Cancer can suck it! We are FREE!

SORRY SORRY SORRY that it has been so long since I have put an update on here about our family, we have been none stop busy and to be honest we wouldn't have it any other way.

Family Pictures at my parents :)

First and Foremost I want to let everyone know that Jacob is CANCER FREE!!! We went in to the doctor in January for scans and blood work and every single one of them pointed to Jacob being free of the burden of cancer. We will still have to go every 3 months for scans and blood work due to the fact that the type of cancer Jake had in his Lymph Nodes is more prevalent to come back in the first year..... (BUMMER) but we believe that this trial is over and pray everyday that God keeps Jacobs body healthy and rid of cancer.  

Thank you's...... O MY GOODNESS, I can not express or begin to find the words because I was and still am overwhelmed at the amount of love and support that our family, Church Family and community showed us through this time of sickness. We could not have done any of this without your help... As a mom and a wife I was so worried about being everywhere at once... I didn't want to miss a single treatment but at the same time I felt like I was shorting Sonny and Dylan by not being there, so many days I would just cry because I felt like I was failing someone. I say this because even though I would cry by the end of the day I knew my family was taking care of by so many and it lifted a huge burden off of me. 

Especially in those last few weeks.... I didn't share this with many people and you will understand why I didn't and by the end you will understand why I am now. During Jacobs treatments I found out that I was pregnant, we were both so excited and we told our immediate family only, I was estimated to be around 7 weeks ... I knew God had bigger plans but at the same time I kept feeling like something was wrong, so a couple days went by and I began to have some complications while sitting with Jacob at one of his treatments and so I left and went straight to my doctor to make sure little baby Rowe was ok but was told that my sweet baby was going to be with Jesus that day... This was extremely hard for me to deal with because I was seeing him/her on the screen in front of me but knew thats the only time I would ever see him/her and I was so blessed to have such a amazing doctor and a wonderful friend by my side to help console me that day. (you know who you are Brandi Price) I did not want to tell anyone because we already had so much going on and I didn't want anymore attention than we already had but we had the loving support of our family. I was angry for a few months and just kept asking why why and maybe I will never know why but I learned more in those last few weeks on how to fully rely on God's strength. Let me tell you that there were days that pitiful me didn't even want to get out of bed. God is the only reason why I  was able to have strength for my family during that time of hardship in my own life. Im saying all of this because I am a very firm believer that as soon as a child is conceived that there is life, precious life and Im not typing this for anyone's sympathy but just so people know that their was a precious life that was ours and now that life is with our savior, I believe that our child deserves that.

Jacob's last treatment was a major doosy because you would think that we would have gone out and Celebrated but we actually ended up in the Emergency room that night with Jacobs temp at 104.7 and his WBC levels where at .3..... THIS IS NOT GOOD.  We stayed in the hospital for almost a week until Jacob could get out of isolation and of course all he was worried about was going to Santa's Helpers auction that Saturday... A tradition that we love going to every year and he was bound and determined to go and sure enough we did.

Jacobs Week in the hospital

We made it to the Santa's Helpers auction two days after he got out of the hospital 

I know that this seems awful but our family has grown so much and this is weird to say but I am thankful for the lessons that we all had to learn. I will say that one lesson that has had the most impact on us is that Life is so short and precious and we can not sit around and wait for things to happen, we have to make them happen or we will miss opportunities that God is giving us.

Sonny-Ann on Thanksgiving

My sweet buck I got during the holidays!!! This was a Good Day!

We were very blessed to have the guys come and help jake put up our Christmas Lights...
Thanks Coach Svendson for getting this together

Making our first Ginger Bread house

Ginger Bread House Making Party

Me and my love

Sundance Square going to see Santa!!

Christmas Eve.... So Happy to be Healthy

Needless to say after the amazing holidays with both of our families Jacob jumped back into a crazy busy schedule... we just got through with a D-Now this weekend where we had over 65 youth kids (IT WAS CRAZY) with 3 salvations and 1 rededication...  Praise the Lord!!, he has two regional powerlifting meets this week and then we leave on the church ski trip this sunday.... Dylan is playing baseball and doing great representing his cousin (me) at third base (Third base for life) and he is doing great in school ... Sonny-Ann is always moving and we are working on using the potty and she is starting to talk ALOT and it is so cute (she is so happy to have her healthy daddy back), and of course Me, I'm working at Texas Health Huguely when I can at night and loving watching my family grow.

I love you all and please know that I will never be able to express enough until the day I die my gratitude to all of you who helped us during our time of need with anything from prayer, financial help, food, or just encouraging us. Thank you

This is the day in January we found out that Jakes body was Cancer Free

Bike Riding time with this little miss attitude

We love baseball

This was DNOW two weekends ago and it was So AWESOME

Valentines Day, could not be more blessed!