HAPPY BIRTHDAY WITH A BANG!

I feel bad for those of you who missed Gary's Birthday! What a party to honor such an incredible man! I think we both expected a whole lotta people but we never expected as many as we had. People we see, people we haven't seen in a while, old friends, new friends, baseball friends, church friends, family friends, kids, and on and on and on! Gary's brother Mike and his sister Terry flew in to surprise Gary for his birthday and the boys loved meeting them and hanging out with them.

We had over 150 people at our house to celebrate Gary. The most amazing thing about his party - every single person that came WANTED to be there. None of these people came because they work with him or for him and no one came out of obligation. That many people love Gary and our family because Gary is such a great guy! Now that's a legacy! Gary had a smile for 5 hours and he told me that he felt like Santa Clause! He loved taking photos with all of you and between Jenn and Brent and Kayla and whoever else took pictures we should have some great ones!

We talked to the boys as we were reading all of your cards and opening up gifts and they were able to really hear how much their Dad is loved and that is such a special gift you gave to us on Sunday!

Gary received over 50 beanies and the boys have already had quite the fashion show with the beanies! He got gift cards and cash and books and shirts and candles and movies and so much more I can't even recall! What a GREAT BIRTHDAY!
Thank you all ofr coming and sharing this day with Gary and me and the boys. You have no idea how special it was to our whole family.

Thank you to all of my girlfriends who made this so much easier for me - shopping, cakes, trash, photographs, memory board, cooking, cleaning up (the boys helped, too! - lots and lots!!!), setting up and everything else. I could not have pulled this off without all of you! XOXO

Well, yesterday was not a good day. I ended up having to cancel all of his appointments because he was in so much pain. Today we will go see Dr. Gluzman and see what we can do about his pain management. Radiation will start Wednesday now. Who knows when we will go see Barth and we need to see Ashkenaze to get his staples removed from his back and hip. We are going to the Montage today to have out family photo taken for our Christmas cards. I hope Gary feels well enough to go!

We started talking about Christmas yesterday and I asked Gary what he wanted. With tears in his eyes he asked if I could give him a couple more months so he could be with me and the boys longer. That broke my heart in a million pieces because I want to give that to him.

Gary's Dad has been diagnosed with myeloma and we are waiting for the results from the bone marrow sample they took to see the extent of the cancer and to see exactly what kind it is. We will know within the next few weeks and in the meantime Gary's Dad and Mom will be coming here at the end of the week/beginning of next week to see us and spend some time with Gary. Gary is very happy.

I had better start getting ready for my day. Time gets away from me most days and before I know it half the day is over.
The boys, Hobie, Gary and my Mom are still sleeping. It is nice and quiet here.

Here are some things I ask all of you to pray about for our family.
1. Pray for pain management for Gary. I feel like we have been praying for that for a long time now.
2. Pray for a miracle for healing for Gary. Remember, God can come in at any time.

There is so much to pray for and I will add some more requests tonight.

Love to you all,
Lisa :)