Joel's Journey: lotsa lake pictures !!!!!!

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

lotsa lake pictures !!!!!!

Daniel

Besh

Anna

Caleb

Elijah

Micah

Caleb

Anna

Elijah

Billy

We got to my dad's Sat. at 9:30 am and within 30 minutes they were in the water!!!!! Basically the whole time we were there we stayed in the water except to eat and go to church on Sunday!!! We have several red noses and lotsa tan arms and legs!!!!!! We had such a good time!!! So thankful for my dad's and Shirley's hospitality, use of boats, all the good food and the almost 100 can cokes that went down the hatch while we were there......not me.....them!!!!!!!!!! What a wonderful time to just play and enjoy family and be together!!!!

The guys played at my dad's church and received a standing clapping of the congregation and a dear friend from my home church in Pine Bluff came to see us and hear the guys play!!!!

And this is how the trip ended, the "adventure" of being stranded on the interstate!!! We were able to get under some shade of a bridge just behind the van! But soon our knights in two vehicles appeared.....Terry and Dave and delivered us safely home and then we ended the day with a Happy Birthday dinner by eating out for Terry's BD!!!!! So it did have a happy ending.....and as far as the van......phooey on it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

8 comments:

Hannah Burnett said...: That's some MAJOR wake board action goin' on there!!!!! Glad y'all had such a good time together. I like the pic of Paps observing his wild grandkids from the dock. lol! =D; June 22, 2010 at 11:06 PM
Mountain Mama said...: WOW! Those boys are "serious" about their wake boardin'. Looks like great times. Fun memories.

blessings,
ashley
ps Happy Birthday Terry (a little late)!; June 23, 2010 at 8:09 AM
Sharon said...: How fun! The children will keep the memories for a long time. And the van... well God is merciful even in material things like a van. Just one more experience to make you a little more like Christ, painful tho it is. :); June 23, 2010 at 9:30 AM
Abigail said...: I LOVE wakeboarding! Aren't Arkansas lakes awesome!?! Looks like you all had fun. Too bad Mr. Terry missed that time with his family.

I hope you are able to get the van going again. At least you have other drivers in the family and you aren't stranded!

~Abigail~; June 23, 2010 at 6:25 PM
no one said...: Wahoo! The guys are really up there!! :)

Hope you get the van going again!

Sarah; June 24, 2010 at 1:11 PM
Roxanne said...: looks like loads of fun!!!!!!!!! wish i was ther; June 28, 2010 at 5:31 PM
David + Roxanne + Eden + Eve said...: wish i was ther!!!!!!! looks like loads of fun!
xxx Roxy xxx; June 28, 2010 at 5:33 PM
Graham Freer said...: I've enjoyed your blog, reading and seeing your happiness. Please stay happy and a united family.
Good luck.
Graham Freer
Manchester England; July 1, 2010 at 5:13 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.