Poor Mr. Pilot!

Poor Mr. Pilot, he has had some adventure this week. Tuesday night as Mr. Pilot finished up spraying crops, he jumped down from his airplane after he landed, and snagged his wedding ring on the screw on the door of his plane. The weight of his body and momentum was too much for his ring to handle, the screw pulled his ring flat over/into his finger. Oooouch! He ran to his parent's shop and grabbed some pliers and rounded out his ring again so he could get the circulation back. Thankfully his mom, (who used to be a nurse) had the presence of mind to ice up his finger really good, keep his arm elevated and rushed him to the ER--45 minutes away!
Once there, a student doctor, took off the ring with a saw thingieWITHOUT pain meds! Mr. Pilot said it was the worst pain he has ever endured! He has a high pain tolerance, so that is saying a lot! Thankfully a kind nurse, gave him pain meds through an IV after that ordeal and he was feeling pretty good.
A hand surgeon was brought in to stitch up Mr. Pilot and said he was surprised he didn't have to amputate it, due to the damage done to his finger. One section of his finger was still intact which allowed blood flow to his finger. After getting bandaged up and given pain meds for the rest of the week, Mr. Pilot was sent home to recover. His mom got him fed, took him home and made sure he got his pain meds throughout the night. Not much keeps Mr. Pilot down, but he made himself rest yesterday. Today was a different story, he was antsy to get up and be up and at 'em!
His mom bandaged all of his fingers together so he could use his hand without messing up his finger too badly. He was out working on his plane in no time.
I just got a call from him and he's not feeling so well now. Maybe a little too much activity today?
Tomorrow we drive in to see another hand surgeon to look over his finger to make sure everything is looking okay. Hopefully he says all is well and sends him home to REST!
Exciting times living with Mr. Pilot man! :)
Floraladie

Home Sweet Home

Whew, what a whirlwind of activities this past week and half! We are finally HOME to our sweet home (for now :) after returning home from a week long family reunion up north. (The rest of the time was spent at my in-laws)
What a great way to stay close to extended family members, than to have a reunion and share games, food and fellowship.
We camp out at Mr. Pilot's grandparent's one bathroom home! Thankfully Grandpa has gotten a bippy set up for these occasions...a wonderful 'relief' for a pregnant mom, I assure you! ;)
Some of the younger cousins set up tents outside since the house is not set up to house all of these families that show up. If I counted right we had 22 people there this year. We were missing 8 people.
Each day we would share our meals together in Mr. Pilot's grandparent's 2 car garage, set up with screens to keep out those nasty 'skeeters.
Following the meal clean up, we would have game time...games galore: Scrabble, Blokus, Mexican Train, Scum Bucket, Mafia, Scrabble Slam, Ladder Golf etc. And for the guys, they had their daily Frisbee golf game. The most enjoyable part of games is the memory sharing and story telling that comes up. Flying Jae and Lil' Cowboy loved having their cousins (once removed?) keeping them entertained. Since Mr. Pilot's Grandparents live on a farm it was wonderful to be able to let the boys run free without having to worry too much about them.
What a fun filled week, it went by so fast and already we all wonder what next year's reunion will be like, with a newer addition (baby #3). But there are questions looming: Was this our last reunion at "The Farm?" Will there even be a farm to come back to next year? Grandpa and Grandma want to sell the farm and move to a larger town and live in an apartment or retirement home. Will Grandpa be able to handle it next year with his health declining? Only the Lord knows what the future holds.
But until then, we were blessed to have spent the time that we did last week with our family and we will have these sweet memories to share with each other hopefully during our next family gathering wherever and whenever that may be.
Now to get on to the after-reunion unpacking, piles of laundry and sleeping catching up-on.
Cherish the times you have with your family, you never know if you'll have another time with them!
Floraladie

Blooming boys

Flying Jae is 4 now and Lil' Cowboy is 2. Both just had a June birthday. My boys are growing like weeds! They get along for the most part. One minute they are the best of buds, the next they are fighting like cats and dogs. The days when they are fighting with each other non-stop, there are toys all over the floor and they still need help wiping themselves. :) (Sorry to be so blunt...but it's life!) Those are the days that can ruffle my feathers, make me want to tear my hair out and dream of the days when they are grown up and moved out. I sometimes take this stage of life for granted. They are only going to be little for a short amount of time. I need to remind myself that even on the most trying of days. "This too shall pass." These days won't last forever.

Our lives are going to be changing quite a bit in the next four months for my hubby (Mr. Pilot) and me as I am pregnant with our 3rd boy. What a joy (and challenge!) this will be! I pray that the Lord will give me and Mr. Pilot the strength to raise these boys for Him. The diligence to train them to be godly, mannerly and responsible boys who will make wonderful husbands for some very lucky ladies one day! (I'm not biased or anything like that! ;)

As our boys continue to bloom and grow, may they blossom (pardon the cheesiness, but it seemed to fit with the the whole blooming theme), into young men who follow in their daddy's footsteps. Their daddy, Mr. Pilot, is a sweet, thoughtful, hard working and loving man. If they grow up to be half as sweet as their daddy boy oh boy, will they make some girl a happy woman!

But until we even get to that point of discussing the marriage of my boys to anyone (hopefully that is a LONG way off!) I want to enjoy these moments while they are still young.

Well, it's time I get off my duff. I am off to clean up some toys, and wash the ketchup fingerprints off the table. Lil' Cowboy is napping, maybe I can get the house decent looking before he wakes up?
Until the next post, Happy 4th of July!
Floraladie