The Boys!

Dominic at the Zoo, his favorite place.
Ryder going alone for the ride:)
Get this out of my face mom.
Brothers!
This is some good food, mushy though, but gooood.

Whats been happening on this winedy road called life.

My husband and I have experienced a few ups and downs in the last couple of months. To say the least I think that God sometimes let us experience some trials to appreciate how much life is really a gift.

My Husband, Mike who I feel is one of the most active men I know. He is constantly working out or running several miles. He is actually working toward running in the Marine Corp Marathon in October of this year. So he can put down like 10 miles with no complaints. He ran the Derby Marathon here in Kentucky a couple of years ago and has wanted to run the Marine one in washington DC since he is a Former Marine. In preparing for that he has had a few road blocks in his training. A couple of weeks ago he went in for a routine check up and found that his Bilirubin levels where high, which could mean a lot of things. he went to a specialist and has his liver looked at over an ultrasound and did lots of blood test and come to find out it looks like he just has high bilirubin in his blood, which is called Gilberts syndrome. Nothing big but before we found that out I was a complete wreck, and worry came over me like a dark could, but I asked for prayer for some friends and found that it helped and lifted the dark could i called worry away.

Then everything was going good and my husband who has been working out and running and digging fence holes for a privacy fence we are installing, started having problems breathing in deep, that progressed worse to where he couldnt lay down or on his side and couldnt cough because it gave him so much pain. So we went to the ER, U of L Er which was the first time we had been there, it was actually kinda dirty place it seemed, but he was seen fairly quickyl and put on the heart montior and EKG to make sure that there where not heart issues going on. Well that turned out fine and come to find out his Chest X-ray showed that he might have a slight case of Pneumonia going on, so they gave him heavy anitbiotics to clear it up. So all his progress for training in the marathon was haulted and the fence was haulted and anything else that is heavy straining. BLahhhhhhhhh,

But with some prayers said Mike is definately improving and getting better and better, so hopefully he will start getting back to a routine again.

Ryder is already 4 month and a couple weeks old and is getting stronger and stronger. He is tall and growing.

Dominic is trying to be in everything wanting to learn and has figured out that he can play video games. He is learning and talking at a fast paced and wanting to soak everything in and even memecking our personalities, that is scary. So I am challenged to watch every little thing I do because he will sure copy it. Thats good motivation to change the yucky parts of me.

So next week we head to Arkansas to see my grandparents and doms first time in Arkansas, that will be interesting.

I guess that is all for now, one thing I do know is that God is so incontrol of everything and nothing goes unnoticed or unloved because he is there.

God Bless!

Mike being silly at a baby shower.


Dominic one day at the Zoo.


Grandpa with Baby Ryder Francisco Garcia(4 months old)


Dominic showing me where countries are on the map, probably pointing to the Philippines where uncle chris and Aunt Cathee, and cousin Samuel live.


Ryder doing what he does best, Smiling:)