Happy Thanksgiving

We are headed to Texas to see family and friends and just wanted to wish all of you a wonderful holiday. Enjoy your time with family and friends. Remember to Thank God for all that he has given us. We are so blessed to have all that we do. Have a great week and we will talk to you all soon!

Thursday Thirteen

Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen random things - that I am thankful for

1. Prayer - I am so thankful that we have the avenue of prayer that we can lay our burdens down at our Fathers feet and know that they will be heard and taken care of.

2. Granny Zant - she is doing great. She made it through surgery well. She is in a room (not ICU- Whoop!) and is doing good. She may even get to go home on Monday. I am thankful for the prayers you have said for her and that she is doing well.

3. Andrea - she had her MRI today and found out that she does in fact have a ruptured disk. She will see a neurosurgeon on Monday the 27th. I am thankful that she will be able to get this problem fixed and not have to be in this constant pain for much longer.

4. My parents - they are just wonderful. I am thankful that I have such great examples before me and all the things they continue to do. They are strong Christians and keep me firm in my faith. I am thankful for the sounding boards I have in them.

5. My husband. I am so blessed to have such a loving wonderful Christan man as a husband. I am thankful for the great job he does leading our family. He is a leader.

6. My in-laws. I am thankful that they gave me such a wonderful husband and I am thankful for the examples they are to my children. I am blessed to have Christian in-laws who love God and choose to put Him first.

7. Aunts and Uncles. Have I said how blessed I am to have such a wonderful Christian family. I am so thankful that I have examples all around me. Thanks to you all for being so good and for always being there, you just don't know how good you are!

8. Sisters (in-laws included) I have such wonderful sisters. I enjoy talking to them and getting new ideas and comparing stories. I am thankful that I have them as sisters both physically and spiritually.

9. Brother-in-laws - since I do not have any brothers I have been blessed 3 times over with brother-in-laws. I am so thankful for each of them. They are each unique in their own way and bring a special blessing to my life. Thanks for being you!

10. Blogging friends. I am thankful that I have this line of communication. I am glad that I can express my emotion and thoughts and know that they will be heard and prayed for when needed. I am thankful that I can keep up with family and friends and how our lives are progressing.

11. Cousins. This one is extra special as it broadens my family. I am thankful for all of my cousins and their faith. I am thankful to have such a loving family who can cry and laugh with you. Thanks for being so active and playing part in our lives.

12. Church Family. I am so thankful for my church family and all they do to keep me in line. I am thankful for all their prayers and thoughts of encouragement as we have been through a lot with Granny, Karl and his surgery, and now Andrea. Thank you God for our church families - you knew we would need each other.

13. Friends - I am thankful for friends. People who stand by you and listen you all your complaints, joys, sadness, and everything in between. Thanks for the friendship.

God is listening - when we pray

We have been super busy and have just not stopped long enough to give you all updates. They will be coming soon I promise. But for now I have a couple of prayer requests to ask of all of you.
1. My Granny Zant has not been doing real well. We have been praying for her for some time. She has had two near misses already this year and with prayer we have gotten through them. She is going to have surgery tomorrow morning at 7:20 to replace some veins in her legs. Please pray that the operation will go well and that she will be a fighter and get through it all okay.

2. Andrea - my sister is having some back trouble. She has been a pain on and off for quite some time. She went to the doctor yesterday and they are going to do a MRI tomorrow. Please pray that they can find what is causing her this pain so that it can be fixed.

3. Uncle Craig - needs prayers right now.

There are more but these are weighing the heaviest on my heart. I would really appreciate the thoughts and prayers as we get through the next week. Thanks blog friends for the prayers!

