Good Friday Indeed

Today has been a wonderful and perfect Good Friday. It has been full of sunshine, friends, love, and fun.  Did you notice the new blog pictures and layout? I am just now getting around to adding all the new pictures that Kay Clawson took of our family before we left for the hospital gala two weeks ago.  She took new pictures of the kids individually as well as family pictures and girls/boy pictures:)  Local friends, if you need pictures taken of your family, contact her.  She is so patient and great with kids and families.  She got a ton of pictures in twenty minutes in our yard:)

Today we did a kid swap with the Grubb family.  Kyle went to their house to play with Tanner while Kelsey came here to play with Hope and David.  I could do a whole post on the wonderful blessing of a neighborhood full of kids!  They are such a blessing to us:)

David requested pizza for lunch, so we had a pizza picnic outside!  The weather has been so beautiful. 

Ashley got here and it was time to decorate easter eggs!  Sadly, Tanner and Kyle were too old and cool to dye eggs:) Toni and I lamented how fast our boys are growing up, because they were too busy playing two square and baseball to decorate eggs.  Sigh.

Ashley and David!!! 

Sweet Kelsey and David.  Not only are they neighborhood BFF's but classmates at school as well.  Kelsey is such a kind and sweet friend to David. 

David and Hope working very hard on their eggs.  It took Hope a minute or two to warm up, then she loved it and had such fun!! These pictures make me realize that David's last chemo round wiped out the rest of his hair:) 

The finished product!  (Notice the pink egg in the front that Ashely did!) 

These pictures were from the gala:)  The Robinson girls....and then the Robinson boys below!

A little brotherly love that Kay captured spontaneously! 

To end our awesome Good Friday, our friend Kelly Marchant delivered this adorable bunny bread to us!  It is too cute to eat, but we will enjoy it:) Kelly not only has a huge heart, but she is an amazing cook/baker:)  Thank you Kelly! 

This Good Friday has been such a blessing to us.  We have enjoyed being at home and the kids have had a blast playing outside.  We are so beyond thankful for "do nothing days" where we an catch up around the house and enjoy not only our kids, but the kids in the neighborhood.  On this Good Friday, life is indeed good.

Thursday Update

We have made it home.  It is so nice to have some level of normalcy.  The kids enjoyed our stay in Charlottesville but we are all so glad to be home for Easter. 

We pray David will continue to do well and we can stay here until April 18.  We are anticipating the hospital stay with a short stay in Charlottesville after the hospital stay to make sure he is doing well.

Hope is excited to have a princess playdate this weekend and David is doing well enough that he wants to play in his Tball scrimmage on Saturday.  As for Laura and I we plan to do some spring cleaning inside and outside the house on Friday if the weather will cooperate. 

Please keep my dad in your prayers as he is being treated for pnuemonia in Shreveport, LA.  They are also running a battery of tests to determine if there are other issues going on.  My dad has congestive heart failure but the docs are worried there may be other things going on.  I am so appreciative of my brother and his family because they carry the load with my dad and I know he is in good hands.

As we go through this Easter weekend, lets all keep in mind the importance of Easter in our lives.  Jesus suffered, died on the cross, and rose from the dead so that we might have the opportunity to experience everlasting life with him. 

Our family wishes each of you a blessed Easter, time with your family, and the peace that comes with knowing that we have an awesome God.

Clinic news

All five of us went To clinic this morning. Mike left home by 6 am to meet us there. David was not thrilled at the port access, but we did get great news that his counts look good and our beloved oncologist told us to "go home!" we will have to do labs at home which is not fun, and we need to resume his blood pressure medicine because his blood pressure has crept up some, but tomorrow we are homeward bound!!!! We are going to enjoy a family day here in Charlottesville and even catch a UVA baseball game tonight. We are so relieved that the doctor is happy with his counts :) I am so happy that I will even cheer for the wahoos tonight!! :)