Our summer is off to a wonderful start, except it's hot, hot, hot!! It is hard to believe we're already in the middle of July. We're both doing well, still fighting severe allergies which can be quite miserable. Candice had to go on Prednisone a couple of weeks ago for a few days as her allergies started affecting her asthma. We had an appointment with our Pulmonologist last Tuesday and she was telling us many of her patients are struggling with them right now. We had our Pulmonary Function tests done and I'm happy to say that they are staying very consistent. Mine were at 69-70% and Candice's are 65%. We try to be dedicated to exercising four times a week and I think that along with the singing really does help. Candice had her four month follow up at Mayo Clinic last Wednesday and received a wonderful report. There were no new tumors!! We had a good feeling that she would be clear as her weight is staying consistent and that is always a good sign. Dr. Mulligan was ecstatic, he is just amazed at how well she is doing. Her next follow up will be sometime in November and if she is still clear then she will be able to go six months between the next follow up. It will be three years this November that she will be cancer free. We are so happy and we thank God for working a miracle in her life.
This past weekend our family traveled up north to Cottonwood to visit family. We really wanted to get out of the heat for a few days. Our parents helped Rhonda and her husband David with some home projects. Our brother Jody worked in the yard pulling weeds. Candice and I stayed with our niece Danielle and our great nephew Austin. Austin just turned one in April and he is so much fun to watch. It was really great for us to spend some time with Danielle, and we really had a wonderful time. The weekend flew by way too quickly. Before heading back home we drove to Sedona to Tlaquepaque to shop. It's a beautiful place. There were a lot of art museums, jewelry and Indian shops. There were a couple of stores that had objects made of glass. Our grandparents lived in Sedona for several years and we visited there quite often when we were younger. Since our grandparents are no longer alive we haven't seen Sedona for almost ten years. We drove by our grandparents trailer and it's amazing to see how different it was. Seeing it brought back so many memories of the times we traveled up there for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and mini vacations. It's hard to believe it was many years ago. We would play the game hide and go seek, and frisbee, with our siblings. We would also take long walks and our brothers loved playing in the ravines. It was so much fun!
When we arrived back home on Monday afternoon it was 116 degrees and miserable. It was nice to escape the heat for a few days.
This week Candice and I have started working on a home recording project. We're recording a few of the songs we sang at the HPS benefit concert along with some songs in our repertoire that have not yet been recorded. It's a fun process, but quite time consuming.
We are scheduled to sing a couple of songs at our church tomorrow. We're singing "The Prayer" with our choir director Paul and Candice and I are singing "I Bowed On My Knees and Cried Holy." It is one of our favorite songs and one that has been requested by many people at our church. We are looking forward to the Sunday services. Hope you all have a wonderful Lord's day.
Psalm 100 NIV
1 Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.
2 Worship the LORD with gladness;
come before him with joyful songs.
3 Know that the LORD is God.
It is he who made us, and we are his [a] ;
we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.
5 For the LORD is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations.