Please Pray for Silas!

This is a message that my pastor's wife posted on another website....

Please pray for Silas Blackburn, he is at his lowest point, the next few days will be important for a turn around... please pray for Nick and Karen and for our little church...please send messages but do not overwhelm them with phone calls right now.. thank you...

Silas is in need of much prayer and supplication right now. I have personally seen physical changes overnight happening to this little guy. Please lift him up in your prayers!

Silas in the Hospital

It has been awhile since I have done any updates on Silas. Ms. Karen has posted at times and I felt as though most were probably reading her blog. Silas has been doing well for a child with such a aggressive form of cancer. He has had his "good days" and bad ones. His cancer has gone down greatly over the past 2 months and we praise the Lord for that.

Silas was taken to the hospital Friday with what was an apparent swollen arm. He was admitted with a serious bone infection and could be in the hospital for up to 14 days. Please pray that he heals quickly and he will be able to come home sooner than that. With Ms. Karen being in the hospital with Silas and Bro. Nick on the road, the children are with the Maynard Family. They are well taken care of, but there is not place like home.

We thank you for all your continued prayers.

Our Cutie's

These are a few pictures of the kids over the last couple of months. Hope you enjoy!

Here is our moose moose! He is the smiliest guy ever.

Ryan with his Sadie girl!

Christina waking up with her turtle!

Mmmmmm! Pizza!

My two little guys!

A Few Cute Pictures

As I am sure you probably noticed life has picked up pace since Joshua was born. Not to mention life in general just doesn't seem to slow down much around here. I figured since it was a bit quiet tonight I would take advantage of at least posting a few pictures of the kids. A couple of them are too funny!

Here are my 3 peas waking up one morning. Can you tell by their puffy eyes? They are all so sweet together.

Look! I lost a tooth. He is now actually missing 3 on top. It is a huge gap. I don't know how the poor guy eats. :D

This is why you don't let daddy get the kids dressed for church! :D He had a little fun getting her dressed the other day. We died laughing. Let's just say I fixed her up a bit before we went to church and we left the shades at home.

This is our little Joshua. He's not so little anymore, he is our big 10+ pounder. He's a cute little guy, huh!

That's all for now. Hopefully I will be able to do some posts a little more often now that we are trying to get into a better routine around here. Hope you at least got a little laugh.

Meet Joshua Stephen and More!

We were blessed to have Joshua Stephen on June 9th, weighing in at 7lbs 7oz and 20 1/4 inches long. Ryan and Christina have both enjoyed their new brother. Christina gives him kisses on a regular basis, she has been very sweet to him. Ryan takes every opportunity he can to hold him and love on him also.

If you want to see his first pictures at the hospital you can visit Steve's blog at http://www.thefatherscall.blogspot.com/. He even has a cute video clip on there.

Sweet Big Sister!



Proud Big Brother!



Now This is the Life!



Life is Hard!

A Day at the Beach!

Safe from the Sun!



Cute Sandy Toes!

Christina enjoyed life away from the water!

Ryan was a little more adventurous!

Christina helped Daddy dig a hole.

So they could put Ryan in it!

Watch Out!

Getting ready to give kisses, how sweet!






Getting a little shade!

Oh, what a long day!

Silas Doing Well!!

We are praising the Lord to be able to give you such a wonderful update on Silas today. He has just gone through his second round of chemotherapy and is doing very well. He is doing better right now than he has done since January, which is prior to his diagnosis. He is not experiencing many of the side effects that they were sure for him to encounter. Ms. Karen has been administering a regimen of natural supplements to Silas to try and counteract the side effects and they are working. He is walking and talking like he hasn't done in months. After his first round of chemotherapy he could not walk when returning home, but he is now. He has been playing, laughing and having fun like he hasn't done in a long time. Before he was diagnosed he had gotten to a point of not wanting anything to do with anyone or even wanting anyone picking him up. We are sure due to his pain level. He has now returned to a fun loving little boy! Willingly giving out hugs and loves. We can't thank and praise the Lord enough for his wonderful grace and mercy at this time.

Ms. Karen, Paige and Silas are currently staying at the Ronald McDonald house just blocks from the hospital. They check in daily at the hospital for them to do the necessary tests on his blood counts, etc. If all continues well they will be able to come home for another period of time soon until his future treatments are necessary. We know that things can change rapidly and there is no telling what tomorrow may hold, but we thank you all for your continued prayers and support. The Lord has shown he is able and we are thankful.

Ryan's Birthday

I figured I better get on here and put up some pictures of Ryan's birthday before the baby comes. Lord willing it will be any time. It feels like it anyway!

He was spoiled as usual. : ) These are just a few pictures. Hope you enjoy.

He got some new skates as you can see. Wait until you see him try and use them. : )

Nothing like a Deere. John Deere that is!

Now on to cake. I couldn't' pass up the little turtles. They were too cute.

And then Bro. Bob thought Ryan needed a little decoration himself. : )

Let's just say Ryan needs a little practice on his skates. I didn't go out with him for his first trial run. : ) I will definitely have to help him out a bit.