Cancer Treatment for Mom is Finished!!

Mom ringing the bell...yeah!!

The birds were a real treat when we take mom to the dr.

Mom with all of her radiation nurses.

Everyone holding their signs waiting on Granny

Luke is ready

Everyone seeing mom out.

Mom with her friend Wanda who had also had cancer....she just finished up too.

Mom with Granny

Mom with the lady who works the desk..I should have written all of the names down

Mom with the lady who parks the cars, she is such a sweetie!

We all threw coins in the water fountain before we left.
Can you guess what we wished for??

On Monday mom completed her last treatment of radiation which completed all of her cancer treatment. When you finish your treatment you get to ring the bell so we all went to celebrate with her.

It is such a blessing to see mom has made it through this treatment. She has been battling this since March. She has had three surgeries, eight chemo treatments, 33 radiation treatments, and numerous iv's for extra fluid and medications.

God is so good and we give him all of the glory for healing her!! We have met so many wonderful people and we have also seen how it can go the other way. It is amazing how God puts you in certain places and allows you to see how good you have it even when you have cancer.

Christmas Fun!

Christmas was such a blessing this year. We got to see a lot of our family and visit with them and eat and eat and eat. I guess you can't beat that!!

Aunt Cherry made Luke and Jake and my dad matching shirts.
Anna's favorite present....her shoes.

Everyone at my dad's sitting around gabbing.

My dad brought a new friend for Christmas, Kay was very nice!!

Granny taking Luke for a ride on his "Big Green Tractor"

Erin got the karaoke machine she wanted.

Ashley got a new Bible

Luke checking out his new ride

Mom bringing Luke down the hall to see what Santa had left

Sad to say this is not even all of it!!

Luke loving on Granny G
I am so glad Granny got to spend Christmas with us this year!!

Anna got a new baby.. Maylee, Anna, and Grace

I am so thankful for all of the memories we had this Christmas and that we were able to spend time with family and share a little love. This has been a hard year and it was nice to have a moment to enjoy. We are looking forward to starting a new year!

I DID IT!!!!!!!!

Yeah I did it!!! I took my last in class final this morning at 8...an in class essay on the criticism of Americans being evil and hypocrites....exciting huh. Thanks Amanda for giving Ashley a ride this morning. When I got home I had to finish my Educational Psychology exam, which I really need to do well on. I still don't know how I am going right now. I stayed up until 2:30 working on my research for the essay and then I got up early to make sausage balls for Ashley's class. I missed her party....so sad. George went in my place and I think Ashley was very excited about that. I am so glad he stepped up to the plate for me. He did not get in the bed until 2 and her party was at 9 and he had to get Anna and Luke ready and take them. I should have taken a picture..Luke had on navy blue running pants with hunter green socks that had yellow balls on them....yikes. Anna had hair going all over the place and Ashley's socks on which were sticking out of the top of her shoes. I did not say it was perfect, but I am very thankful for him.

George had his final yesterday and to say he was nervous is putting it very mildly. He studied for hours on Tuesday to get ready. If he did not pass the final he would get kicked out of the nursing program. They put sooo much pressure on them and they do not care to tell them they are out. After waiting impatiently for a few hours the verdict was in and he made a B. He was so happy. We have prayed so much about George being in the RN program and God makes it evident from time to time that he is in the right spot. So good to know that!!

Thanks so much for all of the prayers they really helped me through.

Update on mom...she has 6 more radiation treatments and she is completely finished. Remember to pray for her...they said the last two weeks would be the worst and she is starting to feel it.

A Little Relief

Finals are this week and as I take each one it feels like a brick is being lifted off of my shoulders. It feels so good to be getting finished up this week.

George and I have been married for over 14 years and every year I have wanted to put up Christmas lights. George is afraid of heights.....so I said that I would climb the ladder myself. It took a little longer than I expected and I ended up on the roof, but yeah, we have Christmas lights.

Christmas shopping is finally over!!! Mom watched the kids for us last night and George and I finished up. Yet another brick off of my shoulders. Now it is time to wrap!! I can't wait to see the kid's faces when Santa drops by. It is such an exciting time of year.

It is kinda a sad time too. Mom put up her Christmas tree this year, well actually we did. It is the first time it has been put up in five years. She has not put it up since Pa died. I did not realize how many memories of him were stored in those boxes. Then I got home and George and I got to talking about his brother Tommy, this is the first Christmas without him. Pray for his children. I could not even imagine my kids not having their daddy. We just have to remember the kingdom God has prepared for us and that we will get to see them again one day!! How could we even function without knowing that??

Stress is killing me......

Ok I am going to take about two minutes to vent. I am on overload right now with school and life. I decided that I really really wanted to graduate in May so I took 15 hours this semester and for the most part I have handled it well. For some reason, teachers like to hold things until the end and pile them on you all at once, that is where I am today. I would list all that I have to do this week but I don't want to bore you. Just pray for me....and my kids and George. For some reason I put too much pressure on myself to do well and it is just about to break me. Why do women do that? There is just not enough time in a day. I am posting this so hopefully in about a week and a half I can look back and say "I did it!"

All I can say is THANK GOD FOR CHRISTMAS BREAK!!