Please consider praying for this family.

I am in a women's Bible study with the mom and this little boy and his twin sister are the sweetest, happiest babies!
this was sent through a member of their church.

As most of you know, eight month old Aiden A** is in Hershey Medical Center. Here is an update on his condition as of early Monday morning:

Aiden has a cancer called neuroblastoma that goes from his esophagus to down around his navel. It is pushing against his esophagus and heart and is wrapping around his spinal column. The doctors have advised treating with chemotherapy, which Larry and Melissa agreed to, these treatments began over the weekend and will continue for 3-4 days. The chemo should reduce the size of the tumor, yet at the same time Aiden's immune system will be quite susceptible to infections, which may be as great a threat as the tumor. The doctors have told Larry and Melissa that Aiden is in stage 4, and the critical piece of information that they are waiting on will come in the next few days...what stage of stage 4. If Aiden is in the early stages this would be better news, and may mean less chemo. If Aiden is in the later stages of stage 4, then it would mean more chemo. The difference I believe is 4 rounds if early stages, 8 rounds if more advanced.

Everyone wants to know what they can do to help the family. Right now, the most important thing we can do is continue to pray. Therefore, we will be holding a prayer vigil at the church on Wednesday, April 2nd from 6:00 – 6:45 p.m. in room A35 (the back third of the Lower Fellowship Hall/Youth Room/Archery Room). I also ask that you consider fasting that day before we come before the Lord in prayer. I hope that you will be able to join us to lift this little boy and his family up in prayer. I also ask that you forward this information on to anyone you know who would be interested in praying for the A**'s. Thanks!

“So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting…” Daniel 9:3

“Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” Matthew 18:20

“Pray continually and never lose heart.” Luke 18:1

Washington DC Part 1

On Friday we ventured down to Washington DC to see some of the sites. This was Grammy's first trip and Natalie's first that she can remember. The weather was wonderful and the cherry blossoms were in full bloom! I'll post more pictures later--there were so many and i'm still sorting through them!

World War II Memorial--this is absolutely gorgeous!

WW II Memorial again

More Easter Pictures

While we waited for our ham to bake yesterday we drove about 2 miles up the road to a spot called high rock. Now, we've lived here for a while and i've only driven by it once but never got out of the car. For a reason--I don't like heights. And this was really, really high!

I made sure that Ben had a VERY tight hold on Wyatt!

After we stood on the rock for a few minutes we decided to explore the woods. We found the appalachian trail running near and then grammy found another rock to climb.

Wyatt took this picture of me and Ben!

Happy Easter!

We woke up to a beautiful day today! We enjoyed church and will be relaxing as much as possible this afternoon. Happy Easter!

Easter Egg Hunt!

We went to the Easter egg hunt at church this morning, and boy was it cold! This was my first time hunting eggs while snow flurries were falling! The kids had fun, but hopefully tomorrow will be nice out so we can have our own little hunt!

We did a fun little craft during school time today--one that helps us to remember the new life that Easter is all about. I saved the carefully cracked and washed eggshells from the weekend's breakfast. The kids colored them with markers, filled them with dirt, and planted seeds in them. It was fun to do, and gives us a headstart on our veggie garden!

Field Trip!

We took a field trip yesterday to a local children's museum and the kids had so much fun! Of course I have to share pictures :)

Playing in the corn bin in the farm room.

Wyatt really enjoyed all of the train displays

Digging for Dinosaur bones

The airplane was a big hit, too!

More trains!

In one end.....

Out the other!

Wyatt has been really fascinated by brains lately so it was neat that we were able to play around with one!

One of the perks to homeschooling is that we get to help choose friends for our kids, and I think we've found some really good ones! We had 12 kids in all and it was so much fun!