Patti

For those of you who are keeping up with Patti, my mother-in-law and her treatments for breast cancer, here is the latest...
She started round 5 of 8 chemo sessions today. The last half of chemo will be less meds but still just as many side effects, though the side effects do change with this half. Also, we just found out yesterday that this second half entails her being at the hospital for SIX hours every time (compared to about 2 for the first half-yikes!), so please be praying for her!
Thank you so much for all of your prayers, she can feel them and is drawing strength every day from them. She's so thankful and knows that MANY people, nationwide, are lifting her up!
Also, on that note, something else that needs prayer...Patti recently got back some test results that showed her to possess a gene that they are linking to the cancer. The good news is that after her chemo, they can take out all her "problem stuff" and she will have a 99% chance of cancer never returning! Praise God for that! The bad news is two-fold, though...that surgery will be a day-long process in which they'll remove both ovaries and both breasts and reconstruct the breasts, so that's a daunting surgery to think about, especially post-chemo. Secondly, because she has a GENE, that means that both Chris and his sister, Jenny, are more likely to get cancer themselves in the breasts, colon and ovaries (that one's just applicable to Jenn, obviously). So, please be praying over those tests for both of them and they have them run and just for wisdom in getting that whole process going.
That's it for now. Sorry for another all-words post, but I wanted to share all the details of what's going on with Patti, for those that have been asking and praying along the way!
And again, thank you soooooo much!!! xoxo

M.I.A.

Hey Everyone,
Well, I cannot even remember the last time I posted something on here, so I realize that I may be writing to myself because I lost any readers I did have. IF there is anyone else reading this, I do apologize for having been such a bad blogger the last couple of months. Honestly, they have flown by and some of the time has been pretty rough for various reasons, and so I simply have not been motivated to write anything.
But I am back now! :) I will say that, unfortunately, I am not back bearing pictures, so I also apologize for that. But, if you’re STILL interested, here’s what’s been going on with us…
Chris had his very first wedding of 2010 two weekends ago, and it went GREAT! It was a great setting, the pl were wonderful AND when Chris took the finished product by, the lady LOVED it, said she’d pass on his info to anyone she knew getting married and even gave him a tip! Praise God! AND THEN, this past weekend, he filmed a concert for a local band. AND he might be doing another band this coming weekend. So, we are so very thankful for His provision of business lately!!! It’s been so long since I wrote that I don’t think I have mentioned that Chris’ unemployment has finally run dry. We knew this would happen eventually and have been so thankful for the money that he HAS gotten from that over the last 1.5 years! But needless to say, I struggle everyday with just giving it ALL over to Him and trusting in His provision! I have good days and bad days where this is concerned but am really trying to bathe the issue in prayer, trust in Him and stand on His promises. I’ve really been clinging to Jeremiah 29:11 the past few weeks about Him having a plan for us, one that does not include harm and DOES include a hope and a future for us! AMEN, huh???? And boy has it been so evident in the provision of business for Chris!!!
So, other than that, we’re just doing the daily grind. Chris is on our church’s softball team, and they play every Thursday eve. The guys have a blast and are really good too! And us ladies/fans have a ball chatting and cheering them on! And it’s a great time outside of church to get to reconnect with church peeps!
Well, I suppose that is enough of an update for now. Don’t wanna bore you with too long of an all-words post right away! I promise I will try and take some pictures here and there so as to break up the different posts! :) Love you all very much and hope He is blessing and speaking to you every day! IN HIM!!! <><

Being Lazy

So this past weekend, we went with Chris' fam down to the lake in New Mexico. We had a blast! I took lotsa pics but do not seem to have the patience to put them up one at a time here on my blog. SORRY! But as I was thinking about it, I realized that I cant think of a single person who reads my blog that isn't also my friend on facebook. So if you wanna see the pics, go to my facebook page and check them out! Seriously, I do apologize for being so very lazy and impatient!!!! yikes! :)

In other news, the Lord has truly been blessing us with His provision (as always)...Chris has been working Part-time quite a bit lately with the one restoration company AND he also has been getting quite a few phone calls about weddings and various other video jobs! So praise God for that! I'm just doing my thing here at my job and getting very excited for summer/warmer weather!

Thx for sticking by me as I have been so bad lately about blogging at all, and when I do, about not including pictures! Love you all very much! Happy Memorial Day to all of you!!!!

Things...

Sorry it has been so long since my last post. Hopefully none of you were on the edge of your seat waiting to hear back about Chris' job stuff! :) He did not get the full time job, which is disappointing, however, I was a lil nervous about some aspects of the job anyways and was really praying over it. So I truly believe he didn't get it for a reason. No idea what that reason is, but the Lord is in control, and I have complete trust in that fact!!!

