Woot Woot

Its time to mark another chemo session off of the calendar!! Matt is down to three sessions to go! It feels so nice to be able to say only 3 left.... but calendar wise we are looking at finishing up possibly the week after Easter. Right now they have moved his "rest" weeks out to 2 weeks instead of the 1 that he had in the beginning rounds - so that is why it is getting stretched out a bit. Matt has been having trouble getting his white counts back up to where they need to be after treatment so hence the longer rest periods. They don't want to push it and have him end up in the hospital again...and neither do we! We just need to pray that those counts recover faster and we can just push thru faster =)

Bittersweet

Yesterday we got to go along with 6 of our Junior/Senior Youths and 2 other adults on a trip to a ski resort called Bittersweet up near Kalamazoo Michigan. It was a really fun day that started of with a bang! (Alyssa face planting into the snow and ice) She was a great sport about it and just laughed it off... I think anyone else would have called it quits after that but not "Bloodbath Alyssa" - she's all about going big or going home, no guts no glory!! (be sure to click on the 2nd pic to check out the damage!) Matt was able to make a few runs down the mountain so that made him very happy... going down those few times helped to remind us both how out of shape we are (at least he had the chemo excuse to fall back on! I had nothing!) We spent most of our day sitting in the sunshine and just watching the kids come zooming down the hills - it was a beautiful day. Lots of laughs.

18 Years Old Today

My little brother is all grown up! Chris is having his 18th birthday today..... its hard to believe that time has gone by so fast!! When Chris was little - we were like peas and carrots! Best Buds. Happy Birthday Bubba - I Love You!

ps.... please don't kill me over these pics! =)

#8

Chemo Session Number 8 is over!!! Hip Hip Hooray!

Today....

Hello all..today Matt starts chemo session number 8 of 12 - so we have a few prayer requests =)

- Pray for Encouragement and Strength for Matt!
- Pray for minimal side affects on the rest of this journey
- Pray against any more delays (we need to push thru and get this behind us)
- Pray a special blessing for our youth friends who brought Matt much joy last week!
- Join us in celebrating that Matt has finished 7 rounds! (and 8 after this week)

"Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world" John 16:33

This is my verse for you today Matt. I love you.

A Clean Shave

Since I had to shave my head because all my hair was falling out from chemo, a bunch of the guys from youth group wanted to do the same... sooooo... this week we had a head shaving party. We had a ton of fun!

Matt is home.

Hello to everyone in the cyber world. Just a quick note to say that Matt came home from the hospital yesterday and is now resting at home. It was wonderful to sleep in my own bed last night! Thank you for all your prayers!