Picture and Soccer

This is the picture of Miss Kay promised in the previous post:This is me. I registered for soccer on Tuesday this week and started practicing at home. At first I practiced offense (kicking the ball towards the goal). Then, I practiced defense (getting the ball away from the goal). But then, I had to practice running. I ran around the church building four times. Then I practiced target kicking (if I made it go right, I would have hit my sister. Don't want that to happen).

Please keep reading the family of N.

-JT

The Light is Getting Brighter

Miss Kay had an appointment with the doctor this past Monday and we received some good news. She walked into the office with her crutches and her feet were straight as ever. He was thrilled to see the progress. He was 100% happy with the right leg and about 85% happy with the left leg. The left leg seems to bow out a little and we are not sure how this will be handled. However, he was happy to see her walking and removed all restrictions. So, she is able to bear weight on her legs and resume to normal life.

Also, he said that he did not think physical therapy three times a week woudl be necessary. So he has dropped it down to twice a week (one physical therapy and the other hydro (water) therapy. This means less trips to Germantown than we had expected and less copays in one week. Yea! Right now, we have them scheduled through the 2nd of October. She has an appontment with the doctor again on the 29th of September at which time we will determine if more therapy will be needed.

Thank you all so much for the concern and prayers. The light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter and we are so blessed that all is working well. I'll try to get a picture or two posted later on. Please, keep reading the family of N.

-J

New Coins from Pappy and Granny T

Recently, my sister and I have been collecting dollar coins and quarters. Pappy and Granny T (great grandparents) send us the coins as they are produced. Yesterday, we received the newest dollar coin: Andrew Jackson, seventh president. In this picture, we are holding the dollar coins.

They also bought us some special books to display the quarters and dollar coins. We only have two quarters left to fill the book. The dollars? Not so much.

That's all we have to tell you. And, Pappy and Granny T, thank you so much for doing this for us. We hope you enjoyed and please keep reading the family of N.

-J&JT

What I Like About Me

1. I like my Hannah Montana Room.
2. I like my key chain collection.
3. I like my family that loves me very, very much.
4. I like my aunt who is coming to my house tonight. She is starting college tomorrow at the same school my parents attended.
5. I like my two Hannah Montana posters hanging by my Hannah Montana bed.
6. I like my brother but only when he is nice to me and helps me.

Tag, your it.

-J&K

The Blogging Game

Now, I am a part of the blogging game. Here are six things random things about me:

1. I've recently been writting a book.
2. I live in a house in the middle of nowhere.
3. I have messy penmenship.
4. I play with my Nintendo almost every day. I can't get by a whole week without playing it.
5. At this exact moment, Mom is talking on the phone.
6. I am eight and I already have my own phone.

Since I am just a kid and I do not have the time to go through all the blogs to see if they are tagged yet, I am just going to leave it to be.

-JT

Randomness

I have been tagged by Jeremy at http://freddyandthegang.blogspot.com/. So...here are the rules:

Link to the person who tagged you.
Post the rules to your blog.
Write 6 random things about myself.
Tag 6 people at the end of your post and link to them.
Let each person you have tagged know by leaving a comment on their blog.
Let the tagger know when your entry is posted.

Here are six random things about me:

1. I have wanted to teach all my life.
2. I eat chicken probably more than anything else.
3. My pet peeve is incorrect grammar, especially written and when the document is going to the public. As a teacher, this is very important.
4. I have never broken a bone in my life. In fact, until I had Kaylee, I had never really had surgery.
5. I am addicted to school. Obviously, since I am still attending.
6. I bruise very easily.

I am supposed to tag six people but they have already been tagged so this will have to end here. Hope you enjoy.

-S

I've Been Tagged! Ba! Humbug!

I am not a real fan of this kind of thing, so I will do the best I can.

I have been tagged by Li over at http://preachmanswife.blogspot.com/. So...here are the rules:

• Link to the person who tagged you.
• Post the rules to your blog.
• Write 6 random things about myself.
• Tag 6 people at the end of your post and link to them.
• Let each person you have tagged know by leaving a comment on their blog.
• Let the tagger know when your entry is posted.

Here are six random things about me:

1. I have no splean.
2. I am married to a woman who has no gall bladder.
3. I am the son of a man who has no tonsils.
4. I work with someone who has no legs.
5. I am the only student in the world who has been given tenure by the educational instution I attend. Okay, not really, but I may as well have been.
6. I bought a new toilet seat today.