Chris has been doing quite a bit of part-time work for All Phase the past few weeks, so that has been very nice, and every week, he's been making more and more contacts about more weddings this summer. Other than that, I'm just working and doing the usual day-to-day stuff.

I will mention that thee years ago yesterday, Chris and I met for the very first time in person! :) Kinda cool to think about that. I even remember what we both ate at lunch and what we were both wearing! So awesome to look back to that day and see the Lord's hand in it and every day since then in our relationship!!!

I know this is a random post, but I will also mention that I get to meet one of my college roommate's fiancee tomorrow down in the Springs, and I am very excited about that.

So, other than that, not too much new is going on. Hope you have a wonderful weekend, and MAYBE one of these days, I'll actually have some pictures to post on here again! lol!
In His Love...

Praise the Lord!

Just read Psalm 113, and it starts and ends with that phrase! And one of the verses talks about how He is to be praised all day long, from the time the sun comes out til it sets. So, I just thought that was an appropriate title for this post!

So, Chris has now booked two weddings for August, and we just wanna give Him all the praise and glory for this provision!!! We've both really been blanketing the biz in prayer lately and cannot give credit to anyone but Him for these bookings! So I just wanted to share that very good news with you!

AND also, Chris has a potential full-time job offer that might be coming in the next few days, so please join us in praying that the Lord's will be done in this and for discernment of whether to accept it or not, if it's offered to him. I will give you all the details later, if he does end up taking it!

That's it for today! Love you all so very much and will keep you posted on things! Thanks so much for your prayer support, your love and for caring enough to read all my blogs with NO PICTURES-lol! xoxo

Patti

Some of you already know this, and some of you do not. I had previously shared this news with some people for prayer support, but it wasn't something that was being publicized to everyone in the beginning. That being said, Patti is my mother-in-law, and she is a wonderful one, lemme tell ya! :) And a lil over a month ago, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. And tons of ppl came outta the woodwork to pray for her, and the Lord was and has been VERY PRESENT throughout this whole process. She immediately had a lumpectomy, and has been recouping from that surgery for several weeks now. But now that she is healed, chemo and radiation are just around the corner. So, on Wednesday, she will have her first round of chemo. I believe this will be once a week for a few months and then, as of now, the plan is to do radiation every DAY for a few months. So, the rest of this year, though we're blessed that she is still HERE, is gonna be rough and long for Patti. So, could you all please join us in praying for this journey? And now that I have asked that, lemme just tell you how the Lord has been alive and active in this situation from the very beginning...

After several years of trying to lose weight, Patti, in just a very short time, easily shed 10 pounds, which the docs tell her probably led to an early detection of her lump. Also, the night before she verified the lump and went to her doctor, she suddenly woke up in the middle of the night with a sharp pain in her breast and made a note to check that in the morning, which obviously we believe was the Lord alerting. Patti has a personal relationship with her wonderful Gen Practitioner and was able to not only email her and ask about the lump, but the doc got her in right away to look at it. She was also able to get in for surgery just a lil over one week after finding the lump. The surgery was very successful, and not only did they get all of the cancer, but there was none in her lymph nodes, which would've been a very big and scary issue! Oh, and did I mention that we just happen to live near Denver where one of the world's leading c cancer centers is located! I mean, seriously, even in the midst of this horrible, scary thing, the Lord was and is working! Thank you, Father!

Ok, so that's just a tiny bit of what He's doing already in this situation. And my mother-in-law has been giving Him all the glory and leaning on Him completely! Praise God!!!

Anyways, sorry for all words and no pics in this post and in the past few posts. But thx so much for your love and prayers! Love and cherish each and everyone of you!!!

OUR GOD REIGNS!!!!! :)

Mom's Visit

Well, the bad news is that, tho mom brought me a camera, we did not take a single picture! SORRY! But the good news is that we had a BLAST together (duh!)! We didn't do anything real exciting. We got haircuts, watched movies, organized and decorated at the house, played lotsa wii games, hung out, talked alot, ate some yummy food, laughed alot, etc! And it was, as usual, very hard to see her go! But I'm so thankful for the time that we had together, especially since in ONE WEEK, she will be moving to TX with my older sis and family, so I won't have the luxury of talking to mom as much as I'm used to. Tho I'm so excited that not only will they all finally be in one place (makes for much easier visiting), but I'm so thrilled to have mom not living alone anymore! So, that is a huge blessing!
Anyways, just wanted to update you on her visit...it was great, and of course I missed her the second she left! But we do have plans already to go to Houston for Christmas, which'll be the first Christmas I've gotten to spend with my side of the fam in 3 years! So, that's a blessing, as well.
Hope you're having a wonderful Good Friday and have a wonderful celebration of His rising on Sunday!
Lotsa love! xoxoxo