July 30, 2010
What a great night! We had some college kids over who are visiting the island. We only new one of them, but it turned out to be a great night! We got to sing and play guitar together, and we had dinner and Ryan showed them how to eat coconuts, and we sat around talking for a long time. It was just the funnest! They are really great people, I hope they come back!
– Emily
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July 27, 2010
I got to visit Tammy for a while this morning. It was fun to see them again! Tammy is making jewelry and I’m excited to make jewelry with her. The rest of the day Micah and I stayed home. Our car is still broken. We took naps and I got some more cleaning done. Micah is anxious to start potty training I think. I haven’t decided whether to start now or wait until we run out of diapers. Hmmmm…..
– Emily
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July 26, 2010
I got so much done today! I cleaned and cleaned! And then I cleaned more! Today for the first time Micah interacted with the TV too! It was cute! On Dora they were saying the colors of the rainbow, and Micah said them all! I was proud! He was so happy that he said them too!
– Emily
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July 25, 2010
Well, we’re back! It was fun to see Paul and Jessica and Colby in Miami this morning. They were on our fligt to Eleuthera. I went to Spanish Wells to pick up Tag when we got home, and Ryan cleaned up all the bugs in our house. He’s so great! He swept all the floors and vaccumed them all up in the window sils. I have the best husband!
– Emily
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July 24, 2010
It was a very busy day today! This morning early I went to Starbucks with Melissa. We had a great time chatting! My heart was weird again though and I decided to go to the doctor after that before we left to go back to eleuthera. I spent hours at the doctor’s office. They did an EKG and took bloodwork. The bloodwork was extra bad too because they couldn’t get any blood and had to try in five different places!!! Ouch! They finally got some from my hand though, and some results some back later, but the one test they could get the results from today turned out normal. They said it could be from stress, lack of sleep, or caffine. So I’m hoping it’s just from one of those things. They said they didn’t see anything major wrong though and that gave me a little peace. Now we’ll just wait for the rest of the results.
We did some last minute shopping too, then we headed for the airport around 3:30. We only flew to Miami tonight though, and we’re staying here in a hotel tonight. I love staying in hotels!
– Emily
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July 23, 2010
My heart was weird again today! I did not like it! Ryan and I went to the counselor today. We got some good advise. And we got to do a little shopping too. We had small group today too which was so great! This time we brought all the kids, and they all got to play together and we went swimming, well, the kids, Robert and Turner and I went swimming at least. I have to say that it was a bitter-sweet time. It’s always so hard to say goodbye to our friends!
– Emily
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July 22, 2010
Today we had lunch with Bob Johnson. He’s so great! Unfortunatly, during lunch my heart was weird and we ended up leaving early so I could go home and rest. Micah and I took naps and I felt better later, but I did not like my heart being weird like that! Ryan spent the afternoon at church. And we had dinner with the Larsons. They are wonderful people! After that I went swimming with Loraine and we got to talk for a long time. It was very encouraging!
– Emily
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July 21, 2010
We had half a day today, just enough time to go jetskiing one last time, and pack everything up. It has been so fun to be here! It’s so hard to leave family every time!
We had good flights back to Dallas though, and we’re back again, to another place we call home! The Lord is just so good!
– Emily
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July 20, 2010
It is our last day here in Wisconsin. The time went too fast! Micah has had so much fun with Kari and “MiMi and PaPa”! Tonight we all went mini golfing. Even Micah had his own club! I’m pretty sure I lost, but we had fun for sure! Micah cracked up at Ryan’s “you’re just a knucklehead” impressions! And we got to see a mama and baby dear! After golfing we went for ice cream. Micah got his own cone and loved it! And Ryan got root beer ice cream, and a root beer float! His tummy is going to hurt later!!
– Emily
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July 19, 2010
Mike and Annie left early this morning, and we spent the rest of the day playing and resting. It was fun! Ryan and I went out jetskiing again. It’s been such a special time for us to be together and have so much fun together!
– Emily
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July 18, 2010
This morning Ryan preached at church again, and Mike and him sang and played guitar. They did a great job! It was great to be able to worship in church again! Kari had some friends visiting today too, and we all had dinner and played on the lake, and Ryan and I made everyone a Bahamain dinner, complete with BBQ chicken, Mac and cheese, peas and rice, and cole slaw! And tonight we all went out on a pontoon boat. Micah loves boats!
– Emily
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July 17, 2010
We went into town today to get groceries, and then Mike and Annie came! It’s fun to see them again! I rode the Jetski with Micah for a while today, and I got to go kayaking. I spent some good time alone with the Lord in the kayak.
