We went canoeing today as a last good bye to Jeremy ( my nephew). He is off to basic training in Missouri tomorrow. It was nice to be able to do something fun with him before he left. Thankfully I was able to get off work early Friday night ( 1 am ) and was able to go. I know we ALL will miss him but no one more than Lizzy! Our 5 cousin power group is slowly breaking apart as they grow older. Jeremy is off to Missouri, Kristie is in ST. Cloud and soon to be in Texas student teaching, Kelly is in Bemedji, and thankfully Shannon and Jake are here. I no they miss each other and are glad when they can all be together, even if it's just for a night or two. You got to remember, they have been close since birth, so you can imagine how hard this is as they begin to separate. 5 cousins, 5 best buds, 5 lives forever intertwined.....

happy news!!!
Jake has made the deans list @ WSU for spring semester!!! Yeah way to go BUD!!!!

Everybody is fine here...waiting patiently for the end of July to get here....

The last week of July I have decided to call 'HELL WEEK'
Darrick has appointments July 20th, 22nd, and 24th (result day!!!!), and then Shannon has surgery July 21st with follow up appointments starting the 23rd and therapy EVERY day for 2 weeks. Should be fun...NOT!!!!
Unfortunately with all this going on we've had to cancel our trip up north to the cabin. (sorry Lizzy). So no fun summer vacations for us...

Hope all is well with everyone and I'll keep you posted on Darrick and Shannon

happy,sad,stressed

HAPPY:
Jake has been excepted into the educational program at Winona state U. In as little as 2.5 years he could be teaching!!! YEAH!!! good job bud!!!
SAD:
Shannon will be having surgery on her ACL. We will find out when soon. All we know right now is it will be as soon as possible. So she's kinda bummed her summer will be shot. We hope she will be all healed by the time her BFF gets married in September. ( she's the maid of honor ).
STRESSED:
OK so i haven't told hardly anyone this but it's time....because it's driving me crazy not to have anyone to talk to about it. Back in may i took Darrick to the E.R. thinking he was having a Asama attack. After ex rays we were told there was a spot on his lung that wasn't there before, long story short we met with his doctor, did another ex ray and are now in a holding pattern tell the end of July. They want to see if it grows or changes. He will have blood tests, exam, and a CT scan, and then we will meet with his doctor and discuss what was found. We are hoping it's nothing. I'm just extremely stressed because this is bringing back memories of dad. I'm sure everything will be fine. Darrick is taking everything in stride and said he's not going to worry about it till we get results back....which means he doesn't want to talk about it.....so, I think of the worst scenario and hope for the best. I'm sure I'm just over worrying. love you all I'll keep you posted on all that's happening.