We have had a busy week! It started off with two new additions to our family. Introducing Sadie and Lola. They were adopted from the pound. They are 3 month old cocker spaniel/basset hound mixes.

Everyone loves them! They are full of energy and life!

A neat picture of Jasmyn.

Hannah has a big scratch on her forehead that she has to pick the scab off of. So it just keeps getting bigger. It will more then likely scar.

This weekend Dolan and I finally got busy on the lawn. We planted grass seed and covered it with straw. We had plenty of helpers as well. Hannah, Jasmyn, Sadie, and Lola all wanted to be involved "in" the project.

Covering the new seed with straw.

Hannah kept this p until the whole lawn was covered...one handful at a time.

Hannah had her first organized performance Sunday morning during church services. The young children sang a song. Hannah stood up on stage like a big girl. She swung her arms back and forth the whole time! She even tried to sing towards the end! My "Baby Hannah" is growing up way too fast. This is just the first of many more to come! The encouraging yet scary thing is...she looked right at home on stage (scary part comes from her being a clown!). The song that they sang is playing on my play-list now. They did a wonderful job! Thank you Sara for giving of yourself to instruct and teach them! You do an AWESOME job! God gave you a wonderful gift and in turn the rest of us share that gift!

Apples II Apples & Sisterly Love...

Hannah had a follow up appointment Tuesday late morning. When we got there her temperature was still over 103. The doctor listened to how the extended weekend went and decided to run a few tests. Hannah had to have blood drawn, a nasal swabbing, throat swabbing, and give a urine sample. When the results came in we were all relieved. All labs came back negative. Negative for swine flu, influenza, mono, and strep. By the time the labs were done she had been on antibiotics for 5 days. Since then she is feeling much better.

I got this picture of Jasmyn by catching her walk in the room. She didn't even know the camera was even out. She is turning into a beautiful young woman.
The next few pictures prove that they really do love each other.

Jasmyn helping Hannah write her name.

Hannah must have got something right by the look on Jasmyn's face. It is really great when we have moments like this. The girls actually getting along and not yelling at each other!

Hannah concentrating.

Jasmyn.

Jasmyn snapped these last pictures. Hannah was caught in the act. Caught in the act of playing piano with her feet.

Apples...

This week has been a rather slow week. Thursday Hannah went to the ER with an extremely high fever. When I took her temp it read 106.8. Way too high. Knowing she was terribly hot and hoping my thermometer was wrong, she was loaded up into the car and hauled to McCook. When we got there her temp was 105.5. They gave her a high dose of Motrin and Tylenol. By the time we left her temp was down to 102.6. They examined her and all they found was a sinus infection and a very red throat. They prescribed antibiotics and rest. Hannah ran a high fever for 3 days making it back up to the 105+ area but mostly in the 103 range. She also did not eat for those three days. She would take a bite and that would be all. She still isn't feeling too well, but is back to her active self. The fever is gone and she is eating lightly. We ventured outside today for a while. We are prepping the lawn for grass-seed. Hopefully it will planted. Hannah had fun but didn't want to spend too long outside.

Still not looking the best.

Putting rocks in the home-made bird-bath.

Helping pull weeds.

After all that hard work Hannah headed over to the apple tree.

She picked 2 apples.

And enjoyed eating 1. The other she gave to her dad.

After that she was ready to head back inside.