November Blur

November was a blur.  Daddy was in serious abdominal pain most of the month, finally landing in the hospital for 5 days (more detail below).

Colder weather brought our first fire.

Will enjoyed a field trip to the zoo with his class.

Thumbs up.

With his sweet carpool buddies.

Caden's final soccer game against the other Westbrook team!  We played on the school field, such a fun day.

Caden's WONDERFUL teacher Ms. Nguyen made a surprise visit to the after party at Chipotle.

Becoming junior webelos.

Fun after study - Mathematician Amy can do impressive work with magna tiles.

The annual ycf Turkey Bowl!  Will got in on the action this year too.

Andrew made a new little furry friend at the O'Halloran's -their new puppy is adorable!

A beautiful Thanksgiving floral arrangement sent by a sweet family at our church.

Our 2014 Thanksgiving Tree!

Some of the things we're thankful for:

Jesus, each other, new friends, Will's new bed, Addy, our wonderful family, our church, our fish Bubba, toys, magnets (Andrew's - because without them there would be no tv, phones, or computers), art, music, minecraft, spunky, stuffed animals, trains, God's word, coffee, beer, chocolate, and many more.  God is good.

three little turkeys...

The only pic I managed to take on Thanksgiving day.  Dave was not well.  I managed to run the Turkey Chase with a few preschool moms, but sadly we weren't able to make it to service this year.  We spoke to our GI practice on Thanksgiving evening, and they made the decision to have Dave hospitalized.  With the holiday weekend, we decided to wait until Sunday (the docs agreed he'd be waiting in a bed most of the weekend).

This is how our boys talked to Dad most of the week.

Getting to visit one afternoon.

It was a long, frustrating week.  We were eager for answers, and they never came.  The good news was that the most serious issues were ruled out.  And as much as we wanted to know what was causing such problems, we were given the opportunity to trust our Creator more fully.  Dave is now feeling completely better, and we hope and pray that it stays that way.  The doctor's best hypothesis was that his colon either twisted and then untwisted, causing the severe pain and subsequent shut down of his bowels, or a severe viral infection caused everything to shut down.

For now, we're just incredibly grateful that he's finally feeling better!