Happy 7th Birthday Colby!

Well I am a few days late on this post. I have had A LOT on my mind lately, literally! So anyway...I wanted to update and post some pics from Colby's big day on Sunday. Because it was a chemo treatment weekend, we just had Grandma and Grandpa over to celebrate. Which is a good thing, I was not very social. I did have a great conversation with my mother in law and at one point started to cry, it was nice to have a motherly pair of arms wrapped around me in my sorrow! Thank you so much Char for listen and giving me your shoulder to lean on. It has been a roller coaster to say the least but I keep marching forward. I keep my head held high and take it one day at a time. I am reading my bible and spending some time with my Lord each day. To read the bible is comforting to say the least. Much I am getting out of this. I am journeying through the Bible in one year. I am in Exodus and Matthew. So many things I learned in Genesis and am learning now in Exodus. Things I knew already but many many things I didn't know. Each day is something new and each day there is a hidden blessing. So anyway....happy birthday to my lil man! And here's to many, many more! Enjoy the pics!

Cathi

Happy New Year!!

Welcome 2010!!! May this be a glorious year in the Bottelberghe household. I haven't blogged much lately except the randome stuff here and there. Nothing much going on in our lives. We went back to school on the 4th and we are STILL trying to get back into a routine again. Hopefully this week will be better. The middle two kids will go back to "school" at Anita's house 2 days a week starting tomorrow. I am still enduring chemo every week for 2 weeks and then a week off. Our CT scan showed great progress so far and that is such a huge weight lifted off me. This weekend has been a weekend of staying warm and relaxing as much as possible. I have broken out in some sort of funky rash on my cheeks and my hands. Thinking it is from the chemo but not really sure. It is sore and red. Looks like a very dry skin that is trying to heal after putting lotion on it but not sure. My brother, his wife and 4 kids paid us a visit yesterday and spent the night and left around lunch time today. I haven't seen Mike in a year and 1/2 so it was nice to spend some time with him and "catch" up! I got to see Jodi and the kids this summer but it was nice to see them all together and hang out! We were amazed at how well our kids just got into their groove together. You would never have guessed that they hadn't seen each other in a few months. They always get along so well and really enjoy each other's company. It was so fun to hear the laughter/giggles from the little people this morning. Thanks for coming to visit us and catch up Enright's!! Next time it will be us coming that way for a visit!! :) We went to Dells this afternoon to see the movie Alvin and the Chipmunks the Squekuel. What a cute movie. The kids really enjoyed the movie and so did Jason and I! It was a nice break to the day. We are all tired in this household tonight and so it may be an early night as we have school tomorrow. Hopefully I will have some exciting stuff to blog soon. Who knows! For now, know that we are still around, we are just busy with "life". I hope you all had an enjoyable weekend!

Cathi

RIP Daisy: July 10, 2009-January 2, 2010

The children are learing about the cycle of life the hard way around here lately. Another of their kittens has died. Daisy was sick, and I just knew she wasn't going to survive the winter. Wish I had taken her to the vet a couple of weeks ago but didn't. Not many pictures of her and many of them are from this fall when she was smaller but we wanted to pay tribute to her here on my blog! It is a sad day in the Bottelberghe household :(. She will be missed! She is up in Heaven frolicking with her brother, Prince!! We are now down to 5 cats around here. All of momma kitty's kittens she had this summer are gone. 2 have died, 1 ran away and the other went to Mikayla's friends house to live, Coco's 2 kittens are still around, they were born around the same time as momma kitty had her liter. Sad, sad day!

Cathi




Daisy is the kitten facing the camera with her eyes closed. her momma is on the bottom step.