Spring 2012 Update

This has been a great spring for us!  As you know from my blog, we had a great trip to Florida and our family made some terrific family memories.  In May we celebrated Trent's First Communion with so many of our family and friends.  I would like to thank everyone for their gifts for Trent and all the cards and well wishes.  To a Catholic child, a First Communication celebrates a special passage in a young child's life.  Trent seemed so growned up on his First Communication and it brought back so many special memories from the spring when I was in 2nd grade.  I am so very proud of Trent.  I need to thank Cindy for jumping right up and getting the celebration set.  We all had a great time!  Celebrating his 1st Communion is something I have have prayed about since Trent was born and I am feel so blessed that I was able to experience it with him!

We also celebrated Brittany's graduation from WVU Medical School.  I am so happy that I was able to go with Dad to celebrate with Brittany, Scott, and Brittany's family in Morgantown.  I am so proud of her and she has worked so hard to reach this huge goal.  She is so very smart and has proved it with all of her awards and accomplishments.  I am so thankful that they have found eachother and hope they have so many years of happiness!

In May we also got to celebrate Ian's Pre-Kindergarten graduation.  It seems unreal to me that in the fall, Ian will be a full-time Kindergarten student.  He has grown up so much and I know that there will be so many wonderful things to come in his future!!

The end of May is kind of up in the air.  I am getting some questions and to be honest I don't have a lot of answers right now.  I started getting upset to my stomach and having other cancer-related symptoms like headaches, dizziness, confusion, etc.  My doctors have changed my chemo and, at this point, it is a trial to see if we can get something to work to stop any progression.  So, right now I'm just asking for prayers for my family and I.  Because,as the changes are more prounounced, I have had to share some more about my medical condition with both boys.  My intent has never been to provide fear to my chidren but you know honest does sometimes give fear.  We have lots of help and sources, but this is the hardest part for me.  Please pray for us as we navigate the next stage of my journey and how our family will progress.

It is hard to believe that June is almost here!

Spring Break 2012

Several months ago during a date night the boys and I were talking about vacations. I decided to take a risk and ask them, "if you could go anywhere, where would it be?"  Without hesitation, Trent blurted out, "LegoLand."  Ian took a few minutes before deciding he wanted to see Mickey Mouse and his castle.   How lucky am I that the boys picked two destinations only a short ride away from each other in sunny Florida.

While the ideas rolled around in my head, I did enough research to realize there are lots of options when putting together a Disney vacation!  I didn't do nearly as much planning and research as I typically would and there just seemed to be so many choices.  So I found a local travel agent and he helped me put together a great vacation!  On April 9th Trent, Ian, Dad and I got on a plane and we flew back on April 13th.  It was such a great time and we made lots of memories.

We bought a park hopper ticket, stayed in a Disney Hotel, spent lots of time at the Magic Kingdom and MGM Studios, spent a day at LegoLand, visited the really cool dragon pool at the hotel, took a boat ride to Downtown Disney, and had lots of time for rides!  Trent and Ian enjoyed everything about the trip!  The airplanes, restaurants, hotel, Disney transportation, rides, shows, everything!  They are the perfect ages to enjoy the parks.

Ian was still smitten with the Disney Characters and he couldn't get enough of the rides.  Trent was super excited that so many people love Star Wars and he loved LegoLand.  It was a busy trip and we were all tired when we got home, but I wouldn't have changed it for anything!  We are back to our regular routines, but when school is out the boys and I will start our scrapbook!  We can talk and laugh and remember our great week of Spring Break 2012 in sunny Florida!