Robinson Happenings

So this is a scan week.  That means that we will head to UVA Thursday night to be at UVA hospital bright and early Friday morning for a chest, pelvic, abdomen scan to make sure that David's cancer has not returned.  We have been through roughly seven of these over the last two years since he finished chemo and radiation.  If this one is good and clean, then we will celebrate that we made it to the two year post-chemo milestone and keep praying for three more years until we hit that magic year five. 

Scans are not too terribly stressful to David because he will be sedated.  He is gone from us for 2-3 hours for the entire procedure.  The staff is wonderful that take care of him and we have faith in trust in them and the ultimate physician, God.  He has taken such amazing care of us throughout this entire nightmare and I have no doubt He will continue to hold us in the palm of His hand.  We should know results Friday afternoon. 

These weeks are hard.  I am thankful for God and the peace that can only come from Him.  I am thankful for good friends that pray for us and encourage us through these weeks.

We have been a little distracted this week meeting some new friends. 

 

This is Seth Allen-David's newest BFF on the Hokie Basketball Team. He and David just connected at that camp last weekend and he has reached out to us and called David on the phone and even attempted to facetime David!!  Here is a selfie that Seth and David took on his phone at the camp. 

This picture is totally out of order and random, but it makes me belly laugh that David was way too cool to sit with us at church on Sunday.  We sang several David Crowder songs which are David's favorites and he wanted to sit near the band and sing his tone-deaf guts out! 

 

Anyway, another amazing thing that has happened this week is that this little Mom blog has seen lots and lots and lots of activity from Hokie hoops fans reading about the Buzz Bunch fans this past week.  To the Hokie fans that are new on here, welcome and just know that the pictures from Saturday do not even come close to expressing how very cool that event was.  Coach  Buzz, his staff, and players made my child's entire year.  Only God could have orchestrated this new friendship between David and Seth on a week that is stressful in this house.  This little Mom blog was shared on twitter and other social media this week after the Buzz's Bunch event.  Hokie fans-if this team plays with as much class as they showed on Saturday with a room full of special needs kids, then buy your season tickets now.  They are the real deal. 

 

For a fun diversion from the reality of a UVA trip we hit Claytor Lake today for some boating and tubing fun.  Check out my boys on the tube and sweet girl had a little snooze on the boat:)

 

While at the lake today, I found out that Buzz's Bunch was discussed on a Hokie website and the link is below.  My boys flipped out because in the comments section someone took a picture of David dunking and compared it to a previous Hokie player whom they loved.  Very cool stuff!  Check it out below!

http://www.thekeyplay.com/content/2014/august/5/buzzs-bunch

Thank you dear friends for praying for David this Friday.  Childhood cancer sucks, but our little cancer warrior, hoops-loving dude is getting by with some help from his VT basketball friends. 

Buzzs Bunch Day at VT

There are just those days when you know that God smiles down upon you and blesses you. Today watching our David participate in the first annual in Blacksburg, "Buzz's Bunch" day at Virginia Tech my heart was full of thanksgiving. Buzz Williams is the new VT basketball coach and he and his players and staff opened up their practice facility for a day of hoops camp for special needs kids.

Here is Coach Buzz with his very sweet wife Corey. They did not just come out to the camp say a few sweet words and then hide out, they were on the court with these kids the whole time. They are truly the real deal.

This young man, Seth Allen is also the real deal. He is a red shirt Junior new to VT, and David just loved him. The camp provided lunch for the entire family and Pops, who went along to cheer on David. Seth came and sat with us at lunch which of course, David loved.

At the end of the camp, the players sat at a table and the kids came by to get autographs. David and Seth took a selfie on Seth's phone!

During the camp, the kids rotated around to lots of different stations. They were all fun, but David's favorite was the dunking station! These players were engaged and encouraging to these kids. There were lots of high fives, fist bumps, and cheers throughout the whole day!

After David would make a shot he would perform his little victory dance that the players caught on to and did with him!

Before lunch Coach Buzz had the players surround the campers and touch as many of them as they could. He said the most beautiful prayer over these children thanking God for making them just the way that He did. I was just so happy watching my cancer warrior, hoops loving dude, enjoy every single minute of this day. Our family believes in God's perfect plan for each of us, and though we would never have chosen for our child to have a disability, or fight cancer the way that David has, we know that His plan is perfect.

David and Kyle with Coach Buzz! Kyle was welcome to jump in and participate in the camp, but I think he is mature enough to get it now that these precious opportunities for David are for David only. Heaven knows David has been to millions of Kyle's AAU hoops games over the years so it was cool that for today David, and David alone, was the star!

I was impressed with the enthusiasm the players brought to this day. Coach Buzz has done this day for the past five years at Marquette, but this is new to VT. These players jumped in and were totally engaged with these kids.

They took a huge group picture of all the campers, players, and staff. As we left, Coach Buzz was signing the pictures that were taken at the beginning of camp as a souvenir for the kids. The campers also got a tshirt when they arrived and a drawstring bag to keep up with all the goodies they got at each station. David certainly loved him some Seth Allen today!

Kyle was very shy and definitely was loving watching his brother shine on the court. He did really want his picture with the two tallest players on the VT team!

During the stations the campers and families were taken into the locker room for a tour. The players showed them their lockers-very cool!

The entire day was amazing-from the warm welcome of the players in the parking lot to the goodbye autographs from Coach Buzz and the players, our David loved every single moment. It was awesome! At this point to me, it does not matter if these players win one single game this season-they proved today they are true winners with class. Well done Coach Buzz, staff, and players! The Robinson's loved our day with you!

Life Lessons and VBS

Another wonderful week of VBS is in the books and I am sad that it is over. I thoroughly enjoyed my week in the Critter Cafe with Kilby, my Kyle, and his buddy Riley.

There is nothing like witnessing a room of almost 100 kids praising God and singing their hearts out.

VBS is a wonderful social opportunity for David! He had some dear friends there with him like Caroline, Jocie, and Kelsey.

Kyle really got to fine tune his worship board skills this week working it for opening and closing each night. He trained his buddy Riley on how to do it also! The youth has been there each night helping out as needed. They are awesome! There leaders Glenn and Jackie have both had surgeries in the last two weeks and they were not able to be there with the youth. Without their guidance the youth rocked it with maturity and class. I was impressed.

I love that my kids are blessed with christian friends. In this day and time church activities and God often get pushed to the backburner. I am so thankful that my kids have good friends at church. I am also thankful that I get to serve in Chilren's ministry. It is an honor to teach children about Jesus. Yes I am tired and I have seen my husband very little this week, but VBS was. so. worth. it!

Kyle and Riley helped with a closing skit tonight! It was so cute!

I have learned a lot this week. I have relearned some bible stories and memory verses this week with the kids. I have spent time with precious people that I do not get to spend much time with due to the craziness of life. I have enjoyed fellowshipping with church friends and serving snacks to tie in with our bible lessons. I simply loved every moment of it.

Besides the bible lessons and memory verses, God taught me a huge lesson tonight. I was present when someone got very upset over something that was huge in their world. I was convicted that I must love bolder and praise others more. I was smacked in the face that we ALL have our insecurities, and our own issues and demons we fight. When we are called to love others like Jesus wants us to do, we must smile more, appreciate others loudly, say thanks when a job has been done well, and encourage each other more. This young person reminded me tonight that we are here to love as Jesus loves us. Amen.