We are surviving!

Well .... life is going on in the McLendon house. Will loves going to MDO and playing with his friends. We feel so blessed to have him 2 places he enjoys being!

Patrick loves the new job ... now that we are over the hump of him being unemployed, we see that it was all a blessing. We now have a whole afternoon as a family, rather than the hurry-and-get-home so Will can see you evenings. It is beyond what I ever imagined, and we love having Daddy home!

Life is a blessing. Every day something happens that reminds me. Knowing God never gives you more than you can handle has gotten us through some difficult times. We do truly believe it is all God's plan!

Daddy's a Triathlete!

On Sunday Patrick competed in his first triathlon! He did awesome ... we unfortunately don't have any swim pictures. Patrick was first in his divsion, Clydesdales (men over 200 pounds) and had he competed with his age group he would have been 3rd! We are so proud of Daddy ... and looking forward to many more triathlons ahead.
Good job, Daddy!

Another sad day....

Well, we are due for something really great to happen in our lives.... and soon. Yesterday we had to put our sweet dog, Riley, down. For those of you who were lucky enough to spend time with our baby, you know he was the most gentle dog around. He loved kids, and he loved being with us.
Last month we took him to the vet, and he had extremely swollen lymph nodes which caused alarm. Over the last month his health has quickly gone downhill. The masses grew and were restricting airflow, he lost 7 pounds, he became lethargic and not himself.....we came home Wednesday to blood on our dining room floor.
Patrick and Mom took him to the vet, and were assured that it was time for his short life to come to a peaceful end.

Riley, we love you and miss you, bub.

The Zoo

We are so lucky to have Ms. Ashley waching Will ... on Friday they packed up and took the boys to the zoo, and took tons of pictures so Mommy and Daddy got to see just how much fun our boy had. He did have a little catastrophe of his sippy cup falling into the sea lion pool, but other than that they all had a blast!

Will and Trey








Of course Will made a friend ....


Worn out!