A Day With Debbie

Mark & Lindsay and the girls leave in the morning early for Disney for a week---I know they are so excited tonight but I can't wait for them to be back home, I know how bad I will miss them! have fun, hurry home tho!
Kaitlyn spent most of hte week with mama & I, we shopped, ate out, she got to swim some and go to the movie---tomorrow she gets to go to work at the ER with her mommy, can't wait to here the stories....
Took mama halfway tonight, I hope she had a good time, I cooked all her favs for her, took her fo rlunch, shopped, had pics made with her great-granddaughters....took her to get her nails done and toes clipped then to the dr to get her ears cleaned, took 3 hrs...but she can hear now....she took lots of leftovers home....

A cold front came thru today, high was 98, been over 100degrees for at least a week now.
Kaitlyn has been here the last week, we have bowled, played putt-putt, seen a movie, swam...tomorrow we leave for Kerrville to help mama out around the house some and hopefully bring her back to Waco with us for a week or so. She had her bottom teeth(what was left, they have been falling out) pulled last week and still not feeing great plus her hearing is so bad right now. So, maybe a little vacation is what she needs!
I helped Jewell out yesterday, we started packing up her kitchen getting her ready to move into the retirement center,still lots more to pack!
Loraly is a fish now, she can jump into the deep end of the pool, she has no fear! They are getting ready for their big trip this summer to Disney World, they leave in a week.
Paul is back from radiation this week, seems to be doing great so far! He went thru a high dose chemo last week and did wonderfully! This next week is the week his immune system is very low, so he usually has to go back to Cooks for platelets and cannot be around other children to keep him in good health.

Madalyn is going thru a case of mommy departure anxiety right now, she is having a hard time leaving without her mommy...took mommy a while to convince her it was okay to go with us to play with Paul for a little while but after we left she was all smiles and non stop talk...
Today Mike & I took her and Paul to play putt-putt and to Kiddie land to ride a few rides then got to ride the train....afterwards we all went to Chick Fillet for lunch before we had to get Paul back for a haircut....
Paul is not doing great, they found a lump in his head, he is hurting a lot now, legs, shoulders, now this head thing,wanting to lay on couch a lot---so, on Monday he goes back to Cooks for more chemo, hopefully this will shrink the tumors some and make him more comfortable...Leigh and Terrill are looking at a study in New York at Sloan Ketterling, if the study will accept Paul with all this progressive disease going on now...
Pray that he will be more comfortable and no pain and that next week will be easy on the whole family.

Katy got home from her vacation on Thursday, she got to go to Cancun for 5 days with her friend Kendall....she said she got to go on a pirate ship, swim a lot n the ocean, saw some girls with no tops on----her flight home was a bit bumpy at times, they hit an air pocket and Katy got upset....anyways, she is glad to be back home and in her own house and bed! I am ready to see you baby, I did not like not being able to talk to you every night! Welcome back home....
Hopefully, she will come to grandmas for a few days this week to visit!

My dear friend, Jewells husband, John passed away yesterday after a long couragious battle with cancer...I was with Jewell all day yesterday as we sat by his bedside watching him struggle for each breath...he passed around 6 yesterday evening.

Cam was offered 3 jobs all in the same day, Extraco, AeroMart, and McLanes---he decided upon McLanes because of the benefits and pay---he starts Monday. Congrats and welcome home!

Haven't blogged in a few weeks---been so busy!
Kaitlyn was here for a week with me, she stayed some with Lindsay and the girls....we went bowling with the Saxon boys, Kaitlyn got the highest score, 88, then Jack came in second with a 77...we played putt-putt one night...everyone got a hole in one and Cam actually got 4!
Swam a lot with the girls....shopped for her trip next week to Cancun....

Kaitlyn got to come and stay a few days last week, she went to Lindsays and swam with the girls, spent the night and had pizza....On Friday, Mike & I took her to see "Cars", was so good! Her favorite character was "Mator"....We took her to Valley Mills for her baseball game, they lost but had fun...She will come back a few days this week and stay again.
For Fathers Day, she painted Mike 2 pretty pictures of coconut trees and a landscape of the ocean...priceless!

I miss my dad---I miss that he is not part of my childrens and grand-daughers lifes...I know he looks down from heaven and watches over all of us, I miss our little talks, him calling me "Deb"... I miss going to Kerrville and driving up and him sitting outside on the patio with Molly and drinking his tea...I miss Thanksgiving and him being so proud of his turkey and dressing...I miss Christmas and him saying "hohoho" to every person there as he passed the presents out...I miss him teasing the grandkids...being proud of his garden, his peach trees, sitting in his chair watching his tv ...
There are things I wished I had talked more to him about, the war, his heritage, his relationship with mama, how he felt when his children were born...his smile...
When we would leave, he was always on the back porch and would watch till we were out of site...
The memories of him coming home after a week trip in his Coke truck, mama always cooking a good dinner for him complete with a coconut pie...church on Sundays and usually Furrs afterwards for lunch, going to the Bakers or Renfros for tuna fish sandwiches after church on Sunday night, being so excited about an upcoming hunting trip and calling me and fibbing about a big deer he had got----going on trips in his RV---- Red Lobster----refusing to eat chinese food, calling it gook. Bringing our babies a chocolate bar cause he wanted too, taking Cam on fishing trips.
He loved his family very much...I am very proud of my dad, he had a hard life, had suffered in bad health for a long time. He endured a lot. But he never complained! I miss that smile!
Happy Fathers Day Daddy, I love you!

