Joel's Journey: father's day, birthday pictures !

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

father's day, birthday pictures !

all the guys and Billy :)

Daniel, Elijah, Micah, Caleb/ alas goofy guys!!!!!

I am catching up on pictures of our Father's Day with my dad and also Terry's BD outing last night and his Father's Day pictures with the children since we were not here. We had a great time out to eat, Dave and Kate went with us and there are no words or maybe two that would describe going out to eat with a crew our size and having Dave and Kate with us........CRAZY FUN!!!!!! The waitress really served us well and kept telling us how she "loved" us and did many special things for us! Its a blessing to be around people that work and find joy on their jobs!! We are getting the house back in order, laundry, and Andrew picked a bunch of beautiful tomatoes! The guys had to hit it hard today with work, they are in two crews, one crew framing a house and another doing a stem/footing. I think as they feel the heat of the day, they willl be longing for the lake and the water! Time to get back to work though!

Bethany's 21st BD is tommorrow, Thursday!!! We will have a BD dinner for her, remember no more BIG parties after 16 :( It will still be fun to celebrate the blessing she is to us and reflect back of these 21 years the Lord has given us with her.....our first daughter!!!

Pray for a family we know, the Bedford's. They have a new born little baby boy and the baby has alot of needs and possibly many are life threatening, heart needs and there are some brain malformations. Info and tests are still being done. God knows them, they do not have a blog, but he will hear your cries and pleadings on their behalf!

Lake pictures on post below!!!!

5 comments:

( : The Mavericks : ) said...: Hahaha! That was so fun! It always is a blast and a blessing to spend time with ya'll! So much laughter! And we're so happy you're back! Thanks for letting us join in on Mr. Morris's birthday celebration! :) It was a memorable occasion!
We'll be praying for the Bedfords!
( : Mav,Mavette&Mavie : ); June 23, 2010 at 12:57 PM
Abigail said...: Those are awesome pictures. You all have a lovely family! The picture of Dave and his bib is too funny!

Looks like my brother is none the worse for wear after a weekend on the lake. (Looks like he's gaining weight, too! He needs it!)

~Abigail~; June 23, 2010 at 6:16 PM
John-Clay Burnett said...: I like the new hat style :D :D - Looks like Micah is the only one unphased my the hilarity!; June 23, 2010 at 7:31 PM
Jessica said...: Nice new photo of you and your husband! Black is a good color on you!; June 24, 2010 at 5:42 AM
j said...: All your pictures are wonderful. You look great Cindy!!!! Young and beautiful is what many children will do to you huh!!!! :) Sounds like you all are haing so much fun lately. God is good.

Jessica; June 24, 2010 at 1:15 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.