Hail and Farewell to 2012

We have had quite an eventful year! 

A quick recap:
Julee gave birth to our grandbaby, Evelyn Grace Guinn, on March 5th.
Josef graduated with his Master's degree in May.
We celebrated 25 years of marriage in August.
In September, Trey completed his Ph.D. program.
Sarah gave birth to our grandbaby, Charlotte Elise Varga, on September 19th.
Another trip to the Mayo Clinic in November (more about that later).
And, we ended the year with some Happy Holidays :)

A few photos:
For clarification purposes, Joy Avery is now 2 1/2 years old!
Evy Grace is 9 months!!
And Charlotte Elise is 3 months!!!

Happy New Year!
Cheers,

Big Sister

 

New Addition

And, we have a new addition to our family!
Evelyn Grace.  They call her Evy :-)

What Happened

To the handful of readers who ask about our blog,

We have missed you! It has been almost a year since we posted. 
And what a difference a year makes!
(just realizing we need to update our profile too - we have a new baby who we LOVE :-)

Where can we begin in our attempt to catch you up on all our happenings?
First, allow us to begin where we left off.  Joy Avery's one-year-old birthday party!

Her parents made such great efforts!  We were all SO excited!
Then, IT happened, my body would not cooperate. We did not make it to the party.
It has taken this long to even talk about it.

The main thing, Joy Avery and ALL her guests had a good time!
A fun party! A fine Fiesta!
Attached is a pic taken on that JOYFUL day!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Happy Birthday to Miss Joy Avery!

.....more pics coming soon....

Good To Go

Co-workers got me a snuggie for my 1st IV infusion, which is tomorrow!

The folks at the Institute called to remind me of the appointment.
They advised me to start pushing fluids today, to dress comfy tomorrow,
and to bring a blanket.
(Some meds can be nephrotoxic, or hard on the kidneys. Lots of water will help the med
to be friendlier to the kidneys, which filter everything circulating in your body).

So that is it, I am good to go!
We'll keep you posted :)

I am leaving you with a gift - peace of mind and heart.
And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give.
So don't be troubled or afraid.
John 14:27

(Thanks for the verse, son ;)

Update

In just nine days, Baby Joy will be a year old! Wow!

And in exactly one week, I will have my first IV Infusion.
It is all set, I have the appointment on the 17th at 1:30 p.m.
Even though I would like to receive the treatments at home,
it will be at their facility, the doc here feels it will be more safe.
Sometimes we have to be the one to bend, don't we?!?!