Lela is 6 Months Cancer Free!

See this precious little girl? 

That's Lela. She's been cancer free now for 6 months and she is thriving! 

Matt and I get to see her (and her family) soon and we can't wait to love on her! 

31 Days: Letters to Matt, Day 14

Dear Matt, 

Thank you for being willing to do the little things. 

Hang a picture on the wall...

Doctor on my foot when it is hurting...

Wash and dry a few dishes...

Folding laundry when you have time...

Making our house a home...

Fixing my lunch sometimes early in the morning...

Loving me well...

You are a good man. 

I love you!

Les

Craft Show

In September, our church had a Girlfriends event and along with it they showcased local businesses, home businesses, etc. I had a little booth with some of the miscellaneous things Matt and I have been working on. Here are a few pictures from the event. 

Matt's Grandmother had a booth too. Here are some pictures from her booth as well as some of the hats she sold. 

My booth. My goal was to sell 1 item and I sold 8 :) It was a fun time for sure! 

31 Days: Letters to Matt, Day 13

Dear Matt, Love, Babe, you know the rest ;-)

I love little dates with you. I'm grateful that we are able to do fun things when we want to. 

Thank you, Lord, for providing for us and helping us to be good stewards of our money. 

Thank you, Matt, for following the Lord's guidance for our finances. 

It's good to be with you. 

I love you!

Les

31 Days: Letters to Matt, Day 12

Dear Matt, 

I love that you are a photographer. It is such a blessing to me that you are creative in this way. 

I can't wait for you to take LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS of pictures of our kids one day! 

Love you! 

Pneumonia...you suck!

My birthday was on a Wednesday and the next day, Matt began feeling badly. He went to the local Doctor's Care where the did a whole work up including a chest X-ray. The doctor said it was bronchitis with a touch of pneumonia. He prescribed an antibiotic, cough syrup and one more medication and sent him on his way. 

He rested well on Thursday and Friday and actually felt well enough to go to work on Saturday. Unfortunately, it was short lived and he began feeling poorly and came home. He began to rest well and suddenly, he had a coughing episode and began coughing up a lot of blood. He had coughed up a little bit here and there over the week but this was almost 1/4 cup of blog during a 5 minute period.

 We became really concerned and decided to go to the ER. In the hospital, the doctor ran the same tests that Matt had already had done as well as a host of others and basically concluded that Matt definitely had pneumonia. He prescribed a new and much stronger antibiotic and sent him home to rest. 

Thankfully, this antibiotic helped him to feel much better and within 10 days, he was as good as new. 

Our pocketbook, however, is stilling the hit from the $25 a pill antibiotic! ;-)

Glad we have insurance as well as an excellent hospital (Spartanburg Regional) to go to when we are sick. 

Thank you, Jesus, for our health! 

31 Days: Letters to Matt, Day 11

Dear Matt, 

I love that you are such a hard worker. 

I love that you are willing to work a job that you don't "love" because God called you to this season and you do it in order to provide for us. 

I love that you work hard and try to achieve your career dreams. 

I love that I get to run beside you in this life. 

You are my hero. 

You are incredible. 

Love, 

Les

31 Days: Letters to Matt, Day 10

Dear Matt, 

You are the best "boyfriend" ever. Seriously, it's days like today that I am so grateful that you are the only man I've ever dated. I love that you are all I've known. I love that after 2 years and 9 months of being together that we still enjoy dating each other. I am glad that we have chosen to make "rocks" in our life before we have children or before our lives change from this current season. I love that we enjoy being together. I love that we love laughing together. I love that you are my best friend. 

I'm going to keep you! ;-)

Your bride

31 Days: Letters to Matt, Day 9

Dear Matt the Handyman, 

I just needed to write today to tell you that one of the most awesome things about you is that you do almost everything, seriously probably everything but I don't want people to think you are perfect (:)), without complaining. 

We moved everything we own to a new place in 8 days and on the 8th day you hung all of our pictures on the wall because that's what I wanted to do. 

You are incredible. 

And, I must admit, pretty good with a level too. 

Love you,

Your anal wife :)

31 Days: Letters to Matt, Day 8

Hey Boo,
Glad you LOOOOVVVVEEEE hot chocolate as much as I do so we can enjoy it together.
That is all.

:-)