6 months

Brazos had his 6 month check up on Monday. Everything went well. He weighed in at 15 pounds and 5 ounces and was 27 and 1/2 inches long. He is long for his age and you guessed it - under weight. He is not putting on enough weight to make them happy yet. They are going to give us to the next well check to see if we can get more weight on him. If we can show progress then they (the doctors) will be happy. I think he is fine and will catch up eventually. Braxton is just now getting to the point where he is the same size as kids his age. They are just thin like their dad.
Brazos will see the allergist on the 29th to see what he is allergic to. I hope the list is smaller than Braxton's was. He saw the Heart doctor on the 31st and everything was the same - the doctor said he did not see any change, so we were not released. But, we have to go back in 6 months. He seemed to think that it would be better by then.
Braxton saw the allergist on the 30th and was tested for the flu shot. Poor thing had to get 3 pricks and 4 shots. He was a trooper. All that to find out that he is still allergic to egg and the flu shot therefore he can not take it. The allergist said that all the allergies were still there. The milk allergy is still there but it is getting better. He is still very allergic to straight milk but he can now have things will milk in them. The egg allergy seem to be taking all the attention for now. Eggs are still making him very sick. He is a great kid and takes it all with stride.
Below are some of Brazos 6 month pictures. Enjoy!

Thursday Thirteen

I am sitting here tonight trying to put all my thoughts together. I have spent all week trying to get things unpacked and put back together. I am slowly getting things back to some sort of order. I did not have anything to do my thirteen on today but as I sit here on Thursday evening watching my favorite shows I thought I would make a list of my 13 favorite shows.

13. Today

12. The Tonight Show

11. Oprah

10. Law and Order: SVU

9. Law and Order

8. Deal or No Deal

7. 1 vs 100

6. The Amazing Race

5. CSI: Mami

4. CSI

3. The Biggest Loser

2. Survivor

1. ER

BZB - My little Busy Bees

The boys in there bee suits
Andrea and Brazos at Trunk or Treat
Braxton going for more candy at Trunk or Treat

I know it has been a while! We were in Paris for the last week. We had a very successful trip. Andrea and I spoke at a teen girls day at College C of C on Saturday (I will blog on that later) so we used it as an excuse to go home and see the family. We enjoyed getting to see everyone and spend time with Da and Mama Z. It was a very busy week but it was also very enjoyable.

I will have a couple of more posts this week when I get unpacked and find everything. Sorry for the long time between posts I will try to keep up from now on!

Thursday Thirteen

Here is a list of Thirteen things that I have done and need to do within a 7 day time frame.

(the time frame is Tuesday to Tuesday) Let's just say it has been a busy week!

13. Do my bi-monthly grocery shopping (and get them all put away) Lisa and I trade off with the kids so I was able to get all the shopping done come home and get everything put away kid free. This was a first for me. I always have had or child or the other. It was a peaceful shopping experience.

12. Christmas Shopping - I have gotten a lot of my Christmas shopping done. I have about half finished. This week I made a lot of progress because I got Braxton and Brazos done!!!

11. Check on Tiffany - one of the girls from church (our adopted daughter) had her tonsils taken out Wednesday and she wanted me to come over and see her. I took her a milk shake and stayed for awhile. She has spent all day with me today and probably tomorrow. She is a great kid and just needs some special attention.

10. Trunk or Treat - Last night at church we had trunk or treat. We had a great turn out. We had over 25 kids. This is a great show for this congregation. It was a fun night and the boys looked great. (I will post the pictures tomorrow)

9. Karl surgery - Karl had back surgery this morning. He and Andrea are still at the hospital - he seems to be recovering well. He will be sore for a couple of days.

8. Playing hospital - This house has become a recovery center. It is nice to be able to take care of people when they are in need. I am thankful to God for providing my husband a wonderful job that allows me to be at home and care for those who need it the most.

7. Finish the girls day stuff - Andrea and I are speaking at a girls day at the College Church of Christ next weekend. We have been working on the agenda and what we want to do. We just need to finish it up.

6. Ladies Night Out - is tonight. I am responsible for getting everything set up, food there, and making sure everything goes off without a hitch. I am looking forward to a night of food, fun, and fellowship.

7. Hayride - Saturday morning our congregation is having a hayride and wienie roast. There is a fun zone and things for the kids to do. We are looking forward to this event.

6. Marriage Class - Because Monday is Beggars Night (up here the kids do not trick or treat on Halloween - they do it on Beggars night which is usually the night before) so because Beggars night is on Monday we moved our class to Saturday night. So Saturday will be a busy day.

5. Sunday worship and pot luck - Sunday is always a busy day with Bible class, worship, pot luck, short nap, and worship again. It is a busy day but a day that is full of family time and fellowship.

