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I just wanted to post that Kayla is fine. The tests came back and showed that she is very normal. Praise God! Thanks you so much for all of your prayers. I really appreciate them.

As some of you know, this is the time of year for the West Texas Fair and Rodeo. My MOPS group had a float in the parade and we won in the Theme Division. You can see by the pics that we had a wonderful time. It was a little hot but it was fun. I walked the route pulling Keeli and another little boy. Needless to say, I will be riding on the float next year! Whew!

Andy and I took the girls to the Fair and Rodeo last night. Andy thought that Keeli would just love the rodeo with all the animals. The rodeo starts at 7:30. We got to the grounds at 7:00. The plan was to get something to eat and get to the rodeo for some good seats. So we got our Aggie Fries ( who doesn't go to the fair to eat, come on!) and our Lemonade and head that way. When we get to the front door of the Collisium, there is a sign that says no outside food or drink. What? So we guzzle our drink and fries. Then we see others taking in their food so we stash our in the strooler and pretend we didn't have anything. Turns out that the sign is there for the other events that go on out there and we could take our stuff in. Stuffed ourselves for nothing! Just our luck!

So the rodeo starts and both girls are just very interested in all the horses. Keeli is squealling and jumping up and down. Kayla is waving at the horses and kicking her legs. It was good for a short while. The kids attention spans are not that long so they didn't watch for very long. Then we look them to the fair. Keeli had a blast. This is the first year that she has been old enough to really ride anything. I was so proud of her. She got on a roller coaster all by herself. The guy running it told us that it went a little fast and that he would stop it if she got scared. She hopped right on it and sat in the first seat. She takes after me in that way. I always want the front seat! The ride took off. It wasn't that it was fast but it was very rough. It was a two seater and she was in it alone. She had to brace herself with both arms out. She did well but didn't want to ride it again. From then on, she was a little more picky in her ride choices.

I saw lots of people that I haven't seen in a while. Old boyfriends, neighbors, friends. And I was so proud to show them my family. It was nice to be out with all of us. Yesterday was Andy's birthday. As I was writing in the card that I gave him, I was so thankful to him for working so hard so that I can be at home with the girls. Sometimes I get upset because he works all the time and is never around for the fun things that we do. So it makes it special when we can do things as a family. But I know that he has to work hard so that we can do fun things. I guess that I am just reminding myself of that.