Urgent Prayer Request!!

We have a raging wildfire less than 12 miles away from us and we can smell the smoke from it at our house. It's in Jean, TX and they are evacuating it as we speak.
Please pray that they will be able to put it out. The winds are unbelievable right now, please pray for them to calm so that the fires won't spread any further.
Thanks!

We had a fun weekend!

We went to Seguin to Jack's surprise birthday party. He turned the big 60 on the 19th and Diana arranged for everyone to come in & surprise him! We went out to eat, then the boys went back to Jack's house to stay with a babysitter while Kelly & I and the other adults went to Gruene Hall. We had a blast. We got home about 1 am and JAKE & HUNTER were STILL UP! Jack & Diana got home about 12 am and the babysitter just kind of walked out in a daze and just said, "I need to go home". There were 2 other kids there too, Diana's daughters son (6) and daughter (2). (They were both up too) Riley was the only one who crashed...thank goodness! She might have just left before anybody got home if he had added his grumpy-ness into the mix!







We saw Josh Grider and Walt Wilkins at Gruene Hall on Sat. night. They were both great. But I think anyone would be great if you're in Gruene Hall, just to be there is enough to make it worthwhile.

The boys in front of Gruene Hall (on Sunday morning).

Hunter Juncton is a store in Gruene.

Gruene has to be one of my most favorite places in the world! It is great. If you've never been, I highly recommend it! It has the cutest little shops and The Grist Mill is a really fun restaurant to go to and the ribs are fabulous. My guys downed a whole rack in less than 5 minutes.

Hunter found Hunter Road!

The Guadalupe River! What great memories I have of this place!! :)

Only my BFF's will remember this, but was it '04 when Kim & I almost died on the first set of rapids? In the 20 degree water at 9 am? And we ruined our cute hats that we'd shopped for weeks for? And we didn't move for about 2 hours later in the day and got separated from everyone else? That's when we became true BFF's, right? Can we please do that again this summer?? :) :) Wow, those were the good old days....I miss you guys :(

God is Good!!

Riley has had a few extremely difficult days. He was up and down all night Tuesday night and barely ate or drank anything all day yesterday. He's been throwing drinks at me and kicking me. I have been calling him "bi-polar" because he has been such a grouch!

Last night, Riley and I prayed together and I told him what to say. He said "Dear God, please help me feel better. Amen!"

Today he's like a different child. He slept all night (we both fell asleep in my bed about 8:30) and drank all of his chocolate milk this morning! HOPEFULLY, we're over the hardest part now.
Thank you, Jesus!!!

What we've been up to...

Riley had his surgery last Thursday. Everything went fine. He's been pretty cranky, but that's to be expected I guess. Here's a pic of his "impressive tonsils".
He ate 3 popsicles before we left the SurgiCenter.
Jake had a good birthday. Can't believe he's 8!

Riley is getting his tonsils out!

We went to the ENT yesterday and Riley has "impressive" tonsils. So, we have him scheduled for surgery on Valentine's Day. At first it didn't seem like the Dr. wanted to take them out because he's so young, but once he saw them, he decided it would be best as long as I could get him to drink a lot after the surgery. As long as we have chocolate milk, I don't think that'll be a problem.

While we were there, Riley & Hunter got weighed in. Riley was 42 pounds (the weight of an average 5 year old--30 lbs is normal for a 2 1/2 year old) and Hunter was 58 pounds (the weight of an average 8 year old--45 is normal for an almost 6 year old). They aren't fat, they are just SOLID! Riley is 39 inches tall, which is the height of an average 3 1/2 year old. The height predictor calculation is to take their height at 2 1/2 and double it. If that's true, he'd be 6' 6"! Even though they look like their daddy, there must be some Turner genes in there somewhere!!

It was a great birthday. Larissa and Ashtyn watched the boys while Kelly & I went to eat. They made me this awesome cake!!

They even helped Jake & Hunter pull those loose teeth!

Jake's Birthday Party!!

We had some houseguests this weekend. A mommy dog and her 3 puppies stayed with us. They are a border collie mix. The boys have named them Sally, McQueen, Fluffy and Buddy. They are all very sweet dogs. If anyone is interested in adopting them, let me know!!

Princess was NOT impressed! The puppies were bigger than her and really wanted to play.

We had Jake's birthday party a little early so we could have it at the Monster Truck Show this past weekend. We had a great time! We sat so close to the action that we had dirt and mud slung all over us. And we were a little hard of hearing by the end of the night.

Jake's birthday cake!

The boys taking a ride on "Sudden Impact"!
The Equalizer


Here's a video of the action! click to watch