4. Braxton has an allergist appointment on Monday - this one is to see if he will be able to take the flu shot. The nurse said it will take around two hours to see if it will work.

3. The Clapp kids come for a visit. I usually keep the kids every other Tuesday but this week I will have them on Monday. It will be a fun and very busy day!

2. Brazos cardiologist appointment. We see the cardiologist on Tuesday for a follow up.

1. Take a trip to Paris. We will leave as soon as we are done at the cardiologist. We are looking forward to a great week with family and friends.

Well that is a look into the 7 days of our life.

Welcome Cagle Cousins

Well we just want to welcome the new Cagle cousins into this family. We are excited to see that they arrived in style. They are already such great friends that they had to arrive on the same day. Cousin Paige has all the information on her blog as well as some pictures.
Also, Susan has pictures out of Clay Maureen and Avery.
Congratulations Clint and Rachel and Clay and Maureen. We are excited and ready to meet these girls!

Granny Update

Just wanted to say Thanks to all of you who have been praying for Granny Zant. We all really appreciate the prayers. Wanted to give you an update and let you know how things were going. She is doing better and is at home now. She is still not eating much but she is

progressing. Taking one day at a time right now. The doctors said they are going to do surgery on Nov 16th to try and fix the vein in her leg. So please pray that this can be done successfully - the only other option is amputation. She is a trooper and will pull through, thanks again for all the prayers. I will keep you updated on her progress.

Sunday Smiles

Here are some pictures of my boys. They are smiling big on Sunday morning before class. They are doing great. Not much to say today. Just moving one day at a time.

My Name

How common is your name? Well I thought before I did this that it might be hard to find a person with my same name and I was correct. Although there are a lot of Beck's (110,000) out there, they database could not find another Lyneil! There are a lot less people with my maiden name - only 390. This was a lot of fun. I got it off of Jenn's blog. Thanks for sharing. Go to the site and plug in your name and tell me what you come up with.

HowManyOfMe.com

There are: 0 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

Thursday Thirteen

Here is a list of 13 things that I have picked up today.

1. Juice Cup

2. Pacifiers

3. John Deere tractors

4. push popper

5. John Deere Hedge Trimmer

6. 5 puzzles and their pieces

7. Baby doll

8. Blocks

9. Cars

10. Burp cloth

11. Dirty Clothes

12. Shoes

13. Brazos and Braxton

It has already been a busy day. I hope that things will slow down a little. The boys are keeping us on our toes and running all the time. We are loving every minute of it!!

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Did someone say swimming?

I know it is the middle of October but here are some pictures from our weekend. We went to the Amana colonies here in Iowa for a weekend of fun. They have an indoor water park with miniature golf another added bonus is that there is a Tanger outlet mall within 10 minutes of the water park. We took off around 2 pm on Friday and went over we swam till 7pm and then headed over to the outlets to shop for a few hours. We shopped till we were ready to drop.

We came back to the hotel and we all slept well. We got up Saturday morning ready to go. We enjoyed a wonderful breakfast and them went swimming again. Braxton loved every minute we were there. He had a great time and would go back again any time.

We had a great time. Check out the pictures of our fun!

Some of the pictures are blurry because it was so humid in there.

Here they are!

The boys seem to be growing by leaps and bounds lately. They are really amazing. I just can not believe some days how amazing God is. I am so thankful for my family. I am thankful for all the help I have been getting from Andrea and Karl. They have been such a blessing. Andy and I have really been appreciative.

Karl and Andrea with Brazos on the train.
Dad with the boys! These are the loves of my life!

Here is a pictures of Brazos taking his bath in the kitchen sink. This was the first time he sat up in the sink by himself. He is getting so big.
Here is one of my little stinker~ What a sweet boy. He raked the leaved in the yard with dads help. Then the play time began. Dad through Braxton into the leaves. They had a great time playing outside.

Update: Granny is doing some better. They moved her to a room and have been getting her up and moving. Her liver has started to function but her kidneys are not. They started dialysis yesterday and will do it again today and tomorrow. We are praying that her kidneys will come back - they said time will tell. Please keep her in your prayers. Thanks for the prayers that have been offered - we do appreciate them.

