The Supreme Painter of the Universe has struck again! ha! In the past week I have completed the game room (fyi - dried fava is sort of a sage green color), Luke's room (sort of tan), and Kyla's room (an aqua Polynesian paradise). Summer's room is in progress - and not too soon for her either. The other day she came to me VERY concerned that hers was to be the LAST room to be done. I informed her that I was the painter and MY room doesn't even have paint purchased for it yet. She then revised her complaint to being the LAST one of the KIDS done. OK - I'll give her that...but she DOES get the biggest room...she needs to CHILL! ha! Once I get all of the accessories hung on the walls - I'll take some pics of the kid's rooms and post them. Slowly, but surely, the house is coming together.

In order to offer me a GREAT break from painting. We had my mom over for a spend the night visit. Grace, my sister, is off at camp this week and Adam, my brother, is in Mexico on a mission trip so after her visit to MD Anderson/Houston on Monday she planned to come for a visit. We wondered if she was going to get to come because they held her over one night due to a blood clot "scare." Fortunately, she didn't have a deep blood clot in her leg that could cause a major problem but she does have some peripheral ones - a side effect of the chemo drug she takes. Even after having a bone marrow biopsy - she slept in Summer's bed (queen size) w/both girls. The girls LOVED it! Mom says she did too - she said that each time a leg draped over her she thanked God that she had lived so long to enjoy a moment like this. I marvel that 8 years ago she was told she only had about 2 1/2 years to live. God's plans never have time constraints and I am SOOO thankful for that! All 3 kids had a tea party with their Mime - yes, all 3. Luke wouldn't be left out of that! He stood underneath Mime with his arms raised to her - what grandmother could resist!?! I thought I would post these pictures of the happy time!

Today the girls had quality time with their other grandmother - Granny Gerry - and their Great-Aunt Sylvia. They had an i.o.u. from Granny for a visit to Libby Lu for their birthdays. They went with the Hannah Montana makeovers because they are probably 2 of Hannah's GREATEST fans! You can see them here in their Hannah wigs - too FUNNY! Plus, the Build-A-Bear workshop was strategically placed near Libby Lu....so the girls managed to spend the "spending money" they took with them on two adorable Build-A-Bear pink kittens! Talk about a power packed girls day out! This was one of those weeks when it was sooo nice to be near family. It certainly takes the edge off of being so far away from those we miss!

>

I MUST sign off - I could write and write and write....y'all know that I ALWAYS have ALOT to say! Sometimes, I need help knowing when to quit...right now that is Luke fussing at me from below the computer chair. More later.....