What have we been up to?

It has been a long time since I have updated you all on the Foveaux Five! We all have been keeping very busy schedules and finding time to blog has been limited. Here is a quick update on us all!

The kids are doing really well in school! Gavin is reading EVERYTHING and it's amazing how quickly that happened. He does really well with Math and Spelling too! He doesn't get that from me thats for sure but I love that he loves to read. He gets that from me :-) Casey is learning to read too and she is trying really hard. She loves school and is going to be sad when summer break starts lol. They will be starting baseball/t-ball soon and they are excited about that!

Azzie is growing so fast! She is crawling, pulling up on things and talking all the time (she can say Dada, Momma, Baba). She is such a happy and loving baby! I cannot believe that she will be a year old in less than 4 months!

Rich is working harder than ever! He puts in 10+ hour days at the office, volunteers his time and expertise with various high school sports teams after hours and still manages to find time to spend with his family.

My photography business has been doing better than expected! I have done infant shoots, family shoots, birthday parties and boudoir shoots. I love this job and cannot wait to take some online classes to learn more about photography so I can expand my services! I am getting ready to start my 3rd year as the assistant RCHS Cheer coach and I am so excited! We have a large squad this year and I am really looking forward to stunt camp at the end of May and cheer camp in June. It's one of the best jobs I have ever had!

Now that Spring is here we will be busy with softball, high school baseball, kids baseball/t-ball, hopefully lots of photo sessions and getting ready for school to be over. We are all really excited for our family vacation this year! We are going to Destin, FL with my parents and sister's family. It will be our first ever real family vacation and the kids first time at the beach! They are more than excited to see the ocean and I am more than excited to have some relaxation with my husband.

Our family is constantly on the move and rarely has a day where we don't have something planned, but we are happy and healthy and that's all that matters. We are grateful for the blessings we have been given and memories that we have made and look forward to those we haven't yet seen.  :-)

30 Day Challenge: Day 4: My Parents

Some of you reading this already know my parents and therefore know how amazing they are. But for those of you who haven't had the pleasure to meet Lynn and Tina, I will tell you all about them :-)

My parents are high school sweethearts and are still married after almost 31 years. This day in age, that is so rare. Growing up, I was one of the only kids in my class that had parents that were still together. I didn't realize how special that was back then but I sure do now. It's truly a blessing from God.

I know most people think they have the greatest parents in the world but I really do! They have stuck by me not just in the good times but in the lowest, darkest times in my life. They have shown unconditional love at its purest form and tough love when needed. Sometimes it is hard to understand the love of a parent until you become one. Though I always appreciated them, I never truly understood where they were coming from until I had my first child. It was at that moment, when my parents became grandparents and I became a mother, that I saw them in a completely different light. From that moment on, I did nothing but hope that I would be as good a parent as they are to me. I hope that I am.

They aren't just the greatest parents in the world but they are the greatest grandparents too! My kids love them just like they love their dad and I. They love spending time with Mama and Papa and hate it when that time has to end. My kids are so lucky to have such wonderful grandparents. I thank God everyday that they have such amazing people in their life to love them.













It's very hard not living near them. I struggle with that daily. I miss being able to see them whenever I want. So many take living close to family for granted. I do not. I hope that somewhere in God's plan for us it has us going 'home'.

 It's so hard to fully explain how amazing my parents are. It really takes more than words. But thats what they are to me, amazing. I am so blessed to have been chosen to be their daughter. I miss them terribly every day. I look forward to a call from mom or a text from dad. There isnt a day that I don't think about them. I cannot imagine my life without them in it.

30 Day Challenge: Day 3: My First Love

I am way behind in blogging so I thought the best way to get back into it would be to continue working on my 30 day (more like 100 day) challenge.

Day 3 is First Love

Most of you doing this will list your husband as your first love. Well as most of you know, my husband Rich is the most amazing man I have ever met and I love him more than anyone. But he wasn't my first love :-) My first love is my son, Gavin.

Rich and I met in April of 2007 but my one and only son and first true love was born March 3, 2004. As young as I was, I remember wanting nothing more than to be a mother. I remember the day I started to feel 'iffy' and decided to take a pregnancy test. I was the happiest I had ever been when I saw the positive results! I called my mom and dad immediately lol. I absolutely LOVED being pregnant (despite the awful all day sickness I tend to get) and still do. He was loved more than any other before I even knew who he was.

