Mariah, Gib and Grammy did a great job holding down the fort, going to school, getting to their activities, feeding the cats, and taking out the trash. What more can you ask for?!
Upon arriving home from our cruise, Mike left almost immediately to retrieve Taryn from Rolla. Taryn came home to appointment after appointment! We squeezed in more dr appts than should be possible for one person to stay sane with prior to her eye surgery. After a little recovery time, she has a few more appointments and then returns to Rolla on June 1. The surgery went well. Recovery is going well too. I think the pain is moving more toward itching now which you always hear is a sign of healing. We have made dozens of snack size ice bags since the surgery! I'm pretty sure she is done with icing the eye. I'm sure she's sick of having a frozen face. Yesterday she asked to try heat. It always feels so good to switch from ice to heat after wisdom teeth surgery, but I don't think it felt all that great on the eye. I expect she will be weaning off the pain pills soon and move to extra strength Tylenol.
Taryn found out she is A+ blood type, all her blood work came back normal, and we will shortly be informed of her IQ and everything brain related. How cool is that?!?! She took a battery of tests ordered by my neuro to reassess her ADHD. We're told the evaluation is practically a book. I wanted to ensure that Taryn is correctly diagnosed, and her current treatment is the most effective for her.
Indie was here briefly too. She arrived the day after Taryn. We got to hang out as a family for a few days before she had to return to campus in preparation for another Kenya trip. Indie, Taryn and I enjoyed having a lunch with just us girls and running a couple of errands. Sadly, Mariah was in school during all this. I didn't get one pic of her on my iphone while she was here! Indie is taking our camera with her to Africa this time since every trip she has the worst luck with being able to take photos. She is appointing herself Mission Photographer. Her dad couldn't be happier. She barely endured her Junior year of college. Being Chief Justice is running her ragged. I think Kenya will be a breeze in comparison. Despite it all, she is in line to graduate 2013, a double major with magna cum laude (possibly summa cum laude) distinction. She hopes to get an on campus job this fall to help with finances since she will have a lighter class load - finally!
Volleyball has ended. Mariah's team did well, and she loved playing with good friends on her team this time. They got knocked out in the first game of the tournament on Monday. Which was really OK with us because we had plans for the rest of the week! Can you tell we are not the most hardcore or what?! This will be the last rec volleyball team for Mariah because they don't have any teams for over 14 yrs of age. But Mariah leaves proud, knowing she has a mean underhanded serve which can get a good 4 points off the other team! And I'm sure she can hold her own in a pick up game of volleyball. Since she has possibly stopped growing at 5'4" dreams of going further are about half a foot shy of reality.
Mariah has been super busy with Chorus stuff. They put on another performance and all the 8th graders, while they liked the music and being the first ensemble ever to perform it, felt having to do so vs. having a spring break trip to Disney was a gyp. Can't blame them for that. Mariah has helped her teacher the past 2 days with performance auditions for the next 8th grade chorus. She was sought after as a mentor to some 7th graders, talked some into trying out, and helped a number of students prepare and sing for their audition. She said she stood next to some of the more nervous ones while they sang. It isn't easy singing solo in an audition the first time. What a friend! Isn't she awesome?!
Gib is in final exam mode. He has had two AP exams too which exempt him from a couple of finals. Luckily for him he gets 3 mornings off from testing! Both AP classes have morning tests and his study hall period was scheduled for a morning exam too. Technically he might have to be at school, but seriously what is he going to do for 3 hours until the next exam? Nobody goes if they don't have to.
Last Saturday, Gib gave blood for the first time! I was so proud of him for being willing to do it. I suspect part of that willingness is a desire to know HIS bloodtype. It's such a great family tradition and for some reason there's a competition amongst the kids to see what type of blood they are. Indie is O+, the rest of us A+. Indie hopes to stay the original and says stats are on her side. We need Taryn to join the ranks now. If she hadn't just given a bunch of blood for tests I might have tried to get her in, even with her slightly less desirable A+ blood.
While the rest of us were giving blood, Taryn and Mariah amused themselves at the Spring Fling slide and face painting the kids. Good thing Mariah still was going strong after a great day of volleyball. The guys left to work at the ballpark concession stand for the Scout trip fundraising. Free food, fun and service. It was a good Saturday even though it was so jammed packed it left us dizzy.
Here's a pic from early Saturday morning. The tree got cut down by a local arborist, and the guys had another Eagle project workday taking care of the debris. They stacked logs for the firepit and took the rest to a nearby landfill that is kind of tired of seeing our truck. They are a 1 truckload a day kind of place and having seen our truck twice on a couple of weekends, it will be good to lay low for awhile.
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Phew! I feel much better now! I'm all caught up on life with the TN Coombs'
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