So this past week has been a rough one. Avery had her scans last week and they found that her cancer has returned and we don't have much time left with her. It's heartbreaking. And infuriating. And sickening. And scary. And horrific. And I could go on and go. This is something I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy and instead I'm having to watch it happen to my best friend. The girl I would do anything for, I suddenly CAN'T do anything for. There is nothing I can do to make this better or take the pain away and it's killing me. I want to have the answers. I want to know what to say. But I don't. And I'm not going to. So, I'm just going to fumble my way through this one and try to be the best friend I can be. Try to support her and her husband and their families. I'm going to love on that little girl as much as I can. And I'm going to pray and I'm going ask everyone I know to pray. That's all I know for sure how to do.
The bright spot in this past week was our trip to Iowa for the weekend. We went to my parents' house to celebrate my mom's birthday. It had been far too long since we'd spent a weekend up there and it was good for my soul. I swear, no matter how old you get, when life gets hard, your mommy always has a way of making it better. We had dinner as a family on Friday night at a Japanese steak house and I've decided that's the way to go with a 2 year old. He was thoroughly entertained the entire time and behaved like a perfect little angel. And he ate more zucchini than I've ever seen anyone eat. What more can a mom ask for? Saturday I had a girls day with my mom and sister-in-law and we had a great time! Lunch, shopping, and pedicures...3 of my favorite things!
Well...I suppose it's bedtime. And I have a lot of praying to do before I go to sleep so I best get going.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Fall Is In Full Swing
First a forewarning...this is going to be long. It has to be because I've slacked off and haven't written in a long time, but we've been doing so much fun stuff over the past month that I don't want to miss documenting!
It's definitely fall and we've been so busy, but it's been great! We've done so many fun things... a couple of which involved Iowa State football! Well I guess if we're going to get technical 1 of those events also included Iowa football, which is only relevant because my sweet husband is unfortunately an Iowa fan and he feels pretty strongly about our son also growing up to be an Iowa fan. We'll see about that. Although, after the way Iowa State played this year, I don't know if I could blame him if he grew up to be a Hawk fan. He would at least probably lead to a life with far less hearbreak than we Cyclone fans are accostomed to. Anyway, my point was we watched the Iowa State vs. Iowa game with a great group of fun Iowa people. We also went to the Iowa State/K-State game at Arrowhead. It didn't turn out like we clones fans would have liked, (yes, more heartbreak,)but it was still so great to spend time with great friends cheering on our team, and even better that I got to do it 10 minutes from our home! If only all ISU games were played in KC!
We celebrated Thad's 32nd Birthday on the 22nd of September. We had dinner with Harper at Carabba's and then came home for ice cream cake with our neighbors. Thad even let us sing Happy Birthday, which is very non-Thad-like. He said it was for the kids, but I don't know...he may have even enjoyed it a bit himself. Although, you'll notice by the lack of pictures that he didn't enjoy it enough to allow me to catch it on film. We went out the weekend after his birthday with good friends. We had a great dinner and a fun night listening to live music at a cute little spot in downtown Lee's Summit. I love to find great little locally owned spots! Again...no pictures to prove it, but I promise we had fun!
We have also enjoyed another one of our favorite fall traditions...the pumpkin patch! We love it so much, we've actually been twice. Once with the Christiansen's and then again with the Kruger's and Dooley's. We go to this great pumpkin patch that also has a bunch of farm animals and activities for the kiddos. We could really probably take Harper there every weekend and he'd never get tired of it!
Fall brings one other very important event...Thad and I celebrated our 3rd anniversary this past week. 3 years. It's gone so fast, but it also seems like we've been together forever. I can't remember what my life was like without him. I do know this much...everything has been so much better with him by my side. I'm a lucky, lucky girl. We celebrated by having a great dinner at one of our favorite restaurants last weekend and even going out for a couple drinks afterward. It was so nice! We don't do date nights nearly often enough.
So, the fall decorations are out. The yummy smelling candles are burning. Up next: Halloween! We can't wait! I'm already buying candy since we have like a million trick or treaters in this neighborhood...it's so fun!
It's definitely fall and we've been so busy, but it's been great! We've done so many fun things... a couple of which involved Iowa State football! Well I guess if we're going to get technical 1 of those events also included Iowa football, which is only relevant because my sweet husband is unfortunately an Iowa fan and he feels pretty strongly about our son also growing up to be an Iowa fan. We'll see about that. Although, after the way Iowa State played this year, I don't know if I could blame him if he grew up to be a Hawk fan. He would at least probably lead to a life with far less hearbreak than we Cyclone fans are accostomed to. Anyway, my point was we watched the Iowa State vs. Iowa game with a great group of fun Iowa people. We also went to the Iowa State/K-State game at Arrowhead. It didn't turn out like we clones fans would have liked, (yes, more heartbreak,)but it was still so great to spend time with great friends cheering on our team, and even better that I got to do it 10 minutes from our home! If only all ISU games were played in KC!
We celebrated Thad's 32nd Birthday on the 22nd of September. We had dinner with Harper at Carabba's and then came home for ice cream cake with our neighbors. Thad even let us sing Happy Birthday, which is very non-Thad-like. He said it was for the kids, but I don't know...he may have even enjoyed it a bit himself. Although, you'll notice by the lack of pictures that he didn't enjoy it enough to allow me to catch it on film. We went out the weekend after his birthday with good friends. We had a great dinner and a fun night listening to live music at a cute little spot in downtown Lee's Summit. I love to find great little locally owned spots! Again...no pictures to prove it, but I promise we had fun!
We have also enjoyed another one of our favorite fall traditions...the pumpkin patch! We love it so much, we've actually been twice. Once with the Christiansen's and then again with the Kruger's and Dooley's. We go to this great pumpkin patch that also has a bunch of farm animals and activities for the kiddos. We could really probably take Harper there every weekend and he'd never get tired of it!
Fall brings one other very important event...Thad and I celebrated our 3rd anniversary this past week. 3 years. It's gone so fast, but it also seems like we've been together forever. I can't remember what my life was like without him. I do know this much...everything has been so much better with him by my side. I'm a lucky, lucky girl. We celebrated by having a great dinner at one of our favorite restaurants last weekend and even going out for a couple drinks afterward. It was so nice! We don't do date nights nearly often enough.
So, the fall decorations are out. The yummy smelling candles are burning. Up next: Halloween! We can't wait! I'm already buying candy since we have like a million trick or treaters in this neighborhood...it's so fun!
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