Fun at the park

I took the kids to the park so Cash could practice basketball and didn't realize my phone had some pretty neat camera features.  So I started playing around and captured some cute pics of the kids!

A random Sunday

We had to pick up Ben's trailer for a gig he had the following day and decided to grab some breakfast on the way.  Ben and Ryan Frames had grabbed lunch at this cool little eclectic place downtown so he wanted to take us there.  Five Points Local!  I was a little hesitant at first as I wasn't sure if I would find anything I liked but I did!  I loved it!!  I had the spicy goat cheese avocado toast with a fried egg on top.  It was delicious.  The coffee was excellent and just overall cool place!!  Everything is very fresh and healthy. 

Later that afternoon we took the kids to Friedrich Park so Ben and Cash could run.  We weren't sure if there was a play ground or not but this cutie had fun anyway.  It was SO beautiful outside!  It felt good...just nice to be out!

Later that evening Ben and I had a wedding to go to and this was the view.  It was gorgeous!  Paniolo Ranch....

A new ice cream experience at Sub Zero Nitrogen

We have a new ice cream shop near us called Sub Zero Nitrogen so we thought we would pop in and give it a try.  Definitely a new spin on ice cream.  It was a "cool" experience but Baskin Robins is still my favorite!

Cash loves to run

Toward the end of Cash's 4th grade year he was chosen to run in the track meet for NEISD.  That is when we really saw a love for "running" with Cash.  Specifically he likes sprinting.  He did really well in the NEISD track meet and that carried over into football.  He definitely has some speed, of which he gets from his daddy.  I found a track organization that practices on Sundays and after going a couple of times he seems to enjoy it.  He looks forward to middle school track!

My dad's prostate cancer diagnosis

My dad was trying to get a prescription re-filled and it was one that required him to see his Urologist before he could get a refill.  He contacted Dr. Singleton for an appointment and what came out of that appointment was an elevated PSA (7....normal is under 3.0 in a man my dad's age) and a slightly enlarged prostate.  A biopsy was scheduled and because I was 99.9% sure that the biopsy would come back negative I was definitely thrown for a loop when it came back positive.

It was lunch time when my mom called me.  Ben happened to be home which I think God planned that perfectly.   Finding out that my dad had "prostate" cancer wasn't the sad or shocking part for me.  It was just knowing that my dad had to feel the emotions that come with hearing "you have cancer" and the process he would have to go through to be cured.  We knew that his urologist was pretty confidant in the fact it had not spread but he would still order a bone scan to make sure.   The stage is a 2 and his bone scan negative.  That was a huge relief.  I didn't think his biopsy was going to come back positive so I wasn't waging any bets on his bone scan.

My dad has to have 45 radiation treatments.  That means that for 9 weeks he will have to drive to the medical center for treatment.   It will be about 2.5-3 hours out of their day.   His oncologist and staff are very nice and my dad is comfortable with them.  He has to consume a lot of water before each treatment in an effort to keep his bladder full for better access to the prostate.  That will be hard for him just with respect to bladder control.

In all of this I just pray for him to have patience throughout the process, to heal, to not have many side effects and most of all to come out the other end without considerable aging.