Cross Country Season is HERE!!

Today we went to the first invitational of the season and the team was AMAZING! What a great start to the year. Both the boys and the girls placed first for their division with 15 points {2nd place had 69 points}. The boys came in spots 1-6 & 9. So all 7 varsity runners were in the top 10. Andrew came in 4th {of 94 runners} with a time of 16:45 ~ he ran this same race last year in 19:51 so a HUGE improvement.

Introducing.....Max

WE have adopted a new dog for our family and his name is MAX! He is a 7 month old Westie from a rescue group. His former owners had to give him up as the wife is terminally ill and the husband could not take care of them both. We were approved to adopt him yesterday and he came to us last night. He and our Springer Spaniel, Millie, are having a great time playing with each other.

Unwanted Guests.....

This morning as Chris was leaving for band he came in the house to let me know that there was a kitten in the garage that went under the workbench. I DO NOT like cats in any part of their development...kitten or adult. SO I had Andrew look around with me and yes we had a very small kitten under the workbench. It was under it in such a way that getting it was going to be difficult. We did bring out some food and milk in hopes of luring it out....the smart kitty waited until we left to go eat and then back in his hiding place. After lunch we went out to look again and we no longer had 1 kitty......there were TWO!!

After some creative catching by Andrew we collected both kittens and took them to the animal shelter. They are quite young so hopefully they will find a family to take them in. While at the shelter we did look at the dogs but there wasn't anything that looked like it 'belonged' with us.

More News......

MaryKay received the results of her bone marrow test and she says..... The Dr. told me there is 0% cancer residual in my marrow!!!! Therefore, I don't require any more chemo and I just have to wait for my levels to go up to get out of here. I have to make sure I don't have infections, fevers, too many transfusions...He then said I will need to get my blood drawn twice a week for 4-6 weeks and then they will do another bone marrow test to declare that I am in complete remission. Then I return to the hospital for 5 days every 3-4 weeks for about 4 sessions to make sure the cancer is completely out of my system.

This is just AMAZING news and all of your prayers have worked.

Update...

Mary Kay had some great news today at the hospital. She says "I had a cytogenetic test done with my cancer cells when I first arrived at the hospital. The test came back and it was the best case scenario. I am in the most favorable category for survival and my cancer responds very well to chemo." This is FANTASTIC :-) Keep the prayers coming as they are working.

PRAYERS.....

Last Friday my sister in law Mary Kay was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). It is a rapidly progressing disease that results in the accumulation of immature, functionless cells in the marrow and blood. She is currently in the hospital receiving chemotherapy and will be there for the next 4-6 weeks. She and my brother have two young children Jack 4 and Ava 1. Please keep them in your prayers as they are needed.

Maggie...how does your garden grow?

WOW is what she would say!! We have planted a rather large garden this year and Maggie wanted cucumbers as she loves them and it is AMAZING how well they are doing. We picked our first two cukes today and she is so excited. The entire garden is thriving at the moment.
It doesn't hurt that we have had a lot of rain this summer.