Wow what a gorgeous day it was today! It was so warm & sunny out. It's too bad I had to spend the day stuck inside in an office; although, Charlie spent most of the day working outside and I think he would have preferred to be in the air conditioning. Anyways, did you all have a wonderful weekend? This past Saturday I ran another 10K Race at the Sioux Center Summer Celebration-Run for a Cure along with Charlie, my Mom, Jasmyn & Jamaica. Then that evening us girls had a concert at Inspiration Hills for Trinity CRC (Rock Valley) and after the concert I met Charlie up at the lakes and we spent the next two days just enjoying the beautiful weather with each other and my family. We played a round of golf, some of us girls laid out, Charlie and Jeff enjoyed a little fishing, we swam in the lake, took the boat out, and we finished the night out with a bon fire. It was just an awesome weekend! And a very much needed couple days to spend together as a couple.
Here are some pictures from our weekend...
Singing at Inspiration Hills for Trinity CRC (Rock Valley's) Church Campout
Enjoing some time outdoors at the lakes together
Charlie enjoyed fishing pretty much all day. Jamaica had fun entertaining him for awhile too ;)
First catch of the day...
Jazz & Char enjoyed some deep conversations at the end of the dock
Mom & I laying out.
I have a long ways to go to catch up with her
They guys enjoying some fishing at dusk
Golfing the next day with my parents & little sister Jamaica
Jamaica having some fun jumping on the trampoline
Also just a side note... I have a small prayer request to ask of all of you. I have been dealing with stomach issues for a couple years now and this year I just decided I have had enough. I went to see my family physician a couple of months ago now and she ordered lab work which came back with the liver, kidneys and electrolytes all appearing normal. They also did a test for inflammation in the stomach, which was negative, and an H pylori test that tests for bacteria in the stomach which also came back negative. After receiving the laboratory results back, my doctor then ordered an abdominal ultrasound. The ultrasound results also came back appearing normal (as far as they could tell). At this point, I'm almost just wishing they would have found something just so I knew what was wrong. My doctor then decided to refer me on to a specialist up in Sioux Falls at Avera. I had a consultation with the specialist, once again had blood work completed to check the liver which came back normal and the specialist then decided at that point the next best thing to do would be to have two small procedures done. So...this coming Monday (June 13th) I will have those procedures completed where they will look further at the liver, gallbladder, colon, esophagus, and I don't even know exactly what else. Anyways it's been a long road of feeling sick all the time and I am just ready to feel "good" for once. So I just ask for prayers as I have these procedures. I pray that the doctor will perform the procedures carefully and to the extent needed, that I will not get too stressed or nervous about the procedures and that in the end they will be able to pinpoint what I am dealing with.
I just thought I would update you all as to what is going on in our lives lately and my prayer request. I hope you all have a wonderful week and I hope to write again in the next week or so!
~Jamie~