Playin' in Daddy's Boots...

i just love it when the boys put on daddy's boots...it's such a sweet time for us all and a memory that i'll cherish forever...lucky for me, i like to have my camera handy...

this is embarrassing to admit, but these were taken back in the beginning of july...and because of all my craziness with emergency surgeries and neck issues, i am sooo behind in my posts...so here's an attempt to catch you up...

I've been tagged...six random things...

thanks for the tag, christin!! this was fun!

1. one of my favorite games to play during recess (during elementary school) was kiss-chase...as it turns out, kelly and i played this when we were in 1st grade together...who would've thunk-it that we'd be married years later!! (and a little side note--kelly just looked at what i'm typing and told me to not forget to put down that i pulled him off the monkey bars and broke his arm--but then i reminded him that he kicked me with his pointy cowboy boots and my knee is still numb in that spot--once again, this was all during early elementary years--young love!?!)
   
2. i've never had a tattoo...although this is something i'm considering doing once i lose all my weight from gastric bypass...i think i've always been too afraid that if i got one tattoo, i'd get addicted to it...but an even bigger fear for me about tattoos is that they might mess up--and what do you do then since it's permanent??
3. i am deathly afraid of cockroaches...especially the waterbug kind--i just know that those unlucky souls who end up in haites and come face to face with satan look straight into the eyes of a nasty waterbug--yuck-ola!!)
4. getting my hair cut puts me in a panic...so does going to the dentist...i've had sooo many bad haircuts in my life and so many bad dental visits that the whole week before i go to either the beautician or dentist i am a nervous wreck.
5. my very favorite part of the day is when my sweet boys climb into my lap so that i can "rock them for 5 minutes"....i just love that sweet time of the day--they only want me and they usually tell me sweet things like "i love you, mommy" or "you're so pretty, mommy" or "this is my favorite thing, mommy"....it makes my heart swell with love and joy.
6. kelly and i are about to celebrate our 7 year anniversary, but i have to admit that i've developed a love affair over the last year or so... i've been told that my priorities have always been wrong and that i need to get them straight....well, while kelly was deployed, i finally got it right... i need to confess that i'm totally in love with my LORD & SAVIOR...i am a bonafide JESUS freak...and i can't even begin to tell you how great my life has been since i took the burden of being everything to me off of kelly's shoulders and gave it all to HIM...

Thanks again, Christin, for the tag...

I will now tag Natasha Cloutier, Hannah Vickers, Lindsey Cotton, Lisa Adkins, & Hayley Warren.

Love, Hugs & Blessings,
Candace

Another surgery for me...

I am sitting here at Abilene Regional Hospital waiting to be called back for yet another surgery... And I feel like I'm having deja vue b/c 6 weeks ago I was in this same room waiting to have my gastric bypass...

So if you're wondering what I'm having surgery for, well, about 2 weeks ago I started getting really sick...I was nauseated all the time--and even water would make me want to throw up...as it turns out, my gallbladder has filled with sludge (which is supposedly what happens before stones form)...so I was told yesterday morning that I had to have surgery today to have my gallbladder removed....so here we go again... It's a laproscopic surgery and so the recovery time is short...I'm soooo not looking forward to all the gas pains you get from having abdominal surgery, but am looking forward to feeling better...

Many have asked how I'm doing since my gastric bypass and I've been bad and haven't posted in a while...as of last week (my 5 week post-op marker), I had lost over 40 pounds!! And up until my gallbladder started acting up, I was feeling great. My neck is still bothering me quite a bit--I have an MRI scheduled for the end of August and we'll see what turns up from that...

Guess that's all I know...hope you have a blessed day & the next time I see or hear from you, I'll be one organ less of a person....

Blessings,
Candace