Poor, poor Tommy....

This isn't the first time....Kimberlyn has had him wear a tiara when he was too young to even bat it off.
What a face saying "HELP MOM!" Kimberlyn and Kaitlyn are in girlie-hog-heaven with all of my Mom's hair accesories I brought home.

Here is Tommy being driven around by his big sis whom doesn't have a driver's license as this must have been taken just moments before she DUMPED him out of her Jeep.....oh, the fun they had while I was away last week!


Here's our one-armed Tommy Boy (his burn bandaged up)....at the doctor this past Monday they gave us a different type wrap to protect the burn, it's more breathable....WOW, his burn is totally dried up and ALMOST healed now. We quit wrapping since there's no open wound. As you see it didn't slow him down.


Here's the sign they made me....how sweet!!

Mommy's home and all are well.....

Okay, maybe well isn't the appropriate word -how about all survived!!

Seriously....going through my Mom's house was easier than I had expected. My brother and I tackled it for 4 days straight. We have all sentimental items and all trash OUT. The rest needs to be donated or sold at the flea market. ---Mom had a serious addiction to thrift stores...

I got to visit our old neighbor over dinner one night and spent a day with my Aunt Boo (my Mom's baby sis) which was wonderful for both of us as we both miss Mom dearly and we both remind each other of Mom. I even dropped in to my old childhood neighbor's work place to say hello...haven't seen her since I was 16!! I also got to catch up one evening with my cousin which was great. It was a busy and emotional time- my Mom's cat is still living there?!?!? She asked us to catch him and take him to this person to get him a new home, but he was scared and upset about Mom leaving and such we never were able to catch him. We told her we were taking care of it and I felt TERRIBLE not being able to physically take care of it! This tore me up, I so badly wanted to bring him home---problem was, he was happy and healthy right where he is at. It was great to see he's living well either on his own or being fed by a neighbor and actually being taken care of!! By the way I didn't get my beach fix....Larry doesn't understand this part as we did eat dinner at this place on the beach...I didn't get sand in between my toes or salt in my hair :)

Poor Larry had a rough week! The kids did not offer any breaks at all! I left on Easter and they had a nice evening without me. Monday went well. Kimberlyn had started complaining of her ear hurting her and had started running a fever the day before so he got her an appointment for the next morning. Just when all seemed well and he was pulling out a pizza from the oven and Tommy tried to assist! Tommy has a 2nd degree burn on his hand. They soaked his hand in a glass of ice water thanks to my brother's advice (handy having a paramedic to ask for ideas)-- Tommy calmed down and slept well, but woke with his hand MUCH worse- Thankfully he got Kimberlyn's appointment for the early morning.
The doctor instructed Larry on how to bandage his hand and care for the burn and they all went home to bed. Larry was not feeling well around this time too.
Wednesday the dogs ran away....like AWAY!! The next day he called after finding them...he sounded like a tape player...

The dogs are found,
safe and sound,
35 miles from our town!

Finally he explained a worker at the apartments behind our home was getting off and it was cold and raining so he loaded up the "lost" dogs and took them home....35 miles away! We are very thankful he did this and kept them safe for us!

Then Friday as everyone is on the anxious countdown until my return Kimberlyn must have gotten bored eating cubed ham for lunch and shoved a piece up her nose. Larry tried sucking it out with this "vacuum aspirator" Tommy was discharged with back in January...and all he managed to get was blood...so off he went LAUGHING his way to the ER- I was laughing at this point too! Sad thing is when they got there and teh waiting room was full the nurse told him not to worry she'd have no wait as she was the first REAL emergency of teh day as the risk of this ham getting into her lung or airway...not a laughing matter!? They got it out and we hope and pray she's learned a good lesson!

The next day Tommy woke with a high fever...and still had it along with a very decreased eating pattern this morning. He saw the doctor who couldn't find any reason for the fever....you can probably guess it...blood work??!?!? I get to the lab and they say it'll be a 15-20 minute wait...great I thought I'm going to be late getting Kimberlyn from school. Nope, it was ordered STAT I guess the doc was a bit more worried than I realized... Praise God the results are normal. I'm just praying the blood culture doesn't grow anything now and that his fever goes away SOON! The burn is healing well and is not infected which was a concern due to the high fever. His throat is red and irratated, so it must be a viral bug of some sort.


