House and Wedding plans is coming along great!

Matt and Casey's house has been coming along good every day. They are not putting up the sides of there house. The in floor heat is in, decisions on color of house, field stone on the house and what color the roof should be is all decided. Building has been going great!

The wedding is coming along well. The hall, church, photographer, DJ, cake and food are all decided and ready to go. The dresses should be in shortly and tuxes are order. Flowers are done.

Casey has had several showers where she got a lot of nice things. Matt also got the belt that was on his list!! He was very happy getting the belt!!

Thank you to everyone for all the continued prayers, cards and help. It is very comforting to have so many family and friends out there helping with prayers!

Continuing Chemo

Matt has been continuing to do chemo treatments every Friday. After the treatment he goes home and sleeps for the night. Just made out the calendar for the next month for Doctor appointments and a CT scan and chemo treatments. Matt has been feeling good. He continues to work every day and to help Casey work on the wedding plans.

Thank you for all your continued prayers and comforting words.

Tumor Marker Results

Matt and I just got back for seeing Dr. Holen. Matt had lab work done yesterday. Dr. Holen informed us that Matts CEA tumor marker test went from 14.7 down to 12.2!! Yeah!!!!

Matt had a big smile on his face!! Matt worked out a schedule to continue his chemo treatment every Friday. He plans to take the Friday before the wedding off and the following Friday off so Casey and Matt can take a Honeymoon weekend somewhere!!!

Matt also has gained a pound. We were happy to see that! It was a good Doctor visit!! Matt and I had lunch and back to work!! Matt and Casey are working hard on the wedding details and building the house.

The wedding is coming along great! Matt and Casey have now registered at Bed Bath & Beyond and Walmart. They have discussed wedding cake from Turner Hall.

Their house has plumbing in the basement and footings. Today they were putting in drainage tubing for their down spouts. Things are moving along quickly.

Thank you to everyone for their continued prayers. We will take little miracles as they continue to come along. Thank you so much!!!

More Wedding Updates!

Matt and Casey have added Wal-mart and Bed, Bath, and Beyond to their list of registries! Everything is coming along wonderfully.
Thank you for your continued thoughts and prayers.

House and Dr. Appointment

After Casey's bridal shower Matt and Brett came over to help clean up. Then Matt and Casey went to Brookfiled for Matt's Grandpa Tony's 80th birthday party. Weekends seem to be very busy.

Mat has labs on Tuesday and Doctor appointment on Wednesday. We will see if the chemo and/or Matt's juice did anything. Then he continues to have his chemo treatments on Friday afternoons.

Matt had his third chemo treatment Friday. He continues to have a rash and bad acne. They tell us that is a good sign. Doctor Eastman gave Matt a prescription to put on his face to help with the acne. It seems that the cream is working his face is looking better.

Matt and Casey's house is coming along. They poured the basement walls and now they have to wait 5 days. Then the plumber will be back to do some work.

Matt is feeling well. He continues to work and check on the progress of their house each day.

Thank you to everyone for all their kind words, thoughts and prayers.

Wedding moving along

The Hepp side had a lovely shower for Casey on Sunday. Matt and Casey got a lot of nice gifts. Matt of coarse couldn't believe that no one got him his belt!!! We will wait and see if he gets his

belt at the next shower! Wedding plans continue to move along. Invitations are out. Casey and Matt are trying to get some of the last minute things done.

Thank you for your continued prays.

House is moving along Great!

Matt and Casey are going forward with their house. They signed their loan papers last week and the HOLE was dug. Tuesday they are hoping to get the plumbing in. It might be to muddy. We had lots of rain today.

Matt and Casey have been working out the details. Deciding the color of the house, what kind of windows they want and what kind of field stones they want for the front of their house. Lots of decision to be made!!!

Matt has been feeling good but tired. He has bad rash on his chest, back and face. They said that was a good sign the chemo is working!

Thank you for all your prayers and support. It is greatly appreciated!

2nd Chemo treatment

Matt is having his second chemo treatment right now. It makes him very tired while the drug is going into him. That's okay though. He works hard and a good nap helps. Matt is getting Cetuximab (Erbitux) once a week, every Friday for an hour, hour and half.

Matt has a rash on his back, chest and face. They explained that if the drug was working he would have very bad acne and rash all over! The good news is he has all that. The bad news is it can get worse. They are giving him a prescription for a cream that might help him with the acne. Hopefully that works. Matt was not happy to hear that but happy to know that the drug hopefully is working.

Wedding plans are going great! Casey has several showers coming up. All the girls are measured and the order is in. Almost all the guys are measured for the tuxedo's. One usher and Dad has to get measured yet. Waiting on the invitations. They should be in any day. Matt and Casey has registered at Kohls. Matt and Casey need just about everything for their new home. They are working on a continued list of things for Kohls. If they register anywhere else I will let everyone know!!

Thank you for all your continued prayers and support! Your all forever in my heart!

What Matt has been up to lately!

Nate and family on moving day to UW-Whitewater

Matt smoothing our dirt he brought to fill in our front yard.

Matt cutting down trees to make the front yard a little bigger

Matt and Brian (his Dad) & Uncle Neil at a truck show.

Matt with his cousins at Tom's Birthday!!

The last few weeks Matt has been extremly busy! He has been helping redo our home front yard since it got wrecked from Nate's graduation party. Working hard at work. He helped move his brother , Nate to UW-Whitewater. Went to a few nieces and nephew birthday parties.

Matt has been feeling pretty good. He has been taking Xango juice every day and trying to drink alot of water.

Thank you to everyone for all your kind words and prayer. They are a great help knowing we have so many family and friends that are out there thinking and praying for us.