Friday, November 27, 2009

Good evening. IT'S SNOWING!!

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Ours was quiet. It was just
the 7 of us enjoying our time together. We are so very thankful for the
blessings from God. #1 is that David is still alive, and able to celebrate
with us. Two years ago we were in the hospital with David having chemo on
Thanksgiving. We are so happy to be together this year with the other
children. We really missed going to my brother's house; it would have been
so much fun. But we did have a thankful Thanksgiving.

Rachel and I made 8 different kinds of cookies; Rachel made more fudge;
and David made biscotti. He did a GREAT job! He did 99% of it all by
himself. He wants to make some more! He really enjoys making it. And
Rachel and I had fun baking all those cookies. I sent a bunch home with
Jeremy and Lucy; and we still have plenty! One thing I don't need around
the house is a bunch of cookies!! Oh well. And Rachel is already talking
about the cookies we are going to be making for Christmas!! It will be
fun. I usually give away my baking as Christmas gifts to my friends, I
can't afford anything else. Plus, I am going to have David make some
biscotti for his Physical Therapy office. This month is going to go by
really fast!

Today Bryon put up the Christmas lights on the house, and I am putting
away the Fall decorations and getting out the Christmas ones. Our tree is
up, the kids just need to decorate it. There won't be presents under it,
but that is ok. We are going to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas
this year; and celebrate David being alive; and celebrate being together,
the 7 of us! We won't be in the hospital, and we won't be looking at David
having surgery in a few days! It will be a good Christmas.

Please continue to pray for our Osteo family members who are celebrating
their first holiday season without their children. Off-hand the ones I can
think of are Mattie, Sammie, Shane, Cullen, Amanda, and Emma. I know there
are many others, but I am tired and those are the names that come to mind
right now. Thank you for your prayers.

Thank you for visiting and checking in on David and the Koury Klan. Have a
good evening. Sleep tight. God bless you all. We love you.

Kristi and the Koury Klan

Cancer remains the number one disease killer of children; more than
genetic anomalies, cystic fibrosis, and AIDS combined.