What a Week!

Where to begin...a lot has happened around here in the last 10 days!

 This picture is a flashback to Thursday a week ago.  Dave was scheduled for a prostate biopsy.  When he was just ready to be taken back to the operating room, the doctor came out to say that they couldn't get the ultrasound machine to boot up.  However, if we could just drive across town, they could do the procedure at another location.  It wasn't pretty, and it's a good story if you ever want to hear it, but nonetheless I got Dave in the car (as pictured above) and we made it across town and they did the biopsy.  On Monday morning, the doctor called to say it was cancer.  We certainly weren't expecting that.  He offered to meet with us that afternoon, right before Taylor's party!! As a result of that meeting, we met with a surgeon on Tuesday, and then he had a bone scan on Friday.  Long story, short, we found out Friday afternoon that the cancer appears to be contained in the prostate and he will have surgery to have that removed on December 14th. Whew...in the meantime, this is what else was going on...

 I had promised the kids a trip to Dave & Buster's on their day off from school Tuesday.  That didn't happen because of a doctor's appointment.  Lucky for them, they got to hang out with Bryce and Emmy and Thomas and Gracie and tag along on their bowling trip.  Thanks to Grace and Barbara for taking them along and for sending pictures!

So we made the Dave & Buster's trip on Wednesday.  Taylor is the luckiest thing!

 Chase tries so hard and can't get nearly as lucky as his sister!  It was fun though.

 Taylor came down with a fever Thursday night and was stuck home for the day on Friday.  Poor Dave got sent for his bone scan all alone.  He did just fine but it was hard for me to want to be two places at one time!!!

 She got to feeling better when she found out that Grandma Caddell and Kerry had just picked up her new PUPPY!

 Introducing Allie Cupcake Caddell.

 She's a mini goldendoodle and will be coming to live with us after we pick her up from Cincinnati at Thanksgiving.  She is currently being very, very spoiled so I'm not sure she's going to want to leave!

They also might not let her go!!

 Friday afternoon we finally just got to be home and chill!  

 Chase had the class pet with him this weekend.  He had to photo-document their time together.

 Teaching the alligator about football stickers.  Life lessons.

 There was some FaceTime with the puppy.

Ready for church this morning in her new boots!

Here's hoping this week might not be quite so eventful :)