Matt Turner, You Are An Angel.

The blogging world has been turned upside down and we have learned that one of our blogging friends, Julee Turner, has lost her husband at the young age of 32. 

 

You can read their full story on her blog at mattandjuleeturner.blogspot.com.  I have followed this sweet lady through her infertility struggles to help me get through my own battle - and along the way she has become more like a friend than just a writer of a blog.  I feel like that about so many of the blogging friends that I have made along the way. 

 

I sat here last night and poured my heart out onto this blog and was really feeling down and out.  I actually went to bed crying my little eyes out and unable to sleep.  This morning I felt a little better and planned to come blog a post titled "the aftermath" but before, I decided to check up on some of my favorite blogs...

 

As I read what Kelly had written over on Kelly's Korner, I realized that Julee has lost her beloved husband and the father of her 11 month old daughter, Preslee.  My heart ached for her and her precious daughter and all the many, many people that this man had touched with his life.  

 

If you feel in your heart that you would like to do something for this special family, please visit www.kellyskornerblog.com for a list of silent auctions and bank accounts set up for his wife and daughter.  Please continue to pray for this family as they deal with his horrific tragedy.  

Matt, you are an angel looking down on your wife and child.  May you rest in peace. 

Little Readers

Now that Ace is in first grade, his class walks once a week to a little retirement community called Jamestowne and they get to read to twenty of the cutest little elderly people...plus they get alot of hugs and kisses too!  I didn't want to overwhelm the kids by taking lots of pictures but I just had to get one of Ace on his very first time there.  He did a wonderful job reading and I am so lucky that I get to go with him every single week.  

 And this is his friend Mackenzie that also got the chance to read to me (you can see some of the lovely ladies in the background).  She is one of the best readers in the class, but she is so shy, I just love having time with some girls since I'm surrounded by nothing but boys at home :)

In a few weeks, Jamestowne is surprising the kids with a Halloween party and I hope to take some pictures then because it should be alot of fun.  I am so excited to get to see my children grow and learn and become young gentlemen.  I am my children's number one fan!