Ryan and I went to church tonight and Ryan preached. He did a great job preaching on living your life with the cross at the center. He’s such a great preacher! I know that it’s a good sermon when I forget that it’s my husband that’s preaching.
Ryan and Mike had a great time catching up and singing and playing guitar together tonight too. It was a great day!
– Emily
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July 15, 2010
Ryan talked me into going on the Jetski with him today. He promised “I won’t throw you in!” Yeah right! In the first 5 minutes he turned a sharp fast turn, and in I went!!! I was NOT happy! But the more time we spent on the jetski the funner it got and we ended up having the BEST time together! I got braver little by little! Micah got to come with us for a while too, and we had fun family jetskiing time!
This afternoon we went to the normal house and I got to drive threir scooter. I had never driven one before, and it took me a while, but it was fun when I got it! Micah got to ride it too! He gets to do so many fun things!
– Emily
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July 14, 2010
It was a pretty laid back day today. We went kayaking, and we went to dinner at the Husing’s house. It’s fun to be by a lake! And it’s fun to have some down time to rest a little too and spend with family!
– Emily
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July 13, 2010
Today we flew to Wisconsin! We spent a little extra time in the airport because the plane that we were supposed to fly on broke on the flight before us, but the Lord worked it out for us to be sitting next to the pilot who was supposed to be on our flight, and he told us that it was broken, so Ryan called and switched flights early enough for us to catch our next one. God is so good!
We got to Wisconsin and went strait to the Lake House the Ryan’s parents are renting. It’s fun to be here! They all loved especially to see Micah. He calls them “MiMi, PaPa, and RiRi” It’s cute!
– Emily
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July 12, 2010
This morning we watched Anders. Micah and him played the whole morning! They had fun! We played with bubbles for a while, and they played with lots of toys!
We both went to the doctor this afternoon. Ryan went to get a shot, but ended up not having to get it, so that was good! And I got some antibiotics.
We went to DTS then and walked around, and Ryan talked to one of his profs. Then we ran into Rachel and Greg, some wonderful friends! It was fun to see them!
We had Taco Bell for dinner, and we spent the rest of the evening packing and cleaning. We have just been so blessed with our time in Frisco! The Lord takes such good care of us!
– Emily
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July 11, 2010
We had church this morning. Let me just say, it’s the best to be able to put Micah in Sunday School and sit through church! I checked on Micah in between services and he was sitting around the little toddler table eating snack with all his new friends just as happy as can be. It made me cry. I love seeing him happy! Church was a special time. Ryan and I got to speak In both services about Eleuthera, and we got to see so many friends and wonderful people! It was encouraging to know that this church is supporting us and praying for us!
After church we went to LaHacienda, a Sunday favorite, with Chuck and Kim and their kids. It was great! Micah had trouble though and most of the time my attention went to him, but we had a great time of fellowship with them!
After Micah’s nap I took him to the Frisco splash park for a while. He had lots of fun running around in the water! He did however always just take off running! I had to round him up several times. It was fun though!
– Emily
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July 10, 2010
This morning it was rainy and we all slept in. I love the rain! We went shopping when we woke up, and we all had fun splashing in the puddles! Micah especially loved it! He would yell “splash!” We went to Target and then had lunch at Tin Star. Then in the afternoon we all took naps. This evening we went to Jeff and Chandra’s house and had dinner with them.. Micah had trouble, but we put him down for bed there and then we played the Train Game! I love the Train Game! It was encouraging to be able to spend time with Jeff and Chandra! They are wonderful friends!
– Emily
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July 9, 2010
Ryan worked at church all day today. We love how he can come back after being gone for a long time and still pick up like he hadn’t left! Bitty and I went on a date today! It was such a special time that I will cherish! We went to Chick-fil-a, and it happened to be Cow Appreciation Day! It was sooooo much fun! We put some spots on us and got lots of free food, and everyone was dressed up, and there were three of the Chick-fil-a cows, and Micah Looooved them! He hugged them and gave them high-fives, and just thought they were the best! We had the funnest time! Then we went to see Toy Story 3! It was the first time I had taken Micah to a real movie, so I wasn’t sure how he’d do, but he watched the whole movie. He stood up for some of it, but it held his attention the whole time. After the movie we went and rode on the carosel at the mall. Bitty loved it and we ended up riding a few times. He would shout “go horse!” It was cute!
Tonight we had small group. I love small group! It’s just the most encouraging time! We’re so thankful for everyone in our small group! We got to talk and pray together. The Lord is so good to us!
