Happy Birthday Dr. Pepper!

Another outing that we did during our vacation was to Dublin, Texas. It was Dr. Pepper's birthday and since that is where it was "born" they do what they call a "HUGE" celebration....their idea of a huge celebration was a bit different than my idea! We enjoyed our visit and got to take the famous tour of the bottling company, and eat at a yummy soda shop and we got to see the beginnings of the sand sculture and my Aunt Judy happened to stop by there a couple of days later and get pictures of the final project! It was very interesting watching the guy work on the sand...especially as he worked on the the sand lady's buttox...kind of creepy! This was a fun stop...and since I LOVE Dr. Pepper, I sure enjoyed that sugar cane yummy DP!










Here is what my Aunt saw a few days later.....

Fossil Rim Wildlife Park

We ventured out to Glen Rose to the wildlife park. Grandpa allowed the kids and John to load up in the back of his truck and they got to get up close and personal with the animals. Savannah took most of the pictures and did a GREAT job! Before we took off on the adventure, Grandpa was using the phonebook the in the shop to look up the numbers of some cousins of his...wouldn't ya know, the young girl working the counter said "that's my parents" they owned the business that my dad was looking up! People always tell me that I know someone everywhere I go....seems like I come by that genetically! It was a fun adventure that day. We stopped at the midway point and had a picnic lunch. It was HOT, so the kids were excited to get a cold drink and enjoy the air conditioning in the gift shop. Bryan and I rode int he backseat of the truck and enjoyed the air conditioning for the tour!

Lake Whitney

My parents rented a house on the Brazos River north of Lake Whitney and we all enjoyed a week of togetherness. We enjoyed the house that we stayed in and the kids were very impressed with the "trail" that was behind out house....it was a steep, steep, rocking climb! Whitney actually fell on a Prickly Pear! We enjoyed slowing down and playing board games, reading, going for boat rides and exploring on the beach. We also did a couple of outings during the week. We enjoyed some wonderful meals together and my dad made us the tiniest cutest ice-cream cones on most nights.

Bryan's Procedure

Well, sometimes things don't go as we plan them....and they still work out GREAT! When I checked in for Bryan's appointment with DR. PACKWOOD, I was told that we would actually be seeing Dr. Hunt today....don't get me wrong, I have met Michael Hunt at the Packwoods' on a couple of occassions, but I was supposed to be seeing ERIC PACKWOOD today, and I was all psyched up to go through with the procedure and I had a babysitter and I had John there who left a very busy day at work.....but after I got my mind refocused, it just made sense to go forward with everything today. I know that all of the doctors in this practice are awesome and they are all believers and we were in good hands, even if they weren't the hands I was expecting. Protocol is to do a throrogh eye exam so Bryan got his eyes dilated. We found out something unexpected in that Bryan is very near-sighted. He will be checked again in the months ahead, but he might have to have glasses....see, we would not have found this out had we not had this appointment today! The eyes might begin to correct, but they are going to have to watch him...and seeing as how Bryan's daddy is VERY near-sighted (like can't see the alarm clock from the bed near-sighted) it is very likely he will have some vision problems...poor guy!
We enjoyed meeting a fun nurse, people watching in the waiting room, and then after the throrough eye exam, we headed off to the procedure room...John was looking forward to watching, I was planning to step out of the room. After being there, and with some encouragement from John, I chose to stay and I was glad I did. I asked permission to take pictures and I LOVED Dr. Hunt's response "well, if you are like my wife, if the picture is not in the scrapbook, IT didn't happen!"....he was FINE with me taking pictures...He understood this pathological picture taker!!! So, thanks for praying for us today, and for praying for Eric's skilled hands because he WAS doing surgery on some kids today, but below is the guy that actually took care of us today and it was a great experience!

Here's his bio...see, we were in GREAT hands!
Michael Hunt was born and raised in Paris, Texas. He attended Baylor University where he graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1995. He received his medical doctorate with high honor after four years of training at Baylor College of Medicine, where he also participated in medical missions and earned distinction as an Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society member.

Dr. Hunt completed his ophthalmology residency and pediatric ophthalmology fellowship at the world-renowned, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. In 2004, he was certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and moved to the Fort Worth area with his wife Jennifer, a Texas A&M graduate, and his three children. Dr. Hunt cares for pediatric eye disorders and adults with misaligned eyes (strabismus). He received specialized training in the diagnosis and treatment of strabismus, amblyopia, cataracts, trauma, retinopathy of prematurity, glaucoma, and ptosis.

Dr. Hunt has been honored as a Top Doc by Fort Worth Magazine.

When he is not caring for his patients, Dr. Hunt enjoys spending time with his family, participating in church activities, and following sports.

Prayer for Bryan

I still have lots of Blog Posts to catch up on, but I want to ask that you pray for Bryan tomorrow. He has a clogged tear duct and tomorrow afternoon, the very skillful hands of Dr. Packwood will be doing a procedure to correct the problem! They prefer to do the procedure before the child is a year old, so that sedation is not necessary. They will be strapping him down, and he will be completely AWAKE for the procedure. John plans to watch, and I plan to be there, but I probably won't watch. I cringe at the thought of what they will have to do. His eye is getting worse, so I know that it needs to be done, but oh the thought of messing with his eye!

Pray for Dr. Packwood's hands as he works on the delicate areas around Bryan's eye.

Kindergarten Graduation

We attended Kindergarten Graduation the last week of school. The children sang four sweet song and got to walk across the stage and have their named called and receive their awards. Blayne's favorite award was his gold medal for completing the reading olympics! It is a sweet little ceremony. John came from work and I left the other little ones home with our sitter Blaire, so we were focused just on Blayne!

Field Day

The elementary school had field day on the last day of mine and Reagan's Casa Manana. We headed by the school and took some pictures and then went to see our show. This is the first year that I didn't help out with Field Day. It looks like they had fun without me, though!