Hi everyone!

I wanted to give all of you that are praying and thinking of Mom an update. She got her tumor marker count this last week when she had her second round of this new chemo. It wasn’t good - it went to 413. Really high. They will do another count on the 16th to see if this second round is affecting the counts. If it’s not then they will do something different at the next treatment the following week.

Please pray that the count comes down or that whatever they switch her to will have a very big impact on this cancer.

We are keeping our faith. God can and does what He wants. We know that He has all power to completely heal every cell in her being!

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What could make a kid this happy?

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Julian always gets blogged about…especially with his accidents. Teeth being knocked out, black eye on the first day of baseball practice….and now a big shiner.

Last night we were at church and he collided with his friend Mattie. Mattie’s head landed on Julian’s cheekbone and wah-lah ….a big old shiner. This sucker swelled out like you wouldn’t believe. Everyone told him how cool it was to have the big shiner and how proud he must be. It was all the men saying this to him. Almost like he had passed another rite of passage or something.

I really enjoyed hearing Mattie telling him over and over how sorry he was. Julian would say “It’s okay. I’m still your friend it just hurts reaaaalllly baaad.”

I’m sure this is going to get even prettier as the days go by. I might try to coordinate his clothes with it as it turns from purple to yellow and green.

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We have been very busy celebrating birthdays and stuff and I just haven’t seen the time to sit down and blog. So this is catch-up time.

We celebrated Julian’s EIGHTH birthday the end of March. I can’t believe he’s eight! I know I say that every year, but I still can’t believe it. He had friends over and we took them to Tunnel Voyage for an afternoon of adventure and they had a great time.

Okay, T, here is the pic of me and Julian.

Then back home for pizza, dessert and present opening.

Here is a picture of Jaden’s tonsils and the cupcakes that Julian ordered.

Here’s a funny story. ..
I asked Julian for about a week before his birthday what sort of cake he wanted. Did he want cupcakes or a big cake, what flavor, what kind of icing, and did he want a “theme”. He deliberated for a while and then told me he wanted chocolate cupcakes with some white and some pink icing with sprinkles. So that is what we made. However the night of his party he didn’t want any cake! (Therefore no candle blowing pics!) I kept offering them to him for a few days with leftovers but he never wanted one. I was puzzled.

A few days later I asked him why he never had any of his birthday cake. He said “Well…I don’t really like cake that well and I just thought those kind would be a great treat for everyone else!” Awwww….

So I told him that next year on his birthday I want him to pick whatever sort of dessert he wants. He couldn’t believe that. “You mean any kind of dessert?” I told him it could be brownies or cake or ice cream cake or pie…

“PIE!! I want PUMPKIN PIE!”

Yup, pumpkin pie! I just thought that was sooo funny. I didn’t even know he liked pumpkin pie. So when Tom’s birthday rolled around and Tom ordered his Pie (he never orders cake either) I got Julian a pumpkin pie.

Here’s a picture of the big birthday boy. We celebrated his birthday with friends on Friday evening and then Sunday we went out with my parents to Outback. That is where this picture was taken. It was a fun weekend!

He’s such a great hubby! I love you, Hon!

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No, the positive thing is not a pregnancy test!

I will let you know when her tumor marker comes back. Pray that this treatment does take care of the cancer - completely!

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Well, this last week was probably one of my busiest that I can remember since… probably Christmas! So much going on. So many festivities for Easter, Julian’s upcoming birthday, get togethers, church drama, etc. etc.

Oh and I got a new NOOK! Yup, it came from Aldi. It’s exactly what we’ve been looking for in our kitchen. I’ve had a big old table in a very small space and all the chairs and moving it around was driving me crazy. So this fit the bill. I saw it on the ad and then Tom came home that night talking about it too. So we bought it and put it together. It took a little time for it to grow on me, but I love it now. My mom helped me make some cushions for the seats last week too.

Isn’t it cute?

This was our first meal at the nook. It was St. Patrick’s Day and the potatoes on the corner were Colcannon.

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Easter was a fun event. We dyed eggs on Sat. afternoon and then had all the family over on Easter for a scrumptious ham dinner and more egg hunting. We had a great time; everyone stayed later and played games.

Here’s some pics of the kids coloring eggs and of course eating them…

Where’s the Spring weather to go with this Spring? I’m in need of 70 degree days with lots of sunshine, kids that can go outside to play for more than five minutes, bike riding, going for walks, and grilling! I’m ready….bring it on.

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Mom met with her Dr. on Monday. They discussed the new chemo treatment that she will begin immediately. She had an echo gram done on her heart on Wednesday and it was fine, so they have scheduled her first chemo for this Monday morning.

This treatment has a lot of the same side affects as the other one. She will have it every four weeks instead of every three weeks and it doesn’t take as long to receive the treatment as the previous one did. They would give her a maximum of four of these treatments.

Please pray for stamina and continued lifted spirits for her. Pray that this will be very effective and that it will completely get rid of the cancer cells that have continued to live through the last two rounds of treatments.

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It’s been 4 weeks since my Mom’s last tumor marker was taken. She had it taken on Tuesday and yesterday found out that it had gone from 34 to 92. Not so great news for us. The Dr. has given her a choice of either waiting for a little while and monitoring the number or going ahead with chemo now. They would also change her type of chemo to something different than previously taken.

We would appreciate your continued prayers. We are continuing to trust the Lord with her life and health. He is always good even in the face of bad news.

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On Valentines Day, Tom had the day off and we headed out for some lunch together. We stopped in my favorite thrift store for a few minutes and on the way out I noticed they were bringing out some bedding on a big rack. I went over and saw this beautiful comforter set with shams and bedskirt all for about $22.00 and it looked brand new! It was dry clean only and I wasn’t sure about it, so we left it there. BUT after discussing it for what seemed like hours, my Mom and I drove back over to the store right before they closed and bought it!

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Here’s a funny picture of Jaden that I took today. He’s wearing my Dad’s hat and some funny glasses/nose thing.

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