Chemo Angel

Recently, I learned about a fun group called "Chemo Angels". I had a couple of friends become one in honor of my sister, so I looked it up. After reading about it, I signed up instantly. Justin was on board too. Since, it is such a good cause, I thought I would share it on my blog.

Basically, you are assigned a person who is going through chemo. You become their "angel"...a member of their support team. If anyone has dealt with Cancer, you understand how important it is to have a strong support system. Watching my sister go through chemo is hands down 1 of the hardest things I have ever had to do. Every time its chemo time again, I hurt for my sister and she never leaves my thoughts. It makes patients, soooo tired, sick, irritable, they dont sleep well, they have severe night sweats and their appetite changes. What better idea than to be available to someone in need?! I know my sister loves getting notes in the mail from friends, cards and flowers. Its such a small gesture that goes a long way.

As an angel, we write letters of support, occasionally send a little gift basket, etc. My angel is a 35 year old female battling breast cancer. I just sent her christmas stocking in the mail. It included: cookie mix, cookie cutters, an ornament, a magazine, crossword puzzle book and a note from me. It was simple, but i know it means the world to her! We exchange letters weekly of support and bible verses. It takes about 15 minutes out of my day once a week. A perfect opportunity to help out in this world for a busy person!

If you are interested their website is : www.chemoangels.net

Christmas Walk at Vintage Township

Christmas Lights are the cheapest& best entertainment for a 2 1/2 year old. Luke is obsessed with all the colors. So, it is becoming a nightly "thing" to load up in the car after dinner and go look at lights. Sunday night, we took him to the Vintage Township lights. He really enjoyed walking through the lights and listening to music.
* On a side note, it is getting a little more frustrating for him to wake up everyday and see Christmas presents under the tree. We go through the same daily routine of Luke asking, "Christmas present time?" as he runs to the tree. Its pretty comical the way he shows his pure dislike in his facial expressions. Like I just took his whole world from him lol. I am sure it is torture in his innocent eyes. But so far, no presents have been opened!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas Season!

Luke loves Christmas Lights! After spending an afternoon at the park we put up our lights and our tree! Luke picked out color lights for the house and so we matched our tree with color lights this year! All we have left to do is put up the bush lights~

Buffalo Wallow

I officially completed my 2nd half-marathon! I competed in the Buffalo Wallow half marathon in Lubbock and it was HARD. The hills were nowhere near as tough as San Francisco's. But, of all the places in Lubbock, I swear to you Buffalo Lake is the only place that has continuous up and down baby hills that are killer on the legs. I did not beat my previous time, in fact, I added 12 minutes to it =(. But, for this race, I was just happy to finish! (In the above picture, I am loosing my legs lol as I cross the finish line. So thankful my lovely husband got this pic of me ha! Sometimes, as soon as I stop my run, my legs go completely numb. Not fun)

Cruising through the 6 mile point

My running partner and neighbor Ginger! She is awesome. I am so lucky to have her as a neighbor and a workout partner. We meet at 5:30am at least 3 days a week to workout and we run our long distances on Sundays. She is a blessing to me in every way =)

An Early Thanksgiving

*Thanksgiving came early in New Mexico this year! A big majority of my husbands family lives in New Mexico, the rest are scattered out around the country and they travel a lot. Justins uncle is leaving for Afghanistan again in 1 week and his aunt lives in New York and has house in Panama. So she is one busy, traveling lady. So, while everyone was in town, they decided to have an early dinner to celebrate family and being together. It was a good time, and its always fun to see Luke playing with his relatives, working his charm ;)

Luke's 1st Tech Football Game!

Playing with popcorn is always fun lol

Getting into the game =)

Saturday, we took Luke to his 1st Tech game! It was a special moment for Justin and I lol! Luke had his "guns up" for almost the entire first half. He was very into the band, he loved seeing the "horse" and he got all excited when all the fans started cheering. He had a blast!! Tech came out with the WIN against Missouri and we needed that boost of confidence for our Red Raiders. It has been a tough season, but our guys have held on and played their little hearts out. Go Tech!

Luke's Halloween!

Since the Rangers were in the world series, my sister&I thought it would be fun to dress Luke up as Josh Hamilton! Tattoos&all lol. I loved that my sister got to go trick or treating with us this year. She loved every minute of watching Luke go from door to door with his friends asking for candy =)