Little Wyatt was accidently shot on Friday night by his older brother...he died instantly, Wyatt was 6 yrs old, loved baseball and drawing pictures and coloring.
His stepmom, Amanda is one of Ambers best friends, she did all our hair for Ambers wedding...she had left the boys alone for just a little while as this happened,
A sweet funeral for a sweet little boy, as the minister said, they were needing a good shortstop in heaven.
As we watched his mommy and daddy say their last farewells, Wyatts daddy took his cowboy hat and Wyatts mommy took his baseball cap. They hugged each other in front of their little son laying so gently in his casket. At the gravesite Amber said a small butterfly flew over his casket and sat upon it as to say everything will be fine as "I'll Fly Away" was singing in the background.
Night is now upon us, peace to all the families involved as their son was laid to rest today.

Mama took Cynthia out to McDonalds on Tuesday night for dinner to celebrate her Birthday...someone reported to the Kerrville Police Dept that a green Ford Explorer was driving suspiciously...well, after eating, mama pulled out of the parking lot onto the main road and the police stopped her, had her get out of her car,made her take a eye test then breathalizer, it came back 0-0-0...wrong Ford Explorer perhaps?
Mama is 70 yrs old now, has been stopped 1 time in her life for not making a stop complete...I wonder if it is time that she not drive so much but how do you take that away from her when she loves to go and shop....

Sunday was Madalyns 2nd Dance Recital---both dances were just precious, Fluffy Powder Puff and Ellie the Elf....G-daddy, Ma, and Bubba were there as well as her Peepaw and MeeMaw.... afterwards we all came back to our house, grilled steaks with all the fixins and then had banana splits...

Cam got laid off from L3 on Friday morning, very unexpected---just company cutting back issues...he loved his job there, was making friends, going to PrestonCrest, enjoying the singles class there....so now, he is looking for another job, hoping something comes up soon...he has several good friends from college that have called him and are gonna forward his resume.
All his friends from work have called, they are all in shock too.
He is here in Waco this weekend, we are trying to cheer him up some, he has not slept much, been so upset---hopefully, a person he had sent a resume to here in Waco who wanted to give him a job when he accepted the job in Greenville will call him Monday morning and maybe interview him and get a job back here in Waco and come back home.

Just a moment of silence today at 3PM to remember all who fought for our country...

Today was Kaitlyns last day of 4th grade, a sumer full of fun then hello my big 5th grader!
This week-end they are camping at Lake Whitney, with lots of cookouts and swimming.
I am so proud of you, I can't believe how time time has flown and you are almost in Middle School now! Before I blink an eye, it will be time for graduation....

More than 63 Million people voted on Tuesday night, more than any election for an American President---and the winner is.......................................................Taylor!
What about Clay Aiken? I did not even recognize him when he came out on stage!
Carrie Underwood was awesome.....

Talked with Leigh this morning---was calling to ask Paul to come play as this is the last 2 days Madalyn will be here before summer break, then she starts "K" in the fall----Paul has been sick the last week, fever for no reason other than a sore throat---he was treated last week at Cooks with an antibiotic, the fever is back(low grade) plus he is now complaining of his leg hurting, limping some too---woke up in the middle of the night last night hurting---all of this to say, this is how his Neuroblastoma first started, so they may looking at another relapse, he has an appointment on Tuesday at Cooks for scans---pray!
UPDATE----Paul is at Cooks this morning(Fri), they were able to get the scan moved to this morning at 11...
UPDATE----Several spots were found in upper leg/hip area, and one spot was found above right eye in his scalp line---they were not very dark in color so they were found early---more chemo the next 2 weeks before the new trial starts up in late June/early July....

And we are the proud grandparents of a new grand-dog, named Sara---of course Madalyn would have no other name...
Lindsay & Mark took the girls to the animal shelter this morning and could not leave without her...
I was talking to Lindsay on her cell and she told me to come by later after we had finished our errands, I started thinking, they got a puppy---I called Madalyn back and she confirmed it...
So now Cooper has a puppy best friend....maybe Amber & Kaitlyn can bring their puppy Cooper out and meet Sara soon!

Madalyn got home this afternoon, her baby chick she got for Easter, Sarah, had fell into a bucket of water and drowned this afternoon---Madalyn and her daddy buried it with full baby chick honors.... she was crying when she called me and told me about it....