We Blinked & It's March !!!

Dear Ones,
How the time flies. Several of you have mentioned that you checked the blog and there is nothing new posted. I KNOW!! I will say that with Marty, nothing new is pretty good news. We are so grateful that with each Oncology checkup (they ARE keeping a very close watch on him), he gets the thumbs up. The last set of appointments, complete with an MRI with special dye was on February 3rd. Dr. Promad Sharma is pretty impressed with this patient of his.......remarkable, tough and ALIVE.
When we really think about how close things were to this cancer being a death sentence for him, we know we have truely been blessed. Our trials and challenges make us stronger....we hear it often because it is a FACT OF LIFE. That is why they are given to us and they will either break us down or build us up. It doesn't take long to know which it did for Marty! I am so proud of him! No, I am so proud of US. The US is all oof YOU. Our children, grandchildren, siblings, inlaws, parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, neices and nephews, friends and employers (past and present) ---who all prayed with us and believed. Each of you have helped us in the way you could and have been willing to stretch and grow and learn and do and listen--sometimes more than you knew you could. Thank you, again.
We are officially looking hopefully toward spring and summer and WARM.
I feel certain that Marty is going to have a greener thumb than ever and enjoy our yard and garden more than he was ever able to when he was working those LONG 15 hour days. The fact is that the entire back yard looks like an "earthquake site" due to the autumn problems with our sewer system and leach lines and Don Burdicks" back hoe having to dig up the back yard. Those naughty tree roots! Now, we have the opportunity to do "something" to make it look perhaps even better than normal/the way it was. We shall see.
Today finds us in Pocatello on other business and we have so enjoyed our stay here at the Towne Place Suites---which we would highly recommend to anyone needing a motel in Pocatello. They have been wonderful.
Love to all, LaRee and of course, Marty