A few more pics

Waiting "patiently" to go back and ply in the fountains!! NOT!!!

Two drowned rats!!!

Playing in the fountain's at Crown Center, just Noah and Rebekkah, the other two were swimming with the youth.

WHat 13 year old boys do when they are bored.....find the silly play glasses and wear bandana's on their head. Gotta love it!!!!

William and I at Kaleidoscope with Noah and Rebekkah. No, William is not asleep!!! ;-P

Noah making some new creation at Kaleidoscope, a local kid's artsy place. They use LOTS of leftover stuff from the Hallmark factory here in KC.

Rebekkah, painting with melted crayon. LOVE this activity as an adult but I refrained and let Rebekkah do it instead. :-D

MckMama, if you read this post, this place reminds me of someplace you would *love* to take your kiddos. All sorts of fun thingsto do in there, so if you ever head to KC from the Frozen, now thawed, Tundra give me a ring and we will go and have lots of fun. Emerald could help us chase kids. She loves the place too but it would look funny me dragging a 16 year old in there to make crafts!!!

Another recital picture of Rebekkah, this was the High School Musical number she was in.

Love,

Michelle

Just a quick up date and pictures

It has been a while since I last posted so here is a tiny update and a few pics. William gets his pacemaker replaced this Friday, please pray for all to go smoothly. All the "textbook" cases are same day, but we all know William is far from "textbook" when is comes to his heart and surgery. Love ya babe!!!!!!

Been busy with work, church, kids and youth activities at curch. Dance recital and well, you get the picture. Enjoy the pics I am adding.

Rebekkah and William, father/daughter dance at recital. The song was Bandstand Boogie, very cute but man was daddy worn out!!!

Picture off most of the grandkids, when Govea's came to town for two weeks. Gotta love grandma and grandpa's back yard pool!!! We are missing only Samantha, everyone else was there that day.

Emerald, Ashley and Travis, these guys have been friends for going on 11 years!!! This was travis' graduation party!!
Noah, being his cute self.

The Farley's, Memorial Day weekend, Sunday at church.

May 6, 1996

What an important day, I got to meet this little guy!!!!! I am sooo blessed beyond measure. A true miracle from God!!

Nathaniel Doulgas!!

As the years have passed.........

(ok so these are just a few shots but I could be here all night scanned and putting pics on here)

Today, May 6, 2009 he has reached his teens!!!!

Hard to believe thirteen years have passed and he is growing every day. Not only physically but also mentally and spiritually. Nathaniel has a true passion for God and I pray his love continues to grow every day!!!

HAPPY THIRTEENTH BIRTHDAY SON AND BROTHER!!!

We love you sooooo much!!! Dad, Mom, Emerald, Noah and Rebekkah

Look up in the sky.........

I'ts a bird, it's aplane, NO it's the SUN!!!!!!!! It has been so very long since we have seen the sun here in KC I was afraid of what I saw in the sky. lol OK, not really but i had to look way back into my memory and see if I could identify what that was. We have had weeks of rain and cloudy skies. I hate cloudy and blah. :-) I am glad todya is different than the last several.

This weekend has proved to be about the same as the last few around the Farley household. Someone has been sick. bah! Nathaniel woke in the wee hours of Saturday morning with an upset tummy and vomited once, Emerald went to bed on Friday not feeling too hot and awoke yesterday with :golf balls" in her throat. Took her to the urgent care yesterday, not strep so it is viral and we are riding it out. No fever today and she feels better but is starting to sound stuffy, ahhhhh the joys of motherhood. Even at 16 she still wanted her mommy to be there and comfort her, makes a mama's heart melt. :-D She and I stayed home from church today since she was feverish yesterday and baked the cake for Nathaniel's birthday get together with family today. Nothing else exciting going on here in Farleyville. His actual birthday is this Wednesday and he will be 13, yikes, another teenager in my home!!!! Seriously, I can't believe he is that old already, what is happening to my babies???!!! OK, off to make homemade chicken noodle and veggie soup and get ready for my mom and her hubby to come celebrate with us.

Michelle

Is it really April??

