Keeping It Real With The Anderson's : May 2013

Sunday, May 26, 2013

Smoky Mountains of North Carolina

We got a super cheap bed and breakfast deal in Waynesville, NC for two nights and traveled up there after Corey's graduation. It was so refreshing to see mountains! I think I took about a million pictures, as you will see below. We spent most our time eating awesome food, seeing the sites in the Smoky Mountain National Park, and touring the small shops in Waynesville.We were all in desperate need of a vacation and we left with "our buckets full"!

Smoky, huh?!?

Lake Junaluska (2 miles of property owned by the Methodists)

Here in N.C. everybody loves Jesus.

Old fashioned "play" guns from the Mast General Store.

Shooting at the butterfly and ducks.

Some of you might remember that about 4 years ago Corey had a fixation with light-weight backpacking and always talked about how he would go on a backpacking excursion on the Appalachian Trail someday.

I'm sure he didn't image it quite like this, but we took a little "hike" along the Appalachian Trail and tried to "fulfill" our Dad's dream. :)

We touched the upper right corner of Tennesse, so now I can mark that state off my list. :)

Our adorable bed and breakfast

Goodbye Mountains...until next time.

Saturday, May 25, 2013

Master's Degree: DONE!

On Thursday, May 9th Corey received his Master's Degree in Nursing from University of North Carolina-Greensboro. It was an exciting day! It was fun to watch the kids be so happy for their Dad, and of course I was beaming. Corey isn't done with the anesthesia portion of his schooling until August, but he is done with his classes, papers, tests, presentations,etc. We were asked not to clap when the names were read, but Corey was one of the first people to get his degree (since his name is Anderson) and of course I made a bunch of noise for him! WOO HOO!!!

On the way to graduation

Raleigh School of Nurse Anesthesia Class of 2013

We were so lucky to have Corey's brother, Casey, there to support him.

...Then, we ate at Olive Garden and had endless salad, bread sticks, soup, and those yummy Ande's mints!

Monday, May 6, 2013

Jack's Ear Drama

This could be a LONG post, but I will try to keep it simple. At Jack's 2 year check-up I let the doctor know that he wasn't talking much. The doctor wasn't worried, but my Mommy instincts kicked in and I got him tested. Sure enough he had a speech delay, and started receiving speech therapy twice a week. They also did a few hearing tests and Jack never passed them, we ended up finding out he had fluid in his ears and he wasn't hearing properly. He should hear the human voice at 20 decibels, but he wasn't hearing it until 50 decibels. As a result, Jack had surgery on April 16th to have his adenoids removed and tubes placed in his ears. I thought this would be an immediate solution, but about 2 weeks later Jack got very sick. Come to find out his incision on his right ear had bled too much and scabbed over his tube. With the help of antibiotics and ear drops, we have a healthy Jack-Jack and he is starting to speak better everyday. YEAH! I hope the ear drama is over....