Hello everyone!  I hope your week has been good.  Things here are moving along.  George had his surgery on Wednesday to install his porta cath.  It went very well.  We hope this will make it much easier for his iv.  They have such a hard time getting into his veins.  We also found out on Wednesday that Grace has Lyme Disease.  They have started her on a 20 day antibiotic.  Lyme Disease is very bad here in Floyd.

On a lighter note, our garden is doing very well.  We canned 14 pts of pickles yesterday and hope to can more by Tuesday.  We also had our first mess of peas this week and our squash and zucchini are coming in as well.  I love fresh food from the garden.

The above picture was taken last week.  The kids had so much fun playing at the river.  Nothing says summer more than cool water on a hot day.

I hope you all have a great day and God bless.

Hello everyone!  I am starting a new blog as my old blog kept having troubles and I couldn’t get a post to make.  I wanted to share this picture with you all.  You all know almost everyone in the picture except two.  The lady standing next to George is his sister and the lady with the walker is his mother.  We had a big celebration for Sam and Julie’s birthday the first of June.  This was the first time George’s mother had ever been to our home.  She really seemed to enjoy the day.  We had lots of company.  It was kinda a triple celebration.  Sam turned 4, Julie turned 16 and George was home after his surgery.  I know most of you do not know all that has been going on here so I will update you now.  Around the first of June, George had to be admitted to the hospital.  The tumor had completed obstructed his bowels.  They did surgery, completely bypassed the tumor with a colostomy.  It was a very hard week for us all.  Jess came and stayed with us at the hospital.  Our girls stayed with Pastor Shannon’s family.  The doctor told us later she really did not think George would pull through it but by the mercy of the Good Lord he is still here and seems to be doing very well considering all he has been through.  He started iv chemo last week and takes it once every 3 weeks.  He takes 6 chemo pills every day-3 in the morning and 3 in the evening.  He is in excellent spirits and has surprised us all how well he is doing.  God is good all the time!!!

That is all for now.  Time to get something to eat for supper.  Enjoy your day and God bless.