William's Turn

William finally had his turn at Minute Maid Park. Last Friday Keith took William to his father/son baseball game. William had a blast. The giveway was a miniature cast of Craig Biggio's helmet. Here are a few pictures from his night out.

Mother/Daughter Tea

My mom invited me, my sister, and our girls to a Mother/Daughter Tea to celebrate Mother's Day. We had a lot of fun. It was very elegant and done up very nicely. The food was good, too. That was the morning of the day that all the gall bladder fun started. Oh well, the party was still fun. Here's a few pictures of the real fun, not the gall bladder fun.

Update on the Patient

Yes, I am still here. And am doing pretty well, acutally. Other than an allergic reaction to some pain meds I'm recovering fine. Thanks for asking. :)

A Memorable Mother's Day

I had a very interesting (and might I say a bit horrible) Mother's day. Saturday evening my mother took me (Jaime) to the emergency room with horrible abdominal pains. A few hours and an ultrasound later, they found that I had large stones in my gall bladder. They told me I had to have my gall bladder taken out the next morning. By the way, if you have some great information about how you shouldn't have your gall bladder taken out--please keep it to yourself. :) So, on Mother's Day morning, I had surgery to take out my gall bladder. Ouch! I had never had surgery before, and I really struggled with whether I had made the right decision, but all that's over with now.

So, I am home and resting a lot, and Keith is doing a great job taking care of everything. The kids are helping out a lot. I think we're gonna make it. :)

Kids and Baseball

Keith has set up an outing with each one of the kids to take them to an Astros game. He took Josiah three weeks ago, Nicole this last Friday night, and William is going in about three weeks. Keith and the kids have really enjoyed it. He took them when they were giving away free stuff, so Josiah got an Astros blanket, Nicole got an Astros jersey (pretty nice, too), and I'm not sure what William will get. He's also been taking them on Friday nights when they have a fireworks show after. Anyway, here are a few pictures from Josiah and Nicole's games:

Another trip to Louisiana

We just got back from another trip to LA. We had a great time. Keith was mostly at meetings, so I was able to spend a lot of time with my grandmother. It was fun. I also got to see some cousins I hadn't seen in a few years. Unfortunately, I forgot to bring my camera to that visit. Oh, well. So, here are some pictures from our trip.

On the property where we stayed are some campers who had a couple of dogs. Caleb really liked one of them.


On our way back from one of our meetings, we crossed the longest bridge in the world. It's over Lake Pontchartrain. The bridge is 24 miles long. You can see from the picture that we couldn't even see land. Strange feeling.


We did go through New Orleans on the way to our meeting. There was still so much damage. There were whole apartment complexes and large stores completely desolate with holes in the roofs and walls down. Really sad.

And the last picture is of a swamp. The swamp was right on the side of the road/bridge we were on. I think it's beautiful.