Monday, October 20, 2008

Stephen & Deb's wedding

We just recently made an adventure to North Carolina to see Brad's brother Stephen get married to his beautiful bride, Deborah. She was beautiful and the whole ceremony was wonderful.

Here are some pictures from the event...









Madison was actually in the wedding (aka the flower girl). I carried her down the aisle and she was very good through the entire ceremony. I was so impressed with her. She was such a trooper.

Saturday, October 4, 2008

Pumkin' Patch

We went to a pumpkin patch for our some of really good friends daughter's birthday. Madison had so much fun and really enjoyed getting to pick flowers. Hopefully, it will be a tradition that we will start with Madison and Baby #2.


Picking flowers at the pumpkin patch

In all of the pumpkins



Friday, September 12, 2008

Enjoying her popsicle...

We let Madison hold her own popsicle and this is what happened....



Got her popsicle and immediately went all over her...



It's all gone!


Oh wait, I can still play with the popsicle stick


She really enjoyed her popsicle, but immediately after she was done. We went and got a bath. What a fun Friday night hanging out as a family in the backyard.


Wednesday, September 10, 2008

13 weeks sonogram

Here are our little miracle at 13 weeks. It was so amazing to see our little miracle yesterday. We are so overjoyed at the precious gift that God has given to us.


Monday, August 25, 2008

Well, we are....

pregnant. Baby Reeves #2 is due in March 2009. We are so excited and can't wait to meet our second child. We will not find out again what the sex of the baby is until I have the baby. We did it with Madison and it was so rewarding. I had my second doctor's appointment today and got to see the baby. It was so reassuring and rewarding all at the same time. God has truly blessed us with this pregnancy.

Father-in-law Update...

For those of you who have been keeping up with my father-in-law and his battle with cancer. Here is the latest email that he sent out last week after his scans.

Dear Friends,

Pauletta and I met with the doctor this afternoon at MD Anderson to discuss the blood test and CT Scans I had yesterday.

The results were very encouraging. The doctor reported that I have reached a point in the treatment that the disease was no longer radiologically evident. I have reached a point of being NED. (No Evidence of Disease)

This means I have graduated from clinical trial school. This is a very good school from which to have received one's diploma. By the way my grades were a lot better in this school than they were in high school or college. I have undergone ten rounds of chemo therapy, almost a year's worth. That is four rounds more than anyone else in this clinical trial. My body has been able to take on an unusually high amount of these drugs and still bounce back. There have been some set backs along the way but, I am very happy to be where I am today.

The plan now is to discontinue chemo but continue to monitor my condition with scans every eight weeks.

Today I am very, very grateful to all of you for your support and prayers. The outpouring of support from the very beginning has been overwhelming. I feel like you have been with me since I started this journey last July. I want to thank all you for your support of Pauletta, my boys, and me.

Please don't take me off your prayer list as this type of cancer does have a fairly high incidence of recurrence, but for today the prayers can also be prayers of thankfulness.

Once again thank you all.

Kelly

Please still be in prayer for our family as we fight this battle together. I know that God can perform miracles through the power of prayer. Thank you in advance to all of you prayer warriors who are already praying for him. We really appreciate all of the prayers and please know that he feels them all.

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Madison cleaning....

Here is Madison cleaning our floor. She likes to help out around the house. Maybe next time I will figure out how to turn the video...

Friday, July 4, 2008

Fourth of July Family Tradition

We celebrated Fourth of July at the Reeves home. It has been a standing event for 28 years now. Pop Reeves smokes brisket, ribs, sausage, and chicken for a HUGE BBQ feast. The whole cul-de-sac is involved. The neighbors all get together and hang out all day. The big event is at night with a HUGE firework display. This year was even more of a treat because Brad's dad was diagnosed with cancer almost a year ago and he is still fighting and with us. We love this family tradition of eating some amazing BBQ and hanging out with family and friends. Madison had a lot that of fun with all of the attention.
Playing keep away from Carmen

Two best friends hanging out with their daughters


Madison sliding down by herself


Hanging out with Pappaw and Granny on the swing
(with her tennis ball in hand)

Saturday, June 21, 2008

Five Year Anniversary - San Francisco


View of San Francisco from across the Bay

I was surprised on Mother's Day with a wonderful treat of getting to spend our five year anniversary in San Francisco, California. I was a little hesitant at first because it would be my first time away from Madison. Our parents would be taking care of them which made it a lot easier for us.

We went to San Francisco on Thursday and finally got to our hotel after a long plane ride around 6:30 pm (pacific time). We were able to rent a car which made it a lot easier for us to get around San Fran. We wanted to see the sites, so after cleaning up at the hotel we headed out to see the Golden Gate Bridge. We went across the Golden Gate to a town called Sausailto and ate dinner over there. One of the highlights of the trip was going to Alcatraz. It was a really awesome experience. I didn't think that I would enjoy it very much at all, but it was really a very cool experience. We also got to enjoy many more of the sites in San Francisco including Lombard St, Golden Gate Bridge, Muir Woods, a beautiful beach, fun breakfast cafes, and an awesome Anniversary dinner on the 52nd floor of the Bank of America building. We got to see the sunset over the Golden Gate Bridge. It was so romantic and an anniversary that I will never forget.


Alcatraz

Driving under the Golden Gate Bridge


Muir Woods

We had a wonderful time. I was very shocked how much I didn't miss Madison. Come Sunday, I was really excited to come home and see her. She looked complete different and was so excited to see us. Thanks Kelly and Pauletta and Dad and Mom for taking care of our baby girl, so we could enjoy a vacation together.



Friday, June 6, 2008

My brother got MARRIED

My baby brother got married this weekend. They got married Friday, June 6th. It was a beautiful wedding here in Austin, Madison and I were in the wedding.


Here are some pictures: