A LOT GOING ON !!!!!!

Hi everyone!


What event do I start with? I guess chronological!


Ronnie's daddy, Wallace, turned 80 this year so we decided we would throw him a party. Nothing extravagant but all the kids, grandkids and great-grandkids were invited. Oweeda graciously offered her house for the party. It lasted from 3 pm - 5 pm and almost all came! Great turnout. Of course, Starla and family couldn't come since they are living in Pennsylvania now! It was good to get all together again- it's been too long. I think he enjoyed the day.
That evening-April 17- something way more exciting happened! Our 9 year old grandaughter, Grace, decided she needed to be baptized. She wanted it done that night and in our pool and she wanted her paw-paw to do it!!!! Wow! So , even though the water is a little chilly in April - Ronnie and Grace got in our pool at about 7:00 P.M. and she made the most important decision in her life. How many chill bumps could I possibly have? It was almost unreal for this to happen at my house to my grandaughter by my husband. Could life get any more special???
Time went on with days as usual - then something else very special happened. On June 7th - Starla, Aaron, Riley, Dakota, and Toby came to visit from Penn. They flew in and rented a vehicle so they could do some visiting with others and go out to Andrews to see Aaron's family. Aaron stayed 9 days then flew back so he could go to work. Starla and the boys stayed until July 5th. When they first arrived - Toby (who is 19 months old) wasn't sure who Ronnie and I were! But it didn't take long for him to warm up to us and it seemed like he had never been away. The 2 older boys slept in the trundle bed in the playroom and Toby and Starla slept in the office. We set up his pack n play and put a twin blow up mattress in there for Starla. Not ideal , but seemed to work okay. We said that Toby learned how to go to sleep best at night with Paw-Paw playing solitare on the computer right next to his bed! He would stand up and pat Paw-Paw on the shouldar every once in a while then he would finally lay down and go to sleep. How sweet!!!! The visit was great and the weather was hot so the boys usually swam in the morning - ate lunch-had rest time- then out to the pool again around 4:00. All went back to Pennsylvania and lot tanner than when they came! It was very busy while they were here but sure is quiet since they have gone! Miss them a lot!!!
While they were here I was able to attend my 40th high school reunion! Wow, can't believe it's been that long. Some of the people I recognized right off - some of them I looked at their nametag and still didn't put the face with the name! Most people told me that they recognized me and I hadn't changed that much! Anyhow, had a great, great time visiting and catching up but realized after I left that I didn't know much about any of them . Not enough time to really visit with everyone and ask the questions I wanted to ask. It did bring back great memories of the special people of my school years! Going to school in the same town all my life does create bonds that last forever! If you are one of my school buddies reading this - I really did love seeing you again and hope somehow we can keep in touch.!
One more bit of good news. Had my 3 month Ct scan done and the oncologist visit. So exciting - no sign of cancer!!!!! Yay!!! Next month it will have been 3 years since my surgery and the start of my chemo and radiation. I'll never forget that but I will also never forget feeling blessed by God. I don't go for another scan for 6 months. That's the longest I've gone since the diagnosis - so pray that I don't start fretting about month number 5!!!

I did go for a routine mamogram in April and 2 suspicious lumps were found that I had removed. Both were not malignant although one was the kind that needed to be removed because it could have turned into a malignancy! I believe in getting the routine scans that we need to have!!!
Well, summer is hot and we are leaving in a week to go camping at the lake for 2 weeks. Pray for a little coolness to come upon us and even a little rain would be fine!!!!
Thanks for keeping up with me and especially all the prayers! Love you all!!!

Where did all the time go?

Hello again to all my friends! I decided to update a little since 6 months have gone by since my last update.
I am still feeling good and healthy. Had a ct scan done the first part of December and no signs of that ugly cancer still! I am blessed! Dr. Redrow has put me on a 4 month checkup schedule now , so I go and get new ct scan sometime in March. He said after that we may start a 6 month schedule! My eyes got big but he said not to worry that I am doing great. There is still that little nagging in the back of my head about a little cancer cell just sitting around somewhere in my body waiting for the right opportunity! I must not fret! I did end up getting the flu even after having had my flu shot in October! Dakota tested positive for flu the last week of December(he also had had a flu shot in October!) so I must have caught it from him! Some kind of strain that the flu shot didn't prevent! I felt pretty bad for a couple of weeks!
A big thing has happened in my every day routine though! Starla and Aaron have moved to Pennsylvania! Do you know how far that is from Azle, Tx? 24 hour drive straight through! They pulled out of Azle on Friday morning, Jan. 21st with Aaron driving the rental truck with all their belongings in it and towing the Expedition behind it which was also loaded! Starla was following behind him in the pickup with 2 of the boys with her! One of the boys(most of the time it was Riley) rode in the truck with Aaron. The whole drive was done in below freezing temps! They went about 8 hours a day and stopped for the night. The third day they went until they were about 1 1/2 hours away from the house they had rented. They spent the night in a hotel and got up the next morning to finish the last leg of their journey and the big truck would not start! Tooooo cold! They had to get a tow truck to tow it to a warm building to let the diesel warm up enough to get it to start again. So by 3:00 that afternoon they finally got to finish the last leg of their journey - in 9 degree weather and snow! That's part of the adventure , right? Well, they have been there for 10 days or so and are trying to get settled in. Snow almost every day!
I made flight reservations to go up and help her get things in order and was supposed to fly out on the 1st but the cold icy weather hit us and I have postponed my flight until Sunday the 6th. Maybe the winter weather advisory will be over then! Can't wait to see them all! Ronnie isn't going this time - he may want to wait till we can drive there!
Amy and Brad are busy, busy as usual. Lily turned 6 on the 26th and was at some friends house that evening. She was having fun on the trampoline and somehow landed wrong and twisted her ankle. The next morning she couldn't put any weight on it - so I went with Amy to Cook's to have it x-rayed. Couldn't see for sure if it was fractured so they put her in a boot (that was too big for her skinny little leg!)and on crutches. So Thursday and Friday last week she got to spend with Mimi and Paw-Paw instead of having to get around on crutches at school! Yesterday , she went in for more x-rays and sure enough - she did fracture some bone in her ankle! So , into a walking boot that actually fits her for a few weeks! Poor Lily!
Brandon and Michelle are doing great and have taken a few days off to ski in Red River! Hope they are staying warm and having a fun, relaxing trip!
I still feel blessed by a wonderful God and hopefully the people that I come into contact with can see his glory through me!