June 6th, 2012

Hello to all!  Thing s have been really busy but life is good.  Caleb is doing well and doing just about anything he wants to do.  Every now and then, he feels like he has a urinary track infection.  This causes him some discomfort but it seems that if we can keep him busy and not thinking about it, it either goes away or doesn't hurt anymore.  But that is a prayer request for sure.

Tomorrow, we have our regularly scheduled clinic visit.  Tera is actually taking him to the clinic.  I have a meeting in the morning.  It should be pretty routine...go in, check blood, and hopefully say, "see you next week for our last round of chemo."  However, anything can happen and so we are praying for an easy trip to the clinic. 

Other than that, I have been working a ton!  It has all been good but just busy! 

We are still celebrating remission!  We will be planning a party soon after we get final scans done and port out to really celebrate.  Caleb has an idea of what he wants to do...we are thinking hip hop dance party like no other complete with DJ and a couple of dance crews.  So, once we have a little more information, we will let everyone know the date and time so that those who are able can join us. 

Our church has Vacation Bible School this week and both boys are able to enjoy it.  It has been a good time for Caleb to be with his friends and be normal. 

I spoke, with my friend Jeff Gokee, last night at a gathering called PHX 1, which is a gathering for young professionals.  They do not claim to be the church, but they want to provide a place for young professionals to be able to gather, worship together and have community together.  They meet twice a month and last night was the first time I was able to attend.  It was a great time.  The topic was suffering and we both shared our stories about what it was like to experience what we were experiecning.  I was gratful for the opportunity and I hope that God used me.  Jeff runs the ministry and does a great job.  They meet in an awesome old church in downtown PHX.  I took a few pictures and will post a few a little bit later.  they had about 700-800 people there and they rocked the place out. 

The coolest parts was this...Caleb and Cooper have the same nurse in the clinic, Amanda, as well as same child life person, Jaimie.  Another person who works there, she is dietian and someone else that works at the clinic (I am so sorry, I can't remember the name) heard that we were speaking on that topic and sharing our stories.  So, we didn't know but all four of them were there last night.  I was so overwhelmed and it was great to see them and talk with them.  They have been such a blessing to both of our families and I can't tell you how happy I was to see them!  We really feel like they are a part of our life now! 

So, it was a fun night! 

Life is busy but good!  Thanks to all for your continued prayers!  I willl try and do a better job of posting. 

Grace and Peace!