but now she has become Aunt Nancy to all of us! Even my parents call her Aunt Nancy! And she just loves having her picture taken!
Lace helped put the candles on it, and was very distressed when we didn't have quite as many candles to make Aunt Nancy's age on the cake, (much to Aunt Nancy's relief) so she settled for a pattern of some sort.
Lace also decided if you help put the candles on, you must have to help blow them out!
Aunt Nancy does a great job at loving the homemade gifts she gets! She NEVER asks for anything, and that makes her very hard to shop for! So, this year she got a sweet fall decoration that included a scarecrow, a cute little potpourri thing from K, and a stepping stone from Andy that took way too much effort, and totally was very ugly...and to think she was supposed to have 1 from each!
And finally. . . Happy Thanksgiving!
We had a family filled day and had lots, and lots of food! Kish's love food, as evidenced by our enormous guts! And we actually plan what clothes we can wear that will allow us to eat the largest amount of food, and still keep our clothes on!
We also took practice family pictures in preparation for Christmas Eve. We Kish's also have a sick sense of humor...and since my mom is dying, we wanted to make sure we had a great picture of all of us before she's a goner!
Can you see why we need practice?
Beginning on the left, Khayle, Tony, Andy, Laycee (on my lap), me, my oldest nephew Adam, Gary, my oldest niece Ashley, my older sister Shelly, Judy, my brother-in-law Toby, my tallest nephew Derek, my big brother GaryLee, and Andrew, my youngest nephew, and twin to my tallest nephew. Not pictured is Brandon, my nephew in law, he claimed to be 'working'.
I know, not everyone was as lucky as I was to marry such a catch.
Hmm...did I say lucky?
Anyways, we had a great Thanksgiving and we were so blessed to get to have my mom home this year. Last year she was in the hospital. We were also so happy that Mom had hair this year, too.
On a serious note, we never know what God has in store for us, and for my mom it's stage 4 breast cancer. That means that the cancer has moved to her bones. It has eaten away 50% of a vertabrae in her neck and one in her lower back. She has to be very careful, and not lift or have many jerking experiences, as it could cause her bones to break. Mom said she is expecting a miracle, and that she may have to deal with cancer, but cancer has to deal with God. She says prayer is the best medicine, so please keep them coming! She is getting 20 minute IV treatments every month that are supposed to help rebuild her bones. It does make her tired at first, but then she really perks up, and it has helped tons with her pain, and for that we are so thankful! We hope that they do find a cure, but if they don't and her time is short, we know that separation is only temporary as we will be together again in Heaven for eternity. And we're still going to Disney World and checking that right off of her 'Bucket List'!
Stay tuned, I'm behind in blogging, but coming up soon will be the girls' brithdays, a kindergarten Christmas concert, 2 baptisms, Christmas, and Disney World!
