Mr. D and Mrs. M

  David spoke in church today for Father's Day and I thought he did a wonderful job. Here is his talk: We have been a part of the Highlands Ward for a little over a year now, and I still feel as though I don’t know a lot of you. I think those of you who don’t know me yet, probably know me as the dad of the two-year-old with cancer, but to give a bit more of an introduction: My wife Marissa and I have lived in the area now for almost 10 years, previously in the Klahanie ward. We have 3 boys, Neil who is 6 and is excited to finish kindergarten next week, James who is 3 and is loving experiencing everything that he missed out on in the past year, and Isaac who is 1 and tries his hardest to be involved in everything that his older brothers are doing. As we all know, today is Father's Day and I am excited that this Father's Day is going to be a normal one at home spending time together as a family. Last year’s Fathers Day was anything but “normal”. A little over one year...

One year ago on June 2nd we learned that James had pediatric kidney cancer. Now he's better! This coming Monday James will visit Seattle Children's hospital for his three month post treatment checkup. Our family is deeply grateful to be able to turn to a new chapter as a family.  About a month ago, David and I went to Hawaii just the two of us and had a great trip! We celebrated our 10 year anniversary and James being cancer free. We spent time on O'ahu and the big island. We did a lot of snorkeling and got to enjoy seeing coral, all kinds of fish, and sea life. We even found a sea turtle! For a portion of our trip we stayed with family and got to be leisurely toured around and entertained by them. It was delightful. After we got back from Hawaii, we celebrated our three boys' May birthdays. We've taken a lot of time to enjoy our kids and time as a family. The weather is starting to get sunny and we've been having water balloon fights at home and also taking the...