Greg's dad Lin went in for his 2nd PET scan since receiving chemo and radiation and he is officially cancer free! I cannot tell you how happy, elated, relieved, thankful, etc. that we all are! God is soooo good! I think we were all a little worried-his last scan had shown a small spot on his lung and I think that for months we have been holding our breath waiting to get a confirmation on what it could be. It was apparently a shadow and not anything cancerous.
Lin is still undergoing other medical things right now-but he is in good spirits. He had to have some dental surgery prior to receiving chemo and radiation treatment and when he went in for a checkup recently-the doctors were not too pleased with his healing progress. He now has to go to Good Shepherd for 40-that is right-40 treatments in a hyperbaric chamber to help with the healing process. I hope the treatments pass quickly for him!
So-thanks to you all for prayers and support! I really have to give a big shout of thanks to all my PT family-you have all been great about remembering Lin in your prayers and about asking me about his progress-it meant the world to me!
Monday, July 27, 2009
Lexington "Lexi" Kate Terry
Well-she finally arrived! Lexington Kate was born on July 21st weighing in at 8 pounds and 5 ounces. She was 20 inches long. Hannah had been dilated to a 2 for over a week and was a week over her due date-she was ready for the baby to come out!!! Mom, dad, Jordan, and I were able to go and see her and London and Lillian. I could not believe that as we were all taking pictures that Hannah now has a family of 5!!!! I truly did not think that she would be the first to have kiddos-but now she has 3 girls and they truly are all beautiful! Hannah and Jeff looked so happy with their newest addition to the family! Enjoy the pics-more to come later!!!
A Happy Family of 5!
A full head of hair!
Lilli is taking it all in! :-)
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Random Summer News
Greg and I successfully finished our week at the TFB Youth Leadership Conference and we are glad to be back home. We found out before leaving that Greg's group finished in 2nd place for the week-losing 1st by only 3 points. We were really proud of the progress they made during the course of the week!
My mom and London picked us up at the Farm Buruea office in Longview-London and Lilli had been staying with Grammy for the weekend. I have to tell you that Hannah and Jeff have some beautiful girls! :-) Hannah is due any day now with another addition to the family and I think everyone is ready to meet the newest cutie! I really enjoyed getting to see the girls-they are growing so fast and I can't believe the changes that take place between each visit. I will have to get some pictures from mom so that I can show you how much they have grown.
So-we get back from San Angelo late Friday afternoon and Greg had to leave on Sunday morning for a Field Staff meeting in San Marcos. Saturday, he spent his time bailing hay, while I spent my time with the girls and doing laundry to get him ready for the next trip. As you all know-during this time frame, all over the news was the shocking death of Michael Jackson. And if you know me very well...you know that just the mention of his name or to hear the music from his song, Thriller-scares the CRAP outta me!!! So, back to the news-I am watching t.v. and flipping through the channels-when there it is...the song that I hope I never hear-Thriller-all at once I revert back to the scared 5 year old who, did I mention, watched the making of the video and then the big television premiere of Thriller. I was so scared I called mom and made her stay on the phone with me while I packed a bag to go stay at her house. Jordan-this is for you(he makes fun of me, but I don't care): To whoever reads this-I can say that, yes, I am 27 years old-I am married-I have car, house, and tractor payments, and YES-I am scared to death whenever I hear Michal Jackson sing the Thriller song. See Jordan, I can admit it-I bet others are scared too! :-)
Enough about that-along the same lines-Farrah Fawcett also passed away. I had recently watched her special on t.v. that documented her couragous battle with cancer. If you did not get to see that-she was so super brave and strong for trying to fight such a monster of a disease. I pray for her family and friends who were with her during that fight and who are hurting.
Hay-so whenever we are in town, Greg and I are normally at the farm trying to keep up with all the hay that is just growing like crazy (if we don't get some rain soon, it will stop though). Yesterday morning we get up and get ready to go. We are going to bail up about 20 acres of hay. This partiucular field I am so proud of. Last year, we all worked so hard to plant this field and it was some tough work-so I looked at it like a mom might look at her child-I was a proud momma! :-) There was a TON of hay out there! In the beginning, I think I looked at the massive amoiunts of hay on the ground as time and hard work-Greg has helped me to look at it as money! So-I have a much easier time bailing hay today! :-)
Here is my rake and the lovely nice rows of hay I was beginning to make!
Anyway-I get the job of raking the 20 acres-no problemo-I was happy to do it. I grabbed my ipod, sunglasses and a bottle of water and I was good to go.
