Update! / Short Pump weekend!

Hey yall,
So we are planning on leaving Friday........ but that may change to Saturday. Please pray for us! My dad is rapping up on jobs, we need to switch my dad's tools out and put in storage, then put what is in storage that we are taking down to Florida, and put in the trailer! CRAZINESS! haha

Josh is doing fine! His numbers are still all over the board...... up and down..... down and up...... But he has had no other problems! THANK YOU, LORD! Please continue to pray for him!

Fun Times;
So, Kelsey and I had a big weekend!!!!! GREAT FUN! Friday night we went to the Kruger's for the night to hang out with Jone. We enjoyed the 2 for $20 deal at Applebees, and that was very filling! Then we walked over to Short Pump (and which felt like a very long walk, probably because it was so cold! lol). We walked around, and that was a lot of fun! While we wated for Mr. Kruger to pick us up, we went over to Dick's Sporting Goods, and "played" mini golf (on that practice thingy they have). That was alot of fun! haha We had a blast just hanging out, and watching Madagascar 2. LOVE YA, JONE!

Then Saturday, Nikki and Kelsey set up at time for us and a few close friends to go shopping at Short Pump. That was alot of fun as well! Corrin Brewer, Hannah Hopper, Kim Shaffer, and Lydia Brackett joined us! It was a great group of girls! We just walked around, and took pictures! LOVE YOU ALL!


Thank you so much for your prayers!
I will let you know if anything comes up!
Love yall!
=)BrittanyLove ALL of yall so much!

News about JOSH!

Hey everyone!
I bet most of you are wondering what happened yesterday (3/19/2009)!
*(It might make since if I tell you that my brother, Josh, has type 1 diabetes. If you did not know that already!)
Well...... yesterday morning Josh and Matt Jones were going to have a Bible study at 7 am. So my dad went in there, told Josh to wake up...... and left the room. And if you know Josh, it takes a little more than just to say "Josh get up" to really wake him up! At 9, my dad went back in there to wake him up again, and Josh would not answer! Kelsey and I could just hear my dad keep saying, "Josh! Get up son! Josh! Josh! JOSH!" My first thought was that he had died! (Terrible thought, I know!) But Kelsey ran into the other room, as dad is running down the stairs to get mom. From what I am told.... (I stayed in my bed, to scared to go in there!!!!!) They tried to give him Coke, but he would not drink it..... since he was unconscious, he could not swallow! Then, they tried giving him some cake, and when they would get it in his mouth, he would just spit it out all over the Hagen's floor. So he started fighting my parents, like kicking, swinging his arms and keeping his mouth shut...... making it impossible to put something in his mouth. So my dad then held his nose, and as a reflex, Josh opened his mouth. My dad got something in it, but Josh would just spit it back out! Mrs. Hagen called 911...... while my mom, dad and kelsey held him down to take a blood test (keep in mind, that this 14 year old teenager is almost 6 feet!). When the ambulance finally got here, the paramedics came up to bring him down, and they had to call a firetruck to come, just in case they needed more help to bring him down! BIG BOY! When they got him down the stairs, and into the ambulance, Josh's # was 33.... very low! (FYI! Norm your # should be 80 to about 120.) They had to hook him up to an iv, and put glucose in him! When he woke up, he said he thought it was a dream! Until they told mom, who was in the front seat, that she could come see him. They did go to the hospital, but only for like an hour, just so they could watch him if anything else would happen. When they got home about 11 am, Josh was fine. But he did act a little "drunk" like around noon, that was all!

Today dad had mentioned that, Josh WAS dying! Which makes you realize how serious Diabetes really is!!!!!!!!! SCARY!!!!

Also, this week is Josh's 6th anniversary for having Diabetes! And this is the first time he has had to go back to the hospital since that first time, on that rainy March night!

I would like to thank you all who I talked to (or did not talk to, but some one else did talked to you) and you were praying for Josh! It really meant a lot!!!!! THANK YOU!

Love you all!

=)Brittany

This is a picture of the ambulance he was in..........

