Joel's Journey: valentine couples party

Monday, February 21, 2011

valentine couples party

What a great time, too much food and a bit of crazy games!! So thankful for "space" to host our 2nd annual Valentines Couples Party!! All went well, but have to admit, I was tired when it was all said and done!! Enjoy the pictures!

the round tables made it more romantic I think

tons of sweets, by the time the party was here,
it was all sickening to me!!

great friends!

I found these on line and thought they looked like a
valentine party!

it was not good for ya but I
dipped the stem glasses in karo
then dipped it in red sprinkles to make the
tops of the glasses look pretty!

I made choc. covered pretzels and passed them out
as a gift! I was able to find the really big pretzels!

mocha truffles!

chocolate cake balls

I made a "Photo Booth," with some props to
dress up in for some crazy photos!

good friends, Beth and John

Stan and Candy
great friends from church

do u know who this is?????
Daniel and Anna

Richard and Carolyn,
a dear couple from our church

Jeremiah and Josh

Aaron and Danielle,
(Bethany's bestest friend)

Ryan and Dara
do u remember Dara, she was in
Joel's Journey DVD, she was
Joel's nurse!!

oh. my. who is this???

Josh and Stephanie

Lucas and Bethany

cuties for sure.....Josiah and Mercy

Lucas and the "littles"

my great husband who worked out on "jobs"
so I could have resources
to do a party as this!!

9 comments:

Anonymous said...: Oh, my! What a setting!! Oh, all that chocolate in one place! Looks like ya'll had a great time! I love the photo booth pictures!; February 21, 2011 at 5:39 PM
j said...: wow cindy!!! You do know how to throw a party. Beautiful as always. So wish we coulg be a couple coming!!! Hey, come look at my table chad finished!!!!

Jessica; February 22, 2011 at 9:42 AM
Margaret (maggie) Kelley said...: You are amazzzing. You need to have a book spilling all your idea's and crafts. The decorations were beautiful. I know you are so glad to have the extra room. I love all your ideas!!; February 22, 2011 at 1:53 PM
John-Clay said...: Wow, looks like a BLAST!! Those "photobooth pics" are hilarious!! :); February 25, 2011 at 12:56 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.