Trevor

My sweet little buddy, Trevor, went home to be with the Lord this morning.  He was an amazing little boy and I am blessed to have gotten to know this family over the past couple of months.

This image was taken Monday, when I brought Tiana to the hospital to say "goodbye" to her brother. It is probably the most emotional images I have ever taken. I had to get Allison's permission to use it.  I am honored to have been there.

Happy Birthday Trevor!

Trevor will turn 11 on Oct. 12.   A group here in town decided to throw him a birthday party a little early.  Trevor seemed to have a good time (and so did my kiddos!!)

Tiana and her sweet mama.

Do you think my girlies love the face paint??  Oh, yes...they DO!

How funny is this?  They have no idea what these crazy things are, but they're happy to pose in front of them!  I love these girls!!

Tyson is Trevor's 4 year old brother.  Such a cutie!

My girls have never had cotton candy.  Can you guess why?  I can't stand the stuff!  Of course, Daddy was happy to give in.  Thankfully, they didn't really like it :)

My big boys probably had more fun than anybody!  There were a couple of those big balls that you roll inside of.  I was doing face paint with the girls and missed it, but they had way too much fun seeing how fast they could roll each other :)

Thanking everyone for coming.  What a sweetie he is!

Happy Birthday Trevor!!

Trevor Update

Things have been crazy over here, as usual.  There is so much I could be posting, and will, but I want to update you on Trevor and his family.  He is not doing well.  The tumor in his throat is growing and it is believed that he now has tumors growing in his brain.  These are causing him to have horrible migrains.  Through it all, he manages to keep his positive attitude and embrace life to the fullest.  He has had many opportunities given to him lately by others who are moved by his story.  He has attended a Saints game, gone up in a private airplane, and performed a science experiment at a high school (yep...that's what he wanted to do!) lol...

Trevor's mom, Allison, has her hands full.  She is a single mom of 3 small children, one of which is losing his battle with cancer.  Allison's story has been a story of survival from the very beginning.  As she shares it with me, I just sit there with my mouth hanging open.  Nothing has been easy for this mom.  Through it all though, I have never heard her complain!  She is sad and overwhelmed, but she is dealing with all of this with such grace.  I am honored to be a part of her story.

Right now, her youngest child is staying with us.  Tiana is 3 and fits right in to this family.  We love having her here.  Her mom misses her so much, but right now she needs to be able to focus on Trevor.

They were all over the other night and I snapped some pics.  I have also enjoyed taking some pics of Tiana while everyone else is at school.  She LOVES all the girls toys and princess dresses!!!

 Trevor wanted to shoot the guns again :)  So funny that he doesn't have a shirt on...something about this house, I'm afraid!!

I love that my boys love to make these little girls laugh!

With the girls at school, I haven't had as many photo ops lately.  I have had fun taking some pics of sweet Tiana!!

I've had a crash course in African American hair this past week :)  How about this bedhead!!!!

Please continue to pray for Trevor and his whole family.  They need it!

Trevor Part 2

Trevor is doing great!  An experimental chemo drug seems to be shrinking the mass in his throat and he has improved so much!  Praying this is his miracle!!

It's been a couple of weeks now that we attended Trevor's "Celebration of Life" party.  Cancer Services did such an amazing job making Trevor feel special and loved.

Cinderella and Snow White made an appearance.  My girls were just a little excited :)

You can see Wesleigh is holding Snow White's apple.  Gracie was so concerned that Snow White had that apple.  She must have warned her a million times not to eat that apple!  So funny!

Trevor's sister, Tiana.

Braden had been working on Tiana since she had been at the house...trying to win her over.  He finally came up to me like this :)  She now loves him and wanted him to chase her around the room the entire night.

There was a magic show

Gracie put on a show of her own when she was chosen to assist on a trick!

I snuck Tiana out for a few minutes to snap a few pics.  I love this little girl!

Braden took Tiana to the front to dance with her. This might be my favorite pic of all.

Trevor and his friends singing karaoke.

Love this!  Notice Gracie dancing around Braden and Tiana.  She kept everyone entertained!

I saw Allison and the kids last week.  Trevor is completely off his pain meds and oxygen because of this new drug!  Things were pretty bad right before he started it.  I'll post updates.

Our local news did a great story on Trevor a couple of days ago.  You can see it HERE!

Trevor

We had a unique situation present itself a few weeks ago that has turned into such a blessing for our family. This is a wordy post but its a story worth sharing.

This is Trevor. He is 10. He has stage 5 cancer and does not have much longer on this earth unless God intervenes.

 

This is Trevor's mom, Allison and his siblings Tyson(4) and Tiana(3).

A few weeks ago, we were contacted by a friend who works at Cancer Services in town. She said she had a little boy (who had 2-3 months to live) whose dying wish list included shooting a real bow. She knows my boys are hunters and asked if Richard would be willing to make that happen. Absolutely! We were thrilled and humbled to be able to do that. A week later, we got a text saying his prognosis had been changed and it looked like he would only have 1-2 more weeks. They thanked us for offering but said they were going to just have a celebration of life party instead. If you know me at all, you know that this was completely unacceptable to me. This little boy was going to shoot that bow! As God would have it, his family ended up coming to our house that afternoon (last Thursday) and allowed us to love on them for a few hours.

Richard helpedTrevor shoot that new crossbow (easier than a traditional bow) into that new deer target and he was thrilled.

 

 

He also got to shoot a pellet gun and a BB gun. I have to say, he's a good shot! He was especially proud of the arrow he shot into the tree. He asked Richard what would happen if he shot the tree and richard said it would be stuck forever. We now have Trevor's arrow stuck in our tree. Some of Bryce's friends at the party started to try to pull it out and Bryce explained why it needs to stay there.

The second this family walked in the door, my girls each took one of Tiana's hands and whisked her to their room. They only emerged when they wanted to model new princess dresses. :)

It was so hot outside so we came in. We knew that Trevor loves the Xbox game mine craft. He was in luck because Bryce is a fan of this game also. Trevor and Bryce headed upstairs to play and we tagged along.

 

This pic cracks me up because Trevor went In and destroyed a whole world that Bryce and his friends had built. I know nothing about this game but Bryce said it was totally fine. Trevor has the funniest sense of humor and says some of the funniest things. He was not complimentary to their building skills and it was super hysterical! He also asked Bryce how in the world he could have a girlfriend looking like he does! SO funny!!

 

Bryce was so good with him. I was so in awe with the way he joked around and played with Trevor. It made my heart smile big.

Let's fast forward to the next day. I got a call asking if I would be willing to watch the younger two children for a night so Allison could spend some time with Trevor. I agreed and ended up keeping Tiana (Tyson didn't want to stay) overnight Saturday. We went swimming, the girls dressed up a million times and Tiana fell asleep on the couch while I laid down with her. She is the most precious thing and I am totally smitten with her!

 

The following day was Sunday and, come to find out, Allison and I go to the same church and didn't even know it. I met her at church with Tiana and found out that they were going to be called on stage during the service. Our pastor was so moved by Trevor and wanted the opportunity to share him with everyone and pray over hWe sat on the second row with Allison and Tiana sat on my lap during the whole service.

There is more to this story but I'll have to do a second post. I am just so thankful that God put us in Trevor's path.

 

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