Ricky really loves to get live Christmas trees. Me, not so much. Yes, they smell great. Yes, they are beautiful. But, the needles. Oh, the needles. I sweep them and yet they multiply. However, it is now a tradition and we always get it on the day after Thanksgiving. So, we decided to step it up a notch and actually go and cut down our own Christmas tree. Another new tradition. We found out about a place fairly close from some friends and headed out in search of the perfect tree.
Archive for November, 2008
I am happy to announce that Ricky has completed all 33 of his radiation treatments. We were able to finish up yesterday morning and he skipped out with his mask in hand. Okay, he didn’t really skip, but he was pretty excited =) We have the next two weeks to just relax and get ready for the next step in our journey. We are meeting Dr. Leming, the new oncologist here, on Thursday. He has bloodwork on the 11th and an MRI on the 12th and then we head to Houston that night. Please continue to pray that the tumor is gone. Our appointment is on the 16th at MDAnderson with Dr. Yung.
I just wanted to take a quick minute and wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving! I am about to go headfirst into the kitchen and not leave until we eat at 2:00. We are having both families over and Riley has already asked me 100 times when the party starts. Don’t let him fool you, he just wants cake and ice cream =)
I want to say a huge thank you to all of you who donated to the Thanksgiving outreach. I also need to thank the manager at Kroger’s who gave me 27 turkeys for the sale price of .59 cents a pound. The limit is 2, but he let us have all of them for that price. Yay Kroger’s!!! Thanks to Melissa for going with me to get the turkeys. We were worried that we would be pushing a carts with the turkeys but the nice guys had Kroger’s helped us load them all.
We are so excited that the auction that so many people have put so much into is going live tonight. A huge thanks to Erin and Alisa who have put an unbelievable amount of time into getting it up and running. Another big thank you to Mr. Darvick who authenticated all of the items in the auction. There are not words to describe how grateful we are for you taking the time to help out our family.
Here is the post from the Rally for Recovery blog. The button at the bottom will take you directly to the auction and it will be live tonight with the items listed. You will not be able to see the items until tonight!
Sunday is THE day!
We are so happy to finally let you know that the Rally for Recovery baseball auction benefiting Ricky Stone and his family is set to begin! We have partnered with eBay Giving Works and Mission Fish as the format to run the auction. Winning bidders will receive a tax deductible receipt. Please pass on this information to anyone and everyone!
Items go up for auction between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. PST this Sunday, November 23 and will run until Sunday, November 30. Please be aware that items will not appear in the eBay store until they list Sunday night! Here is the link which will take you directly to the store
We are just overwhelmed by the pouring out of love and support we have seen through this trying time. However, my prayer is that the testimony that continues to build each day will be used to glorify God. May our words just speak of His love and goodness. May we continue to praise Him and give him all the glory through the good and bad! We love you all…
I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart;
I will tell of all your wonders.
Psalm 9:1
Hey everyone! I just realized that I haven’t really given an update on Ricky in awhile. Let’s just say that no news is good news =) His treatments have been going very well and he has only 5 left. Yeah! The only side affect that he has had is loss of hair. He lost the whole area on his left side where the surgery was and now he is even losing some on his right side. But if that’s his only problem, we will take it!!! He has had very minimal fatigue and none of the other anticipated problems. We are so thankful!
This morning we woke up to our first snow. It is only flurries, but still the first of the year. As we looked out of our big window watching the flurries passing by, Lily said something that was so cute. She said, “Mom, it looks like we are inside a big snowglobe.” Here is a video of the kids looking out of the “snowglobe”
doneShe amazes me with some of the things she says. Anyway, they couldn’t wait to get on their hats, scarves, and mittens. Here they are all ready for the snow…
I love it when God puts a bible verse on my heart! This morning I was laying in bed just thinking. I have had a hard time finding an oncologist in this area who is willing to work with Dr. Yung. So, at 6:30 AM, I was thinking about my next step to find one. The verse Philippians 4:6 popped in my head. Not once, but over and over again. I couldn’t wait. I had to get out of bed to see what the verse said. Here it is…
***UPDATE*** We have 14 turkeys donated, so 1 more to go!!! Thanks Jackie! Thanks Kelly! Thanks Alisa! Thanks Rick! Thanks Amy! Thanks Teri! Thanks Erin and Erin’s mom and dad! Thanks Andi! This is awesome! Come on guys! 1 more!
Can you imagine having Thanksgiving with out a turkey? Me either. That’s why I’m asking you to accept my turkey challenge. Our church is collecting food donations in hopes to send out 175 baskets into our community. Each one contains a frozen turkey and all the fixings to make a wonderful Thanksgiving meal. However, last year we fell short on frozen turkeys. It just makes me so sad to think that there are families out there that will not have the supplies to fix a full Thanksgiving meal. I know that Thanksgiving is not only about the turkey, trust me, I know. However, I would love for everyone to have the opportunity to have a nice hot turkey.
Soooooo…..what do I want you to do? I am asking for any of you who are able to, to help by donating a frozen turkey. I surely don’t expect you to send one across the US, I will even do the shopping for you. My goal is to be able to donate 10 frozen turkeys on Sunday the 23rd! As long as I have the donations by Friday the 21, that will give me plenty of time to go shop. Will you help me? Just email me or drop a comment and let me know you are on board. I will take any donations and take the family to go pick up turkeys! Please help make a difference on Thanksgiving!
*Edit* I’ve had a few emails asking how much does a turkey cost. I think that $15 per turkey is enough. I think that’s about what I paid last year. If anyone knows any different, please let me know. God just put this on my heart yesterday, and I didn’t check any prices first =)
Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
2 Corinthians 9:7
I am so excited to say that we are beyond the halfway mark through treatment. Yesterday was treatment number 17, so 16 more to go. Yay!!!
