Time Flies at Home

Zach was released from the hospital on October 23rd. We came home and shortly after we arrived my Dad (mom was with us), Josie and Javan, Julie, and Jason arrived. We enjoyed a visit from Joy and Jordan the following weekend (Oct. 30-31st). Zach's parents and siblings have been stoping by often to eat with us or just to visit. On November 2nd Zach returned to IU for appointments and they removed two of the drainage tubes, leaving him with the internal tube in his colon and the neph. tube that drains the urine from his left kidney. Zach was really thankful to have some of the tubes out since they were causing some pain-the two left aren't too bad. We haven't gotten a full report on the CAT SCAN that was done that day yet, but Zach's surgeon looked it over and his assessment was that the cancer in the liver seemed to be the same size as it was at the time of the last scan (maybe even a little smaller.) We go back to IU again on November 30th.

We had a wonderful time with our friends at Leo this past weekend and were thankful to attend Testimonies and Baptisms for Jeremy and Gavin. Zach started back to work this week and worked around 4 hours each day. He is tired at the end of the day, but is glad to be back.

Zion is potty training (again). The process has been slow since Zach and I have been gone so much. He seems to be making some improvement. Uncle Ryan told Zion a scary story a few weeks ago and now he insists on having Zach tell him one every night before bed. We found out that Zion likes to tell stories too. Last night Zion told Zach a story that lasted a 1/2 hour about a lady who kept getting eaten by animals and then climbed out of their mouths (possibly related to hearing Jonah and the Big Fish?). It is so neat to see his imagination developing. Zion is very into playing with construction toys and begs me to get him Bob the Builder DVDs at the Library.

Moriah is learning new sounds and words everyday. She says "bye, bye," "da,da," "ma, ma," "thank you", "all done," and a form of Zion. Just this week she started trying to sing "Jesus Loves Me." She definitely knows what she wants and tries really hard to communicate with us. Moriah loves to eat and insists on using the spoon to fee herself (thankfully she isn't too messy).She has been kind of grumpy since she is getting four teeth.

I have been spend my time taking care of the kids, cleaning up after everyone, working a few hours for Gateway, and finishing up decorating projects. Zach's mom and some of her friends started painting my laundry room while we were at IU and also took down the wallpaper in our dining room. Now I am trying to figure out what color to paint the dining room. I am looking forward to a visit from Joy tomorrow and possibly a shopping trip with my sister-in-laws on Saturday. Excited that Cassie was scheduled to arrive home in Indiana today.

Thanks everyone for your continued prayers. Our God is so Good and He is showing us that He can use this Cancer for HIS HONOR AND GLORY!