Gus' joy

Gus wants the world to know he now can officially introduce April as his future daughter-in-law. Scott proposed to April 10 days ago as the two of them were riding horses through a mountaintop meadow called Honeymoon Park.

Claiming April as a part of Gus’ immediate family has been his heart’s desire for over two years. Once he got sick, it became a passion. Gus gets overwhelmed just talking about his son and future daughter-in-law.

The wedding will be next fall when April has completed most of her schooling. She is studying to be a secondary education teacher.

Gus is now on his three week vacation from treatment so he can build his strength up for hunting camp. He will not start chemo again until the morning he is leaving hunting camp to come home. He will just take his chemo tablets with him. The chemo infusion in Bozeman will then follow on November 3rd.

Gus’ CA 19-9 is once again incredible. It was 37 on October 6th. The only time we have seen it lower was last April when he was feeling so good.

Gus did try to jeopardize his ability to walk last night. He was splitting firewood and dropped a large chunk of firewood on his foot smashing his big toe. Because his feet are so tender, he was wearing his tennis shoes and had very little protection. Gus spent the rest of the evening with his foot on ice.

Gus and LT 10-5-09

Gus and LT are inseparable unless you take into consideration the moment when Gus realized the puppy was inside the car with the keys and he was outside the car looking in. At that moment there was a huge separation between them. LT had locked the car! Gus knew how happy she was with her accomplishment by her dancing up and down on the seat.

This scenario had happened to us earlier this summer, so Gus had taken precautions. He now kept a key in his wallet. For a moment, he panicked until he remembered the key outside the car.

We could not be happier with our puppy. She is everything we ever hoped for. Quiet, smart, and so much fun. She has brought so much laughter into our home. Gus spends hours on the floor playing with her and just loving her. Once again God knew what we needed.