I was so proud of my nice neat rows of hay that I might have gotten a little too confident. While turning to make another row of hay-I turned a little too sharply and heard a loud noise. I immediately stopped the tractor, backed up and made my turn-no problem. But then I begin to think...what made that noise-there was no apparent sign of a big mistake I made-nothing looked broken. But, it just kept nagging at my thoughts. so I stopped the tractor and took a closer look-here is what I saw.
A very bent jack! So-I called Greg and asked him if the jack on the rake was suppose to be bent and crooked...hoping maybe it was :-). He quickly came over to take and look and-of course-it was not suppose to look like that, but he assured me all was well and he could fix it. He is so sweet!
Greg fixing my mistake!!! Oops!
So-to wrap it up-Greg saved the day! We are both doing great-just working and enjoying our time together. I still have lots to learn about the farm-but I am thankful that I have Greg to help teach me and to be patient with me! :-)
My mom and London picked us up at the Farm Buruea office in Longview-London and Lilli had been staying with Grammy for the weekend. I have to tell you that Hannah and Jeff have some beautiful girls! :-) Hannah is due any day now with another addition to the family and I think everyone is ready to meet the newest cutie! I really enjoyed getting to see the girls-they are growing so fast and I can't believe the changes that take place between each visit. I will have to get some pictures from mom so that I can show you how much they have grown.
So-we get back from San Angelo late Friday afternoon and Greg had to leave on Sunday morning for a Field Staff meeting in San Marcos. Saturday, he spent his time bailing hay, while I spent my time with the girls and doing laundry to get him ready for the next trip. As you all know-during this time frame, all over the news was the shocking death of Michael Jackson. And if you know me very well...you know that just the mention of his name or to hear the music from his song, Thriller-scares the CRAP outta me!!! So, back to the news-I am watching t.v. and flipping through the channels-when there it is...the song that I hope I never hear-Thriller-all at once I revert back to the scared 5 year old who, did I mention, watched the making of the video and then the big television premiere of Thriller. I was so scared I called mom and made her stay on the phone with me while I packed a bag to go stay at her house. Jordan-this is for you(he makes fun of me, but I don't care): To whoever reads this-I can say that, yes, I am 27 years old-I am married-I have car, house, and tractor payments, and YES-I am scared to death whenever I hear Michal Jackson sing the Thriller song. See Jordan, I can admit it-I bet others are scared too! :-)
Enough about that-along the same lines-Farrah Fawcett also passed away. I had recently watched her special on t.v. that documented her couragous battle with cancer. If you did not get to see that-she was so super brave and strong for trying to fight such a monster of a disease. I pray for her family and friends who were with her during that fight and who are hurting.
Hay-so whenever we are in town, Greg and I are normally at the farm trying to keep up with all the hay that is just growing like crazy (if we don't get some rain soon, it will stop though). Yesterday morning we get up and get ready to go. We are going to bail up about 20 acres of hay. This partiucular field I am so proud of. Last year, we all worked so hard to plant this field and it was some tough work-so I looked at it like a mom might look at her child-I was a proud momma! :-) There was a TON of hay out there! In the beginning, I think I looked at the massive amoiunts of hay on the ground as time and hard work-Greg has helped me to look at it as money! So-I have a much easier time bailing hay today! :-)
Here is my rake and the lovely nice rows of hay I was beginning to make!
Anyway-I get the job of raking the 20 acres-no problemo-I was happy to do it. I grabbed my ipod, sunglasses and a bottle of water and I was good to go.
I was so proud of my nice neat rows of hay that I might have gotten a little too confident. While turning to make another row of hay-I turned a little too sharply and heard a loud noise. I immediately stopped the tractor, backed up and made my turn-no problem. But then I begin to think...what made that noise-there was no apparent sign of a big mistake I made-nothing looked broken. But, it just kept nagging at my thoughts. so I stopped the tractor and took a closer look-here is what I saw.
A very bent jack! So-I called Greg and asked him if the jack on the rake was suppose to be bent and crooked...hoping maybe it was :-). He quickly came over to take and look and-of course-it was not suppose to look like that, but he assured me all was well and he could fix it. He is so sweet!
Greg fixing my mistake!!! Oops!
So-to wrap it up-Greg saved the day! We are both doing great-just working and enjoying our time together. I still have lots to learn about the farm-but I am thankful that I have Greg to help teach me and to be patient with me! :-)
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