Thursday, July 23, 2009

Heading to camp!

We leave for sr. high camp on Monday! I am so stinkin' excited I can't wait! I love camp with a passion! I seriously haven't missed a summer camp since 4th grade! I will be 32 weeks pregnant. We take the jr. high the following week but I'll post how our first week goes!
Please pray that God will really take our students walk to the next level with Him! So many of them come to church, but it doesn't flow over to their daily life. They don't cuss at church or drink or wear things that are toooo inappropriate on Sunday or Wednesday's nights but outside of church it's a totally different story! I'm sure there are many adults like that too. I love working with teens b/c they're modable and impressionable. They can be deffinetly challenging but they are so rewarding!
I've been feeling great and can't believe I am within 9 weeks of my due date! I am totally growing bigger and bigger! It's harder to get out of bed, shave my legs, get dressed, carry laundry baskets, etc. But it is an experience that I have loved and am so glad I'm getting to go through. My lower back is hurting more often so Brandon is becoming and expert back rubber! My teenage girls spent the night Friday night and painted my toes and finger nails for me!

Monday, July 6, 2009

29 Weeks!!!!

Holly cow I'm 29 weeks pregnant!!! That's insane! Roughly 11 weeks to go...crazy! I'm still feeling great and enjoying it all. I definitely get out of breath easier and can't wait to fit into my American Eagle jeans again, but everything is great and well worth the experience!

It's been a few weeks since I've posted b/c it's been crazy around here so I'll do a quick update. We got to go on vacation to see family in Oklahoma and Springfield at the end of June. We had a shower thrown for us in Oklahoma and got spoiled with gifts! Vacation was great getting to spend it with family and having no schedule! Sleeping in is the best!!

While on vacation, both of my parents got the results to their scans and they are both doing great! Mom's came up clear and they will just monitor here with continued scans every 3 months for a while! Praise the Lord! 1 1/2 years of chemo and bless her heart it was all worth it! Dad's scans came out nice too. His liver and lyphnodes didn't show any spots of cancer and the only tumor that was left was in his colon. He had surgery this past Thursday to remove about a foot of colon that included the tumor and he went through surgery great! He gets to go home today and continue to take it easy for a while. Last June he was diagnosed with 2 seperate unrelated stage 4 cancers and they thought surgery would be too dangerous to do so the fact he was considered for surgery is a miracle in itself. Thank you for all of you who prayed for them!