My friend, Mike Sweeney

My friend, Mike Sweeney, was diagnosed with Stage IV Metastatic Melanoma over a year ago and he has had quite a journey. Mike was my "backdoor" neighbor growing up and he has been such a positive influence in many lives through the years as he has served full time on the YoungLife staff. He left last Friday for Houston for yet another round of treatment. You can follow his "story" at the blog below (if you sign up, you will get an email as they post updates). His wife, Cabell, is an angel (truly I think she is) and her words are utterly amazing! Please keep them in your prayers and share this with your "prayer warriors"!

www.caringbridge.org/visit/mikesweeney/journal

My Glasses

So I have just put my 2 kiddos to bed (very late tonight) and I just had to laugh out loud as each of them were taking their clothes to their laundry basket wearing sunglasses. It was so cute watching them try to carry a load of clothes and navigate with sunglasses on (upside down) "all by myself". The visual was so very cute! ...and best of all tonight when I said "I love you" I heard the sweetest reply "love you mommy!" My heart is full!

Just got the cd of all of the photos from the 2 year photo shoot. Enjoy -www.picasaweb.google.com/hutchinson.heidi/200910242YearPhotos#

Fun Times

This weekend was filled with many fun events. It started with an evening out for mommy and daddy on Friday night. We were able to get tickets to see Cavalia. If you don't know about this, you should look into it and if you ever have the opportunity - you should not miss it! We both wish we knew more about horses after seeing this show, but we were still able to appreciate it even without an in dept knowledge of horses.

Saturday morning we had some great family time and then Grandaddy came over to watch the kiddos. He stayed with them all afternoon / evening while we went to Athens for the AU vs UGA game. We all had a fun filled and very tiring day. We tailgated with great friends and realized this was the first game Kevin has been to in 3 years and only my 2nd! My my, how times have changed. We used to go to several games each season. Unfortunately, my Auburn Tigers weren't able to pull off a win, but it was a great game and we thoroughly enjoyed the whole day! The kiddos played outside with Grandaddy for many hours. They ordered pizza and went down for bed without a sound. What a treat for all of us!

Today we made it to early church (after getting in at 12:30am) - and were actually early! We made a family trip to Walmart and then went out to eat at good ole La Parilla. It was a great early lunch. This afternoon we went to an event called Grand Day Out at Piedmont Park. This was put on by our friends that produced the children's music cd by The Baby Grands. They had a great tournout on a perfect day. The weather could not have been much better. Straight from there we went to Avery's 2nd birthday party at Kangazoom and jumped and went down the big slide for a solid hour. After pizza and cake it was time to go home and head straight to bed. Whew - what another wild weekend full of tons of fun!

Web Albums Posted:

www.picasaweb.google.com/hutchinson.heidi/200911113WarEagle#

www.picasaweb.google.com/hutchinson.heidi/20091115GrandDayOut#

www.picasaweb.google.com/hutchinson.heidi/20091115AveryS2ndBirthdayParty#

2 year photos are ready!

www.jenwunderlichphotography.com
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Busy

We have been super busy this weekend. We went to dinner with 2 of my best friends from high school and their husbands on Friday night. We had such a great time catching up with each other. We had a reservation at 7:30 and we panicked when we looked down and it was 10:30! We had no idea that 3 hours had passed. I don't think we took a breath the whole time. I guess that is really the definition of true friends. We hadn't seen in other in a while and we picked up right where we left off! I'm thankful it worked out to make that happen!

Yesterday was a day of technology ugliness. I think our computer is dying a slow death, so we are frantically trying to transfer all of our files to our backup drive before it's truly done. So - we are in the market for a new computer and are evaluating PC or Mac? It's quite a great debate - and price difference. I can't wait to see what we decide to do. I'm ready to be back and settled in our technology world. Speaking of technology...I get my new iPhone tomorrow! I have been waiting for 2 years and to say I'm excited is quite an understatement! Hopefully that will help lift my spirits as far as technology goes. Gran-daddy and I went to an old family friend's wedding on Saturday afternoon. It was fun to see all of our old friends and catch up. Dad and I had a nice time and he was a great date! I haven't had a date with anyone other than Kevin in over 10 years, so it was fun!

Today we went to church, had a meeting at church after the service, I went to a baby shower, we shopped for new computers and then headed to Alpharetta for dinner with some new friends from Open Arms. We had quite a busy day, but it was a delightful evening. The kids played great together and loved the HUGE backyard. Riley and Ryan each hit a ball off the tee and ran the bases! I guess the summary for this weekend is - thankfulness for friendships...new and old! Have a great week!

Web Albums Added:
www.picasaweb.google.com/hutchinson.heidi/20091108Sunday#
www.picasaweb.google.com/hutchinson.heidi/20091108DinnerWithBakersAndArrowoods#

Just realized that I never blogged after last Friday. Below are the links to the pictures from Trick-or-Treating as well as our visit to the playground at Peachtree Dekalb Airport. It was truly a treat to see all of the planes taking off and landing. We will definitely be going back to this park!

Web Albums:
www.picasaweb.google.com/hutchinson.heidi/20091031Halloween#
www.picasaweb.google.com/hutchinson.heidi/20091101PeachtreeDekalbAirport#