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Month: July 2012

Month: July 2012

Rascal Roadtrip:: Post-Op & Michigan Bound

Well, I am thrilled to say that Lena’s surgery is behind us.  Thanks for the prayers and concern.  She is a tough little girl.  I do not mean this in any way lightly, but she would not have made it to our arms if she were not.  For the most part, the surgery went fairly smooth.  Her awakening from the anesthesia was anything but and we think that she awoke with the desire for Ukraine to her voice again.  Ginny and I both had the cold sweats and tried to not maim the nearby staff.  They were oh-so kind- all…

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Rascal Roadtrip:: St. Louis Surgery

I have decided to quit the twitt (and all social media) for our month of travel. But I will be blogging, and today I am using the blog for periodic updates on Lena’s surgery. We made it to St. Louis, and everyone but Lena actually succeeded in getting sleep last night. We were all in the same hotel room, so I had my doubts, but 80% of us slept; the six hours in the car were passed with maps, games and movies. Lena just went back for surgery, and I am probably just typing to pass the nervous energy. The…

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sexy's not coming back.

We’re wheels up tomorrow, let the rascal roadtrip begin.  I plan on blogging all kinds of great pictures and making you all jealous with beautiful prose on how much fun our family is having and how my tan is coming along.  As reality sets in I will probably not blog for weeks on end, owing to a lack of sleep as I rock a rascal, try not to cuss and wonder what we were thinking.  We’re throwing our circus in Big Red (the mini van) and driving to Michigan; with a pit stop in St. Louis for eye surgery.  We’re…

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6 days. 6 years.

The blog went down due to who knows what. We have fought the good fight to be back up and expect to go viral any second now. In addition to that excuse, I have been doing some writing extracurricular to the blog, and thus have had little left in the tank for the bloggy blog. But you know what, no more excuses. Let’s do this… We head out on the RASCAL ROADTRIP in 6 days. The first leg of the journey entails an eye surgery for Miss Lena on the 19th in St. Louis. We would appreciate your prayers. Lena’s…

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an update from Ginny

Ginny posted recently on our kiddos- complete with a video performance by every rascal.  Somehow, these little moments captured on her phone seem to provide so much insight on each of them. I thought I would just point others to it since I found it so fun.  And, if that doesn’t sell you on it, well Lena crawled last week and she documents that.  LENA IS CRAWLING. If you would have told me that 5 months ago, I would have had you admitted or slapped you back to 1987.  We’re so set on loving her no matter what- that sometimes…

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Rascal Roadtrip:: Post-Op & Michigan Bound

By Matt Mooney | July 20, 2012

Well, I am thrilled to say that Lena’s surgery is behind us.  Thanks for the prayers and concern.  She is a tough little girl.  I do not mean this in any way lightly, but she would not have made it to our arms if she were not.  For the most part, the surgery went fairly…

Rascal Roadtrip:: St. Louis Surgery

By Matt Mooney | July 19, 2012

I have decided to quit the twitt (and all social media) for our month of travel. But I will be blogging, and today I am using the blog for periodic updates on Lena’s surgery. We made it to St. Louis, and everyone but Lena actually succeeded in getting sleep last night. We were all in…

sexy's not coming back.

By Matt Mooney | July 17, 2012

We’re wheels up tomorrow, let the rascal roadtrip begin.  I plan on blogging all kinds of great pictures and making you all jealous with beautiful prose on how much fun our family is having and how my tan is coming along.  As reality sets in I will probably not blog for weeks on end, owing…

6 days. 6 years.

By Matt Mooney | July 12, 2012

The blog went down due to who knows what. We have fought the good fight to be back up and expect to go viral any second now. In addition to that excuse, I have been doing some writing extracurricular to the blog, and thus have had little left in the tank for the bloggy blog….

an update from Ginny

By Matt Mooney | July 2, 2012

Ginny posted recently on our kiddos- complete with a video performance by every rascal.  Somehow, these little moments captured on her phone seem to provide so much insight on each of them. I thought I would just point others to it since I found it so fun.  And, if that doesn’t sell you on it,…