I am finally having a little time while Cameron sleeps. A lot of fun has been going on in the Gibbons household. Especially with me. On the 3rd and the 4th I had to have a colonoscopy. I had to have two since I wasn’t cleaned out the first time. After the second one the doctor told me that I have a redundent colon. I am not even sure I spelt it right. Basically I have a long colon. I am always full of “crap”! Ha Ha. I am glad to know that there is nothing else wrong. Now I hope to have my intestinal tract taken care of. Now I am onto taken care of my eyes. I started to get blurry eyes at the end of my chemo. I didn’t say anything at the time to anyone because I didn’t want to have to stay longer. Now I have tried everything and am giving up. I have an appointment this afternoon to see an eye doctor. Hopefully it will be something small and easy. The biggest problem is that my eyes are totally clear one time and then totally blurry another. I can’t predict when it happens either. I have used a lot of eye drops to help thinking they were dry. They helped at first then stopped. Anyway enough about me.

I took a picture of Cameron’s potty award. I can’t believe it!!! I have tried and tried to get hhim to go potty before bath and it never worked. He even went #2! I know at the ARD, they mentioned they would help me potty train him. I think they ARE potty training him. That would be so nice. He is loving going to school. When the bus comes down the street, he runs to the end of the driveway to get on. He is so happy. The first day I was a little worried how he would be so I followed the bus to school. He was so happy when he got off. Then his teachers greeted him and off he went. I love that the bus driver, Ruth, let me go on the bus to see where he will sit and how they buckle him in. He leaves at 7:15am and gets home at 11ish. That gives me special time with Michael. He loves doing preschool. He is a fast learner. I think he may even read before he goes to Kindergarten. He loves to play with the Wii. What kid wouldn’t. He’s my little man. Ricky started Basketball. He is doing really good this year. He got a really good coach too. He is still wanting to play football this year. Randy is worried about him getting him hurt so young. I don’t blame him. We are trying to make him be a little tougher though. Let me just say he is a little tender hearted. If you know what I mean. So now when he cries over nothing we always say “football” and he stops and says “I know”. I think he may be ready this year. If not for sure next year. Tonight is his Pinewood derby. He is so excited. He painted his own car too. It looks ok. I guess I don’t have an 8 year olds taste in design. He likes it and that is all that matters. We will see how it goes. Last but not least, My sweetest husband Randy is doing great. He went to Denver for their Marketing Event. It was very cold but he had fun. He thinks this will be the only trip he will have to make this year! I hope so. Last year was hard on me. When I got home he had to take trips a lot. I had a hard time taking care of myself and the kids. But now we dont’ have to worry about that. He loves that his workload is light. He is impressing a lot of his co-workers. I love it. He helps out at home so much. This weekend he cleaned the bathrooms for me and vacuumed. What a man. on February 2nd is his 32nd birthday. I am making him something this year. I hope I can get it done in time. When I am done I’ll post pictures. Well after his birthday of course. I would hate to have him spoil his present form me and the kids. I will keep posting! Look at the pictures!!!

Becca:)

Randy bought me this new fancy camera!! These are the first pictures we took. They are so clear. I love it. Here is a picture of Cameron in his new play tents. They connect with the tunnel. When I put it together, Cameron couldn’t get enough of it. I just had to try out the new camera to see how it would take in the tunnel. I think it is some of the cutest pictures of Cameron. You can decide for yourself. I also put up a picture of my hair. Everyone is asking about it, so I took a picture to show what I am talking about. I can’t believe how long and curly it is. I am having so much fun with it. I never thought that curly hair would look good on me. Now that is not me being stuck on myself saying that, that is from the compliments I get from others! I had to explain. I am doing good still. The kids are having much with all their toys. Especially the Wii. I never thought it was this much fun. My brother in law had one that they all played with in Utah when we visited them. I never tried to play. Wow, was I missing out on fun. I think I am addicted. This is such a fun family game time. I know that sounds bad probably to the Doctors out there, but I can’t help myself. At least we are exercising also. The sports package is so much fun. I haven’t tried the boxing yet. Little Michael did. He was so cute! I hope everyone had a great Christmas! Love ya!!!! Rebecca:)

