84 days and counting....

Here are the lastest pictures of the "little man." He is pretty laid back right now. Katie wishes he would sleep at night, but other than that he is healthy. Right now he weights about 4 and a half pounds.....SO they say? He STILL has no name.....so right now he goes by "little man"....will will tell you.....it is between Aiden Shane, Shane Michael, and Aiden Lee..........we will know in March I guess:)


FOOT:)

Sucking his thumb....

Rock On..(there was a picture of him "flipping off" the tech.....)

His left side:)

Airport Sitting.....

Here I sit at one of the two different airports I will be in today. Abe Lincoln is SMALL compared to even the Rapid City, South Dakota airport.
Getting to the gate gets more ridiculous eachtime I fly anywhere. I was able to carry both my "luggage" and my backpack. However, I lost a half of tube of toothpaste and a plastic Target bag. I am not the smartest traveler anyway, so all this confusion of shoes off, on the belt, the computer in a bin and only a few things you can take on board is silly, though I see the point.

As I sit and ponder this trip to North Carolina I am getting more and more excited. I get to see the people I spent all summer with, who watched me grow, and who helped shaped me into who I am today. I am excited to met the Director of SummerShine, and of course I am excited to get out of this Illinois weather. However, I do leave a few family members that have had surgery, and pregnant almost sister in law, and a job that REALLY needs people there. I did make a commitment to myself though, and that is to have fun. I may not get to see this group of people for a long time after this trip, so I am going to have fun. The phone will be right next to me at all times, and I know I can be on the next flight home if needed:)

I will post as I can thoughout the trip. I do ask that you all keep me in your thoughts and prayers as I am traveling alone, and I have a three hour layover in Chicago...a MUCH bigger airport then the one I am in right now:)

My friend, my sister Kim Kersey....

Kim Kersey is one of my G3 sisters. We were neighbors last year and she has quite the personality. She loves to laugh, yell, sing, dance, and anything else you can think of. She is a strong woman of God, and I am so blessed to know her....

...however today she is in surgery to remove what they didnt remove of her thyroid yesterday. It has been confirmed that Kim has cancer. A mass was found during a physical for basketball.

I would like to post the all campus email from first the Dean of Acedemics here on campus:

Family—
Kim Kersey had surgery today to remove her thyroid gland and lymph gland on the right side of her neck.
She came through the surgery very well.
She will be released in the morning and will await word tomorrow afternoon on the pathology report.
All are hopeful that she will not have to undergo further surgery and that the left thyroid will not need to be removed.

The family is deeply appreciative of your prayers, calls and messages.
Thank you.

and....

this is what we woke up to this morning from our Head Resident Caryn Collins:

I talked with Kim's mom this morning. The results of her tests came back showing that she does have cancer. They will operate today to remove the rest of her thyroid. Beyond that, no one knows yet what they will do or how they will treat it. Pray for Kim and for her family in Tuscola...and for youselves as your sister has a difficult road to travel. Please know that the travel is easier when we do it together.

Love,Caryn

So I am asking all of you who read this to say a prayer for Kim. She is an awesome girl, friend, and woman of God. I will keep you all posted as I learn new details.

I know she may not read this, but Kim I love you, and I am praying for you and your family!!!!

Thanks!!!

(she may kill me for this, but here is a picture of her its the only one I could find to show you what we see everyday:)

God's Blessings.....

I was told today God blessed me with a pretty awesome sense of humor....its the BEST way to act ridiculous and blame God.....:) Here is what I am sure they are talking about....

...few more Christmas party......

Candra has four beautiful kids. Kenzie is 10, Max is 9, Mason is 8, and little Mark (Bear) is 5....they LOVE us, but there are two that hangs out more with us then the other two.....they all four melt my heart, give me hugs, and help me LAUGH often......

Lacey and little Mark...aka...Bear he LOVES when we come
we come visit. He melts my heart:)

Kenzie (10) she also likes when we come...its gives her an excuse

to get away from her three little brothers:)

Candra and Stacey

SFG Christmas Party...

Every student, faculty and staff memeber here at LCC is required to be in an "SFG" a Spiritual Formation Group. We meet once a week and talk, read the bible, a devotion, create many laughs, tears, prayer, jokes, and pretty much have fun. My SFG is lead by Candra Landers, she is the Service Learning coordnaitor....basically in charge of getting Week of E stuff taken care of and service learning taken care of. Anyway our group consits of 6 girls and Candra. We read decided to read a book this semester and then talk about it...and see how it applies to our life.

This past Monday was our Christmas party, dinner, and a movie. We also have a dinner and movie night once a month. We had a lot of fun with dinner, gifts, a movie, and having fun with Candra's kids.

Chelsea, Lorissa, and I
Candra...our amazing leader
Lacey

Allison