Four years ago ........

Wow .. this is a hard month for us.. for me ... Brandon my oldest son was born on October 4th .. almost 3 weeks early !! My water broke at work !! My always funny, sarcastic and sweet father in law passed on Oct 10 th ....  which his death lead to a series of events including discovering Keifers heart defect ..... I was given one week to prepare and be induced ... I chose my mother in laws bday Oct 29th.. she had just lost her husband so why not give her the best bday present that I could .... a grandbaby ! Here we are now ... 3 open heart surgeries later ..... and a lot of bumps along the way............ We also found out yesterday that our beloved dog Kola ...... has stage 4 kidney failure...... I dont even know how to tell the kids..... Ive been sad for 2 days now. This dog has brought so much into our lives and has loved us unconditionally. We are going to try some medicine and IV treatment but even it is beyond our budget.... after this if he doesnt respond or takes a turn for the worse we will have to put him to sleep. I am dreading this immensely. On a brighter note.... Keifer is getting a room makeover from a fabulous organization called Special Spaces ... they are coming to makeover his room and they are sending all of us to the FT.Worth Zoo for the day !! When they are done we will come back to the house for the unveiling of his new room ! They also are going to have a special bday surpirse for him and a cake !! Keith's family is flying in and everyone is coming to our house Saturday to help us celebrate and see his new room ! We miss our family very much and are very excited to share this very special weekend with everyone. Besides being a very memorable month it is also a very busy month.... school is in full swing and football season for Brandon.... Halloween is around the corner as well. And we have Breanna with her medical condition .... she is having some issues and has had bloodwork run 4 times and now will be scoped in less than two weeks. Please keep her and Keifer and Kola in your prayers........ More updates over the weekend and pics !

Percy for Halloween

Letters for his room.

Special Spaces working on his room!!