St. Patrick's Day - March 17th, 2009

Sup, everyone?
Hope you had a great St. Patty's Day! I did!!!!!
So...... our day started out by going to the Frisbee restaurant in Powhatan...... Dad took Kel, Josh, Matt (Josh's best friend) and me out to breakfast before we had to work. We ordered our drinks, and when she brought them to us and left again. I put my lemon from my sweet ice tea in Josh's chocolate milk. The 4 of us were laughing our heads off, and Josh just kept saying "WHAT?" He had no clue! He even took a sip, and did not notice! GREAT FUN!

When we got to our house, we started to put all the trash and the things that need to go to the dump in the trailer.
Around 11, a lady called my dad's phone asking what kind of car my dad owns. So....... my dad being the goofball he is, said he had a Mercedes Benz. She goes on to say that his warranty was going to expire on 3/16/09. So my dad starts saying..... "Today is the 17th, so you are telling me that my warranty has expire?!?!?! So what is going to happen to my CD player and my radio if it breaks?!?!?!?! O! And you know that button thing that will set the seat for how my wife likes it, and then when I get in to drive, it will set my settings...... what will happen if that breaks!" She goes on to say "Sir, you need to calm down!!!!!!" and then she says that she is sending my dad to another person, so he just hung up. A few minutes later a dude called, and he said "hello sir, I am calling about your Mercury....." Then my dad said "I like Mercuries"..... "Oh, I am sorry sir! Its a Mercedes...." "I like Mercedes"........ "Its about the warranty" "I like Warranties" And then my dad said "Sir...... you have just been spoofed!" and hung up.

Two hours later.........., they call again. So he said, "Hi, this is Neddly Schneebly, but you can call me Ned" (a character from the movie, School of Rock) As he says it in a very nerdy voice..... She says "Ok, Mr. Ned.... how do you spell your last name?" "Schnee......... bly" "O.....k. I am calling about your warranty on your car. What kind of car do you have?" ""I....i....its a Yugo." "How do you spell that?" "Yu............ go" "O......k. Who makes the car?" "Yugo." "No sir, like does Ford make it, Chevrolet, Crysler........" "I...i...its a Yugoslavia." "I have never heard of that car before sir. We do not cover that kind of car." "Well, I have a company, Schbeebly's Fur Coat Company. I really need coverage! We are a envirment friendly company. We package our coats in polestar and styrofoam. Making them envirmently friendly!......" The lady says, "sir, I am going to put you on the 'do not call' list." And my dad says, "but I would like to tell you about our envirment friendly coats!"..... and she hung up.

Later on that day, after dad went to the powhatan dump, he took us to go get drinks. Well, dad, Josh, Matt and I knew what drinks we wanted. But........ Kelsey, knew she wanted a Sobe drink, but did not know what flavor. So dad and I get our drinks, along with Josh and Matt's and got up to stand in line for the cashier. Dad started calling Kelsey, telling her we had to go........... I should tell you that there was only like 6 differant flavors to chose from. But Kelsey could not decide. She was picking every single one up, and putting them down. CLING...... CLANG..... CLINGING AND CLANGING........ (It was a reather small gas station I might add.) My dad kept calling her, "Kelsey, KELSEY!" and the dude behinde us said, "she is over there stocking the shelves isn't she?" And right after he said that. she shut the door and got in line with us. When we were checked out and walked out the door, dad and I could not hold it anymore....... we burst out in laughter! So we told Kelsey in the car what it sounded like and what that dude had said! We had a good hard laugh! And I should say this! She never finished the drink! She did not like it! I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT THAT SHE WENT THROUGH ALL THAT TROUBLE FOR NOTHING!!!! lol

HAPPY *LATE* ST. PATRICKS DAY!

Love yall! =)Brittany

One more week! NO!

Hey yall,
So we have left Powhatan..... we are staying with the Hagen's till next Monday.

This weekend was CRAZY! What could have gone wrong, probably went wrong! That kind of weekend. So it was none stop with packing at the last minute, but on top of we had to pick out what we needed for a week at the Hagen's, what we need for 2 months at the Keene's, and what to put in storage till we get back for graduation and bring everything back to Florida. That was a job! Let me tell ya! lol........ Becca moved out yesterday morning.... SNIFF SNIFF! I miss my big sister! that was hard! Then after her people left, we were going, and going, and going. Gg and Don came over and brought Domino's! So that was nice! And to monition, I had 4 cups of regular coffee and 1 decaf! That was a lot for me! I norm have 1 cup a day. And when I talked to a friend on the phone at 8..... they were like, "I can totally tell you had that much!" haha I thought that was funny! But I did not go to sleep till 2:30 am. Then slept in till 10 (skipped church...... sniff sniff) and when I awoke and raised out of my bed, I went to strait to work. NOT FUN!

