Infusion Therapy

Hi All,
Hannah had her infusion yesterday. It went well, and we had a good trip to Childrens and back. Thank you for all the prayers. We had a good day, and spent some time just Hannah and I. Hannah enjoyed passing out beanie babies to the kids she met, and she made a few new friends. We are thankful to God for a good trip, and bringing us home again safe.
Hannah will have to wear her face mask again, this does bother her, but it will be no time before she is comfortable with it. We do pray that no one makes fun of her, she has had a few problems in the past.
We hope that you all have a blessed week.
Much love and Prayers, Lori and girls

They grow so fast!

They grow so fast! I don't know where the time goes. Before we know it, they will be grown...
Have a great week!
Much Love and Prayers,
Lori and girls

Update...

It has been a long summer for us. Several hospital visits here, and a few at Children's. Hopefully we can get back to normal. Hannah does have one more Children's visit on the 4th of Aug. but hopefully that will be it for a while. She is scheduled for an infusion at 9 and we should be home early afternoon. So for an update for anyone who wants to know. Hannah is now 10 and her health issues are:
Asthma and Allergies, heart murmur, pulmunary valve stenosis, migranes, psorisis, psoriatic arthritis, immunedificiency - all of her IG levels are really low, hypogammaglobulinemia - she will be getting immunoglobins by IV every 4 weeks begining again in August, and crohn's.
We are doing lots of vitimins, as well as fresh goats milk and the IVIG transfusions.
Hannah is such a trooper, she loves all her nurses and Dr's at Children's and she still takes beanie babbie to other children. She is an encouragement to others, but mostly to me. It makes me realize that the things that we sometimes feel are important really aren't as major as we think.
We are begining our homeschooling again soon, the girls are learning German this year, and I may try some spanish second semester, depending how they do on the German during the first semester. We have a friend who is in Germany right now, and the girls are looking forward to sending a letter to them.
We will be posting some new pictures soon, you will be suprised at how much the girls have grown lately. Sarah is going into 7th grade this year, and Hannah is going into 5th grade this year. They grow so fast!
We hope that you are all doing well.
Much love and Prayers, Lori and girls

Happy Thanksgiving

Hi Friends,
We hope that you are all well. We are keeping busy, as usual. We have so much to be thankful for. Thank you Jesus for giving us another year to serve you, for all the blessings and trials you send to us. It is so nice to be loved!
We pray each of you are albe to give thanks today. Thank you for all the faithful prayers and encouragement from all our friends, we really appreciate it.
Have a great time with friends and family as you visit, travel, and return home. We are praying for you all.
P.s. The girls said Happy Turkeyday, and Go Auburn!
Much love and Prayers,
Lori and girls

roller coaster ride....

Hi Friends,
Hope that everyone is doing good. We are keeping busy. Hannah and Sarah both have sinus infections, and Carissa has mono again....
Daddy and I both are getting colds, so we all sound funny and have much coughing. Hopefully we are all on the mend.
We are otherwise doing good. Baby chick Chirp is doing good, and growing well. Her leg is deformed so she will have a spoiled life, well taken care of, and have all she needs or wants, so fun to raise a baby chicken. Hannah is excited that Chirp is growing so well. Chirp has been trying to fly in her cage, so it will be interesting to see how she does in the open yard. We love to hear her "sing" it is soft and sweet... to us. The dogs love her too, although I am very sure that Polly wants to have her for dinner. Mia on the other hand just sits and watches her anytime we get Chirp out of the cage. It is funny. The camera needs to be downloaded soon, so we will post pictures soon.
We hope that you all have a blessed week.
Much Love and Prayers,
Lori and girls

pictures

Anna at the Fair.

