Retreat, Retreat!

Today was the much anticipated doctor visit. I was hoping this doctor, Dr. Hurley, was related to some family friends/church family, but alas, it was not the case.

We spoke to a genetics counselor as well as the doctor. She did a rough graph of our family tree, saying that I 'contracted' the faulty gene from only one parent. That doesn't mean that both parents don't/didn't have it, but if my dad doesn't, it likely came from my mother. My children have a 50% chance of also having the gene, it's something that goes generations down the line and is very common, especially among 'whites'.

They also said if my immediate family has current blood clotting problems, they would strongly suggest I take blood thinners in the later part of pregnancy and the four weeks after labor. The doctor doubted the past two pregnancies were from Factor V Lieden since they occurred early in the pregnancy rather than later. They really seemed not bothered and said their involvement would mainly be to do more ultrasounds, checking for clots throughout the pregnancy in the placenta and cord. If any were seen, they would do blood thinners for sure.

So, that's the health update. SEVERAL things have gone on since the last blog, namely the Softball Tournament that raised 3,600 dollars for the CSC, Run for the Cure (breast cancer run on Father's Day), and the Summer Inspirational Retreat at the apple orchard. We've stayed very busy and will be even more so in the four weeks as we have several commitments this week and will be out of pocket for the next three for family vacation and bible camp teaching.

While I have no pictures of the run we did for breast cancer, it was very fun. Several of us CSC folk got together at 7am at the Balloon Fiesta Park for the 5k run. It was Father's Day and Scott's amazing fathering was especially displayed as he cooked muffins for the boys and him, took the breakfast to the church building and fed the boys and himself there while setting up for the bible class that involves table clothes, coffee for probably 60-70 people, and more. I have been trying to make it up to him ever since.

Around the house pics of the kids are fun:

Sadly blurry, but they make me smile.

Silly Ranne as "Bug Boy" and with Mama:


Awesome quiet time:


SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT:

Mmmm. Dirt.


Sign-in table crew.


The Games.

INSPIRATIONAL RETREAT:



First study at the 'Falls". We're definitely in the desert! Garrett was our inspired teacher, teaching on the book of Philemon. He did GREAT.


Chase and Ranne watching the Tree Swingers.

Our three Tarzans.

Flying.

The sweet ladies.