Now then, I am supposed to tag six people but I only read five blogs so you can do the math. The bad part is three of the five have already been tagged so this will have to do:

I tag Shawna, J.T., and Kaylee (all of which will appear on this blog). I tag Russ because Shawna noticed that Li left him out. Four will have to do.

Please keep reading the family of N.

-J

Baby Steps ... With a Light at the End

We went today for another check up with the doctor and he was very pleased with Kaylee's progress. However, baby steps is what we are looking at for the next little while. She can start bearing weight on her legs, but her therapy for the next couple of weeks will be just working on standing as her muscles have become so weak. She will also only go two times each week. They will eventually work up to three times a week and include hydrotherapy (swimming in the pool).

She got her new shoes today which will hopefully make the braces stay on better. They will also aid in helping her to stand and start the walking process.

She was a little disapponited because he will not allow her to do hydrotherapy at this piont. She is, however, excited that she no longer has to sleep in her braces.

-J&S

Canoeing

Over the weekend, we have not been blogging. There is a reason: we been camping and canoeing. Friday evening, we went to Greer, Misouri and set up camp, cooked dinner, and relaxed. It was very late when Grampy and Uncle Chris showed up to spend the night with us. We sat around the fire and told stories about our lives. We went to bed late and then got up early. Grampy cooked breakfast and we broke camp in less than 10 minutes! That's right, less than 10 minutes. We were to meet a group from Springfield at the canoe rental place and they called and said they were ten minutes away. So off we went.

On the canoe trip, we went through rapids, got our canoes flipped (Grampy and Jeremy on accident, Uncle Chris and J.T. not so much), cooked and ate hot dogs, and swam.

We came to a water spring. The water was COLD! The middle was so deep, my Dad could not stand up in it and he is tall. My Dad, my uncle, a kid named Clayton, and I traved another way out of the spring. It was tough. There were slippery rocks, deep sand (Uncle Chris's shoe got stuck in it), and we had to swim accross a giant hole. It was cold, but fun.

The trip back home was long because we were so tired.

Sorry we do not have any pictures. We hope to get some from some people who took cameras. We almost bought a waterproof disposable camera for the trip but didn't. We should have.

It is great to be a part of the family of N.

-J&JT

The Thanksgiving Holiday is in the Bible, After All

Kaylee is trying to memorize a memory verse that her brother, G. Jo, and her have been working on together. They are working slowly on Psalm 100. They have come to verse 4 which reads: "Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name." Kaylee was having trouble remembering a couple of words in the verse. As she was reciting it to me, it came out like this:

"Enter into his gates with ... um ... its not Christmas ... and it not Holloween ... its that other holiday ... um ...."

Whatever it takes to memorize it, I guess.

-S

School has Started for Everyone

It is hard to beleive it is that time of year ... again! Shawna had to start back to work last Friday and today the kids had to go off to school. So we put them to bed early, we all got up early, and off they went.

J.T. started the fourth grade today. His teacher is new to the school district but from another county in Mississippi (remember, the kids attend school in Tennessee) and a member of one of the congregations in our county.

Kaylee started the second grade today. She was excited and scared all in one little package. Unfortunately, we did not make the goal of having her back on her feet by the time school started. Due to the lengthening of the time in her cast and the fact that her doctor does not want her to begin therapy for another week or two, we sent her off to school in her wheelchair. The fellow students and teachers are always good to work with her.

Shawna, as mentioned in a previous post, is back in kindergarten (teaching, that is). She has been working some long days trying to get set up but we hope to be back in the routine of things before long. She will do a good job.

As the school uniform policy is still in place, picking out clothes this morning was easy to do.

Please keep reading the family of N.

-J

School has started, at least for one!

Friday was the first day of school for teachers. It is hard to believe that summer break is already over. I am still a little iffy about teaching Kindergarten again. It is really more that I feel sorry for my students because I will probably be mean and expect a lot because I have gotten used to older students. My room is almost ready. Now I just have to do the little things like finish hanging up stuff on the wall and getting beginning packets ready. My prinicpal and assistant principal will both be gone Monday to meetings which leaves me in charge. Fun day!! But probably not much will be done in my room because I have to help our new secretary get in the groove of things. Have a good weekend.

- S