Doing good

Hi Friends,
We hope that you are all doing well. We are having a good week, learning a lot, and enjoying spending time with family.
Hannah has an adversion to meat right now, to begin with she would eat only chicken, now she won't eat meat at all, hopefully that will change in the next few days to a week. I am trying to sneak meat in here and there. She is so smart, she wants to watch me cook everything. I am praying that it is just a faze....
We are getting ready to spend the weekend in the country. I am so thankful, that God blessed us with a friend that has a farm, and that she loves company. We hwlp with food and such when we go, so hopefully it isn't a burden to have us there. We ejoy helping with the chicken's and turkey's and duck's. We are having a bonfire, roasting marchmellows and making samores again, and we are going to maybe have a hay ride, not sure how Hannah will be with her asthma, but we will try.
Today we were out running errands and found a few old trains, they were really neat, and we enjoyed looking at them, one was an old dinner train, and then a coach train, and then two old trains that were just the casing and sides. The girls and I had a buch of fun just seeing them. We did take pictures.
Hope that you all have a blessed weekend.
Much Love and prayers,
Lori and girls

Hannah update

Hi Friends,
We hope that you are all doing well. We are good.
Hannah has lost about 3 lbs in two weeks. Therefore we are going to the dr. again tomorrow. Also baby Anna is getting a cold, so she will go too. We are having a good weekend, and spent quiet time at home with the girls, just hanging out watching movies, and reading. Keeping warm is the biggest thing with Hannah, she loves to cuddle up and snuggle together. Sarah just likes to have a blanket around her and lay on the couch. Usually drawing or reading a book, is what she wants to do....
We hope that you all have a blessed week.
Much Love and Prayers,
Lori and girls

weight loss....

Hi Friends,
We hope that you are all having a blessed week so far. We are well.
We do have a few new prayer request. First, our friend Maria, lives in Minasota, she is having surgery tomorrow morning, to remove her foot and part of her leg. She has diabeties. Also they will be putting in a treach tube. Her daughter lives here in Montgomery, and can not travel to be with her. Please be praying for both of them.
Second, Hannah has started to loose weight, not sure why, just that her eating is ok, and she is still drinking the ensure each day. All her pants and skirts have been altered, and I am going to have to realter them, because they are to big still.
Please be praying that this is just a redistrubution of weight, and that she will be back to "normal" soon. She weights 62 lbs currently, and really can't afford to loose much more than a few pounds.
We are keeping busy with school and awana, and children's choir at church. Sarah received two of her jewels last night. I am so proud of her. Also Hannah has earned one jewel, and soon will have number two. They are doing good.
We are going to the country tomorrow, and Hannah and Sarah are both excited about seeing the baby chickens, and the new baby ducks. It will be fun. We will try to take pictures to share.
Hope that you all have a blessed week.
Much Love and Prayers,
Lori and girls

Passing of a friend

Hi Friends,
We hope that you are all well, and having a blessed week.
We are good. Please keep the Tanner family in your prayers.
Our friend Mary Ann has stayed by her precious husbands side for a while now, nursing him and helping him with his fight.
Jimmy Tanner passed away this past Sunday morning about 1:00 a.m.
Please be in prayer for the family as they go through the process of burial, and services for him. Tonight 6-8 and tomorrow 10-2 approximately. Time with friends and family, and as others come for the services, that we can be a witness to others and be there for strength for the family throught this time.
We Thank the Lord for His goodness and mercy, and we know Jimmy is no longer in pain. God is good.
We hope that you all have a blessed week.
Much Love and Prayers,
Lori and girls

new bitties

Hi Friends,
Hope that you are all doing well.
Here is a picture of the new bitties. The girls were excited to see them at the farm. Mrs. Jennifer and Mr. Chris are taking good care of them, and they are growing already. I think Mr. Chris likes the early Christmas gifts, all 12 of them. Mr. Chris has even gotten a few more to increase the number to 3 dozen....
Hannah is feeling better this week, and is looking forward to going to the farm and maybe having a bonfire soon. Marshmellows and hot dogs and hot cocoa. yummy...
Hope that you all have a blessed week.
Much love and Prayers,
Lori and girls

where does the time go?

