prayers

I wanted this to be it's own post. We really are so thankful for everything that has been done for us. We truly are grateful. One thing we know, is most important, are the prayers. We know that we have a loving Heavenly Father. It is so evident. We have been truly blessed. We are asking for more prayers. Makenzie has had some fluid building up around the outside of her skull. It can happen after a surgery like hers. Water seaps thru the skull where he had to cut and it is just sitting there. She had another MRI last week and it showed not much changed from the previous MRI. He is still watching it. She will have another scan around the time she goes back to school. If the water does not go down or away by itself he will have to do another surgery to add another shunt. We really don't want her to have to go thru that. PLEASE pray that it will go away on it's own. We know that thru faith all things are possible. Again, thanks for everything, you are LOVED! :) terri

Happy

I just want to start off saying I LOVE summer. I really don't like the heat, but something about summer just makes me happy. I LOVE that my hubby is home for the summer. Makenzie and I were talking about how most kids are not able to have their dads home for 11 weeks in the summer. We just get to be together. We hang out, play Wii, swim, go to summer movies, visit family, stay up late together, Chris and the boys fish, de-clutter (still a work in progress), have friends over. Just fun stuff. The only bummer is Kenzie having to go back on Chemo. That has kept us home for most of the summer but we really do like being home. We LOVE just being with each other. I feel really lucky because at this stage my kids really get along well. Not too many problems. Right now they are ganging up on me and are BEGGING for a dog. I am feeling bad because I am ANTI dog. Just ask my friend Karolyn, we share the same feelings ;) I once had a dream that Chris bought the kids a dog. I was so upset crying and saying, no! Karolyn won't come over now. I had to laugh. I know my kids would take care of it. They would love it. The problem is me. I am selfish. I really don't want the cost and the upkeep. We will see what happens. Me and Chris were actually arguing, um I mean disagreeing, about what kind of dog we would get. If we got one it would have to be a little dog. Chris says no way. He would get made fun of if he brought a little wimpy dog fishing or hunting. My point is that if I am the one home with it, it would have to be small. :) I can't even believe we had this conversation. My super good friend daughter Paris got a new dog. He is a cute little guy. She brought him over the other night for the boys to see. They had so much fun. Hope eveyone is have a fun summer. These pictures are for you Karolyn.

HAPPY SUMMER . :)

Blessed

Just sitting here very grateful tonight. Blessed that Kenzie has done well since her surgery. There is a sweet little family in Utah that we have watched over the last 16 months deal with a very mean aggressive brain tumor called a DIPG (Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma). Most children die within the first year and very few make it past 18 months. Her name is Sadie. She is adorable. She just passed away on the 25th. Her funeral was today. If you would like to read about her story you can go to her blog.

http://www.sadiehuish.blogspot.com/

Please pray for their family. One thing that really made me cry was she was to the point where she could not communicate. She has to blink thru the alphabete so they would know what she was saying. Her wish before passing away was to get her ears peirced. She also had LDS recording artist Hilary Weeks come to their house to sing her a song. Amazing little girl.