Joel's Journey: Hosanna's 10th birhtday photo's..... Cinderella colors

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Hosanna's 10th birhtday photo's..... Cinderella colors

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every

purpose under the heaven.

A time to be born, and a time to die.....

Having these two events happen on the same day is a bit different, but as the scripture says, there is a purpose! I cant say I have it figured out but one day I hope to get the answer! My mind is always on the clock, thinking of how much longer he had til 4:30pm. A day burned in my memory. Thankful for all the prayers and thoughts!!!

I really did not do a full blown Cinderella party, just used the colors and a few things of Cinderella. There are so many wonderful ideas out there, but had to go with what the budget would allow!!! I was soooooo excited to find a glass slipper at Hobby Lobby though!!! I think Hosanna was very blessed with it all!

lotsa blue and white......

too much sweets!!!!

we played 3 games. one was "Kiss the Prince n Princess!"

you had to put some ruby red lipstick on and guys kiss the Princess

and gals kiss the Prince!!!

I think some were really practicing for the future!!!!

Caleb gettin ready to kiss another girl......not Kristen!!! ahhha!!!!

Kyle(in the blue) is Caleb's friend from MD, he came to work

on the job with the guys.....let me just say he is outrageously hilarious!!!

jeremiah.......ummmmm.....i will just mkae no comment!!!

hosanna giving it a try!!!!

another game we played was "Once Upon a Time"

we had 4 teams and I had written out the first two pages

of Mercy's Cinderella book and cu the words up in pieces.

They had to put the words together correctly as the book told it!!!

Surprisingly, not many knew the story!! But Caleb's team won ....finally......

Kristen would have been proud......her fav!!!

the last game we played was "When the Clock Strikes 12"

4 teams and each team had a bag of marshmallows.

they had 45 seconds to see who could count and get closes to the correct amount in the bag!!

85 in the bag......elijah's team counted 86, they won!!!!!!

the glass slipper in one jar and Joel's photo in the other!!

my sweet Hosanna!!!

they were trying to make a heart, but Mercy couldn't quite get it!!

sisters

10 years.....

.....and then the night had to end with Cinderella!!!!

Cindy

8 comments:

Tori said...: This is so fun! I love it when families go all out for birthdays - it makes it so special!

Happy late birthday, Hosanna! :); January 24, 2012 at 5:27 PM
Mandy said...: Another amazing Morris party!; January 24, 2012 at 7:39 PM
Jessica said...: Great job on the decorations and desserts, as usual!

So sweet to see the big brothers share in her special day, even the "girly" activities :); January 25, 2012 at 5:37 AM
Anonymous said...: No one can throw a party like you can. =) What pretty decorations and yummy food!!; January 25, 2012 at 8:33 AM
Alicia said...: How fun. That is an amazing party.; January 25, 2012 at 10:16 AM
Daniel and Jaynee Lockwood and Family said...: You think of more amazing ideas for one party than all my ideas for all the birthday parties I've ever done combined!!! Loved the photos of the girls! Sweet sisters! So special how the Lord gave you 2 older girls and then 2 younger ones...best friends.; January 26, 2012 at 10:33 PM
Rachel said...: I love love love what you did! The jars were great idea! What a brave mom you are to handle such deep and contrasting emotions with such grace! Praying tonight for your family!; January 27, 2012 at 9:29 PM
sarahdodson said...: Love the birthday decorations!! So would my daughter... :o); January 30, 2012 at 9:32 AM

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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.