Happy 4th of July

We had a wonderful (and wet) time at the Kingwood 4th of July parade this morning. Lucas was so excited to see the police directing traffic and the fire trucks leading off the parade. He even asked one of the firefighters if he would come to his birthday party...it was funny. The parade is comprised of local businesses, teams, groups (scouts, Masons, churches etc...) and they all throw candy, toys or beads from their "floats". It was rainy most of the time but that was better than the usual Texas July day of 1000 or so degrees.

We are leaving for Ukraine in 18 days and we are taking advantage of the time to clean out closets and do some much needed maintenance to the house. Well, actually I'm making the "honey do" lists and Chris is marking them off one by one as he completes them...haha. He is off work until after we return so he is using his time (or rather I am using his time) wisely.

Lucas is having minor surgery on Friday to put tubes in his ears and to have is adenoids removed. He has had fluid in his ears for quite a while and it isn't clearing on its own. He has 35-45% hearing loss because of it...which explains why we have to repeat everything 3 times and his most used word is "huh?". The tubes should help make the flight a little more pleasant for him as well. I'm not looking forward to sending my baby into surgery...no matter how minor the procedure...but I will handle it like any self respecting nurse would...I'll probably bawl my eyes out! Oh well, at least he'll be able to hear clearly again.

Lisa

PS: Shelley, we look forward to meeting you on the 25th at the SDA :)