Two Teams? Two Outfits!

There's a reason we had two kids.  Because we have two football teams!

If Texas and TCU play at different times, then our whole family does a wardrobe change.  When they play at the same time, we get this:

If you look very closely... Walker is doing BOTH school signs!  Yes, his left hand is doing the "horned frog!" Just go with me on that one!

How cute are these precious babes??

I loved that they were actually smiling for me today... You have to take advantage of days like this!

Clark has a new favorite picture:

I guess TCU just scored a touchdown... this girl is happy!

Two happy kids after two good wins!

And, I have to include this....

Have you ever seen such a darling outfit???  You've got to love turquoise BOOTS with TCU gear. I'm pretty sure she's going to have some interesting fashion choices in her future.  Can't wait!

All Consuming

My brother has cancer.  It is truly an all consuming part of life now.  I think about Googie and pray for him and his family ALL the time.  Clark and I talk about other things, but it always comes back to Googie.  My mom and I talk many times a day.  Each time we talk about the latest with Googie.

Yesterday morning I started a new Bible study.  I have amazing, amazing friends that listen to me, hear my worries and pray for me and my family.  One of those dear friends said something to me yesterday... she said, "when you mentioned that your brother's situation is all consuming, you seemed apologetic. It should be all consuming and no one is faulting you for that."

I needed to hear that.  I'm not kidding when I tell you, I think I talk about all of this WAY too much.  I cry about it way too much.  I take up too much time during prayer request time at Bible study and Sunday school.  But, as Erin said... it should be that way.

Clark and I are so blessed to be a part of such an amazing church.  Crossroads continues to lift all of us up in prayer.  My sweet friends continue to listen to me and cry with me.  When I told them about some of the stupid thoughts that go through my head, my sweet friend Chelsea assured me that was satan attacking me.  I also needed to hear that.  I truly can't imagine going through this without them.

So, with all that being said... let me tell you about the positives coming out of this.  Clark and I have made it a priority to pray with our kids.  I can't tell you how uplifting it is to see Walker put his little hands together and listen to every word and then joyfully exclaim, "AMEN" when we are done.

This blog has almost exclusively been about my sweet Walker and my sweet Everly.  I'm not gonna lie... it's bit hard to talk about the funny stories or silly things my kids did that day.  Like I said in my last post... my perspective has changed.  But, at the same time... my kids ARE still doing silly things and they bring me joy every single day.  So, I promise to blog about it.  But, I also promise to blog about what I'm really feeling.  And I believe God will grant us some awesome Googie stories to report, too!

Perspective

Life has a new perspective.  It has since last Thursday.  Everything has changed.  Finding out that my brother has cancer has rocked my world.  And, I'm only the sister.  I can't even fathom how Googie feels.  How Trisha feels.  How his kids feel.  How my mother, Ray and my dad feel.

I can tell you this... things that seemed important are minuscule now.

Last week we were at the beach... all down in the dumps because our vacation wasn't all that we had hoped.  I would go on 100 crappy vacations if my brother felt better.

College football rules in this house come September.  I think I maybe watched one quarter all weekend.  TCU lost and I didn't care.  I would live through 50 consecutive losing seasons if my brother was well.

The wildfires are very scary right now.  But, I would gladly lose my house if my brother was healed.

I didn't know it was possible for your entire outlook on life to change in the blink of an eye... it has.  My perspective will never be the same.

Seaside... The End

What an end it was.  After an okay Tuesday I felt like we were on the road to a fantastic second half of the trip. As Lee Corso would say... "Not so fast!".

Wednesday morning Everly woke up throwing up.  Yes, seriously.  I truly couldn't believe it.  We really considered leaving that day, but were afraid Everly would throw up the whole  way home, so we made the decision to leave Thursday morning.

We managed to enjoy our last afternoon in Seaside... these sweet babes didn't look sick!

So sweet together!

Playing in the Seaside Kids store.

Walker paid!

So, Thursday morning we headed home.  Looking back, there's no question that God knew what he was doing.  Almost exactly 12 hours after we left Florida, we were home in Conroe when my phone rang.  It was mother with the news that my brother has a tumor.  It was shocking and scary, but the fact that I was back in Texas meant that I could be with my family.  Less than 12 hours after that, I was driving my mother to Arlington so we could be with my brother.

Friday wasn't a good day.  Lots of waiting.  And, it turned out we were waiting for bad news. Googie's  tumor is malignant and aggressive.  Did I mention shocking?  Googie and Trisha are amazing.  He is so strong and ready to fight.  I believe in the power of prayer and they literally have an army praying for them.

So many people have reached out to him, my parents and me.  I can't tell you how comforting it is to know people are thinking about Googie and praying for him.  I really hate the circumstances, but it is amazing the amount of love we are all feeling.  Right now we are looking at silver linings and the positives.... and surprisingly, there are a lot of them.

I am so proud of Googie and Trisha.  They are so strong.  It is going to be a long, hard road, but they are ready.  Pardon my crass words, but he is going to kick cancer's ass!!