Casting Crumbs

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!

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.

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.

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.

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!