Getting Back to Real Life

Boo hoo! Christmas is over! No more sleeping in, late nights, hanging out with the cousins, and just taking it easy. It seems to be over way too soon! But we did have a great time!!! My sister and her family are on their way back to Minnesota:(

Tomorrow life is back to normal. The Williams family resumes the daily schedule where things happen at the same time every day. As mundane as it can be sometimes, I'm actually looking forward to it a little bit. I think we all function a little bit better when we are in our comfortable routine!

January is a busy, busy month for us. We all have doctor's appointments of some sort, 7 of them I think, and of course it is scan month. Brady has his pre-anesthesia physical Tuesday this week. Scans are scheduled for the 26th with a follow up appointment on the 28th. It's time for Brady's prayer warriors to kick it in high gear! The 1 year scan is a big milestone in the cancer world and we are praying for a clear report!!!

I wanted to update you all on the family of Anna McKinney. Her parent's have established an organization in her name dedicated to helping local families affected by pediatric cancer. If you search Anna's Wish on Facebook you can learn more. Or you can go to the website by clicking here. Please continue to lift up this family (Jeff, Jessie, Molly) in your prayers.

Sweet Angel Anna

Please join me in continuing to pray for the McKinney family of Spencerport. Their beautiful little girl died in their arms this morning after a courageous battle against Leukemia. I'm also praying for Dr. Korones, who was Anna's oncologist and also Brady's. I can't imagine how hard it must be to not have been able to save this precious little girl.

Let us never forget how blessed we are to have moments to love those around us.

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/annamckinney/journal

Anna

Please pray for sweet Anna

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/annamckinney

We're Back!

What a great weekend, and what great hugs when we got home! Matt and I had a wonderful time in Syracuse. We stayed just off of the Syracuse University campus at a great hotel called the Genesee Grande. We were able to walk to the game (a little cold and a LOT uphill). The game was a lot of fun (go CUSE!) and we sat on the floor in the 2nd row:)

Of course we shopped for 2 days at one of the biggest malls in the country. This is one of only a few times in a year that Matt and I actually shop together. We didn't do that well at getting names crossed off of our list, but we enjoyed the time together. This afternoon we went to see Blindside which was a great movie!

Now we are home and are both so glad that we put our Christmas decor up before we left! It's so nice to sit and relax in the glow of the Christmas tree!

My friends I hate to burden you with a story of another child fighting cancer, but I know there are several prayer warriors out there who will join me in lifting up a family in prayer. The McKinney family needs prayer for their daughter Anna who has leukemia. You can click here to read her story and keep updated. She is from the Rochester area, being treated at Strong, and sees the same doctors as Brady. Matt and I will be praying about and discussing a way in which we can help this family. Thank you for helping us in this area.