Merry Christmas! What a great year this was. Here I am at home celebrating our Saviors Birthday with my boys. A lot has happened since the last entry. I have been too busy with life. I talked about the back issues, well I had to go to Physical Therapy three times a week and then to Chiropractic a couple of times. I still think I can’t handle being popped. I have to admit though I felt a lot better afterwards. At the same time with all of this, I had a issue with Cameron. I spotted a lump on his back in July when I bathed him. It worried me a bit. We had to go through a bit of time before I could get a MRI. First we had cream to out on him (didn’t even touch it), then we had oral medicine (nothing either!), So finally we got a appointment with a pediatric surgeon . He felt it and mentioned that it was either a Hemangeoma (blood vessel) or a Lipoma (fatty tissue). I fought to get a MRI instead of a Sonogram. It worked! He had his MRI on the 12th. That was hard on me. I sang Twinkle Twinkle Little Star while they put him to sleep. I was so strong until I had to leave the room. Then I cried. A lot. I don’t know how parents can have their children go through surgery and be so strong about it. That was so hard on me. I soon calmed down. The facility was just amazing. They helped me keep Michael busy. Cameron did great waking up too. Sweet thing. Then we had to wait. Here we go again the waiting game. After his yearly check-up she called! He has a Hemangioma (blood vessel). It is not cancerous and it is not attached to the spine! I was so relieved. We can handle this. Well sort of. We were referred to a Vascular Surgeon that specializes in children. I learned that there is only four in the United States, two of which are here in Dallas! Wow. We are so blessed. He has an appointment on January 15th to talk about surgery or not. Keep praying please.

Onto a better subject. I had my scans in Utah at the beginning of December. They are all clear again!! I am so happy. I fought the battle and am still winning! Thanks to all the support and prayers we received. Thank you.

This week Michael learned to ride a two wheeler!! He just asked his Daddy to take off the wheels. I was so surprised! He just does things on his own time. He’s amazing. So now he is a big boy now!!!

In our neighborhood we have a Santa Clause. The boys loved seeing him and we didn’t have to wait in the long lines to get a picture with Santa!! I can’t believe they do this every year. I am so grateful for them.

Yesterday was Christmas Eve. We had a couple of friends over for dinner. These are the same friend we spent Thanksgiving with. We were joking around saying who’s house for Valentines Day! I just love hanging out with them. We played a game and then we read the story “The Night Before Christmas” and then a book my parents gave us, “I Believe in Santa Clause”. Randy is such a good Narrator. Then we opened presents, which are always a new set of Pajamas. The kids love this. I know I loved it when I was little. We ate cookies that I homemade. Surprising huh? I found a great recipe for thin mints. Yummy! We went to bed while we waited for Santa.

Today is Christmas. We are so happy to be together here. Santa Clause came and brought us a Wii! Now I can get a great workout! Laugh Laugh. The boys were so surprised. They have been asking for one for quite awhile. We are going to have some good family times with this one. We also got a lot of other fun things. Cameron received a lot of Elmo toys. You should have seen his face with each one. The wrapping paper couldn’t come off soon enough! I was shocked how many fun new things we received. I’m going to have fun with the boys. Ricky and Michael got a lot of Tech Decks and Star Wars toys. They are set for life. Randy got some socks that he really needed and some nice shirts and all the goodies. I received a lot of Cricut fonts and tools. I also got a new camera!!! I love it. My other one is five years old. You know the ones that are huge and bulky while everyone around you can take theirs out of their pockets! That one. My new camera is so small. It also takes great, clear pictures. Now I can take my camera more places. This Christmas was so fun. I hope I never forget how I felt waking up here this year in my own bed. Last year I was in Utah fighting for my life. Who would have known how far I would be last year. I am practically back to normal. My strength is getting better everyday. I just need to keep doing my exercises. That is hard to do with the little ones around. Thank goodness they like to watch Sesame Street. It’s an hour long, that is what I need. Here is the letter I sent out to some in our Christmas Card. I realized that I have missed more people than I wanted to. I have way too many address books. I need to put it in one book sometime. Anyway I thought I would copy and paste it in fro you all to read. We also have a picture of our family in Santa hats. Mine says princess and Randy’s is a Cowboys hat his brother gave him. We had fun taking them. I hope to write soon. Thank you for your prayers and good thoughts. “Merry Christmas to all, and to all have a good night”.

