Joel's Journey: instafriday

Friday, September 2, 2011

instafriday

flowers from a dear friend!

we had to "squeeze" in another swim!!

you got a friend in me.......Josiah never tires of Woody

puzzle all done!

this is what I eat some mornings......

but most mornings I just have coffee.....and

NOT the coffee beans with it!!

girlie girls for sure......

ready for something special.....

but that special thing should NOT

have been trying to wipe it off

on my pillow!! :/

our trip to Hobby Lobby.....

and YES i did make it

outta the store without that!!!

the "hot" thing at our house is friendship

braclets!!

and hosanna knows several different

patterns!!!

Melissa stocked her up well......

lotsa colors!!

boys and parachutes......

Micah is 17

he wanted a Sundae bar!!!

and that was his creation.....YUM!!!

and thats all folks!!!!

thats our week through the lens

of an iphone!!

I luved it......hope u did too!!!

14 comments:

jessica dukes said...: loe that she is painting her nails without her looking. cracks me up! happy friday to you!; September 2, 2011 at 8:20 AM
Anonymous said...: great pics! you have a beautiful family! happy friday!; September 2, 2011 at 8:37 AM
amy d said...: wonderful pictures! i remember being hooked on friendship bracelets once upon a time! love your flowers with the pumpkins.; September 2, 2011 at 12:17 PM
Tamera Beardsley said...: Beautiful photos! My favorite, the flowers and pumpkins, makes me so happy for fall! Thanks so for sharing your week my dear!; September 2, 2011 at 12:55 PM
Sharon said...: Good job on the pictures Cindy! Love to see all the happenings around your place. :); September 2, 2011 at 1:04 PM
Allison said...: Thanks for visiting! What fun your family has, love all the pics! happy Friday :); September 2, 2011 at 1:08 PM
minihousemightyhearts said...: Coffee is an absolute must!!! Oh my goodness, Joel is so sweet in that picture!; September 2, 2011 at 3:20 PM
Paige said...: your pictures are awesome!!! Looks like a great week!; September 2, 2011 at 3:35 PM
Jo-Anna@APrettyLife said...: I love this post! You have an amazing and beautiful family!
Jo-Anna; September 2, 2011 at 7:29 PM
Prairie Girl said...: Oh my goodness - I want to come and live at your house...it looks like such fun! What a wonderful blog you have. I'll be back to visit for sure!

Thanks for the visit :); September 2, 2011 at 11:44 PM
Anonymous said...: Love all those pictures, Mrs. Morris! It always looks like you and your family just have so much fun together! =) I miss you guys!; September 3, 2011 at 8:23 AM
Anonymous said...: I love ALL of your pictures!! So much fun! And thank you for stopping by my page. I can't tell you how I appreciate it. I've been trying to get some traffic over there. So, THANK YOU! Funny thing: I had seen your pictures before this, as I was scanning through the links on Jeanett's page. Sorry I didn't leave a comment the first time! :(; September 3, 2011 at 5:52 PM
Melissa @ knit purl baby said...: I only have coffee for breakfast most mornings too! It's better than the sugary cereal or pop tarts I'd probably eat instead if it wasn't for the fact that I don't want my one year old to eat them and that's all he's going to want to do if he sees me eating it. And I totally forgot about friendship bracelets! So fun!

Melissa
knit purl baby; September 5, 2011 at 2:54 AM
Teena said...: Is that yogurt and granola w/ blueberries?

Love your pics.

Lots of fun!; September 5, 2011 at 5:10 PM

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.