Joel's Journey: instafriday!

Friday, November 4, 2011

instafriday!

Happy Instafriday!!!!! I look soooo forward to this each week!!! Hope you do too!!! Its amazing even if you dont go alot of places, you can still capture moments just at home!!

had to watch this!!!

got the big guns out....two griddles!!

a leaf craft

you can do it bud......just get some more coffee!!!

oh......just a pic of me.....nothing major!!! hahah!!!

finished leaf craft

this is how we roll at dinner!!

this tree is near our house


our second born son is going on a missionary trip to Australia, Jan-April!!!

first fire Wed. night brrrrrrr!!!!!!

water tower in town

Bricktown in OKC

made Golden Herb Rolls, they have pumpkin in them

another grocery day down!!

town courthouse

my cowhide trivets

my husband brought a rose to me from our outside flower area!!

time for a bath-eeeeeeee, Dooley!!!!

Thanks for stopping by!!! Its been so fun to meet many of you all!!! May you have a blessed weekend and find that God is Faithful!!! Happy Friday!!!!

Cindy

8 comments:

Mandy said...: Love the leaf crafts!; November 3, 2011 at 10:56 PM
Cottage Garden Treasures said...: Hi Cindy, I haven't been to your sight for a couple of years but am happy to see your family is doing so well. Just order another of the boys' cd. Can you tell me how/where they recorded it? We have friends in TX that were up and a couple of the girls played their violin and viola on a hayrack ride the other day! So beautiful. Can you believe on a bumpy hayrack ride they didn't miss a note!! I said they needed to make a cd and they were interested. Even have their name picked out!! Thanks!; November 4, 2011 at 3:23 PM
sheri said...: Could you repost your son's letter or tell me how I could make a contribution to his trip? Thanks!
sheri816@kc.rr.com; November 4, 2011 at 6:02 PM
amy said...: 2 griddles. :)
That mission trip sounds exciting.
And
Your dog is adorable!!; November 4, 2011 at 8:08 PM
our story said...: what an awesome opportunity your son will have to share about God. I have enjoyed popping by on Insta Fridays and scrolling down through the week.....it seems you have a very full life.; November 4, 2011 at 9:54 PM
Casa De Luna said...: Hopefully you are able to share more about your son's mission trip to Australia. What a great opportunity!; November 5, 2011 at 9:39 AM
Tori said...: I found your blog a week or so ago and I've enjoyed reading your posts!

Looks like a fun Friday! :); November 5, 2011 at 7:47 PM
The Ahlgren Family said...: Love that picture of Miah!
The leaf craft looks so pretty! I just can't get enough of the lovely fall colors! I'm so thankful to live in a climate that has all four seasons!; November 5, 2011 at 9:13 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.