After last week's post and nasty weather on Saturday and it got better as the week went on, then we hit today, April 5 and we are having a "wintry mix" BAH I am so very done with winter. I know it is barely spring but I am sick and tired of cold weather and all the winter precipitation it involves. OK, enough about that.

We finally got to have Rebekkah's birthday party. All the stomach flu is gone from our house, please Lord keep it that way!!! All of her friends were able to make it, which made her very happy. They ate cake and ice cream and then swam for two hours. My kids all slept really well on Friday night. Yesterday was good, William and I went to weigh in at church, we are doing the Weigh Down program. Then home and he got a visit from a nurse to show him how to check his own protime at home, kinda nice now he isn't running to the doctor so often. At least not for protime checks. The kids and I ran errands, I gave my step brother's girlfriend a masaage, she is 32 weeks pregnant and was most grateful I could help her back pain out. Then we headed to Target, we had been given internet coupons for free glasses for kids 12 and under. Picked out frames and then told we had to have the "original" coupon. Well, we left there without glasses and I was not a happy mama since I was told the coupon would work. I will never go back to Target for optical needs. Tried looking for Easter shoes for all four and pants for Nathaniel but was tired and irritated so we came home. William grilled steaks last night, YUMMY!! Woke this morning and Noah has a sore throat. UGH He is my one who is most suseptible to strep, so he may coming in to see me, ok the doctor, at the office this week. So, I spent all morning snuggling with him. William and the others went to church, then William and Rebekkah went to dance to practice for the father/daughter dance for recital. They got home and William and I had to run to WM for groceries for lunches this week and potty paper and other basic needs for a family of six.

Tomorrow is back to same ole, same ole. Sometimes I wonder if "normal" is where I really want to be. lol Seems like "normal" is too much fun for me.

Please pray for baby Stellan. He is still in SVT and in the PICU. He has now been there since March 22. His family is making more and more important decisions regarding his health every day. Continue to lift them up and pray for God's will and a miracle!!

Michelle

Sickies, and ice, ice baby.....

Well, we have had quite and eventful last month or so. I have had early stages of pneumonia, thankfully I am much better now. William and both girls now have nasty upper respiratory infections, William got on antibiotics Thursday and the girls seem to be riding it out pretty well. But earlier this week they both woke around midnight(tues/Wed) puking, ugh what a thing to wake to. Emerald only had that one night/day and then was ok. Rebekkah on the other hand, had a nearly 48 hour stretch where she could keep nothing down, not even water, 7-UP, jello or popsicles. We had her into the doctor on Thursday(thankfully we all go to the office I work at so it was only one trip for William) and got phenergan suppositories. SHe is now better despite the nasty cough she has had for over a week now. I am thanking God that we didn't have to go for iv fluids. The boys have managed unscathed and have not gotten either "bug", praise God for that.

We were supposed to have Rebekkah's birthday party last night but rescheduled since she had been so sick. I did not think the YMCA would appreciate puke or diarrhea in the pool. They were not very nice about it but we rescheduled it for next Friday. Her actual birthday is tomorrow, March 29 and will be 8!!! How did that happen, my baby turning that old already??!! It goes so very fast.

They have been forcasting a nasty snow storm for here all week. Instead we have received lots of ice so far and the snow is expected to come in this afternoon. BLAH I am sooo over winter, although it has not been a terribly snowy one I am just ready for spring and warmer weather. Cold and winter never used to bother me but now that I am getting older I am just over it all. Tree limbs have begun to break and fall in our yard and as I type I hear ice hitting the window. They say 4-8 inches of snow on top of this. BAH Ok enough whining about the weather here in KC.

We spent the morning cleaning and disinfecting. Trying to get the bugs outta here. Still not perfect but much better. Now we are all showering and getting in comfy clothes to hunker down for the day. Watching movies, napping and just enjoying not having to get out in this weather.

Michelle

Will post pics later of our weather.

Prayers please....

Please pray for my internet friends, Kristy and MckMama(not her real name but her blog name)

The links to their blogs are on the right side of my blog. They are both facing some extremely trying times right now. Please lift them up and intervene on their behalf. We are called to lift one another up. Please take a few minutes to left these families up. If you click on the links, you can get all the details on each situation!!

Love,

Michelle