Joel's Journey: big boys like to play too!!!

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

big boys like to play too!!!

Caleb

Daniel

Ice Skating on our pond!!!!

Micah

Caleb

Daniel

Micah

Elijah and Micah, (I think they are a bit ....
proud!!!!)

Elijah.....pride before a fall!!!

Caleb.....ummmm, all he does it text!!! LOL!!!

Daniel

Elijah

They say its coming......again!!!!! I dread it to the max!!!! Snow, snow, snow!! We still have snow from the last "dump!!" The guys can not really even work in Ada right now, the roof on the school is insulated, therefore snow up there and not a good situation, so they are in OKC for today and we'll see what the next few days hold as far as work! I am underway with making things for our Valentine Couples Party coming up. Got 11 items made so far! Lots of truffles, and chocolate, enough to make anyone sick!! I can't even sample them, too much!!

What have you all been up to in this snowy, cold weather????

6 comments:

-stephanie- said...: Looks like fun! Very handsome boys you have. :o)

We have cold snowy weather from October to April, so we do lots of snow things. Ice skate, sledding, snowman building, freeze, grumble...; February 8, 2011 at 5:40 PM
Anonymous said...: Wow! That looks like so much fun! I can't believe they are out there in short sleeves!! Must've been that really warm day, huh? :); February 8, 2011 at 6:57 PM
Abigail said...: Those are some really good pictures! Looks like it was a beautiful day. I hope you all don't get too much of a blizzard! Enjoy a little of that snow for us Southerners who never see it, please! :-)

~Abigail~; February 9, 2011 at 12:14 PM
Janet said...: What good fun! We're enjoying beautiful sunny weather in SA at the moment! Long may it last! ;); February 12, 2011 at 3:05 AM
anne said...: Cindy,

I love that big boys can still have fun - what a handsome crew you have.
Many blessings,
Michelle; February 12, 2011 at 10:27 PM
Preciouspeas said...: Cindy,

My dear sweet daughter was signed in when I commented before. You have a very beautiful family and are such an inspiration to me. Thank you for your kind words.
Blessings,
Michelle; February 12, 2011 at 10:32 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.