Gracie with a flower and a pine cone. It's amazing how much she enjoys simple things. I should be more grateful...
Gracie in front of our house
Rocky sporting his Indiana Jones look...
Gracie showing me her hand (it looks like she's doing a cheer)
Gracie with lilacs and a big rhododendron; I love the smell of lilacs! That and the scent of beach roses make me think of summer on the Cape!It's finally starting to feel like summer around here with some temperatures in the 80s. Gracie and Rocky really love being outside. Gracie and I will walk down our street with Rocky in the stroller, and she will stop and pick up every pine cone and leaf that she can. She loves flowers, too, as you can see from the pictures. My mom and dad got a little inflatable pool for her, too; I'm looking forward to seeing what she thinks of it!
This has been a busy week; it seems like we've had dinner with someone different every night! Our friends James and Courtney Dolezal are here on vacation, so we have enjoyed some time with them. Gracie has enjoyed playing with their son Judah. Lou is getting ready do a wedding vow renewal ceremony on Saturday. One of the deacons, Paul, and his wife Sally are celebrating their 50th anniversary and asked Lou to renew their vows. My aunt and uncle, three cousins, and my cousin's fiance are all flying in on Saturday from Utah to visit. We're looking forward to seeing them. I haven't seen most of them since we got married, and that was over 7 years ago now.
Praise the Lord! We've had some good news with my dad. He did have to have surgery to put a feeding tube in yesterday since he's had so much trouble getting food down (he's lost about 50 lbs. in the last two months). But, when they were doing the surgery, the radiation doctor checked the tumor, and it looks like it's shrunk about 70%! My dad will finish chemo/radiation at the end of next week, and they'll do another catscan to make sure the cancer hasn't spread. If all looks good, he'll have a five week break and then surgery to remove the rest of the tumor. We are so grateful that the Lord has allowed such a good prognosis. With this type of cancer, there is not usually such a good outcome. When I was reading info at the American Cancer Society online, it said that most people with this type of cancer would be doing well to live for 5 years. Thankfully, in my dad's case, they think they will be able to completely eradicate it. God is so gracious!
Rocky and Gracie are both doing well. Gracie is starting to recognize and name some numbers and letters. She knows "H" really well. She's getting more resourceful, too, dragging the footstool over to the couch so she can climb up on it and look out the window. Rocky has learned how to blow raspberries (why do they call them that???), and it's really funny...except when he does it while I'm trying to feed him his cereal. What a mess that is!! He has started to have some veggies, too. As unappetizing as baby food veggies look, I couldn't help but think as I fed him how good God is to give us so many types of food. How bland life would be if all we ever ate was milk and rice cereal!
Lou is still very busy, no surprise there, but he's great about making sure he has time with us. Mondays are his day off, and we usually try to do something together as a family. Last Monday, we went to Chatham, a little Cape town about 15 minutes from us. It has a really quaint Main St. with lots of little shops. We walked around with the kids and enjoyed being outside. It felt like we were on vacation, and we were only a few minutes from home! I guess that's one of the blessings of being on Cape Cod!
This has been a busy week; it seems like we've had dinner with someone different every night! Our friends James and Courtney Dolezal are here on vacation, so we have enjoyed some time with them. Gracie has enjoyed playing with their son Judah. Lou is getting ready do a wedding vow renewal ceremony on Saturday. One of the deacons, Paul, and his wife Sally are celebrating their 50th anniversary and asked Lou to renew their vows. My aunt and uncle, three cousins, and my cousin's fiance are all flying in on Saturday from Utah to visit. We're looking forward to seeing them. I haven't seen most of them since we got married, and that was over 7 years ago now.
Praise the Lord! We've had some good news with my dad. He did have to have surgery to put a feeding tube in yesterday since he's had so much trouble getting food down (he's lost about 50 lbs. in the last two months). But, when they were doing the surgery, the radiation doctor checked the tumor, and it looks like it's shrunk about 70%! My dad will finish chemo/radiation at the end of next week, and they'll do another catscan to make sure the cancer hasn't spread. If all looks good, he'll have a five week break and then surgery to remove the rest of the tumor. We are so grateful that the Lord has allowed such a good prognosis. With this type of cancer, there is not usually such a good outcome. When I was reading info at the American Cancer Society online, it said that most people with this type of cancer would be doing well to live for 5 years. Thankfully, in my dad's case, they think they will be able to completely eradicate it. God is so gracious!
Rocky and Gracie are both doing well. Gracie is starting to recognize and name some numbers and letters. She knows "H" really well. She's getting more resourceful, too, dragging the footstool over to the couch so she can climb up on it and look out the window. Rocky has learned how to blow raspberries (why do they call them that???), and it's really funny...except when he does it while I'm trying to feed him his cereal. What a mess that is!! He has started to have some veggies, too. As unappetizing as baby food veggies look, I couldn't help but think as I fed him how good God is to give us so many types of food. How bland life would be if all we ever ate was milk and rice cereal!
Lou is still very busy, no surprise there, but he's great about making sure he has time with us. Mondays are his day off, and we usually try to do something together as a family. Last Monday, we went to Chatham, a little Cape town about 15 minutes from us. It has a really quaint Main St. with lots of little shops. We walked around with the kids and enjoyed being outside. It felt like we were on vacation, and we were only a few minutes from home! I guess that's one of the blessings of being on Cape Cod!
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Wow! What a beautiful area to live and what a sweet family to be a part of! So glad to hear about your dad. Makes me think of Eph 3:20. Thinkin' and prayin' for you!
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