an amazing week...

...i know that it has been a week since my last post but it has been crazy around here.

we started out hoping for tim to feel good enough to spend a couple days at the beach and what we got was a bit more...

saturday he helped me mow the grass...first time he has felt strong enough to do that in a long time. then he went golfing with my family and because the central line was out he was able to even swing the club a few times. then we just hung out and visited with family and friends the rest of the night. it was a great day.

sunday morning we headed to the beach...he was able to drive the whole way down and we were able to stay until wednesday. it was a great trip and although his stomach gave him a few fits...he was able to relax and enjoy the time away. we had the twins with us and they had a blast. YES that is them parasailing 800 feet over the atlantic ocean.

on the way home from the beach we stopped in lancaster to shop a bit and wednesday night he was able to go and watch 2 softball games in palmyra.

i know that he is PUSHING himself to be able to do all that he can, but it is nice that he has the desire to get up off the couch...it has been a very long time since he has actually had the energy to do something like this.

friday was the big day...taking a teenage daughter to KING OF PRUSSA to shop for school clothes...now that is a LONG DAY. he hit an awful lot of the benches along the way but he was a real trooper. we just got home a little before 11pm.

we are in this kinda weird place right now...he is trying to do everything that he thinks we want to do and we are wanting to do everything that we think he would like to do and we are all exhausted. i think we are going to have to call a family meeting and sort this all out.

it is odd to always be thinking that "this might be the last time he gets to do this or see that..." in some ways it is a cool way to approach every day and in other ways it is an exhausting way to approach every day. we want things to be as normal as we can make them for the kids, especially with fall sports starting and school right around the corner.

keep praying...i am much more emotional that i would want to be. i tend to read into things and i watch him and see the way he looks at the girls and at me and i know what he is thinking and it makes me sad. i cry alot. we are in a strange place right now. we still pray for a miracle everyday but we have given this whole situation over to GOD. it is in HIS hands and we are just following along not quite sure exactly where it is heading.

thanks to all who have helped us have such a wonderful week...i head back to work on monday. we could not have gotten away if it were not for the very generous friends that we have out there in cyberspace. we love you all.

thanks for checking in

tim and tammy