An old friend needs help!

My senior year in high school, I met some great guys through a friend of mine. We became really great friends with these guys and called them the SJC (south jordan crew). They lived in South Jordan and would come down to Provo to jam with us at the Chump shows. They all went on mission's and Kim and I would write to them diligently every Sunday. We sent them all packages at holidays too! When they were in the MTC we would drive past there on P-day and scream HI to them if they were outside playing soccer. While they were on their mission's I got married and we lost touch. As of late, I have found almost all of them. Today, I was on one of their family blogs, and found a link on the side for our friend Jon. I clicked on it, and I found some very sad news! Jon has cancer, and it is spreading like crazy! I started balling. He is such a great guy and has a beautiful family. I am so sad that this is happening to him.

Today, they got horrible news that the cancer has spread. This is so hard to see happen to him!!

Because of this illness, his family is in need of money to help pay all the medical bills they are getting. I don't usually pass these on, but he was once one of my closest friends. I feel so awful for him, and can't even imagine how awful this is for him and his small family.

Here is the blog address, and a little about the Unander's! http://helpjonandtiffany.blogspot.com

Jon (30) and Tiffany (26) have been happily married for 7 years. They have two adorable children, Maxwell (age 4) and Kenadee (age 1). Jon was recently diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic melanoma. (Find more information about this cancer here.)

About 7.5 years ago Jon had a suspicious looking mole removed from his back. It turned out to be melanoma, a very dangerous and potentially deadly form of skin cancer. At the time they attempted to remove the cancer from the area by removing some nearby lymph-nodes and the mole. They thought they got it all and for the last 7 years his blood work has looked "normal".

5 months ago Jon noticed a small, tender lump under his arm. He waited for it to heal and get better (hoping for the best) but the lump only continued to grow. A biopsy was done and they found out that the lump was actually melanoma; apparently there were some cancerous cells left from the original site and it has now spread (metastasized).

Soon after this was discovered, Jon experienced some tenderness in his leg/groin area and then cancer was discovered in his pelvic bone also. This is believed to be melanoma as well, but a bone sample needs to be taken before that can be verified. The type of cancer that is in his bone will determine how the doctors will treat the cancer.

The outlook isn't great. Even with all of the best treatments (and "best case scenarios") Jon has about a 25% chance of a cure. Jon is a strong person and he is not going to give up! He is an amazing daddy and a great husband and isn't about to leave his beautiful family without a fight. And the doctors have told him that he definitely is in for the fight of his life.

Jon has already had many medical procedures done, with many MANY more to come. They do have insurance but the deductibles and their out of pocket costs are starting to (and will continue to) pile up. We can help this amazing young family by donating money, spreading the word and offering our prayers and support.

Please help however you can!

Pajama Picnic/Wear Red day...

October 9th, 2009

Kindergarten has had many fun "dress up" day's. They started out the year with wearing different colors everyday, and now it is time for "Pajama Picnic" day. They were learning about the letter "P" this week, and so on Friday they got to have lots of fun!

Not only was it Pajama day, it was also the last day of Red Ribbon week and they were also supposed to wear RED! Well, the only jammies she has that have red on them are her Santa ones, and she said, "Mom, I am not wearing those, it isn't even Halloween yet!" So, she picked her polka-dot ones, and I was going to let her wear the little Avon Valentines Day pin for her red. I went to the store the night before and got her some RUBY RED nail polish. I surprised her in the morning with a little nail treatment, and she was in HEAVEN!!!

Looking fancy-schmancy in her jammies and he beautiful nails! Ready for the Pajama Picnic, where she took Peaches, Pretzels, a Pop Tart and some pastacio's.


Of course, Julles had to do what her sister did... don't mind her filthy p.j's... they were put in the dirty clothes as soon as she took them off!! But, she was feeling mighty fancy!

Sister's sportin their jammies and smokin hot red nails!

Cute little girl hands! What a fun day!

Erkel...

I was getting ready for bed one night, and Jonathan had Jaxson in our room with him. I heard him leave the room for a minute and then come back and start giggling! I walked out and this is what I saw! ERKEL!!! Jonathan has this cabbage patch doll from when he was a kid. His name is Wade Ambrose, and those are his glasses.

Have you ever seen a cuter ERKEL before in your whole life? I don't think so!

Julles First Day

On September 1st, Jullsie had her VERY OWN first day of school! I am excited this year, she will be her own little person, and her personality will completely come out. She has always done what Beene has done, and said what she has said... so now she can be HERSELF!!!

She was very excited and couldn't wait! She was ready to go by 9:00, and was mad that school didn't start until 10:00.

School this year is going to be fun, she has already gone on a ton of field trips, which I have only gone on 1... this is very hard for me, as the last two years, I have been on ALL of them! She is learning so much already, and loves her "school days". She loves that she has her very own friends, and that she is a big girl!

The annual "sister's first day" picture, Beene's is missing of the two of them because Julles was barfing her guts out that morning! They are such cute friends and I love them more than I think I could ever explain!