Sept 8

Hello to all. Not much to report here. I hope everyone got to watch a little of the Stand Up 2 Cancer program on Friday night. What a great way to reach out and raise money for cancer research. It is so important as there are so many people affected by this awful disease.

Mark continues to do well. He still gets fatigued easily, but is so much better than we could have ever imagined from his initial diagnosis to now. What a blessing and miracle!!!!!!!! Mark has been out helping with Colton's football practice. He was getting a little too animated with the players and about passed out the other day. He had to lay down on the ground for a bit to get himself back together. He forgets sometimes his limitations. His biggest challenge besides the fatigue is the ostomy. He would really love to get rid of that. Hopefully that will be our next big hurdle. Mark's test will be September 29th and we will find out whether or not the colon has healed. We pray hard that it has.

The kids are all doing well. The boys both love school and have great teachers and classes this year. What a blessing. Emily is growing up so fast. She keeps us laughing a lot (or pulling our hair out). The Drake football team won their first game Thursday night 28-6 in Valley. Calen was excited about that. Colton was mad that he didn't get to go as he had football practice that night. Hopefully he will get to watch a game or two. His football season will be starting soon as well. We definitely stay on the run with the 3 kids.

Thanks for all the support. We hope to have a quiet month and then great news to end the month. God bless!!!