house. We have had some neighborhood kids join them a few times too. It much be cold out today because I see them riding bikes all bundled up in their winter coats and gloves. The other day it was about 80* in the sun. Well that VA weather for you.
Right now I am in the proses of making bread bowls for the stew we are having tonight for dinner. If they turn out well I may put the recipe on the blog for others to have.

Happy Birthday!

Uncle David, Aunt Michelle and Nicholas came down last Friday to stay with Grandpa and Grandma. Since both Grandpa and Nicholas had, had birthdays that week we were able to celebrate with both of them. Saturday Grandma had us, along with Nanny and Babum, over for a little birthday party for both of them. She made a wonderful meal for all of us. I was able to make a cake for each of them too. For Grandpa I made a book cake because he loves to read and for Nicholas I made a cake with a party hat on top.It was so nice to be able to celebrate with them since we have not been able to do that very often.
Happy Birthday Grandpa and Nicholas!

Fun Weekend

We have had a fun but busy weekend. Thursday night we had a family game night. The seven of us played a new game, phase 10 the dice addition, and ate a yummy dessert.
Friday night Amber and I shared a fun evening with Grandma. We had ice cream and went shopping for a little while. Grandpa did the same with the boys earlier, only minus the shopping :)
Saturday, Daddy, Tyler and Grandpa went to an LU football game. Trent went to a birthday party. The rest of us helped Grandma around the house. As a reward we had dinner with homemade milk shakes and cake for dessert. What a great reward!
Sunday while the rest of us were in Church. Daddy and Tyler went with some guys from our church to the Salvation Army. They conducted a church service for the men there. Tyler got to play his guitar and Daddy led some of the music.
This Thursday Grandpa will be starting his Kemo treatments. He has about four sessions of Kemo. We would greatly appreciate your prayers for him.

Duck, North Carolina

Last Thursday we drove to Duck, North Carolina to spend some time at the beach with Babum and Nanny. We just stayed for the weekend but it was a wonderful relaxing time!

Duck has lots of great shopping places including a few Christmas stores. My parents get us each a new Christmas ornament every year. So they were able to find them on this trip.

Most of the days at the beach were very rainy or windy so we only got to spend a few days actually on the beach but it was till lots of fun. Two of the nights when it got dark we all took a walk on the beach. It's amazing how many crabs are out there! Kind of scary! LOL

On Sunday we had our own Church service in the beach house. Babum preached a message and the kids played their instruments. I always enjoy doing that.

We had a wonderful time. It was so nice to be able to relax for a few days.

For those interested I've added a new song to the "Schnarr Family Music" link.