Celebrate!!!!

That's right, Just another reason to celebrate all our blessings. Chemo and radiation are over!! Woohoo. Mark is doing well and we are so thankful that his treatment time went as well as it did. Your prayers and support were awesome and carried us the whole way.

Thanksgiving was wonderful. We were so glad to get to spend time with family. It was just too short. Thanks to everyone who put together the Himmels reunion and Berend celebration. It was splendid. Also to mom, and the Brown's who prepared such delicious feasts to fatten us up. It worked quite well. Thanks also to Uncle Ray, Aunt Dorothy and Chris. Your birthday adventures for Emily will make lasting memories. Abby really enjoyed her sleepover at the Lonesome Dove. Hope the girls are friends for life!

Just one more reason for celebration. Grandpa Berend turned 95 years old on Sunday. Can you believe God is so good to us. He is still as active as ever and he and Grandma are such a joy to be around. We are so blessed by our gift of great grandparents.

We are looking forward to things settling down for several weeks now so we can enjoy the Christmas season. We are anticipating more quality family time and even celebrating a white Christmas on the slopes with my family. Mark is going to get a little break this year. He won't be able to ski, so he won't have to try so hard to keep up with the kids on the mountain. Keep us in your prayers for an injury free vacation (especially for us older folks!)

We see Dr. Crim (colo-rectal surgeon) on December 8th. We will set a surgery date then. It looks like possibly mid January. We'll have more specifics after our visit Monday.