Hi Friends,
Wow, this week went by so fast. I don't know where the time has gone.
We had a great week, and a great weekend. We were able to visit friends in the country, and learened so much. Hannah and Sarah are the new proud owners of 12 baby chiks. There are 5 Rhode Island Reds, and 3 Americana, and 3 that I can't remember their name. We can't keep live chickens in town, so our friends Jennifer and Chris have them at there place in a small pen. It was actually a present for Mr. Chris for Christmas from the girls and I he just was able to get them early. He was so happy to have new bitties. We enjoyed spending time with friends, and working on the farm. Hannah and Sarah were able to enjoy country life for a few days, and we hope to go again soon. We fed the animals, went hiking, had a huge bonfire, and enjoyed siting on the porch with friends, listening to the country sounds. Which, by the way, are not easy to hear in the city. (O:
Hannah had a full day both days, and slept better than she has in a while.
We loved going, and always feel so full when we get back to town.
We will post pictures soon of both trips.
We hope that you are all enjoying your autumn like we are. The smells, the crisp air, the activities, and the fun with friends and family.
We hope that you all have a blessed week.
Much Love and prayers,
Lori and girls

So Loved

Hi Friends,
We hope that you are all having a blessed week. We are doing well.
Hannah is a little under the weather, but I think she is just tired. We were up late last night watching a movie, "Faith like Potatoes". It was really good. It is based on a true story, and was such an encouragement to Sarah and I. It is really good, and tells about a farmer in South Africa who gives his family, farm, and life to jesus. The trials they go through and how his faith grows stronger. He becomes an evangilist, and wins many to Jesus. There was some language issues, and there was some violence, and an accident towards the end that was a bit graphic, other than that it was good. It is a good movie for family discusion, and most deffinately to be viewed together. THere issaddness, and lose of life. We did enjoy it, and it is one we will be purchasing for our own collection. Great witnessing tool for the unsaved, or a new believer.
We are running errands today, and a friend and her daughter are joining us, the girls are going to have so much fun. We are excited about getting together, and look forward to the christian fellowship.
We hope that you havea blessed week.
Much Loveand prayers,
lori and girls

Hi

Hi Friends,
We hope that you are having a blessed week so far, even though it has just started. We had a great Lord's day today, we did. We had a special singing at church, it was good, we enjoyed it so much. Hannah had a good time. She loves music. A friend gave Hannah a record, "The sound of music" she loves it, and has listened to it a lot.
We had so much fun on our trip, and learned a lot. Histroy is so much fun. We will post pictures soon.
Hannah is feeling great today, and she and Sarah even played in the rain some tonight. She and Sarah are rearanging their room tonight, they want to do something different with it. We will see how that goes.... I think I am scared of that... hehe
We hope that you all have a blessed week!
Much Love and Prayers,
Lori, Hannah, and Sarah

Hello again

Hi Friends,
We hope that you are doing well. We are ok, Hannah is good, just very tired lately. We are letting her rest as much as needed. We are going to Riverside tomorrow to see family, so she is excited about that. We are excited to visit again. The girls are both taking cameras so they can take pictures. They love spending time up there. Also they love history and the house was built in the
1800's before the civil war. They would spend weeks there if they could.
Hope that you all have a blessed week.
Much Love and prayers, Lori and girls

Long days

Hi friends,
We hope that you are all doing well. We are keeping busy. We worked at church Thurs., Fri., and Sat. and are so tired. It was fun, and well worth it. We had a huge moving sale, and were really excited that so much was raised. God is good! We were so busy, and the turn out was wonderful. We were able to help other churches and families with the sale. So that in itself was a blessing for the community.
Hannah is feeling good this week, and doing pretty good. Her legs are hurting her some, but not keeping her down, so that is good, and she knows when to rest. That helps, then she can play more when she feels up to it.
Sarah is doing good, she has been working on christmas gifts and games, she loves making her gifts. She and Hannah are so creative, Hannah is making jewlery for her cousins and friends.
We are keeping up with school and even a little ahead, Hannah loves working extra to finish early. Sarah just does each days work that day, and prefers to stat right on target.
They are fun to watch.
We hope that you have a great week.
Much love and prayers,
Lori and girls

