May Madness

Happy belated Mother's Day to all you wonderful moms reading this. My day was wonderful even though it included a morning trip to urgent care for myself. May means dandelions and dandelions mean allergies for me, and I ended up with a sinus infection. The day started off lovely with my precious daughter, Sierra, delivering to my bedside, a plateful of chocolate crepes filled with strawberries that she whipped up at 6am along with a steaming hot cup of coffee. Missy delivered 6 beautiful hanging flower baskets to my porch from herself and the younger kids. After church we went to brunch with all of our kids and my parents. Wayne & Kerri also gave me a cozy blanket which I curled up in for the evening. I am a very blessed mother!

Slava at Subway!

This week Jordan had an appointment with his ortho surgeon. We took Slava along since the doctor's office is at the same hospital where Slava will be having his eye-muscle surgery next month. We wanted him to be at least a little familiar with the place. These appointments for Jordan are quite long with the x-ray and exam, but Slava was very good throughout it all. As it turns out Jordan will have a pretty big surgery on July 11th. This time instead of just a rod adjustment, the doctor has to actually replace the bottom half of one rod because there is no more length left to extend it. It's a lot more involved than just a rod adjustment. He will be in the hospital for at least one overnight. Other than that everything looks good. And both boys were so well behaved that I took them to Subway for lunch. Slava's method of eating his sub just cracks me up. He lifts the top of the roll and then eats the layer of pickles (yes, pickles, after all he is Ukrainian), then he eats the cucumbers, then the tomatoes, then some of the meat and cheese. He never quite eats the bread though.
Here Wayne (left) and his friend Lenny (right) rev up their motorcycles for a ride to men's Bible study at our church.
About 6am Thursday morning Wayne took Andrii striper fishing on the Hudson River. Andrii caught a 24 inch striped bass. He was a pretty happy boy! He also went to karate Thursday night. We've asked him to commit to going for 3 months, with a good attitude, and then after that if he still wants to quit he can. In the mean time we're working on the heart issue of pride with him.
Friday Missy stopped by for a visit and the little kids talked her into jumping on the trampoline for a bit. She seems to be doing well and has even applied for a part-time summer job.

Overall it's been a good week, especially if we don't count the allergies!