Today is the day we are finally going in for Luke's BOTOX injections, please be praying for all to go well, thank you:}

Luke is getting his first BOTOX injections today, he will get some in his wrists and his quads which is in his thighs. We are hoping and praying that the BOTOX will help his wrists to relax enough so that we can get them to stretch out so that they are not be bent all the time. He will then go in next Wednesday for casting of some new orthodics to help train his wrists to stay straight and hopefully help them to actually move without major pain. Then the goal for his legs is that if we can get his knees to move at all we may go back to the Orthopedic surgeon to talk about options of a minor surgery to clip some of the muscles in his quads to help get us moving his knees again. Please be praying that the BOTOX will work and that we will continue to have wisdom in knowing the correct steps to take in getting Luke bending again.

Tomorrow I will be taking all the kids up to Seattle to see the Nutcracker at McCaw Hall, we are all so excited. Deciding whether to take Luke was a huge decision for me as I knew it could be risky going with him if he wasn't having a good day, but the thought of not taking him as he so enjoys the music was so excruciatingly hard for me that I decided to try it. Please be praying that Luke will have a wonderful day, for that matter that we all will, that he will stay healthy and that we will all stay warm as we are having some frigid weather in WA right now.

So much has been going on lately and I have many pictures to share, I'm hoping to get back on here soon to bring y'all up to date. If you are ever curious to know just exactly how things are going in our lives you could always ask to be my friend on Facebook, just be sure to let me know exactly who you are if you make that request.

Love in Christ,
Luke's Mommy Suzi

The Lord has comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.

Where, oh where do I begin?? These past few weeks have been filled with lots of good laughter and some sad times with tears. I will begin with the good, Ezekiel celebrated his 9th Birthday, yes I did say 9 years old, so hard to believe. We had a birthday celebration on Sunday after church at Godfather's Pizza Parlor, he then had some friends over to play, he had a super fun day! Then on his birthday I took him out for our special Mom and Birthday child lunch, he chose a Mexican Restaurant where they sang Happy Birthday in Spanish, we had so much fun!

Luke has been doing good lately. I am extremely thankful to say that the whole family is doing great right now, all are healthy, PRAISE GOD!! The only thing that is kind of a bummer lately is that Luke has been waking up on many nights crying and the only thing that will help him go back to sleep is me picking him up and holding him for awhile. I'm hoping and praying that this will not continue on, we both need sleep:} Here are some more pictures of Luke from Josh and Natalie's wedding.

The week after Zeke's birthday was filled with plans of getting ready for our church's women retreat at Leavenworth. It was a wonderful weekend filled with lots of laughter, good prayers times, beautiful scenery, a little bit of shopping, some delicious food and a little bit of restful sleep, I didn't get a lot of it, but what I got was uninterrupted, that made it all the sweeter.

As I was checking up on Luke's prayer links when I got home I noticed that Tori had died on Saturday. Though I never met her or her parents it was really sad to say good bye to her. Tori had a drowning accident a year after Luke and I faithfully checked up on her and prayed for her these last 4 years. Then on Monday I lost a friend to cancer, Pastor Pollock who also had a prayer link on the side went to be with Jesus after a courageous battle with cancer. He left behind his sweet wife Susan and their 9 children ranging from 20 - 2 years old. God has been teaching me how to weep with those that weep, I would much rather rejoice with those that rejoice, for that is easy to do. God sometimes calls us to do the hard things in life and we are rewarded by knowing that through our obedience we receive amazing blessings from him. My heart has also been burdened as I found out a dear friend of mine, Jeanette has thyroid cancer, I have been crying out to God to heal her and am believing for a miracle touch from Jesus. This verse in the Bible has brought me great comfort lately:

Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into
singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people,
and will have mercy upon his afflicted.
Isaiah 49:13

Love in Christ,
Luke's Mommy Suzi

Luke's better Praise God! Now I need to get my act together to get out of here soon.

Luke made a speedy recovery yesterday, Praise God! I'm getting ready to go on our church's women's retreat here soon. Just got to get my act together before I leave, I still have quite a bit to do. You know like finishing the laundry and putting it away, packing myself, picking out all the kids clothes for church on Sunday as Gordy will have enough on his plate just getting them out of the door by himself on time, bathing and feeding Luke, getting the other kids fed and ready to start school and the list goes on . . . Do you think I will be able to get out of here in 2 hours?? I hope so.

I would sure appreciate your prayers for Luke to stay healthy this weekend and that Gordy will be able to get some great sleep each night. Also for our retreat to go wonderfully and for women's lives to be changed this weekend.

Love you all so much and appreciate your prayers,
Luke's Mommy Suzi