Joel's Journey: instafriday #4

Friday, September 23, 2011

instafriday #4

Its InstaFriday!!!!! Pictures of the week taken with my iphone and I have lots of fun editing them on my phone too, (addicting!!!) As you will see in the pictures, we have had a super busy week!! From Football, to the OKC State Fair and alot of stuff in between!

football, pink balloon release, fight cancer! Terry and Mercy let a balloon go in memory
of Joel!!

Jeremiah made some cookies!

Bethany made LOTS of rolls!

some farm work done, prep for next year!
   some spinach in the ground for now!                                         what do you see in this pic?? look far to the
                                                                                                          left and far to the right!! little girl and a dad

                   bought me a
   "cowgirl belt" and
   we had to get some
   more Roy Rogers!

Now to the OKC State Fair!

Bethany showed her Nubians at the Dairy show                             This is Hosanna ( fourth from the left)
some Firsts, Seconds, and Thirds!                                                she showed in a Showmanship class

                    2nd place!                                                                                   Mercy holding the goat up
                                                                                                                         or goat holding Mercy up?

Now for the fun part!!!

Josiah and I on the slide!!!
Fair Food!

lotsa fun with friends.............. .......and with my daddy!!

when i get tired, people carry me!! ......and then I finally fall asleep!!!!

           i would not give my mom a good
                                smile!!!                                                         well, pardner, thats it !!!

may the Lord bless you and                                                                                                                    keep you and make his face
                                                                                                            to shine upon you!!!

6 comments:

Geezees Custom Canvas Art said...: Looks like a fun weekend...like the pic of the slide...have a nice weekend!; September 23, 2011 at 5:54 AM
Katie @ Team Skelley said...: I love all of your photo editing- what app do you use?; September 23, 2011 at 3:19 PM
amy said...: Such fun fair pictures. Congratulations too! OH, and your belt. Gorgeous!!; September 23, 2011 at 10:15 PM
Unknown said...: Loveee the rolls -- they look soo yummy!!; September 24, 2011 at 12:29 AM
TDM Wendy said...: Oh when the kids are old enough to bake for you - dreamy! Love the shot of the sleepers in the camping chairs.; September 24, 2011 at 9:46 PM
Heidi Jo the Artist said...: Love Nubians! Had dairy goats growing up. Hoping to be back on the farm someday and have goats again!!; October 7, 2011 at 4:09 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.