The Blues Travelers

25/12/2024

Merry Christmas to you and your family!

28/03/2024

These two turned 8 today!

Here are 8 things that I love about them
Raegan:
1. She loves Jesus
2. She has a generous heart
3. She is a great big sister
4. She’s so goofy
5. She has a beautiful singing voice
6. She loves beets
7. She gives the tightest hugs
8. She loves quality time

Ezra:
1. He loves Jesus
2. He gives compliments to whoever he meets
3. He has a crazy amount of energy
4. He loves making others laugh
5. He’s sentimental about a lot of things
6. He’s one of the most selfless kids I know
7. He’s such a great brother
8. He loves to cook

They have so many other talents and qualities that I love! They are such great kids and we thank God everyday for their lives.

🎈 🥳 🎂 🎉

09/11/2023

We don’t live by any immediate family currently and we have one vehicle. Neither of those have ever been a huge challenge until now.

Dustin took Nora to the ER and neither of us thought that she might need to be admitted let alone transferred to another hospital even farther away.

Words can’t express how thankful we are for our dear friends for dropping everything to be by our side and help anyway they can. I needed a ride to go get the truck so that I could go see Nora, there was no hesitation, they were there to the rescue. My eyes fill up with tears when I think about timing and a growing friendship. They have become family and I’m so thankful for their lives.

We’ve had countless friends and family from afar praying for Nora since Sunday. Now since yesterday so many that don’t even know her are praying for her. I’m so thankful for this side of Social Media.

We are overwhelmed by those that have reached out, sent gifts for our little Nora and encourage Dustin and I. My mom and Dustin’s dad were both willing to drop everything to fly down to help for as long as we needed. I know Dustin’s mom said she would love more than anything to be able to come down to help as well. I’m so thankful for all of these generous offers 🙏

Regardless of any outcome in our lives, whether it’s with Nora now or in the future or anyone else in our family, God is in control. He will use others to bring us hope and encouragement, to lend a helping hand, and comfort us in our trials.

I will spend the rest of my life trying my hardest to keep Nora (Raegan & Ezra too) healthy. Nourishing their bodies with good food, laughter, love, and most importantly teaching them who Jesus is and why we need Him.

Reality is Nora’s lungs might struggle or even fail, a day I dread. Sickness is a part of this world and it makes us question a lot, especially when it’s sickness in children. I never want to focus on just the here and now. This world is fleeting but in eternity Nora will have a perfect body. We won’t know the reason for why things happen and sometimes that makes it really hard to accept Jesus into our hearts. Despite not being able to fully understand why things happen, I know I’m never alone, for Jesus is with me wherever I go.

2 Corinthians 4:16-18 ♥️♥️

09/11/2023

Early on in Nora’s life I learned what her future might look like having Cystic Fibrosis (CF).
Lung infections, hospital stays, antibiotics, breathing exercises, chronic coughing. These were words that filled my brain as I stared at my new baby.

As the months grew into years and her healthy body continued to grow those terms slowly faded into the back of my brain.

She just turned four and aside from staying in the hospital after her cleft lip surgery at 6 months old, these walls were not familiar to us. We are beyond thankful for that, unfortunately the cf community knows all too well how it feels to call the hospital “home”.

All three of the Blue kiddos got sick a few weeks ago. Nora getting the least sick. Raegan was tested positive for RSV so naturally when Ezra and Nora got sick we assumed RSV.

After staying home and fighting it off we thought we were in the clear. Then Nora had a cough that would come and go. We weren’t really concerned about it, we just kind of thought it was a lingering cough from the virus. Then she started almost choking on her cough in the middle of the night.

We decided to take her to the ER last Saturday night where it quickly turned into an admission and a transfer of hospitals to where her CF team is from.

Those thoughts from when she was a baby quickly flooded my brain. We were now entering the part of CF that became so foreign to us.

Our baby girl went from having just a “cough” to low oxygen, rsv and pneumonia. After a day of being in the hospital she was moved from a regular floor to Picu to be monitored more closely. She was given steroids, antibiotics, breathing treatments, cpt, high flow oxygen, IV drip, and a clear diet that moved to no eating at all until her oxygen liters decreased.

We are now going into day 5 of being in the hospital and she has improved so much. She no longer needs IVs and the need for extra oxygen is coming to an end. Her lungs sound better and better every day and she is able to eat real food. To say she is a happy camper would be an understatement.

Unfortunately we do have to stay for another 9/10 days to finish her antibiotics and monitoring.

More to come in my next post.

01/11/2023

Unpopular opinion….I hate Halloween.

I hate scary costumes, gory stuff, and the darkness that Halloween brings.

But the kids love to figure out their costumes and I love taking pictures of them!

This year Ezra was a garbage man, Raegan was Hermione, and Nora was Bell.

Thankful it’s November 1st 🤣🤪

Busting out the Christmas decor and jamming to Christmas music. Yep! We are those people and I am proud of it 🤣

24/10/2023

I’m a huge procrastinator and late for everything. I have wanted to do “school” photos since last year 🤣

So here we are, almost in November and I finally took pictures of our two second graders and preschooler.

This is our second year of doing curriculum. We love it and we are so thankful for how well the twins have been doing.

So here’s to our 2023-2024 school year!

24/09/2023

Happy 4th birthday to our Nora Rose! She is funny, kind, sarcastic and such a blessing to our family! We love her so much and thank God everyday for her precious life!

23/09/2023

Taco Saturday with our friends. Thankful for nights like this!

03/09/2023

I had radishes that needed to be used so I found a recipe online for a radish appetizer. Luckily I had everything else too.

I toasted some sourdough bread and it was incredibly delicious.

I grated about 9 small radishes, added almost a cup of sour cream, 2 Tbsp of mayo, 1/4 tsp sea salt, and diced 3 green onions.

I found this recipe at theviewfromgreatisland.com
I did change the amounts of each ingredient but still very close to the original.

Next time I might add jalapeño.

Eat it with tortilla chips, sourdough bread, crackers or it might even be great on a beef sandwich.

11/08/2023

It’s definitely hot in Florida 🤣

It's hard to get used to the hot temperatures in Florida. ...

02/05/2023

Homemade Blueberry/Peach Cobbler recipe!

Dough:
2 cups of flour
1/2 cup of sugar
1/2 cup of brown sugar
2 Tbsp of baking powder
1 stick of unsalted butter (cubed)
1/4 cup of boiling water
1/2 tsp of salt
Mix everything really well. It might seem crumbly but keep mixing until is all comes together and is a smooth dough. I did it by hand but a mixer will work too!

I brought frozen blueberries and peaches to a simmer with 1/2 cup of sugar. Once everything was soft and juicy I poured it in my baking dish.

Tear off pieces of the dough and flatten them out and
lay on the top of your fruit. You can sprinkle the top with sugar if you want.

Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes. It depends on how thick your dough is!

I topped mine with a homemade whipped topping by mixing heavy whipping cream and a little sugar until it thickened.

Enjoy!!

26/04/2023

The twins got to spend their birthday at Disney. See why being 7 is a big deal at Disney World. Have you ever been to Disney for a birthday or anniversary or other celebration?

We go to Disney World for the twins 7th birthday! We all had a blast at Magic Kingdom and of course Red Robin lol.*Follow us:​​Instagram: http://www.instagr...