better

Hi Friends,
We hope that you are all having a blessed week. We are, and on track with school, no big problems.
Hannah is feeling btter, no fever, so that is a blessing. She is starting to eat again, so we are glad about that. Sometimes she just doesn't feel up to eating. Hopefully that won't reoccour to soon.
Yesterday we were running errands, and were leaving the house. There is a large puddle anytime it rains, and there were several birds playing in the puddle. It was neat, there were Robins, one Bluejay,a Cardinal, and another bird we weren't sure about. It was fun to watch them play in the water. The girls love nature, so anything like that is so fun. What kinds of birds live near you?
We hope that you are having a blessed week, and enjoying God's blessings.
Much Love and Prayers,
Lori and girls

downward slop?

Hi Friends,
We hope that you are doing well. We are keeping busy. School is going good, Hannah started back playing and practicing piano, and is very excited. She is doing good, and loves to sing and make up her own songs. Sarah is excited about taking art and photography, someone donated an old Cannon AE 1 program camera to our church moving sale, and we got it for a few dollars... They are ready to use them some... They have made some neat art projects, and lots of painting and charcol drawings...
Hannah has been a little under the weather, not wanting to eat much and sleeping a lot. We will be keeping an eye on her, her head has been bothering her some this week too. Migranes occur about every two or three days, so we are always on alert for that.
Otherwise we are just here, having fun, learning new things, and encouraging each other daily. We have gotten lots of rain this past week, and this week is supose to be the same.
We hope that you have a blessed week.
Much Love and Prayers,
Lori and girls

Nice Day

Hi friends,
We hope that you are all having a blessed day, and week. It flys by... We are doing good, Hannah is having a good week, no fever, and felling better, the rain has helped some, it helps clear the air of all the pollen. She has been walking more, and we took over 6000 steps yesterday. For me 2000 steps are about 1 mile, so I was excited about that. Hannah always beats me, and she had close to 8000 steps yesterday. Wed. are busy for us with school, the grocery shopping, the church in the evening, so it is a good day for walking. We have also taken all the added sugar out of our diets, and using only things with natural sugars in them, like fruit, and that has been good. We are also to drinking over a gallon of water a day each, so that is good. No soda's or sweet tea until after the water is gone. And then only one small cup 4oz. after that, then orange juice or grape juice, and then more water. We are seeing a good change for all of us.
Hannah and Sarah have also gotten a few more pictures lately, thank you to all who are helping them with this project. What a blessing to have so many prayer partners. God is good all the time!!!
Hope that you all have a blessed week.
Much love and Prayers,
Lori and girls

no so long a weekend

Hi Friends,
We hope that you are all having a blessed weekend. We have been busy, but having nice family time. The girls and I helped a friend yesterday with a school project about the Constitution, and then helped another friend with laundry, then rested, then today we spent time with grandmommy, Lonnies mom, ate lunch with her, spent more time helping friend with project, the rode bikes and walked the dogs around the parking lot of the church that is across the street from us, we went around two times before it began to rain.
Now we are home again, just hanging out. Hannah and I colored a pony picture, that was fun. Sarah is watching a movie, dad is checking mail and paying bills. All the time seems to go by so fast. Hannah and I were up most of the night last night, so it was a long night, but not to bad.
We have gotten many pictures from differnt states and from liscense plates, thank you to everyone who has sent mail for the girls project. They love seeing the post marks on the letters too.
On other things the girls and I am starting to walk every day, and try to see how far we can walk in a weeek. Today we walked 1369 steps from lunch time until dinner time. Hannah needs to be careful what she eats because if the crohn's, so we are changing may things
in our lives.... join us... how far can you walk this week. We are trying for 15,000 steps. Good Luck.
Hope that you each have a blessed week.
Much Love and Prayers,
Lori and girls