Sunny Day Girl!

We have been enjoying some great sunny days! Grace and Cort ever got little sunburns the last few days. However, the sun has gone for a few days. I am sure it will be back soon. Grace was picking flowers at Franks office the other day and Cort well he was biking around so fast I could not get a good picture.

We Miss you Grandma Sandy!

Grace had so much fun with Grandma! From snuggling to getting her nails done. She was so excited about the painted nails!

Cort never wanted his picture taken, so I had sot sneak a picture of him on the go.

It was so nice to have Sandy and her friend Sharry here. We had fun exploring the island, and Ketchikan too. We are excited to get to Montana to go and see Grandma this summer. We have been so lucky to have so many friends and family come and visit us on our little island home.

Birthday Bonanza

The kids had good birthdays with way to many toys! Add to that, Grandma Sandy too! Cort got the first Star War game for the play station, that is all he had been talking about since Aunt Natalie and the boys gave Cort the second Star Wars game. Grace loves her little pink Radio Flyer Scooter. We even lucked out and had two sunny days in a row!

Cort and Grace were painting rocks in the driveway with water. It is funny it rains here 300 days out of the year. We have a nice day and the kids want to make things wet? What can I say, I have funny kids!

The kids love their stories! Grandma Sandy does not seem to mind reading stories to them. They love stories! Grandma Sandy and her friend Cherry got her Wednesday they are going to be here a week. I do not think the kids are going to let either one of them leave, they are having so much fun with them!

Good Bye Children's Hospital, Hello Home!

This is Grace with Noami, her wonderful, helpful, amazing nurse. The people at Children's hospital are so much better than anyone has said. We got home on Monday afternoon. We have been just trying to get into a workable grove. Frank's mom will be her tomorrow, she will be here for about a week. It might be a couple of days till we have new pictures. Grace is doing GREAT! Cort is a helpful big brother and adjusting nicely. Thank you for all the prayers it really has helped! I feel strength I did not know I had. Thank you!

Our Little Trooper!

Grace is our Amazing little girl! On Thursday we found out that she has stage 1 diabetes:( We were sent to Seattle that afternoon. Grace has done so good with all the needles and blood testing. She was feeling so much better today and even made some play-doh art. She is now off of all the IV's and now we are to the testing the blood before every meal and shots after each meal. I am so amazed at how great she has been about the whole thing. She does better when the nurses do the pokes and shots. It is a lot of melt down when I tried to take over my new job of Diabetes tester and shot giver. I know it can only get better. Thank you Uncle Daryl and Aunt Alyce for the lion on Grace's table, she has named her "Lion". It look like we will be back home Sunday night or Monday Morning.

Training Day

Cort and Grace were back playing in their bedrooms and I did not think anything of it. Then they came out, I laughed so hard. Cort said that Grace was being trained to hold the gun the right way. Notice how she is grasping the but of the rifle and how the gun is resting nicely on her shoulder. I like the army belt that is almost to heavy for Grace. Do you see how proud Cort looks? I guess Grace is doing good.