The Booker Post

Many people have been asking about the possibility of me have psoriatic arthritis as was brought to my attention a while ago by my doctor. The fact is, nothing really has changed with that at this point. As much as I would like to tell you that it was nothing and the doctor was just being cautious, we have not yet been able to confirm or deny that possibility as of now. However, the good news about not having any confirmation is that I haven't had any "attacks" - as he called it - since he brought it up to be able to confirm or deny his suspicions. I am still hopeful that what he thinks could be arthritis is exactly what I thought it was in the first place, infections. (Not that I enjoy dealing with infections, but I'd rather deal with them then arthritis!) Thank you for the thoughtfulness and continued prayers. The Good Lord knows I need every one of them! God bless!

Callie and Gabriel both got to enjoy their first ice cream cone! (We just don't have sweets that often, but Callie got free coupons for participating in the reading program this summer.) We all 4 shared the two cones, we scraped the top part off for Philip and I and the kids got the cone and all the ice cream down in there. As you can see Callie enjoyed it a lot! Gabriel enjoyed his first time on the McDonald's playground. Daddy had to help him up and down most of the tubes. He was a little scared his first time down the slide, but as you can see, it soon turned into pure joy and grunting while pointing at it as if to say, "Again, Again!" The dashing duo making their way down the slide. Gabe had a lot of fun crawling through all the tubes, Daddy was sore for a few days . . . Gabriel enjoying his first ice cream cone! :) Gabriel suddenly fell asleep in his swing while I was pushing him. It was too cute and he actually got a pretty good nap in it! Gabriel, Callie, and D...