Even with all this chaos...it's WONDERFUL to be back home! Larry gave me a good laugh last night while talking to a classmate during a recall saying he had a "relaxing spring break" --I was being shushed with hand motions as I was laughing and disagreeing....after he hung the phone up he told me it was more relaxing than his classes and schoolwork?!?!? OH MY!!

Happy Easter!!

We've had a busy and very fun spring break. We have had a wonderful Easter morning that started at 6:03 am (actually Robby tried starting it at 5:30) -what's with this weather?? It's 21 degrees out right now, the Easter Bunny was nice and hid eggs indoors for us and we cranked up the fireplace too! I planned on updating more pictures as we went through the week of fun...to the museum, the zoo, dying Easter eggs and such. I'll get to it soon...after I return home from cleaning out my Mom's house with my brother.
Please pray for Larry as he holds done the fort (and kids) for the week, for the kids to handle me being gone so many nights, for me to have strength during this week and to not lose sleep while being away from the kids. We'll have lots of phone calls for sure!

Spring Break....

I personally like how it used to be "Easter Vacation" as THAT is why we take a break to celebrate He has risen right??

So Day 1-

What a day....we had FUN. We went to get pictures done as Tommy SHOULD have turned one last week and I came across the most sweet dresses for the girls for Easter....WHY not do an Easter picture!?

Then lunch at the mall food court....wonderful EVERYONE gets to eat what they want :)

Followed by a trip into Build-a-Bear Workshop to make a new friend.

Can't forget about the cute Easter Bunny visit, which was conveniently stationed near the cookie shop, so we had a nice afternoon snack before heading home!



PS here's your sneak peek at the pictures we had done....different poses, same attire!

Tommy's Slide

So on Saturday I went to sell Kimberlyn's old toddler bed to the resale shop Once Upon a Child....man it's a win/win deal for them....I sell them something, they mark it up and THEN I buy something else while dropping off my stuff for them to buy??

Seriously, all of our toddler type outdoor toys and things were bought at yardsales and served their time through the three older kids. Tommy needs a few things his size around here. They had an almost new Little Tikes toddler slide for $15. I snatched it up as soon as I dropped off the bed! I later went online and saw that that thing retails for $40 on their website! I was so excited about stumbling upon that deal!

Same as when I got Robby's first slide, Dad said he was too young and Robby climbed up and slid down....Tommy did the same. He needs to have a spotter, ya know somebody ready to catch him so he doesn't totally fall and crash.

Here's some pics....
Tommy climbing up...

Wow...what a view up here....

Sliding down kind of takes his breath away at first!

A true Nance kid.... "let me climb up this way"

SIGN IN A STORE WINDOW

"WE WOULD RATHER DO BUSINESS WITH 1000 ALQAEDA TERRORISTS THAN WITH ONE SINGLE AMERICAN SOLDIER!"



This sign was prominently displayed in the window of a business in Philadelphia . You are probably outraged at the thought of such an inflammatory statement.
However, we are a society which holds Freedom of Speech as perhaps our greatest liberty.


And after all, it is just a sign.

You may ask what kind of business would dare post such a sign.




Answer: A Funeral Home
(Who said morticians had no sense of humor?)


You gotta love it....this was an email forward from my father in law!!

God Bless America

Blizzard.....

Man what fun.....Dad is at school studying....but when he gets home he will take the kids sledding!

Here's Robby and Kaitlyn playing on the seesaw in the snow....



Tommy wishing Mom would bundle him up to join the kids out there, maybe later when Dad gets home.



Kimberlyn, Kaitlyn and Robby...



Robby's makeshift fort (the roof to the kids playhouse)



Tommy watching Dad and Kimberlyn shovel snow last night before the blizzard conditions....


Here's a note Kaitlyn wrote for me as we were rushing out the door to run in Target before heading to the Spirit NIght at Wendy's school fundraiser last Wednesday. LOVE IT!