Rehearsal Night!

Practicing at church

Jerry and Casey practicing walking down the isle.

Matt & Casey with Pastor Ewerdt

Inside Matt & Casey's house. Plumbing and electric is in.

Working on putting the siding on.

Tonight Matt and Casey had rehearsal for their wedding. Everyone was there and was ready to go. The church looked real nice. From there we went to Rivers Edge for rehearsal dinner. Everyone had a great time visiting with each other and great food.

Then we went to the hall and put up some decorations. The hall looks gorgeous! Matt looked a little tired. He has been working hard and then going to their house and helping out there. He came home before midnight so he wouldn't see Casey and went to bed to get some sleep!!

Tomorrow is a big day!! Matt and Casey's wedding, 10/30/10! Congratulations to Matt & Casey!!

May God bless this marriage with love and happiness.

Thank you to everyone for all your continued thoughts and prayers!

Great Weekend!

Matt went for his third chemo treatment in Fort Atkinson. He went to Fort Hospital for tests first. His numbers were all good so we could go to the clinic and get his chemo treatment. Matt will now take two weeks off for his wedding. After that on November 1 he starts with his new insurance. We will be back in Johnson Creek Cancer Center on November 1. He planned for his tumor marker test on November 16 and Doctor appointment on November 17 with Dr. Holen. He is tired but feeling good.

Matt said he has a lot of last minute wedding things to do this week. Matt and Ryan also worked Sunday on building walls in Matt & Casey's house.

On Saturday Matt was able to go to "World Class Driving US Tour 2010" with help from Lyle, from J & L tire. He needed someone 25 years and older so he took Ryan along with him. They had to to to Lake Geneva for the day. Matt got to drive a Ferrari F430 Coupe, Lamborghini Superleggera, Mercedes-Benz SLR Mclaren, Benley Supersports, Audi R8 V10. Matt thought his favorite ride was the Audi R8 V10.

Thank you for everyones thoughts and prayers for Matt and for their up coming weddng.

House moving along great!

Looking toward the kitchen

Finishing the roof.

Matt & Casey in their front doorway.

Matt & Casey in their Living room. There will be a bay window here.

Matt & Casey's house is moving along really well. Today they are working on putting

in the window and doors. The plan is siding this week as well. Hopefully the weather continues

to hold good for the siding. Matt and Casey have to decide on flooring, counter tops and appliances.

Chemo in Fort Atkinson is going well. Matt goes to Fort Atkinson hospital for labs and then to Dean's Specialty Clinic for chemo. Matt's tests came back great so they got his chemo started.

He will do chemo this week then he is going to take the next two weeks of for the wedding.

Thank you for all your continued thoughts and prayers.

Bachelor Party!!

Matt at his poker Party

Casey & Matt

Nate, Mike, Uncle Chris, Nic, Eric

Matt and his guest at the sports bar playing basketball

Uncle Jeff, Uncle Moose, Alex and Eric

Uncle Moose, Matt and Nate R. in their "Cool" Cars

Winners of the go karts race!

Matt in his go kart.

The race is on!!

Matt ready to race

The group of racers.

Matt

On the cruise to the go kart place.

Matt's brother Nate tried to keep some of the bachelor party a secret from him until the day of. On Saturday Matt and lots of friends went on a cruise for an hour and half to a go kart place. Matt was in his camero and his Uncle Keith had his camero out and Ryan, Casey's brother had his Corvette on the cruise. They went to a go kart place. They had many heats. They took the top of each heat and had the championship heat. Matt had made it to the last round . In the last race he got bumped out. One of Matt's friend, Shane won the championship!

From the go karts they went to Madison to a sports bar. They had a room reserved and they played basketball. Matt took first place in the basketball tournament. Matt had the most 3 pointers!!!

From there they cruised back to Silver Eagle Saloon bar. There Matt's Uncle Andy had a Texas hold em poker tournament set up. When Matt got there he looked tired but he wanted to play poker with his friends. There was great company and lots of food. Matt had a great time!!

Thank you to everyone who made Matt's day special. I know he appreciated everyone coming and making it a great day for him!

House going up!

Working on the roof.

Matt and Casey's house is coming along great!! The weather has been on our side. Today the were working on the roof. Next week the windows are do in and then the siding and the field stone on the house will go on. Then the inside work will start.

Lots of decisions on the house to be made. Matt and Casey have decisions on the floors, cabinets, lighting next. Matt & Casey can't wait for the house to be finished and they can move in and start their lives together.

Wedding plans are going good. Invites are all out. Waiting for dresses to come in. Matt and Casey are working on last minutes stuff.

Thank you for all your continued thoughts and prayers.

Chemo in Fort Atkinson

Matt has ended insurance on September 30th with Federated. Now his primary is Dean Care for the month of October. He is looking for 3 treatments in October from Dean Care and then his new insurance takes over November 1.

Johnson Creek cancer center is not a Dean Care Provider. We have tried to get Dean Care to let Matt continue his chemo treatments in Johnson Creek. They decided that he should stay in network and go to a Dean Care Treatment center in Fort Atkinson. So for the month of October Matt will have his treatments in Fort Atkinson. He is having 3 treatments and taking off the Friday, the 29th for Rehearsal night and he is taking off the following Friday so Matt and Casey can take a weekend to themselves.

Matt had his first treatment today in Dean Specialty Clinic. The clinic is a few blocks from the hospital. Matt saw Dr. Amit Sanyal. He gave Matt a good once over. He checked him out from head to toe. He says he likes to watch his patients closely. Matt has to have labs the next two weeks before he gets his treatments. He has to go to Fort Atkinson Hospital for labs a half hour before he gets his chemo treatment. The treatment center is smaller than Johnson Creek but all the people we met today were really nice and very helpful.

"Trust", When I am afraid, I will trust in you. In God, whose word I praise. (Psalm 56:3)

Thank you for all your continued thoughts and prayers!