Thursday Thirteen

I have been wanting to do this TT for a little while, but it was still to warm here in Iowa. Well no longer! The temps have fallen and fall is in the air. Here are 13 things I love about fall.

13. The leaves changing. It is really pretty to see all of the colors.

12. The train ride. This is the second year we have taken the train ride in the fall. It is so great to see all of God's glory and the creation that He has made.

11.Change in the weather. I like the cooler weather. I do not so much enjoy the cold, but the cooler weather is nice.

10. Snuggle time. Cooler weather brings about snuggle time with Andy and the kids.

9. Getting things done. I tend to put off things that need to be done in the house because we spend a lot of time outside while it is warm, so fall brings about cleaning time.

8. Holidays - when fall sets in I know that the holidays are just around the corner and I will be able to spend time with family.

7. Thanksgiving - I love getting together at Thanksgiving. I love to spend time with my family and friends.

6. Aggie football. I love to watch our Aggies Win. We do not watch a lot of football. We enjoy college football and watch our Aggies every chance we get

5. Yard work - I love to spend time outside with my family, raking the leaves and trimming back the hedges for the winter.

4. Craft Fairs - In the fall all the craft fairs come to town with all the good for Christmas. I love to go and look and buy.

3. Christmas Shopping - I love to go Christmas shopping. I love buying presents for people and looking forward to the time we get to spend together.

2. Soup - I love when the weather turns cold enough for soup. I love to come into the house and smell what has been cooking and getting ready to enjoy that meal with my family.

1. Spending time with family - The fall always seem to bring more time with family and friends. I love this time of year because we get to catch up and visit.

Wordless Wednesday

Daddy Time!!

Choo Choo Train

We took a trip to Boone this weekend to ride the train. It is a scenic train. We love to go in the fall and see all the trees changing and the fall air. We had a great time. Braxton loved the train. He is still talking about the train. They have a special Thomas weekend in the Spring - I think we will try to make it. Here are some pictures from our trip.

This is a picture of the passenger car.
Dad and Braxton in front of the engine.
This was a play car that they had for the kids to get in. Braxton loved it.

On another note, my grandmother Zant is not doing well. She had surgery on Wednesday and it seemed to go well. She lost some blood during surgery but recovered and went home. She has not been able to hold food down and has not been feeling well. Yesterday afternoon she was not well so she went to the ER in Greenville. She had a really low temp and her blood pressure was also really low. After 6 hours of trying to stabilize her they put her on a care flight to Dallas. She got there about 11 pm and they worked for a while. They got her stable enough to do surgery at 1:30. There were a rough couple of hours but she seems to have pulled through. The surgery last night was to stop the bleeding inside her body they had to give her 5 pints of blood last night. She is still in ICU and will be there for at least a couple of more days. She really could use some prayers right now. She is a fighter and is working hard. They took her off of the dopamine (sp) this morning and she is starting to open her eyes some. During all of this her kidneys shut down. They are starting to make a come back. They said it will be some time before we know what kind of damage was done to the major organs (heart, liver, kidneys, etc. ). Please pray for June Zant and her recovery. Also a prayer for her husband (Dudley) and kids (Rick, Pam, Craig, and Jeanne) as they have had a long night and are looking at a long couple of days ahead. Thanks for the prayers I will keep you updated on her progress.

Thursday Thirteen

Thursday Thirteen

Love is patient and kind . . . protects, trusts, hopes, and perseveres.
Love never fails.

Superhero

I found this on Susan's blog. I thought it was fun, so I did it too. What kind of superhero are you?

Your results:
You are Superman

Superman 75% Spider-Man 75% Green Lantern 70% Robin 65% The Flash 50% Supergirl 48% Hulk 45% Catwoman 45% Iron Man 40% Wonder Woman 33% Batman 25%

You are mild-mannered, good, strong and you love to help others.

Click here to take the "Which Superhero are you?" quiz...

Boys will be boys

I love having boys and they keep me on my toes. They are always busy into one thing or another. I am so thankful that they are healthy and strong.
Things have been going well here and we have been enjoying time outside. I really don't have any big updates. So here are some pictures from the last week.

Brazos in his hat before Uncle Karl's softball game
The boys chillin with Andrish ready to go
A day of smiles and cool weather
Baby wake up mama! Wonder Why!!!