Getting all Prettied Up for the Big Day!

Getting all pretty for the "Big Day"! Isn't he going to look lovely? Rick is checking in with Grant to see if he is excited about Santa coming tonight. Excitement in the air.

All Accounted For...and Blessings too!

They're Hoooooome!!!
Wrapping christmas presents and cleaning up after themselves! Yes! I taught them well! Thank God for bringing them home safely! I love you both!! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Ok...so now we can see you're having fun! Enjoy it all and then God speed you home safely. Mind the Gap!! I love you both!

Guess who's been here? Is it really an Angel?


The Glow of Christmas Warms the Heart...and the Home

9 MORE DAYS!!

I miss you! I can hardly wait!

Only 16 days until my "Megan" comes home to visit me! It will be the best Christmas EVER!! I can hardly wait! Merry Christmas everyone!
Love...Lilly

Have Fun Megan! Godspeed!

Ok...so I'm traveling home from work late last night and I get this call from Megan (pictured above). Apparently, she had a near death experience and I'm freaking out about it on the way home while talking to her! So...I tell her I will hang up and have her father call her. Here are the details of what happened:
Megan gets ready to go out with friends. Megan walks down the flight of stairs to her flat. Megan trips on a stair, lands hard on her bottom, flies off the stair and SCREAMS! Megan hits her head "HARD" on the floor (hears a loud crack and realizes it's probably just the barrettes in her hair hitting the floor and not her head cracking open)!! A young man traveling up a few flights hears the event and runs down to see if he can assist her. Thank God she wasn't alone. Megan can barely move but after several minutes, sits up and realizes she is battered but still in one piece! So Megan goes out with friends and later that night, upon her trip back to her flat, realizes that maybe she isn't ok. She believes she has cracked her tailbone! This leads us back to the phone conversation between Mother and Daughter. "Mom, I am in sooooo much pain!" Mom replies,"Do you think you have a concussion?" Megan, "I don't know! My bottom hurts so bad I can't think about anything else!"
As Mom freaks out (silently) she says Dad will call her back. Dad calls, asks the usual questions and dispels fears of concussion. We suggest taking Advil and sitting on some ice. Have someone keep an eye on you and Call us every few hours and let us know you're ok (Gut wrenching fear is knotting my stomach)! Then try and get 3 hours of sleep before you have to leave (by yourself) for Ireland. Megan calls several hours later to say she's doing better and will try to get a little sleep before she leaves for the airport. I received a text message early this morning (1:30am) saying that she was at the airport and was doing fine. RELIEF!! I fall back to sleep. Since then she has called me to say that she has reached the hostel and all is well! God Bless You Megan!! I KNOW your Guardian Angel was watching over you last night! Did he have that mischievious "Glint" in his eye? (You know who I mean...the one who visited you 2 nights ago in your dream). He truly IS WATCHING over you!! How comforting! I LOVE YOU!!