UPDATE: Do You Believe God Can Answer Prayer

06-22-2014 UPDATE
After 4 full days with sweet Lulu on
Complete life support with No response
Here is the latest update from her precious mom

Lulu Ysarua Martinez is feisty and fighting!! She has went day and a half no blood pressure meds fever staying at 99 she has 3600 white blood cells she has a 1248 anc which means she now has cells that can help her body fight the infection..she is moving her eyebrows shaking her head flaring her nose and coughed. ..her lungs are still bad but they do have ventilator turned down to 4 0 and she is fighting machine and breathing on her own.. her sisters and dad and close friends all got to see it but the best was her baby sister Rylee Ruth squealing SHE IS DOING IT....today we cry tears of joy and high fives around the whole icu unit...Lulu is a fighter

I BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF PRAYER!!!!! 

Thank you for Praying with US!!

06/18/2014 UPDATE:

Lulu made an awful turn for the worse early this morning
She is on full life support
Pupils are fully dilated
CTScan now
Her life truly is in God's hands tonight

Tonight

I'm asking for prayer

A young girl that I have grown to love

Is fighting for her life

Her name is Lulu Martinez

She has been facing and fighting her second bout with Leukemia

Leukemia is close to my heart as my father passed from 

leukemia after battling for 6 years.

Lulu fought this disease when she was younger and won

However recently it reared it's ugly head 

She began to fight again and was doing well until this past week

She has strep and her lungs are completely full of fluid

She has high fevers

Her body has not responded to antibiotics

She is on a ventilator

Today her doctors sat down with her family and recommended ECMO

To try and give her body a rest and save her life

They have called her family in and are believing God to do a miracle

Can you pray with me and believe as well

Here is her CaringBridge site if you would like to follow her story.

Thank you in advance

The Colors of Thursday

Don't all of these bright, fun, playful colors
Just make you want to come play with us
On Thursdays

Yes,
These are the colors of Thursday
And they make me as happy
As those I get to share them with

Enjoy your up coming weekend
Blessings to All

A Favorite Piece

Because the weekend was so hot
I decided to do a bit of deep cleaning (inside)

One of the areas that has been neglected
Is my vintage hutch
This piece is one of my absolute favorites
And as much as I love to paint furniture
It will NEVER be painted - nough said!!!

It belonged to my husband's great Aunt
And although we are not quite sure of the age
It is somewhere from the late 1800's to early 1900's
We believe it came out of Bodie, CA
Which is now a historic state park
And the place where most of my late husband's family came from

It is also where Mark and I were married in 1981

 This piece needed a good cleaning with milk oil
Once cleaned I decided to update the top a bit

It is one place I do keep a few photos

But I added my special #3 that I found at Sweet Salvage

A small old classroom bell I found on Etsy

And an old copper vase that was found 

Near an old abandoned town in Texas

Not sure of the date, but it is definitely old 

I was happy to find this old classroom bell

And happy that it came with the cute #1 tag

And little piece of Bling

This pitcher has been hiding in another area of the house

I almost forgot I had it

And was surprised how much I like it on the hutch

I had the sunflowers from a recent photo shoot I did

So decided to add them for a little color

Meet 'Andrew'

My Ashton Drake doll

He truly reminds me of my #1 son

So inquisitive, curious and red headed

When I found him Many, Many years ago

I couldn't believe he was really created with the name Andrew

It was perfect

But then, a few years later

I found another Ashton Drake

This one is named 'Matthew"

Ummm...hello...I Had to have him

He totally reminds me of my #2 son

Who has the sweetest disposition, is a bit shy and has

 just enough of a twinkle to keep you on your toes

The top shelf of the hutch hosts a portion of my grandmother's china

I love it!

Under the hutch is another of my favorites

It's a Hot Point Hughes Electric Hot Plate

From the very early 1900's

Original key for the hutch

Makes me smile...

Not only am I pleased that this piece is Clean
It is such a special piece to me
And contains so many priceless items inside
That is brings me joy 
Every time I walk by it

Thanks for stopping by today
Have a blessed week ahead!

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Revisionary Life

Fun Day / Too Much Sun Day

Spent my entire day 

With My 3 Favorite Girlies

As soon as they got to the house

They put their swim suits on 

So we could spend lots of time

Out in the Pool

I slathered them with Lots of Sunscreen

Out to the pool to play

We took a break to eat

And then back out to the pool

Sunscreen is an Important part of our outside play

And although I covered the kiddos really well

Me...

Not So Much

YUP

Silly me

Sore tonight

But we had a Great Play Day

Enjoy the upcoming weekend

And if you are outside much

Apply your sunscreen :)

And We Have A Winner...

I enjoyed a Very Productive day at the office

I took so much mail to the post office

I thought I might have to rent a U-haul (wink~wink)

I came home and jumped in the pool

For my 30 minutes of

Laps and exercises

Working hard to drop a few pounds of fluff

Then I had my cute youngest son

Help me by drawing a name

For my 6 year/600 post drawing

 

Let's have a drum roll

For......

 

Linda from Sparrow Scrolls

Linda, I'll message you for your address

And get your special gift out this weekend

Congratulations

Thank you all for encouraging me along my journey

And checking in from time to time 

You have made my 6 years of blogging

Enjoyable and have inspired me to keep on

Blessings for JOY