In March...
Brian's parents came up to visit and to help out while Brian had his surgery. There was still snow on the ground so the kids had fun sledding...
and just hanging out with grandpa and grandma Mowers.
and just hanging out with grandpa and grandma Mowers.
Lots of fun! We are so THANKFUL they were able to come help us out with the kids while Brian was in the hospital.
On March 12th Brian had the right side of his Thyroid and a large goiter removed. The surgery went well...
...but afterwards was not fun! Doesn't he look so tired and out of it?! He was such a trooper! About a week later we found out that inside the goiter they found some cancerous cells. They were contained within the goiter so they didn't spread to any other part of the body, however he did have 2 smaller goiters on the other side of his thyroid they were concerned about. We decided to do a biopsy to test for cancer on the other side and it turns out there was no cancer cells found. We were releaved!!!! He is doing great now and has had no side effects from having half his thyroid removed! 
While Brian's parents were here we decided to bless Emree! Brian was a little out of it from just having surgery 3 days before and on pain killers but he still gave a beautiful blessing to our sweet little baby.
We tried to take a family picture at the church but this is about as good as it gets! It's a little rough taking pictures when 4 out of the 6 people in it are 5 and under :/! 
She was so excited to finally have "the princess cake she always dreamed of", she said! 
