Who would think that THIS
Could land you HERE???
Well this is a Hall hand AND if it can happen, it will happen at the Hall House!!!
If you know A you know he loves a gadget! Especially a kitchen gadget! I do not use the mandoline (too sharp for me!). A was preparing potatoes for the grill Saturday night and you know a knife just doesn't get the slices even so he had to use the mandoline and I mean it is not cool to use the guard! I joke, but really it was not funny! He cut the end of his finger off. Yes, the entire tip of his finger. As in, a chunk laying there! As in, blood everywhere! As in, I almost fainted. I told him immediately he had to go to the hospital but he did not think that was necessary. So, about 2 hours later when he unwrapped the bandaging we had on it that was soaked with blood it was spewing blood with each beat of his hurt. He then knew he had to go to the ER. He drives himself to the ER and a couple of shots later they cauterize it. Sends chills up my spine thinking about it! He said they could not believe how much of his finger he had cut off. They told him he would be in a lot of pain soon and wrote him a couple for prescriptions for pain meds and told him to immediately go get them so he had to make that 1 hour each way trek to the nearest open pharmacy. Of course he had to preach Sunday morning and thankfully he made it through without too much pain. It has hurt some off and on but much more this afternoon than it has. He looks really pale and I think it is from losing all that blood. This picture was taken today after he had re-bandaged it. I regret I didn't get a picture of the bright purple bandaging they put on at the hospital! I had already gotten him out a purple shirt for Sunday so they got a kick out of him coordinating with his bandage! SO, after only 3 weeks of living here our registration is complete at the local ER and this is why I was insistent that our insurance coverage not lapse for 1 minute in our transition! I know the Hall's!!!
2 posts in 3 days! That's an accomplishment for me lately!
Could land you HERE???
Well this is a Hall hand AND if it can happen, it will happen at the Hall House!!!
If you know A you know he loves a gadget! Especially a kitchen gadget! I do not use the mandoline (too sharp for me!). A was preparing potatoes for the grill Saturday night and you know a knife just doesn't get the slices even so he had to use the mandoline and I mean it is not cool to use the guard! I joke, but really it was not funny! He cut the end of his finger off. Yes, the entire tip of his finger. As in, a chunk laying there! As in, blood everywhere! As in, I almost fainted. I told him immediately he had to go to the hospital but he did not think that was necessary. So, about 2 hours later when he unwrapped the bandaging we had on it that was soaked with blood it was spewing blood with each beat of his hurt. He then knew he had to go to the ER. He drives himself to the ER and a couple of shots later they cauterize it. Sends chills up my spine thinking about it! He said they could not believe how much of his finger he had cut off. They told him he would be in a lot of pain soon and wrote him a couple for prescriptions for pain meds and told him to immediately go get them so he had to make that 1 hour each way trek to the nearest open pharmacy. Of course he had to preach Sunday morning and thankfully he made it through without too much pain. It has hurt some off and on but much more this afternoon than it has. He looks really pale and I think it is from losing all that blood. This picture was taken today after he had re-bandaged it. I regret I didn't get a picture of the bright purple bandaging they put on at the hospital! I had already gotten him out a purple shirt for Sunday so they got a kick out of him coordinating with his bandage! SO, after only 3 weeks of living here our registration is complete at the local ER and this is why I was insistent that our insurance coverage not lapse for 1 minute in our transition! I know the Hall's!!!
2 posts in 3 days! That's an accomplishment for me lately!
This summer as you can see we are really loving the openness we have here in the country! The girls seem to feel so free to roam (not always a good thing!) Downside is the mosquitos which are HUGE and always being on the lookout for snakes. The wheat is being harvested right now all around our house and we have been told the snakes get worse in yards then because they come out of the fields. The girls are all are getting cute tans and are very tired when bedtime comes!
Or not smiling... or not looking at the camera... They are still precious to us!
I got in with the girls after they had already taken several and they were tired of it! So, this is the best we got of me with them. Can you tell who was really tired of the picture making?!
Now I think this is my new favorite pic of Ell. Just so you know, Elleigh loves to have her pic made (and always has!) and cooperates so that is why there is an individual pic of her. 
Nanna and Mill
After dinner we came back to our house for cake and punch. 
Of course there had to be a story! You can tell it too well in this pic but the cake is messed up! The top layer shifted while transporting it to our house. A then tried to move it which really messed up the pink beading. It was cute though and Elleigh loved it. I had a meltdown but then realized it was just cake! It was delicious and that is important!
Uncle Adam with Sallie and Grant
Nanna and Grandy with their first grandchild on her 13th b-day. Such a good picture!
Daddy putting on Ell's necklace we got her and Ell being dramatic!
This might be my new favorite picture of my Ell Bell (I know, I know I am not supposed to call you that!)
Then Sunday came and it was Ordination Day!
The Hall men
A with his mom and dad
I really can not believe I am posting this! I had shed WAY too many tears to be having pics made! 
I never want to forget this day though and don't think I will. It was such a sweet day. A and I both went forward for the laying of the hands and the men and women of the church laid hands and their words and emotion will forever be with us. 
I am sure Elleigh would like for me to point out that she did not wear the same dress for 3 days and that she does have something else to wear. We had gotten her a dress for Ordination and it got packed in a box that was in the very front of the uhaul and we could not get to it and so this was the only accessible dress...
We are very thankful they were here for us during these special events in our lives! We are forever grateful for their help as well. We still have a lot left to do but they were a huge help. I promise next time yall come we will not work you! 
Lizzie's class exhibit
My sweet, sweet Mill. She is so shy in a crowd. She made this face the entire time. She was trying not to cry. I thought I was going to have to get her. She would not sing or do any of the motions. It was all she could do not to cry! You can see she is also ringing her dress from being nervous. At one point she rung it a little too high. Thankfully Mrs. Amy was right there to get her to put it down!
Lizzie talked and talked about her songs but she too can be very reserved in a crowd and once she got on that stage she was not too into it. Very somber
Elleigh's friends surprised her with a farewell party. We were able to keep it from her which is not easy! Here she is walking in to what she thought was a meeting. Very surprised as you can see! I was so happy for her. Moving at this age can be quite an adjustment and it meant so much to her for her friends to do this.
Such a cute cake and so Elleigh!