Update on Kaylee

Recently, Shawna and Kaylee went to a major-city for the pre-surgery consultation. Due to the need to have another surgeon in the operating room and the extent of the surgery needed after examining the results of recent tests, the surgery has been postponed six months. The procedure, while necessary and inevitable, does not need to be conducted acutely. Therefore, waiting until Kaylee’s summer break was the better option.

-J

This and That

Hello everyone. Don't fall over because we are updating. HaHa. It is crazy just how busy life can get sometimes. Jeremy and I are have both finished up the coursework for our doctoral degree and are now working on our dissertations. I have my topic and problem statement and am beginning my literature reveiw. I have to have at least 150 sources so this will take a little while. Jeremy has his mentor and is finishing up getting his committee. We have taken a little bit of a break from working on it hard so we are going to have to buckle down and get our schedule going for who is working what night. Usually the one that works on the dissertation does not have to worry about much else. It works well for us since I have such a good husband that is willing to help. If he wasn't so good, there is no way that both of us could be doing this. My mentor encouraged me to have someone local on my dissertation committee. This has been so helpful. One of my former professors is on my committee and has been a real help.

I am still teaching Kindergarten and love it but am ready for the winter break. Jeremy is loving his job. It is less stress and in the field that his degree is in so it is a very fulfilling work. His collegues are also great. JT is doing great in school and loving being a part of the youth group. He has become so active and has grown so much. I am so thankful for people that have influenced him in a positive manner. It is hard to believe that he has been a Christian for over a year now. He gets so excited about all activities with the youth group. The weekend before Thanksgiving, he went and saw Harry Potter with the youth group and loved it. He has also almost outgrown me in height, which makes him very happy. Me, not so much.

Kaylee is also doing well but she will have a busy month of December. As of right now, she is scheduled to have surgery on December 20th. It is a procedure to help her bowels and bladder. It is a very invasive procedure that will probably keep her in the hospital over Christmas but it will be a great benefit to her. We meet with her doctor again next week and will blog more after that appointment. Until then...

- S