It was a Happy Thanksgiving...now we need prayers!!

Oh what a Holiday!! We had a lot of running around to do this past weekend. I hope everyone had a WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING!! On Thursday, we packed up the kids and stopped by my mom's. We didn't stay long because we were headed to my Aunt's to eat, eat, eat!! Once we got to my Aunt Beth's house, we all hung out and talked and then it was to STUFF our FACES!! I was trying to relax as much as possible because I knew I had a L-O-N-G night of shopping ahead of me. LOL. After we ate dinner, we were going to drive over to Jay's sister's house. At Sue's house, we had some dessert and the kids had a GREAT time playing with all of their cousins. They always love it at their Aunt Sue's. (Just to anybody that doesn't know, Ryan's middle name is Sue. She was named after my mother, Sue and Jay's sister, Sue. Fits pretty well!!) After we had some good family time, we were ready to head home. I had forgotten my camera so I have no pics. UGH...I hate when I do that.

When we got home, Ryan was quickly put to bed since she had fallen asleep in the car. We changed her clothes and down she went. I was in a hurry to get some warmer clothes on and head to Toys-R-Us to meet up with my cousin Kate, and her fiance, Justin. We met at 10:00 pm in anticipation for the crowd. Their doors opened at midnight. The line was SOOOOO LOOONNNNGGGG. It was a mad house. It wrapped all the way the ENTIRE shopping plaza which is HUGE!! Once we got inside, we rushed around to get everything we needed and made a mad dash for the line. From the time we got in, to the time we left, was only an hour. YESSS!! We then got to our cars, threw everything in the trunk and headed to Wal-Mart. We got to wal-mart at about 1:20 am and their sales didn't start until 5 am. We got a spot in line for a camera that Kate was purchasing and then went to walk around. Justin stayed in line while Kate and I went looking. The employees at that particular store are not really that concerned about the little items that people want. All of the sale items have signs on them stating that no items can be put into your cart or taken from that spot until 5. However, items like clothes, and little toys, are not a huge concern. They are more worried about people getting ahold of the electronics because some people wait in line ALL NIGHT for those things and it's not fair is somebody just goes up and takes one. So, with that being said, we grabbed ALL the little stuff that we wanted. I got some new bath towels for us, as well as some clothes for Ryan. I also grabbed some "Dora the Explorer" strawberry scented bubble bath. She will be SO excited about that!! Since we had most of our stuff that we needed, we just sat and waited as the clock kept ticking. Once 5 am hit, it was CRAZINESS!!! We ran around the store to grab 3 or 4 last minute items and then headed for the checkout. It went by SO QUICKLY. We were checked out and out the door within 15 minutes. You just can't beat that!!! We headed over to Target where the doors were already open and picked up some more hot sale items. All in all it was a pretty good night. I got everything on my list at all 3 places and made it home by about 7:45 am. Not to bad. It was well worth it because with everything that I got, had I not gotten it all on sale, would have probably cost me about $200.00 more than what I spent on everything. NICE!! I'm sure you all think it's crazy but hey, isn't that what the Holiday's are all about??

getting ready to leave for Aunt Beth's house









aren't these 2 such a cute pair? Ryan has been thrilled to have her "Bubba" around more





OK, so here comes the prayer part of this post. Please say a prayer for Ryan. We are taking her to CCHMC on Friday morning for another echo WITH sedation. She will be given nembutal again but this time, it will be an injection. They gave it to her orally last time, and she didn't do so well. It took her longer then expected to fall asleep and they had to give her the MAX dosage. This time, with the injection, it should "hit" her quicker and be a little easier to deal with. Please just pray that everything goes well. She is then scheduled to see Dr. Hor on Monday and have an EKG. We may be able to get the results on Friday, but if not, we will wait until Monday. I will, of course, keep everyone posted.



MORE PRAYERS NEEDED!!! Please say a prayer for Logan Jack's. http://www.whenlifehandsyouabrokenheart.blogspot.com/. He had his cardiology check up yesterday and it didn't go so well. Another surgery may be in his near future. Logan has already been through so much so stop by his page and check it out. WE ARE PRAYING FOR YOU LOGAN!!!



Also, Derrick Carter needs your thoughts and prayers as well. http://www.carolinacarters.blogspot.com/. Derrick also had a follow up and his first open heart surgery will probably be scheduled to take place by the end of January. WE ARE PRAYING FOR YOU D!!!!





here is a silly video of Ryan....the second one is sort of dark but it is her dancing to Janet Jackson while we were watching the American Music Awards a few weeks ago...SO FUNNY!!!