Long time no post

So we've been very busy around our house here lately. The most recent big thing is that John just spent some time in Children's Hospital in Phoenix. We now know that John has type 1 diabetes. As you can imagine this was devastating news to all of us. But we have no choice other than to accept it and move on. There are so many other things that could be wrong, that diabetes, although life altering, seems very manageable. I have created a website for John that we started when he was admitted to the hospital. It is called caring bridge and it is a website that was created for children with illnesses so they can stay connected with the outside while hospitalized and ill. John's site is www.caringbridge.org/visit/johnmcconkey Read all the journal entries and it will catch you up.

In other current news, Jim and I finally received fingerprint clearance and will be able to begin our work with the foster children. We could have put it off, due to everything we've had going on here, but I don't want to do that. My view on helping these kids has not changed a bit. So I've got a potential girl that I am going to meet with. Jim is going to take a little more time since he is still dealing with the loss of Alan and the new diagnosis for John. Nobody faults him for that.

Dani and Casey did not make it into a nursing program this fall. Dani is working at Cracker Barrel and Casey is working at WalMart. We will wait and see what next semester brings us.

Mary is loving school. She is still excited to go every day. James is getting along well with his teachers and classmates. John was doing great and has been out since he was admitted to the hospital. We are trying to catch up on his work that he has missed so far.

Jim and I are still working in Mesa at Arizona Regional Medical Center.

That's pretty much it for now. Check out the caringbridge site and I'll try to do a better job keeping everything posted.

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

BACK TO SCHOOL!! BACK TO SCHOOL!! Well, we are off to school today. It's 10:15 am and the school has not called here yet!! Woo Hoo!! Mary is off to kindergarten, John is off to 4th grade, and James is big man on campus in his last year of jr. high. I've put the morning pictures on my dropshots site. Will add some this evening after school.

Back to School

Tonight is open house for school. James is in 8th grade, John is in 4th and Mary is off to Kindergarten. We'll go tonight and find out who their teachers are, where their classrooms are, and how many school supplies we don't have yet. School starts Thursday the 6th!