Rebecca:)

Dear Family and Friends,

Here it is that time of year that we all celebrate the birth of Christ. I remember last year being Mrs. Bah Humbug. Let me explain: Last year as most of you all know I was diagnosed with Cancer in July. I thought I would go to Utah for treatment and come home by Christmas. We just moved in our house a year ago and I wanted to celebrate another year in our new home. I’m sure you all can relate. Well it didn’t happen. I was still in treatment. I remember thinking “why me?”, “Why right now in my life?” Christmas morning I woke up and tried to be happy for the kids. Wow that was hard. I ended up sitting back and watching while my family laughs and open presents. I didn’t want to ruin everyone’s Christmas. Then a thought came to me. This Christmas isn’t all about the presents or where I was at. This was Jesus’ birth. He came to this earth to give us life. He even died for us. And now here I was being very selfish wanting to be home. I couldn’t believe how I was feeling. Here I am with all my family, in Utah, and I’m still alive! Anyone else in my place would have been happy to be with everyone and not in a hospital bed. I soon changed my attitude. Then no sooner later, I open a present with a pair of pajamas that had Disney’s Eyehore on it and it said “Lighten Up”. Now that was funny. We all had a great laugh with that. After that I sat there thinking about Jesus and how lucky I was to have him on my side. During my journey with Cancer, I have never been so close to my Heavenly Father and Jesus. I know that prayers were answered. Heavenly Father listens. I felt Him near me at all times. I was saved. I had Hope. Now I have another Christmas to celebrate. And celebrate at home!!

This 2007 year was the greatest. Randy didn’t have to commute anymore on the airplane. He joined his carpool again. You should have seen how happy he was to return home again. He didn’t want to go on another airplane ride again. Southwest Airlines was the best job he could have ever had. Randy also changed his job title from Manager of Distribution to Business Analyst. He loves it. He came home, kissed me, and said “Why haven’t I changed this sooner?” Working on computers is his hobby. I’m so glad he loves his job. He also is a great Father to his sons. They love it when Daddy comes home.

I am a stay-at-home mom. I love it. When we returned home in June, I put Ricky to work. He helped me a lot with the kids so I could relax and get my strength up. I have had a few bumps and bruises but all in all I am not complaining. I went on a scrapbooking retreat in November. Oh yeah! That was a blast. I love to scrapbook. I’ve been getting some done. I don’t think I will ever be caught up, but I don’t mind. I love doing it anyway. My calling in church is the Visiting Teaching Coordinator. I just love it. I have a huge testimony of Visiting Teaching. I don’t know what I would have done without mine in Utah. They were always there for me. I loved seeing new faces and talking about something besides Cancer.

Ricky started third grade now, can you believe it? He has grown up so fast. He loves to read and do his work. He doesn’t like to miss school either. He also was baptized on his birthday in May. He asked me to lead the music for him too. I hadn’t been able to lead music since July of last year. He stays busy in Cub Scouts, playing basketball, and being a big brother.

Michael & Cameron enjoy being home with me. They keep me running around and keeping me in shape. Michael just turned 5 and really wants to go to school like his big brother. He can’t wait to play soccer this spring. I keep him busy with pre-school activities and taking care of Cameron. Cameron just turned three and will be going to school in January. He has a smile that will last a lifetime and a kiss that would melt a glacier! He enjoys playing and just following me everywhere around the house.

We give thanks this year to the Almighty for his love and willingness to listen to our most sincere prayers. We could not have made this journey without each of you. May we all remember why we celebrate this joyous time of year, He lives!