Huth family update.

Well its September 14, 2008. I have been out of touch for a while now, I have had some health issues that have kinda gotten me down. I also got the kids ready to start school. Colby is a Freshman, Ashton is a 6th. grader, and Jayden is a 3rd. grader. Its kinda hard to believe how they have grown so much and so fast. We also went to Galveston with my brother Jay and his wife Nancy and my niece Emily. We had a great time and it is so sad to see what is going on in Galveston right now. I can not believe we were just there Aug. 15th. We have a lot of memories in Galveston so it is very sad to see it like this. I also just had surgery Sept.5th. then I got an infection in my incision. I also just had my 37th. birthday on Sept. 11th. So it has been a little crazy for all of us. I just wanted to check in and give an update on us.

Happy Birthday Jayden!

Well we finally had Jaydens birthday party on March 1st. His real birthday is December 26th. but we always do it the first of the year so we can get past Christmas and New Years. We had a great time. My best friend Misty and her girls came in from Dallas. I was very excited about that. Jayden said this was the best birthday ever. I am glad he had a good time. You are only a kid once so enjoy it. Troy, Colby and Ashton were such a big help with everything. I was very tired and because of it I had another TIA stroke on Sunday night March 2. I am doing better now just trying to get my strength back.

This is a picture I took of my niece when she came to visit. I thought it was a good picture. Of course I am her aunt and I think she is beautiful but I thought everyone else she get a chance to enjoy her.

I know this is late but better late than never. I just want to say that it is no secret with my family that I do not like Christmas very much. I know that is horrible but I just feel like the whole meaning of Christmas is lost. I go to the store during the holidays and I come home a nasty mean ungrateful person that no one likes not even myself. I then have to take a moment to stop breathe and pray about how I have acted. It just kills me how many people take Christ out of CHRISTmas. I am thankful though when I look back at these photos and really examine the faces of my family on Christmas day and see the joy in each picture. It makes me proud to see my brother Marty and his wife Roxane's new house they built that they worked sooooo hard for with their own sweat and tears. Thank you for letting us share these memories in your home. I love watching Marty play Santa every year. Marty has been VERY sick these last six months or so and I am glad he is doing better. One of those Christmas blessings. I hope that everyone enjoys these pictures as much as I have because if you look close enough you will see love, family, togetherness, friends, a shoulder to lean on, people who stay in love for many years and set the example for others, child innocence, laughter, a home, but most of all I hope you see Christ.

Love to all.
Rachelle

Happy New Year everyone. I hope ya'll had a fun and safe New Years night. We stayed at home and relaxed. At midnight we made a toast (with tea) for the new year and enjoyed all the neighbors fireworks for free. ( I know we took the cheap way out but we still enjoyed everyones hard earned money spent on fireworks). Big thanks goes out to the Janek family who live one street over for putting on a great firework show for us for FREE! Ha! Ha! It was great for us.

Christmas has come and gone how sad is that. I can not believe it is already 2008. I myself am praying for a healthier year for me. I know that is greedy but I need myself back for the boys for Troy for my friends for my family and for myself. I am praying for a doctor to fix my neck so that I am not in soooo much pain all the time. I have had another TIA stroke about 3 weeks ago and still trying to get my strength back.
This is a photo of what Santa left us Christmas night. Santa was good to us this year.

We took the youth from church ice skating on Saturday. They had a blast. The only kids who got hurt were mine. Ashton tried to do a spin and fell on his cheek and scraped it. Jayden fell and hit the wall and bruised his knee. No major injuries though. I just watched and took pictures. The cold air was really hurting my neck. I still had a lot of fun watching all the kids.

Troy had to do a wedding last Saturday the 11th. The bride rented a photobooth to be set up so everyone could take their pictures. She received a copy of all the pictures and we could download them off their site. Well this is what ours looked like. I thought they turned out pretty cool.

Halloween

These are a few pictures from Halloween of friends and family.

Pumpkin Day!!

Colby, Ashton, Jayden, Jade, Lily, and Rayn carving pumpkins. I think they had a great time. Nothing like waiting until the last minute we did this October 30th. I am just glad we got it done. The boys love being with our friends so that made it that much better.

