Happy Birthday Trent!

We had a fun weekend in SLC with the kids.  It wasn't all peachy, but it was certainly a time we will remember.  Trent was a champ through most of it.  I was really worried about how far he would have to walk from parking to the stadium, especially without his cane (which he forgot).  He did fine though.  We have decided that we have officially moved out of the stage of always having a stroller in the back of the car to always having a cane in the back of the car.  That's weird...I thought there would have been many more years in between those two phases. :)

I thought that the weekend would totally wipe Trent out but he was even better when we got home.  I guess that is what a vacation is supposed to do for you!  He had a really good day yesterday and spent much of the day in the wood shop. He has started a relief carving of a couple of trout in a stream bed.  I think it will be pretty cool when he is done.  It is so great to find him chipping away at his masterpiece instead of lying in bed.  What a beautiful sight!

This morning he is feeling a bit punky though.  This same thing happened last round.  He got a bunch of pretty good days and then the day before chemo he felt yucky.  I am not sure what is going on with that.  It is very annoying that it happened on his birthday too!  That's right...today is a very big day for us!  TRENT IS THIRTY NINE YEARS OLD TODAY!!!!  It is especially sweet because we were not sure he would make it to 38.  Now I expect nothing less than 89!  I decorated the dining room last night and somehow between five doctor appointments for the kids, doing laundry, and going to New Beginnings for Megan, I will have to find time to decorate his cake (which I made last night) and make his birthday dinner.

Trent, I hope you have a wonderful day.  You have brought me so much happiness, love, and pain.  Somehow the pain has made me love you more than I could ever have imagined and every moment of happiness is just icing on the cake.  We have grown so much closer together and we fit each other perfectly.  When I am weak you are strong, when I am down you help me up.  I am amazed at how much you can handle, over and over again, and you do it with a smile on your face.  You are the most amazing man and I am in awe that Heavenly Father saw fit to bless my life with you.   Happy Birthday and here's to 50 more! I LOVE YOU!!!

This was taken 5/9/2010 at our house in Nebraska, just after Trent was diagnosed.  Someday he will look like that again!