Fight2Win

Today marks the one-year anniversary of the death of Alese Coco. Her incredible life was cut short by complications from Hodgkin's Disease. She was as beautiful on the inside as she was on the outside. The entries on her blog are some of the most inspirational words that I have ever read. She had an incredible spirit and belief in God. I followed her blog and prayed for her for about a year before she passed away.

Fight2Win was Alese's mantra. Her family has spent the past year setting setting up the Fight2Win campaign. Their mission is a 100% cure rate of Hodgkin's Lymphoma. This will be accomplished through research that focuses on Hodgkin's Disease. The research will be initially completed at the Alese Coco Hodgkin's Research Laboratory at Columbia University. They also have the goal to provide a support network for patients diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma. That is something that I would have benefited from greatly when I was undergoing treatment. Click HERE to read Alese's blog.

Please say a prayer for Alese's family today. This is a very difficult day, but also a promising time as they are finally able to move forward this incredible campaign. Please consider donating to this cure. There are so many young people that have Hodgkin's Disease. They went through treatment just like I did, however, they haven't made it to remission. Jennifer Willey is continuing her battle everyday. Click HERE to read her last blog entry. Please pray for strength and peace for her.

My birthday is coming up soon! Help me celebrate by considering a donation to Fight2Win. I will continue to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, but I will also start donating my card sales to http://www.fight2win.org/ . Thanks for reading my blog today and reading about something that is very important to me!

Our new niece!!!

Here is a picture of Chris with our new niece! Alyssa Jo was born on 4/22/08 and is already home! Everyone is saying how much she looks like her Daddy Matt! Congratulations to Matt and Lisa.

She's on Fire Now!

Well, it only took about a week! Kayla is having the time of her life riding her bike everyday. We have even been able to ride around the circle (just short of a mile) around our house. In the video you can hear Kayla yell "wahoo". A few minutes later she crashed hard and had her first bike injury!

Watch out...Kayla wants to be on 2 wheels!

What a beautiful day it was today! We went out to breakfast this morning and then played our first family round of golf for the season. They have a SUPER deal on memberships at the Elk's Course and we couldn't pass it up. I made it only 5 holes, got ticked off, and quit. LOL. We came home and played ball with the kids. I'm not sure what is up with our son, he asked Chris to run around our property line with him. What the heck?? Trust me, I'm not complaining!!!!! It is so refreshing to see him want to be active outside and get mad when we make him come in!!! We have never experienced that! Kayla made the decision that she is done with training wheels. Hopefully we will soon have video riding her bike. This may be a long process! She is very determined to get it done! Have a great week! :)

Please Pray....

A while ago I mentioned this blog I have been following for a long time. Please pray for a young family named Tricia, Nathan, and Gwyneth. Tricia has cystic fibrosis and is prepping right now for a double lung transplant. This is an incredible story and has taught me about the power of prayer. You can read more of their story by clicking here.

Crean and Crimson!!!

Wahooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!

Vacation is Over!!

Why does vacation always have to go so fast??? I can't believe that the kids go back to school tomorrow morning and I have to go back to work. I had such a good week off. We started the week off fun by having everyone over for Easter and to celebrate Ryan's birthday. We hung out at home a few days and went to Kalahari one night with the DeWitts and Dentons. We had a blast! It was packed!!! Here is a shot of our bathing beauties. Have a great week everyone!