Boy What A Day!

Well, where do I even begin....
I had gotten up early today to make it to an 8 o'clock doctors appointment. I was on my way down stairs and Mom starting yelling out for Chuck. She was in a lot of pain and thought it was a muscle spasm. Turns out it was not. We all thought it was Kidney Stones. I got her to the Emergency Room, our emergency room is not equiped to conduct surgeries as of yet, small town. The doctor did not like how mom was feeling so he ordered a CT Scan. I saw the scan boy was it ugly. They immediately called for an ambulance to rush her to the medical center and felt they would most likely do surgery. We got there and sure enough they did. The doctor came out and explained to us that Mom's Kidney look like it had just shattered! In his 17 years of practice he had never seen a 3cm tumor do this to a kidney. He was taken completely by surprise and stated that she was going to be the topic of discussion at a convention he was attending soon. He also stated that she was very lucky.
Mom is doing good, we saw her before we left to return home. She had her color and her face was no longer swollen. We will see her first thing in the morning with a surprise. My Uncle Kenneth, her brother, flew in from Colorado. I can't wait I know that will perk her spirits right up. Then my sister and two nephews will be in this weekend, another perk for Mom.
Anyway for all of you who prayed for my Mom, your Aunt, your Cousin, or simply your Friend, Thanks, My entire family really appreciates it and will always remember each of you in our prayers.

As the Garden Grows!

As you can see we have designed a way to keep the, well, Muts out of one side of the yard. We decided that all the veggies/fruit at the stores were just simply costing way to much. So, Mom decided to get some gardens going. You can see the kids were chipping in and helping Grandma plants some plants and plant some seeds. We are all very excited about the (hopeful) aspect of having fresh veggies / fruit to enjoy. (Mainly veggies) actually I think that is all there are. HHHHMMMM guess I should request fruit next year. I will update pics as the garden grows.

Aging has its downfalls!

Okay so everyone has been asking "How is Chuck?", "Did all come out okay?" Chuck had a colonoscopy done a few weeks ago. We had some concerns and wanted to make sure all was okay. His brother Rick had colon cancer and we just wanted to make sure we were in the clear. All was good. Well with the exception of Chuck's green jello LOL. Chuck said the worst was the day before, all liquid diet. But it is now over and we are in the clear for the next 5 years!

I suppose aging has it's downfalls, turning 39 whew! I have been having issues with my heel. I went to the doctor about a month ago and he told me to stretch my heel that the achilies tendon was trying to pull away from my heel and come back in a couple of months. Well a month has gone by and well, let's just say nothing as changed with the exception of it now swelling. So I went back to the doctor a month early and now I have to go for an MRI. Boy it is H_LL getting old! as you all know, I don't like using bad words. So I go on Saturday for the MRI and back in next week to discuss the next steps. Literally....

Baseball is underway!!

Well baseball season is underway in the Foster household! Starting this past week, Derek has started baseball is doing good. Have not won a game yet but as you can see by the pictures, the pitchers mound looks really nice LOL!! He is doing great, working hard, but most of all having fun! (Which I believe to be the most important thing of all)

Haylee is also begun playing soccer, so far her team has won all three games with scores of 2-1, 7-0, and 2-0. We have some tuff teams coming up over the next 2 weeks, hopefully they will come to play. At this level it gets pretty serious, not that it hasn't in the past.

Chuck's team lost their first game last night against a very good team. We are now 3-1 in district play. Hopefully that will be the only game we lose.

I am attaching a few pics of the kids, will be talking again soon. Love to all!