Joel's Journey: u know its summer when........

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

u know its summer when........

STOP........its "officially" summer here!!!!!

you know its summer when.........

Sports

Soaring

Serious sibling competition

Smiling cyclers

Sonic

Slurping

Sisters taking u to Sonic

Smiles

Sweet memories

Siah

Steep hills

Splashing swimmers!!!

Did yall have a good Memorial day????? We sure did!!!! A great time at our wonderful friends Natalee and Paul and their children!!! Paul built a massive smoker and wow, all the meat was unbelievable!!!! We even managed to get some vb in with the Oklahoma wind!!! Good times!!!

This week is going to be a whirlwind!!! And especially since it starts on Tuesday!!! haha!!! We are having two groups of company. My dad is coming tomorrow, its been awhile since he's been here. Caleb is flying in from MD on Friday for the wedding they are playing in on Sat. He will be heading back out again on Sunday. This is grocery week and I dont even know if I will get that in.

If you think about it continue to pray for the Hamil family! Last Tuesday their lives were changed forever! Just to think that last Tuesday morning they got up just like you and I, went about their day yet the afternoon came, the tornado came......and their lives will never be the same. In this life, our hands are put to the plow of trials. But one day our hands will all wave the palm branches of victory!!!!!!

May your day be blessed!!!!

3 comments:

The Ahlgren Family said...: "...palm branches of victory." I like that! It sounds summer-ish too!
Those are fun pictures! I love that one of Miah "Soaring"! We filled up a little pool for Lilian this morning and she had so much fun playing with the hose! We haven't put her in it yet, waiting til the afternoon when the water will be a tad warmer!
Have a fun week! :D; May 31, 2011 at 11:44 AM
Sharon said...: Just love these photos Cindy- but especially the one of steep hills. The country looks so inviting and the hills are just lovely. Sometimes I forget what hills and mountains look like; we have neither in Florida. Enjoy your week.; May 31, 2011 at 1:27 PM
ellie be said...: this looks so fun! I told anna that I have never been to sonic. apparently this is a problem :); June 1, 2011 at 8:46 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.