– Emily
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July 8, 2010
This morning Natalie and I took the kids to the mall to the play land. We met Chandra and Melissa and another girl there with their kids too, and we all went for the kids to play in the playland. I almost cried the whole time. It was so fun to be with other moms and their kids Micah’s age! The kids had lots of fun! We did too! For lunch we took the kids to McDonalds to play there. Poor Micah was too little to get far, but he had so much fun anyways! After that was nap time for everyone, then we went to pick Ryan up. We missed him! It’s good to have him back! We ordered pizza for dinner, and spent the evening together. So great!
– Emily
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July 7, 2010
This morning Amy and I left at 6 am for Houston to the “witch doctor”. He’s not really a witch doctor, he’s a kinesiologist! We had the funnest road trip! It was fun to have 8 hours in the car to talk to Amy! And the doctor was fun! He found lots of things wrong with me and I left with lots of suppliments and detox things that will hopefully help me to get pregnant soon. After the appointment we went and to Hobby Lobby and bought stuff to make jewelry. Amy is such a blessing! Then we went to Cici’s pizza, which was soooo tasty! We left full and happy. I’m pretty sure the pizza made us slap happy though and in the midst of our rhyming everything we forgot to check the gas gage! On the way back, on a long stretch of road with no gas stations, we realized that we didn’t have enough gas to get to one! We ended up stopping at Joe’s small engine repair where Joe so graciously filled our gas tank a quarter of the way full for free. I’m so glad the Lord put him there! The while trip was a blessing! I’m so thankful for friends like Amy and special times with friends!
Tonight I’m back at Natalie’s house. They are so great! They watched Bitty all day! We just have the best friends! It’s so great how wherever we go in Frisco, even though we don’t have our own home here, we feel at home everywhere we go. Micah had fun playing with Nicolas and Haley today! I’m glad he has friends!
– Emily
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July 6, 2010
This morning early I dropped Ryan off at the airport to go visit Matt and Sukey. They are having twins and Sukey is in the hospital until she has them. We are praying for them and we miss them so much, so we figured while we’re in the States we should visit. But we didn’t have the money for me and Micah to go, which is sad. I had a fun day in Frisco though!
Micah and I took naps after we dropped Ryan off, and then we headed over to Natalie’s house and we went to the mall for lunch and the kids played in the play area. Micah kept running out! It was so veru fun though to watch Micah be able to play alongside so many other kids his age! I love seeing him have so much fun playing on all the toys!
Tonight I went to dinner at Chilis with Natalie and Pam. We had a fun girls night out, and Robert watched the kids. After dinner I went to Amy’s to spend the night here. We have an early morning tomorrow!
– Emily
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July 5, 2010
It’s just SO good to be back! This morning I went shopping with Micah. We were both amazed at how big Walmart is! Micah did so good. I thought he would throw a fit when he saw a toy he wanted, but he didn’t. He was so good! I saw some train jammies and had to buy them though. I just love buying things for Micah! I wish I could buy him every toy! We went to the mall for lunch and to look for a new phone for me because mine broke. And tonight we went to Texas Land and Cattle for dinner. We have been looking forward to steak since last year we were here! Funny story…we got there and when we were being seated Ryan left to go to the bathroom. I sat in our booth waiting, and waiting, and waiting. I looked around for him, and our waiter came several times and I ordered drinks for us and he brought us bread, but still no Ryan. He actually asked when I thought he would be there and I said “he’s just in the bathroom I don’t know what’s taking so long!” After about 15 minutes I heard this voice from the booth behind me…it was Ryan! He had sat down at the booth right behind me and thought I went to the bathroom too! He ordered us drinks too and had been waiting and looking for me, and we were sitting back-to-back the whole time! It was funny, and our waiters thought so too!
– Emily
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July 4, 2010
We had such a great week with the Frisco team! It was encouraging and such a huge blessing! I had some great time with the girls and I got to watch little Isaac so Micah had a great friend for the week! We are so thankful for this team! We even got to have a 4th of July party at our house. It was super crowded, but it was fun. The Weinburgers even got to come! It was a fun time of fellowship.
Today we left to go back to Frisco with the team. When we got back we were met with fireworks surrounding us all over for the 4th on our drive home. Micah called them bubbles. He was amazed! We also had to stop at McDonalds for some ice cream! In the parking lot there were two girls whose truck broke down, so Ryan stopped to help them, then we bought them ice cream because he wasn’t able to fix it and they had to wait for a ride. We love McDonalds ice cream! Yummy! It’s a HUGE blessing to be back in Dallas!!!! We love it here!
– Emily
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