A quick overview

First let me just share with you that by this point in my Ashley's story I believe the Father has thickened my skin. I have learned that it truly does not matter what choices I make for our family because there will always be SOMEONE out there who wants to be snotty, disagreeable, judgemental, or hateful. So I say, "Too Bad!" I refuse to let the negative few out weigh the positive many(just a little something my husband learned in college that has become invaluable to me during this time). We did go away this weekend on a trip that had been planned for weeks and I am so GLAD that we did.

We have laughed so hard the past three days and it has been exactly what this family needed. We enjoyed each other's company. We enjoyed watching our children play. We enjoyed a lot of baseball. We enjoyed our sweet Ashley Kate. We enjoyed some beautiful country. We enjoyed our RV adventure and we are so grateful that grandma and graypa decided to make this the trial run weekend.

Ash is on the rebound! We are so happy that she had bounced back once again from the effects of her chemotherapy. 5 down and 1 to go! She is amazing to me and the Father who created her is amazing to me. I love this baby and I am so thankful for each and every day that He has given us with her. She continues to live this adventure called "life", and she LOVED the RV. She played and watched BLUES CLUES and played and watched BLUES CLUES and watched BLUES CLUES some more. So much that graypa finally had to go to sleep because he had gotten to smart for Blues Clues and it was no longer any fun for him. Ash didn't care. She waved her arms around and smiled and giggled like she had never seen it before.

As you must have figured out we had no access to a connection over the weekend. We were tucked away in some of the most beautiful hard wood trees you have ever seen. The landscape was beautiful and the sky was beautiufl and the fellowship was so beautiful. I am so sorry we couldn't update while we were away, but I wanted to quickly let you all know how much we appreciate your faithfulness to check on our tiny gherkin. We do not take for granted the time you spend here with us and the time you spend in prayer for our sweet girl. I miss you all when we are away and I just wanted to say goodnight and may the Father bless you. I will post tomorrow,but for now we are going to drive our babies home and tuck them into their own beds(I love the way that sounds). Take care. Trish

P.S. The Tarheels won another tournament and they had more homeruns over the fence then I could keep track of. I lost count around 7 or 8. I can't wait to share with you some amazing things that are in store for our son Blake this Tuesday. All I can say for now is that dreams do come true and the Father cares about the desires of my eleven year olds heart. I am so excited I won't be able to sleep until after Tuesday.