Category: Family

With only 138 days left until Christmas, I thought I’d do the Christmas Draw. (And it helped I’ve been on the phone since I walked in the door at work and my mind started to wander.

So here’s the draw results:
Jere has Leah
Becky has Justin
Melissa has Laurie
Joe has Catherine
Justin has Tianna
Laurie has Matt
Will has Stephen
Trish has Josh
Catherine has Becky
Chris has Trish
Leah has Will
Josh has Chris
Andrea has Lindsey
Stephen has Melissa
Amy has Jere
Matt has Andrea
Lindsey has Amy
Tianna has Joe

I’ll also email this list out to you all. (If you get this email from a different email address than your preferred email, please let me know what your preferred email address is. Or if you don’t get the email, please let me know as well.)

I made sure no one drew the same name as the last two years, but if I missed something, please let me know.

Please remember the limit is $20, and please try and put some thought into the gift (which MAY eliminate gift cards). And if anyone has a wish list already on a website, please feel free to share (I’ve got a wish list going on Amazon I’m happy to give details for).

Happy shopping!

So, this is how Ashlee’s primary class went last Sunday…

The kids are all sitting in class waiting for it to start. Someone pokes their head in and says the substitute teacher will be there in 5-10 minutes. A little while later, a lady walks in. She puts down the manual on the table and says, “Here’s the manual, you have 15 minutes to prepare a lesson to teach to me. I’ll be right back, I need to go grab something.” She gets up and leaves the class room.

The class looks at the lesson, gets their discussion ready, prepares the chalk board and everything, then sits down to wait for the substitute to return.

And waits…

And waits….

And waits…..

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And she never returned!

A few weeks have passed and a few of you have called/messaged asking about my Pops so I wanted to take a minute and thank you all for keeping him in your thoughts and prayers. You have no idea how much love we’ve felt during this process so far and know Heaven has opened a little more, through your prayers, to carry us along! Thank you, dear Freeman family!

Here’s a brief update on my father’s health. As you all know, my Pops was diagnosed with colon cancer at the beginning of May. It was discovered during a routine colonoscopy and he had to have half of his colon removed. The good news is that he no longer has cancer in the colon! The bad news is that the cancer spread through his colon’s lining to his liver–all over it, actually. Fortunately, it hasn’t affected his liver function or spread to any other part of his body. Hallelujah!!

He will begin his first round of chemotherapy next Thursday. That will most likely be much worse than any pain he’s felt so far. However, he’s recovering remarkably well from his colonectomy and is sooo ready to take on chemo. That’s my Pops: so accepting of the opposition on the field and ready to give it his all to win the battle! His faith and attitude are his greatest assets and make him such a hero to me! We’re praying for complete eradication but are aware of the possibilities.

My mom has been a great nurse–she’s taking her job very seriously and doing an amazing job–but is probably taking this challenge harder than my dad, even though she’s handling it very well. (She has a great game face!) George flew out from SC for five days and that was so good for Pops. His girls, Ty and Min, will be coming in a week–our kids are super excited to spend time with them! Mario and his family visit more regularly now too. We’ve been up a few times and will be up more often during the summer. Not to mention the great support he and my mom have been receiving from their ward family. How thankful I am for good ward families!

How thankful I am for families, period! It’s been a time of real growth for my entire family and we feel very blessed to know this is all a part of The Plan. We’ve felt nothing but peace the entire time, and again, know it is a direct result of all our loved ones’ prayers. There truly is great power in prayer! Thank you for yours on his/our behalf! We love and miss you all dearly!