Emerson Update

This is copy and pasted from Emerson's caringbridge site. Great news!!

All things are possible to him who believes. Mark 9:23

Hallelujah!!! The doc called to give us great news! Emerson is in remission!! This puts her in the best risk class, and increases her chances of full recovery to above 90%! She is now in the low risk group for the follow-up chemo, so she will get fewer medications over the next 2.5 years. Praise God! This is an answer to all of our prayers!

And, the test was NEGATIVE, which means that it shows no sign of any cancer! Technically, she would still be in the low risk group if the results came back less than 0.01%. But the test could not pick up ANY cancer cells in her body (although there could still be some lingering about).

Even more good news, she went poopy today! So hopefully her stomach pains will resolve. She has been pretty miserable for a couple of days.

Thank you for your prayers! This was a huge milestone along our path. We pray that God will continue to light our path and give us the strength and conviction to implement His will for our family.

'Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.' Psalm 119:105

Trying to Catch Up...but had to break for the pool!

I have tons of pics to post, but I don't have any time today. We just got back from our trip to Savannah and Charleston with Lindsey and Jason. We had a blast! I definitely missed my boys, though! I'll do a longer post tomorrow. For now, I am leaving you with some pictures from today.
Enjoy!


Landon has turned into a big boy overnight! Here is a recent video. I don't know why it is so dark, hopefully you can see it.

For Mother's Day, at school, each kid had to fill in the blanks to the following questions. The words in BLUE are Carter's answers.

My Mommy

My Mommy's name is Susan. She is 69 years old. Her favorite color is red. Her favorite food is pasta. My Mommy's favorite t.v. show is Deal or No Deal. If I could buy her a gift, I would buy her a lipstick. She loves to put Landon to bed. Her favorite place is Kohl's. I know my Mommy loves me because she says it a LOT!

The only questions he got right were the first one and the last one. I'll have to work on that!

Leaving you with pictures....

Silly Landon
Carter and his swim buddy Lucas.
Emma (Elinor's, our neighbor's, granddaughter), Landon and Carter...
Landon sporting his shades!
Here is Carter's last day of swimming. He can actually swim across the pool, but since it was the last day they were practicing safety. Therefore they were told to jump off the side and practice swimming right back.

My Bouncing Monkey!

An Early Tribute to My Very Special Mother

Since we will not be seeing my Mom for Mother's Day, I wanted to let her know we love her and thank her for all that she does! See you soon!

And Grandma's Too

"While we honor all our mothers
with words of love and praise.
While we tell about their goodness
and their kind and loving ways.
We should also think of Grandma,
she's a mother too, you see....
For she mothered my dear mother
as my mother mothers me."
- Unknown

As I Look Back

As I look back on my life
I find myself wondering.....
Did I remember to thank you
for all that you have done for me?

For all of the times you were by my side
to help me celebrate my successes
and accept my defeats?

Or for teaching me the value of hard work,
good judgement, courage, and honesty?

I wonder if I've ever thanked you for the simple things...
The laughter, smiles, and quiet times we've shared?

If I have forgotten to express my gratitude
For any of these things,
I am thanking you now....
and I am hoping that you've known all along,
how very much you are loved and appreciated.

- Author Unknown.

I hope everyone has a great Mother's Day. Many of my friends are celebrating their first Mother's Day. I hope it is a great one!! We are off to the lake to see the Paddack's. I am looking forward to a relaxing weekend and of course Carter can't wait to catch a fish bigger than Daddy's!

Just Hanging Out!

Yesterday we went to visit sweet Emerson. We took the kids to the playroom. Carter had fun because he got to play dollhouse and kitchen...things he only gets to do when girls are around. Emerson looked good. You can tell that by the end of the visit, she was exhausted. They get to go home on Tuesday and will hopefully be able to do most or all of the treatment outpatient. They are treating the cancer mostly with steroids and a little chemo. The hope is that she is in remission within the next 30 days. However, she will still need chemo for another few years. Please continue to keep them in your prayers. Pray that she achieves remission quickly and that once she does, it stays away! It is so hard going to a children's hospital and realizing there are so many sick kids. It was tough before, but once you have kids of your own it is just devastating.

Here is a pic of the kids and Sunny. The other two girls were helping out in the playroom. They were doing it as community service for their church.
Last night, Carter had his last soccer game. Kirsten, Rodney and Grayson came out for it. Carter was excited!
Check out Grayson's adorable shorts and awesome crocs!
Afterwards we went to Babe's. There was an hour wait! It was fun!

Have a great week!

Favorite Foto (s) Friday

Carter so EXCITED. Wiggles concert here we come!


Landon thinking about wanting to eat...Carter wasting no time to eat...

Landon wearing shades....
Carter used to sport them too...

Two precious boys, who LOVE each other very much!