Well, the Hagen's, and Gg and Don came over to help this afternoon........ WOW! We could not have done it with out their help!

When we could finally see the light at the end of the tunnel, my mom thought she through away the moola we made from selling a lot of our stuff. Well, after more craziness and a lot of prayers, they found the cigar box with the money in it at the storage! PRAISE GOD! When my mom and I got in the car to head out of the country from the storage unit, we had both dogs, Snuggs (my cat) and Michael Phelps (my Betta fish) with us. Charlie and Claire were going crazy and making the driver seat go backwards, down, up and forwards. Snuggs was crying, and I could not help move the dogs, b/c Micky was in my lap. So we had to pull over in the Foodlion parking lot to fix it all! Mom and I were laughing our heads off! IT WAS TO FUNNY!

Now, we are here at the Hagen's........ with 2 dogs (one 90 pounds and the other 75), 2 cats (both male) and a fish. PLEASE, keep us in your prayers!

7 more days!
Love you all!
Bo) Brittany

Last Days in Powhatan

Hey everyone!
Sorry I have not written in a while! Been a little busy!

So, we are pretty much packed... and every thing that needed to go in storage, is in storage. The rest of the stuff that is in the house, is going with us to Florida now. The house is soooooo empty! We will be moving out of this blue house in Powhatan, tomorrow......... Sunday, March 15th. Then we will be staying with the Hagen's till March 23rd. And then our long journey to Florida begins.

Other news...... I had an ortho appointment this week, and my mom talked to them about my braces, and I have to come back in April. Then if I wear my rubber bands 24/7 and every thing goes well and fast, I will get my braces off May 22nd, the day before graduation. Sooooo, I am going to be flying back up by myself or my grandmother in Florida might fly up with me. Please pray that they will come off then! If they don't come off, then I will have to come back in June. Not fun!

Thank you for you prayers!!!
Love you all!
=)Brittany

SNOW!

So yesterday, 3/01/2009, it started to snow! WHAT A BLESSING! Right before we leave for Florida, the state that never gets snow! lol
It snowed about 4 inches, and after the White family left our house, after a day of hanging out and fun, Becca and I went out and had a snowball fight! (video on facebook.) We ended the day with 6 inches in Powhatan.
Then today, when we arose from our beds,........ i sprang to the window to see what was the matter, and i saw a little red sleigh pulled by 8 tiny reindeer! HEEHEE! Just kidding! When we woke up, there was a foot of snow! So cool! It came right below my knee! We did not have power, so my dad had a fire going. And we were also out of water, so my dad got snow from outside and boiled it and then filtered it...... So we had hot coco with snow water! lol AND!!!!!!!!!! On top of that, Becca was off of work!!!!!!! :D So, we had a fun morning! Then, about 11:30 or so, dad and I went to Walmarts....... That was intresting! Its only 20 minutes away, but it took about 45.
After that, I don't think we want to get out for a few more days! lol....... But it was fun!
When we got back from the store, the power came back! This was about 3:00. Then we lost it again around 4:45. And about 5:30 or so, Josh and I took Charlie and Claire out for a little fun! (video of that on facebook aswell!)

Now, here are a few pictures of our day! ENJOY! (and if you have a facebook, there are more photos on that.)

New Dates!

Hey everyone!
Hope your having a good Monday! I am! :) (being snowed in! lol)
So, if you read the last post, we have had a change of plans....... We will be moving out of our big blue house on Sunday, the 15th of March, and will be living with some one for a week. We want to stay for Kingsway's (then Southside Church of Richmond) 20th anniversary celebration weekend! 21-22 of March. When we first came, they were celebrating their 10th! SO COOL!
After that, we will be heading down to Florida on Monday, the 23rd of March. Big weekend!!!!!!
Please keep praying for us! WE NEED IT! :o)

Love you all!
=)Brittany