Nutcracker and the Frog Princess

Saturday was a special day for both girls. Kyla And I went to see the Nutcracker Ballet in Lubbock. Memaw and Aunt Clarissa met us there. It was beautiful and Kyla especially liked the mice in the Mouse King's army. :) She was also fascinated by the orchestra pit and of course the Sugar Plum Fairy. Aunt Clarissa bought her a nutcracker ornament and then she won a nutcracker statue at the end of the show!

Laura and Neely went to see the new Disney movie The Princess and the Frog. Laura loved it! She loved the frog princess and the alligator that played the trumpet. Fun times had by all!

Kyla and Mom: Ready for the Ballet!

Pics for Christmas Card

Some Christmas pics for our 09 Christmas card. Our friend Caitlin took them! She rocks!

Christmas Shirts by Memaw

We woke up this morning to a winter wonderland in Plainview Tx! I guess we had dense fog from around 7pmlast night until 8am this morning and it all froze! It was dangerous but beautiful. The girls wore their new christmas shirts that Memaw made them to school and Mrs. Sharon's house today. Very cute! The countdown for Christmas break is officially 8 days and counting!!

Santa

The family loaded up and went to the Fair Theatre tonight to enjoy Christmas Storytime and a visit with Santa! After storytime we watched the Plainview Christmas Parade in 27 degree temp and snow flurries. Fun times! We also went to the Brew and visited with the Chavez and Malone Families. Kyla and I enjoyed a yummy WARM Chai Tea. Thanks Nee! Merry Christmas everyone!

Weekends

Had a couple of really good weekends here lately. My mom and I joined up the first weekend in November and went to see my sister at San Angelo State. It was fun. We shopped and giggled and shopped some more. Didn't really buy much, but had a great time! it was the first time I had visited Clarissa at ASU. We also went to church together that Sunday morning. FUN!!!

This weekend the Wood Family came to Plainview from Wichita Falls! It was great to see them! The girls had a blast playing and Neely and I enjoyed catching up with Steve and Michelle and watching the girls go CRAZY!!! We ran a 5K Saturday morning here at the Plainview YMCA. Michelle ran with us. Then it was off to Lubbock for some Chick-Fil-a and science spectrum/omni theatre. The girls loved it! Then this morning we all went to church together and Neely cooked a great meal for lunch. GREAT TIMES!

Curlers for Sunday Morning Before and After

Recovering

We are finally getting better! It all started last friday, Oct. 9. Neely was the first one to be sick, dr. gave him antibiotic and steroid shot and called it sinus infection. Then on Sat. Kyla started running fever. Soon to follow were Laura and I!! Yuck! We all took antibiotic, but I believe it was something viral. We have not all been that sick and at the same time in a LONG TIME!

My mom came on Monday night to help with the girls so Neely and I didn't have to miss any more work. Mom is now back home with the flu!!!! Kyla was swabbed for the flu during all this and her tests were negative not once but twice. Who knows what it was but it was BAD. Praying mom is well soon.

Here is a picture of Kyla on Saturday night. The first full day of fever, she looks pretty pitiful. This pic will probably get me in trouble one day (with her), but I think all the families affected by CMS can relate to this look. It is truly the look of Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome.

Then on down you will see some shots of the girls much improved today, Sat. Oct 17.

SICk Saturday and some pumpkin fun!

More GRAND pics..continued

Grandparents all together!

Here are some fun pics of mom, dad, Nan and Grandad with the girls tonight in Lubbock! We had so much fun!

ARD Time

Well it is that time of year.... Admission Review Dismissal Meeting for Kyla. Since we transfered from another district we have to have a full annual ARD now after PISD has received records from WFISD. It is always a time to look at how far we have come and I always get a little teary remembering when... well you all know. She has come so far and we want her to continue to feel successful at school. The issues Kyla struggles with that are directly related to the CMS are general fatigue while at school, increasing as the day goes on, handwriting!!!, motor memory/processing, slow reaction time, timed testing, and some bladder incontinence. She adapts and compensates beautifully. We think learning to type and use a word processor is going to be essential from here on out.

Here's a couple of pics of the girls tonight. I revisited the Kyla video (located here on the blog) last night and the contrast is a stark comparison to these pics I am posting tonight... thank you Lord, Savior, Healer, Miracle Bestower, Hope Giver, All that she (and we) need!

September Evening

Kyla has started school and is doing well. She always seems weak at the end of the days and her eyes always need to adjust at the beginning of school. Her eyes are very fatigued by the end of the day. All in all it has been a pretty smooth start. A few bumps in the road as far as math and timed tests ago going. We have our first ARD of the year on Sept 21.

Here are a few pics of Kyla. She put on a show in her room for Laura and I tonight. It was based on an audio story of Paws and Tails. She drew background pics and used laura's blocks and her Littlest Pet Shop toys. It was a grand production.

New Adventures in Carter Land!

Here is our July-August Story in pictures! Sorry I am BEHIND!!!

1st day of a new school for all of us!Just hanging out!

The GIRLS!!!

Dad and Laura! I love this one!

At Palo Duro Canyon with the Woods

Laura at the Texas play

Camping in red River with Memaw, Pa, Aunt Clarissa

Cadillac Ranch! The girls actually painted a car! Amarillo Texas!