Flood

Many of you on Facebook know that we experienced a pretty big flood here in Whoville this weekend... many of my friends had their houses flood. Lots of us were trapped in our houses as our roads were covered.



I took my camera out yesterday afternoon and played with taking photos of the raindrops, etc. All these were taken from my front porch. Please keep in mind that there is not supposed to be any water at any of these locations.



Normally we don't have a raging creek on the side of our property.



Or under our swingset.



I am thankful for the Lord's protection yesterday morning. As we were walking out the door to go to church the tornado sirens started wailing. We went back home and stayed inside for the rest of the day. There were two tornadoes reported... one on the east side of town, and one a mile away at the end of our road!

It rained quite heavily for two straight days. We are boggy and bedraggled, but we are safe.

Some Spring Photos

Once again I have enjoyed more than a week of busy-ness and no time to blog. But I will fix that this morning...



These photos were taken last week when I was at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens.



It was a perfect day and all the tulips were blooming.



Absolutely lovely.

Which is your favorite?

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Sam

Not sure exactly how I get anything done with such a cute baby in my house...

More Sunday Afternoons

Meandering walks down country lanes...



Exploring vine thickets.



And through the fields.



Sure wears a Grandpa out.

Sunday Afternoons

Recently we've had a few lazy Sunday Afternoons...

Or not so lazy depending on who you are... I made Josiah jump that bike about a hundred times to try to get the perfect photo.



And jump off hay bales. Just for a good angle.



Josiah (aka Spider Man) really slept well that night.



And being the responsible mom I am, I sent someone else under the jumping children.



It was the least I could do.

Mercy's Update

We just got back from the appointments in Cincinnati for Mercy... anyone want to hear what happened?!

- Her heart is "FANTASTIC". That is a direct quote. She is off the lasix, and doesn't have to go back for 6 months.

- Her eye has worsened, but we will be getting a new lense in her glasses this week. She also needs to go back to patching her eye. This time this is harder as she knows more, and is less happy with me each day when I do it.

- We have a surgery date!!! May 27 we will be "de-bulking" the hemangioma and doing a laser surgery while she is sedated already. She will be in the hospital overnight, then released the next morning. There will be another surgery to "even out the skin tone" in the fall.

I am really ready to have this hemangioma, but am a little nervous about the surgery. I hate the thought of my little one hurting, even if I know she will do fine. But in general I am so very hopeful... not only does the tunnel have some light at the end of it, we are able to see the blue sky also!

Papa Pete's House Building

To all of you who read this blog for the sage advice and beautiful photos (snort) you'll want to just come back another day... for everyone who is following the Peterson Grandparent's move from California to Whoville, click here to see the house build...