We are finally back home in Ramona. The trip up to Bakersfield was a nightmare. Must I remind you we had a total of 8 people in our Expedition. Of that 8, five were children ranging from the ages of 3, 4, 7 and two 20 year olds. I don't know who was worse the 3 and 4 year old or the 20 year olds. I must say the 20 year olds who should now better. It was a very long drive. I controllded myself the best I could but finally had to threaten to leave the 20 year olds on the side of the road. We finally arrived. Because of the "Danny situation" which I will NOT discuss, we had to stay at the hotel. We were not alloweed to be around the family. Or at least not DANNY. We had to leave Danny at the hotel most of the trip. So, then why did he come????? I am so glad the funeral is over and done with. The Badgett family surely can use some prayer in there lives. The oldest brother who is known as the perfect one, controls everything, all the way down to telling his mom what she should be doing. Lets say, I am glad to be home! As of today February 13th, 2010, mom is still in Bakersfield. She doesn't want to come home to stay. When she does it is for a short period of time only. The "Perfect" one has plans to move her to Bakersfield to reside. I know I live in Ramona, and there isn't much I can do from here to help. I just pray for all of them! I am just happy I stopped on the 2nd BOY. I feel for mom with 5 BOYS!

Services for John T. Badgett Sr.

Services for John T. Badgett will be held on Friday 10:15am at the Bakersfield National Cemetary in Arvin.

John Badgett Sr.

My father in-law, John Badgett passed away this morning at 3am. Please continue to pray for the family. Thank you for all your prayers.

Update on John

John survived the surgery. Thank you GOD! He is currently in ICU, but not out of the woods yet. Because of alot of calicium build-up the doctors were restricted as to what they were able to do. They did replace veins, but they didn't have good selections because most of his veins are shot. The doctors mentioned that there are no more surgeries! We have done all we can do it is just a matter of time before these veins clog up too. The family went in this morning to visit, but he was still quite sedated. Eddie will be coming home sometime tomorrow night. Again, Thank you for all of your prayers.

Follow-up On John Badgett Sr.

We received word this afternoon that the doctors give dad a 10% chance of surviving the open heart surgery. The doctor does not want to perform this procedure. They suggested to contact another Heart Specialist. At about 4pm this afternoon Dad became very obnixious and demanded the doctors perform the surgery. He mentioned to them that he wanted to take the risk and was willing to sign any waivers. The family tried to talk him out of it, but dad insisted! He was suppose to go in around 6pm. I haven't heard anything since. Eddie is in route to Bakersfield, CA to the Bakersfield Heart Hospital. We rented a rent-a-car for him. Please pray for the hands of the doctors and the traveling mercies for Eddie.

John Badgett Sr.

Monday night Eddie's dad was taken to the hospital with heartattack like symptoms. His last heartattack was 6 years ago when they put stints in. The doctor believes that these stints are failing. They transported him from Ridgecrest hospital to Bakersfield so he can be closer to his son Johnny. Yesterday morning they finished the procedure that shoots the dye through his body. The last time they did this, his Kidneys shut down and we had alot of medical problems. It is now Friday and he is suppose to be going in for open heart surgery to repair and replace the stints. Please keep him in your prayers.

Days, Days, Days

Well, it is official, Eddie is now working the day shift. Which means he is home at night with the family. One thing.....He has a 10% cut in his pay check. Not good! Living by faith, GOD will reveal what our next step should be when it comes to the house. Do we stay or do we go? After reviewing our budget, we can't afford to stay unless a pay raise is on it's way. That we know is not happening from either of our jobs. Or somehow our 2nd TD disappears. That was also know isn't going to happen. Well, I will not stress, but be greatful that Dad is home, and I no longer have to cook. YEAH!!!

BIKE RIDE

It was New Year's Day and the boys wanted to go ride bikes. Eddie and I decided that this would be a great time to take off Ryan's training wheels. We loaded up the bikes ad headed to Olive Pierce Middle School. This seems to be the safest place for the boys until they get older and understand the rules of the road. As we were unloading the bikes, I said, "Hold on Ryan. Wait for...." As I turned around, he was already off. I sat and cried. It was so cute. He jumped on his bike and took off racing. How adorable. My little guy is growing up so fast. Tyler showed Ryan how to control himself when he rides so, he won't fall. Although he did fall a few times, he jumped right up and started all over again. We had a great time.

New Year's Eve

This year for New Year's we invited our neighbor's out for dinner and to the San Vicente Country Club. It was nice to finally have a chance to get to know our neighbors. We started off going to D'Carlos in which I thought would be busy. I got off work early, dropped the kids off at Cheryl's for a Slumber Party and headed home to change. I was already exhausted and wanted to goto bed. But I really was looking forward to dancing. I love to dance. So I managed to get through dinner and we finished at 6:30pm. WOW, so early! So we all went back to my house to visit before heading out to the club. The club was fun. We met up with some friend's from work. It wasn't as busy as I thought it would be. The live band played Country Music all night. Hmmmm...if only I took COUNTRY Dancing in school. LOL Oh, well, perhaps I can take a college dance class to teach me the steps. The next morning we were up at 6am getting ready to goto Cheryl's for her traditional Black Eyed Pees. Of course I have never heard of such thing, so we went. Yum, Yum, Yum. Then off to pick up the kiddos. We had a nice time.

End of 2009

The year is finally over and boy am I so glad to be through with 2009! With better things said...Here is a family photo of the boys and Moosh. We all seem to fight over her time. It seems whoever has the treat or the ball is who wins here. Moosh has really attached to Ryan. Ryan can do tricks and get her to listen. It is so adorable. Moosh seems to want Tyler just before bedtime. Moosh will go in his room and cuddle him on his bed. As for Dad, she only wants him when they go for walks. As for me, well, she just follows me around, just like a Puppy dog. The only problem is, I trip on her all the time because with Cattle Dogs, they hug your feet. LOL She is a great addition to the family and her and Tiger get along just fine. We are blessed to have her join our family. As for now, she is still and indoor out door dog. She still has her moments with a few accidents, but she still wants that one on one time with Tiger. It is hiliarious to watch them play and wrestle outside.