Colby did great in Cross Country this year. This is a picture of the District meet. He came in second place with a time of 10:32. The first place was his friend Zach who finished with a time of 10:31 yes only one second faster than Colby. They both did sooo good we could not be prouder of either one of them.

We went to the Capital after Colby's cross country meet in Round Rock. We did not stay very long because I was hurting too bad but we did enjoy the short time we were there. We let the boys chase squirrels. It was quite funny because I don't think the squirrels were very afraid of them. It gave me a chance to rest. I think the pictures turned out pretty good.

Well it is official Troy and I are getting old. Aside from all the aches and pains we are going through we decided to let Colby drive the car in a parking lot. I was scared at first but once he got going he did great. I am starting to wonder if he is driving the car at night when we are sleeping.
We had a scare on Monday. Colby called my during his first period class and said that he got hit in football practice and blacked out. Troy and I took him to the hospital and they did a CT scan and x-ray of his neck and it was fine. The doctor said he had a muscle strain. So he can not practice for 3 days. He will get to play on Thursday but the odds of the coaches putting him in are slim to none. I just hope that he gets to play a little.
I had my MRI yesterday and I was hoping that I would get in to the doctor today but I have not heard from them. I hope they call because I could use some answers right about now. I am making mums,garters, and ring mums since this week is homecoming. The boys are selling ring mums like crazy at school and I am trying my best to keep up. I love doing it I just wish my neck did not hurt so bad.
Ashton has joined Cub Council at school and loves it. I 'm glad that he has found something he likes. They stayed after school the other day decorating for spirit week.
Jayden's asthma has gotten better this week so I hope it continues to keep improving.
Well thats my story for now catch ya later.

Pain in the NECK!!!

Well I went to the surgeon yesterday for my neck and he is sending me to get an MRI. I go back to him in a week to see what he wants to do with me. I am in a lot of pain and it is hard for me to hold up my own head. I am on pain pills all the time now which I hate. I am trying to rest as much as I can so I can make it to Colby's football games and cross country meets each week.

Rachelle's Birthday dinner with friends.

I updated my web site. I am going to be adding sports photos. So ya'll go check it out and let me know what you think. I want to hear the good and bad.

www.lookatmephotography.com

Colby's first game went well. He did a great job. Believe it or not but that is Colby running the ball. He had a great time and can not wait till the next game.

Ok this is for the anonymous posting on my comments. This is my update. Yesterday was my birthday lovely September 11th. I had a great day. I think everyone must have been praying for me to have a great birthday because my neck did not hurt all day long it was great. So if you one were one of those people THANKS A MILLION!!!! Unfortunately the pain is back in full force. I have the papers to get a MRI. I get my pain shots on Monday and I see the surgeon on September 24. I am living on pain pills and I hate it. I told Troy the other day that I don't even like myself right now so I feel sorry for them. I am just so grumpy right now because I am in pain. I am trying to do my best to still go on with my daily life schedule but it is hard. I did get a bunch of things for my birthday : My sister Ladale gave me a cross necklace and earrings they are sooo pretty, Tami gave me a frame with crosses on it and two porcelain crosses ( they look great on the wall by the way), Gina gave me Pink flowers my favorite color ( thanks Rusty for sacrificing your shirt in the car holding the vase), Kim gave me a wooden door pumpkin that says blessings from above (looks great on my door if I do say so myself) and the greatest gift of all was from my friend Martha( who recently found out that she has cancer) she got back her results from her CT scan to see if she has cancer in her upper body came back CLEAR yes thats right she does not have cancer in her upper body praise God!!!!!! Thats the best Birthday present I could have ever gotten.

So that is whats up with me so the anonymous person can now leave me a comment for obeying. Don't forget everyone, leave me comments because otherwise I won't know who has looked at the site and the boys and I love reading them.

Life has been very busy for us right now trying to keep up with Colby. He is in Cross Country and football. He has competed in two meets and is doing amazing. The first one he had to run 1.2 miles and came in 13th. out of about 75 boys. The second one he ran 2 miles and came in 11th. out of about 60 boys. For just starting out I think he is doing great. He plays his first football game tomorrow. He made 1st. string quarter back and first string corner so he will be playing offense and defense.