Joel's Journey: who is this??

Sunday, January 31, 2010

who is this??

picture of the day.....
who is this????

this person is going out to the prospective 160 acres
and since all the snow is around, why not dress for
the occasion, and he is prepared to ward off
any wild beasts out there ")

quote of the day.....

Terry saying to me-"dear, the next piece of furniture that I am
going to get you is a "love seat" so
we can sit together, and when the boys
get married they can have it."

Micah says- "dad, your gonna keep lovin' even if they get married!!"
(like don't give the loveseat away)!!!!!!

menu of the day.......

kate and all the littles are makin' cookies!!!!

9 comments:

j said...: It must be Caleb or Daniel? But I do not know the difference b/t the two!! :) Cant wait to see the finished tile!!! We have done lots of tile in our home!! IT is so nice when finished. Blessings

Jessica; February 1, 2010 at 11:29 AM
no one said...: Okay, this is the 3rd time I've tried to comment, something is wrong with your bloggy commenty thing. :)

I was going to say that it is either Caleb or Daniel... but I've not ever known which is which so I don't know! :)

Love all the pictures!!

Sarah G.; February 1, 2010 at 12:20 PM
no one said...: Yay! it Worked!!; February 1, 2010 at 12:21 PM
Anonymous said...: What in the world is Caleb doing??!; February 1, 2010 at 12:43 PM
maggie B. said...: its Caleb!!!!! WHAT IS GOING ON HERE????????????????????????????!!; February 1, 2010 at 2:38 PM
Mandy said...: That love seat would be a little crowded with both boys plus both wives! LOL!; February 1, 2010 at 6:45 PM
Unknown said...: Nice pic. As a side note, since we have been home from visiting your family I have compared every cup of coffee I have had (maybe 3 or 4 in the last 2 weeks) against the excellent coffee I had at your house. I need to get some of that Columbian yummy.

Thanks again, Jeremy.

P.S. - We are enjoying the CD (as I type, actually).; February 1, 2010 at 8:32 PM
Beth said...: Caleb, he posted it on FB.; February 1, 2010 at 8:32 PM
Dara Steward said...: I semi-apologize, maybe more just recognize that this comment is not related to your post. Just scrolling through your website and reading todays post, I am again reminded of what a blessing family is. We are weeks away from welcoming our second son into the family. I couldn't be more excited! When others scoff at large families or don't understand families with more than 2 children, I just think of you guys and how many blessings you have received and what an example you are to me. Thank you for continually sharing what life is like in your home and for godly admonition!

Love you guys.; February 2, 2010 at 2:09 PM

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Joel's Story

Joel, our 11th of 13 and a twin of Josiah, at age 3 was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer, on December 6th, 2006. Joel had three perfect years of health and he and Josiah celebrated their 3rd birthday Sept. 13th, 2006. The first of Oct. Joel started having unexplained fevers for a few days and would return to active play. After the fourth round of fevers we took him to our family Dr. which they said his iron was low, so we treated that for a few weeks and took him back only to have his hemo. showing lower than before. We were referred to a hematologists and saw him a few weeks with blood checks twice a week. At a visit on Dec. 4th we showed the Dr. the bumps, (which were tumors but we did not know at the time) on Joel's head and he was very concerned and we were told we needed to admit him immediately and start extensive tests the following day. Joel went through rigorous testing and then the dreaded results were given. Joel was at a stage IV the most extensive stage, but we were hopeful that the Lord would use the means of Chemotherapy treatments to restore Joel's body. Joel endured 8 1/2 days in the hospital, came home for Christmas, and returned for his second round of chemo Jan. 3, 2007. Joel had a seizure that night after midnight and went into a coma due to a tumor bleeding in his head area and causing his brain to swell. After tests the following days, the Dr. declared Joel "brain dead" and took us to court to force us to take Joel off life support, as we did not agree with the medical field's definition of death. Our family sought to stand with the scripture, "life is in the blood,"and until Joel's heart quit beating naturally, he was living. We were making arrangements to bring him home and on January 23, 2007 his little heart stopped beating and he went to be with the Lord Jesus in heaven. Our lives are changed forever. God is faithful in the midst of this trial and we look with great hope to be with him someday.