Grandparents and Aunt Stephie!!

I didn't mention in my post about all the chaos a couple weeks ago, we did manage to have a little fun between back surgery and throwing up and trips to the ER. We even got a few pictures to prove it!

We had a little early birthday so Grandma and Papa could give Nate and Lilly their presents while they are here! They got a new lawn mower and other outside sand box toys, which they LOVE..

and a really cool Doug and Melissa animal puzzle ..

and Elmo DVD player with cool Sesame Street songs to play in it!

Grandma and Grandpa did a lot of the kids' favorite thing.. READING!! We warned them..

Aunt Steph helping Lilly with the lawn mower..

Thanks so much for coming all the way from Colorado to help us all after Brian's surgery. We are very grateful!

We love you!

Just to update on Brian's situatuation, when he went back to the doctor last week the blood clot was still there but they said it was in a superficial vein which is supposed to be a good thing. We are waiting on more news from the ultrasound they did on his arm. He seems to be feeling a lot better (although still in some pain) and actually went back to work yesterday and did fairly well. He will have another visit with his back surgeon next week.