I had always wanted a son first and I got my wish. The day he was born was the first day of the rest of my life. He was a GORGEOUS baby and all the nurses told me so. He had beautiful skin and the perfect amount of dark hair. I couldn't wait to take him home :-)

Gavin is such a sweet boy. He is a wonderful big brother and he takes that job very seriously. I am very lucky to have such a good kid. He knows that I love him, but one day I hope he understands what having him as my son means to me.

Remembering That GOD IS IN CONTROL.

This week has been a trying one for us. As some of you already know, Casey had a seizure at school on Thursday. She has never had one before so this was quite a shock. She was just working at her desk, passed out, fell out of her chair on to the floor stiff as a board, and had a seizure. I was called to come get her and then I took her to the ER. Needless to say I was TERRIFIED.


The entire way to the hospital I am crying and praying to God that she be okay. I had no clue what I was going to find out at the hospital and of course I was thinking the worst.


When we got to the hospital I was told that she would undergo several tests including blood, urine, x-ray, EKG and ct scan. They also mentioned that she may need to have a spinal tap. Casey has never had anything like this before and so this was going to be her first experience with needles. She was scared to death and of course that didn't help me to see her like that. She screamed bloody murder when they did the IV and that broke my heart. After they got it in she calmed down and was a big girl the rest of the time.


All of her tests came back normal so as of now it appears that there was no good reason why this happened. The doctors told me that she could have more in the future or that she may never have another again. It was mentioned that if she did have another, she would be treated for epilepsy. I did not like hearing that. The ER doctor wanted her to be seen by a neurologist. We will be getting an appointment with one in Topeka hopefully sooner than later.


So as of now we know nothing. We have no clue what caused the seizure or if she will have another one. It could be months before she sees the neurologist too. It is all very stressful.


But something positive came out of all this. I realized (even though I already knew) that I would not have been able to handle all this if I didn't know God. Despite the situation we were blessed in several ways. The hospital staff were amazing with Casey. They were sweet and gentle with her and took time to explain everything to her so she would understand. Everyone from the admitting nurse to the radiology techs to the doctors showed her love and compassion and as a mother I couldn't have asked for better. Their treatment of her made the whole experience bearable. In addition to that, I was blessed with understanding daycare parents. They were willing to be flexible with my need to take time off to take care of her where some jobs wouldn't be. Not only did they find other care for their children, they offered prayer for her. And last was my family and friends. Casey had so many people praying for her the last few days and that alone is an incredible blessing. I have had numerous calls and texts from friends and family checking on Casey and myself. The love I have felt the last few days is incredible. We are so lucky to have so many people in our lives that personally know God. 


I don't know how people who don't have a personal relationship with God handle difficult situations. God doesn't promise us that we won't suffer but he does promise us that when we do he will be with us. It's like the poem Footprints, "The Lord replied, My precious child, I love you and will never leave you, during your trials and testings. When you saw only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you."


God carried me on Thursday and I know he is always with me. I am blessed to know Him and to have Him in control of my life. 

30 Day Challenge: Day 2: Meaning behind your blog name

I feel that the title of my blog is pretty self explanatory but I will explain anyway! This blog isn't just stories about the great things in my life, its a place for me to vent my frustrations and share my heartaches. That's the good and the bad. The furry is because we have two cats that aren't just pets, they are members of our family; my furry children :-) The rest of the title speaks for itself!

Azzie

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30 Day Challenge: Day 1 (about a week or so late lol)

Day 1: A recent picture of yourself and 15 interesting facts.

As I don't have any recent pictures of myself since I am usually the one taking them, I will just list 15 facts. :-)

1. I love Jesus.
2. I know all the words to the movie Top Gun.
3. My favorite animal is a dolphin.
4. I want to live in Florida one day.
5. I love to read.
6. I love vampires. Vampire books, movies, TV shows, etc.
7. I wish I could sing because I love to.
8. My favorite band of all time is the Dave Matthews Band.
9. I hope to finish cosmetology and esthetics school and have my own salon/spa one day.
10. I am my own worst critic and my own worst enemy.
11. I have the greatest parents in the world.
12. My favorite snacks are peanut M & M's, Wild Cherry Pepsi and Diet Dr. Pepper.
13. I love tattoos and hope to convince my husband that I need more. lol
14. I love cheerleading and being a cheer coach. Fulfilling one of my dreams.
15. I love being a wife and mother more than anything in the world :-)

Hope you learned a little about me!