The month of Febuary (better late than never I guess)

More typing than pictures this time. I will send you to a link here that has the best picture of the most wonderful pink party ever! Celebrating Des' last day of chemo. We had our family there (except our Texas fam)Waiting for that last round of chemo to stream through Des' body and then it was time for the BELL RINGING. When a patient finishes chemo they get to ring a bell on the way out. There was video taken and pictures, but I have to tell you, I was in the prime place to get an awesome picture of her ringing the bell and I had the camara all in postision and ready to shoot and instead of hitting the button to snap the shot, I hit the off button. So hence I did not get the prime picture :( And let me tell you ring it she did, she pulled it right of the wall and down on to little Abbies hands, but all was good, She just hung it right back up onto the bracket that it came out of and Abbies hands survived. (you can see that in the video on that link.)
I stayed with Des' family for a week then headed home.

We had birthdays (previous posts) and of coarse Valentines Day, Ron and I went to dinner for Valentines day and had chocolates and chocolate covered strawberries and a carmel apple to last us for a few days.
Then on the 28th I headed back up to SLC to help her get a few things done before her surgery on the 29th.
The morning of her surgery (she needed to be in there by 6 am) I had planned on staying home with Ellie so she could just chill at home.(because that is Ellies favorite thing to do) But by 10 o'clock I was going crazy not being at the hospital. A relative offered to have Ellie come play if needed. So I showed up on her doorstep because I did not have her number. Thank you Tara for helping out. I then went to the hospital, now really what could I do at the hospital, abbsolutly nothing, but did I feel better being there? YES I DID!! We were told that it would be a 6 hr surgery, I think it was a little after noon time when the surgeon came out and told us (Mark and I) that all went well with the surgery. He said that the plastic surgeon was taking over and that she.... he hesitated for a while and then said "how do I say this....ah she is kind of a perfectionest" Now in my mind that is not a bad thing when they are working on my daughter. I was really happy to hear that. He said it like it was a bad thing.
It was, I think around 4 or 4:30 pm by the time they got her in her room, we were actually up there already waiting for her. When they rolled her into the room, my heart broke knowing what she had just been through. Looking at her she said she felt like she had been hit by a bus, which I am sure it felt like it. I stayed for a bit and kissed her on her cute fuzzy head and then I left to go get the kids so they could come see their mom.
It was a windy day all day and of course it blew in a snow storm. So as I was driving home it started to snow. I got home and there was pizza waiting to be and can I say pizza, Marks boss brought FIVE yes 5 boxes of pizza bread sticks and cinnemon sticks. We had plenty to eat. I recieved a text from Mark saying I shouldn't bring the kids up and just after that text I got a call from Des saying it was really snowing so not to bring the kids up. Little did I know that Mark had left for a minute and Des did not know that Mark had text me and Mark did not know Des called me. Spirit speaking to the parents of 4 anxious kids wanting very badly to see their mommy. But we did the next best thing, we skyped with Des. When we connected Ellie was on my lap and Josh was there, Emma walked around so she could see her mom and the tears started streaming down her face (she is our little tender heart). She had a hard time seeing her mommy with the oxygen tube in her nose and then you know skype, it really does not make us look our best. But Des took the tube out and she seemed to be alittle better. Abbie too was having a hard time.

This cancer journey was not in MY "mommy plans" at all, as we know sometimes we get things we don't sign up for. I know with the help of our Savior we can handle things that we don't think that we can. The Lord knows us and He know how to shape and mold us to become the person we are ment to be. We just need to let Him do it.
The many many prayers offered in the behalf of Des and our whole family are much felt and appreciated.

A short note about the first of March I already posted our birthday in March but on Des' birthday we had a birthday party for Abbie she turn 8 two days after, so that meant that is was birthday party year. Des having just been out of surgery two days, she recruted help from family and friends to throw this party for Abbie she had 8 little friends over and we did pedi's for them as they watched "Princess Diaries" picture here. This was one tired grandma when that party was over. But Abbie had a good time and that is what matters. The rest of March will come when it happens. ;0