Joel's Journey: gotta put some "country" in the city gal!!!!

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

gotta put some "country" in the city gal!!!!

This girl says she has never
caught a fish!!

we had to fix that!!!

we had to put some
"country"
in this city gal!!

her first cast.....

hmmm.....she kinda looks like
a "pro"

i wonder if shes over confident????

SHES GOT ONE!!!!!!!

her first fish!!!!

the "trainer" said you have to hold it!!!!

can she DO IT???

you put your little fingers in its mouth.....
eeeeekkkkkk!!!!!

a "pro" for sure

whats the weight.....can you even see the fish???

back the little fishy goes!!!

I think she could be
"classified"
as a
COUNTRY GIRL!!!!!

P.S. well for sure the "city gal" knows how to give blog make-overs!!! Thanks Kristen for giving me a new look!!!!!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...: haha! That is hilarious! She has been officially countrified!!! Wow, she and Caleb are so cute together! I love that picture where they're just grinning at each other! :); June 22, 2011 at 7:50 AM
Naomi Elle Schwartz said...: LOVE it. :) Love Caleb + Kristen... and love the countrifying. :D :D :D; June 22, 2011 at 9:22 AM
~Brittney said...: Bring her to the farmers market Saturday!! I wanna meet her!; June 22, 2011 at 9:34 AM
Teena said...: Catching up on your blog. I love the make over... I love the fish pics... we sat here laughing as we watched her catch her first fish!

Cindy... again as always you encourage me! Our older children growing into adults keeps us on our toes huh? A whole new season for us...

Would love to just sit and visit with you...

much love,
Teena; June 23, 2011 at 7:36 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.