Carrollton Young Life Clay Shoot

A few weekends back Carrollton Young life hosted a Clay Shoot to fundraise money for Summer Camp 2008! We had SOOOOOOOOOOOOO much fun!! We had great numbers...as for the tangible outcome of the day, we had 65 shooters, over 15 sponsors for the day, made about $1000 on the raffle prizes and grossed a total of $6500 for the day!
We still have some money coming in from various donations,, so we
so we are praying that we will be able to send ALL of our Young Lives Moms & babies to camp!!Here are some of our favorite pictures from the event!

Our Area Dir & wife Dave, Paige, & Daddy Paige Shootin' @ the trap
Kyel & Shalen J.


Da boys... ...and the beverage beauties (Committee)...and more Committee
Dave C, David D, & Matt P Shonna, Betsy, & Karen Brian & Jonathan




the food............................the chef....................................Mike & Pat (committee)



YL Leaders w/ our beloved committee


Love you guys!!

Woo Hoo!!!! No cysts....kind of

Well, we had another Dr Appt today, and Kelli did have a cyst, but it's a Tubal Cyst that every woman produces each month, so our nurse thought this would not keep us from moving forward this time!!! Praise Jesus!! Now, we just have to make sure this cyst goes away, as is normal for most women, problem is...Kelli is NOT most women. So, please continue pray for Kelli that this cyst would run it's course and go away by our next Dr Appt - Memorial Day.

Otherwise, we are off to the ranch this evening after work for fun and family!!! We are excited to get back to the ranch as we had such a wonderful time a month ago when we ventured out there. I'll let you know how things went on Monday, when it rolls around.
DD

Round 1 Do Over...

Well, to tag onto and continue Kel's last post it looks like we are getting a "do over" on the 1st round of IVF. Kel started her oral meds last week, but this time it's one that tries to prevent the development of cysts. This being because cysts are what kept us from moving forward the first time around, so we are trying to circumvent cysts from happening again. She will begin taking her Lupron Shots again this week, to start shutting down her hormones so the Dr's can get in there and take control of her "cycle." We begin this on Thursday (if I remember right) this week, and will stay on that until we get the go ahead from the Dr's to move forward. Our next Dr Appt is Memorial Day, so that will cut our trip to the Ranch a little short, but we will still get to see all the family on her Dad's side this weekend, and we are looking forward to it. As we get further into this cycle, we will continue to update our blog so those who want to know, can be in the know.

We are also trying to get the boat up and running, as this could be our last summer with it, so we want to take advantage of that as much as we can. We should have it water ready within the next 2 weeks, which will allow for plenty of "boating time" this summer if anyone wants to tag along.

On a side note - we had the chance to speak with a wonderful young lady named Lindsay about the potential for living with us for the next couple of months. She is going to be a Senior at Texas A and M Univ, and needs a place to stay for the summer. We had lunch with her this past Sunday after church, and really think she will be a wonderful addition to the Dowdney home this summer. Please pray that she would be able to find a job, and that we would be able to provide her with a great place to stay for a couple months.

Otherwise, that is all for now, we will travel to the ranch this weekend for the Overton Family Reunion...and our next scheduled trip is to the McCann family reunion on the weekend after the 4th of July. So, we have a couple trips coming up, but also have some downtime weekends...which means we will probably be out on the lake. Give us a shout if you want to tag along, as the more the merrier!! DD

Ding Ding!!! Round 2

Today we are starting our IVF cycle again, so It's Day 1...back at the very beginning!! Isn't that a song from Heather's favorite movie, The Sound of Music!! They are going to do things a little differently this time, in hopes to avoid those nasty cycsts that halted everything. I will be starting BC meds on the 7th, a different dosage and brand that is actually used to prevent cycts on hypersensitive women....(yeah, I loved it when they used that terminology on me today!!!! HYPERSENSITIVE...I AM NOT HYPERSENSITIVE!!!) Dr. Chantillis is really confident that will enable us to progress farther this time!! We have an appt on the 13th to check bloodwork and for cycts. Then, back on the Lupron shots on the 21st and HOPEFULLY, we will be able to start the stimulant shots this time on the 31st!!!! It's early but looking at 9th for egg retrieval and anywhere from 12th - 15th for Embryo transferee!! Pregn test 10 days later!! We will get a formal calendar after my exam on the 13th! We will post after we know more!

GOSH--- can we fast forward to June 25th??? Hey, wait a minute. Didn't I just lead a discussion on patience? Yeah, maybe I should just keep studying that topic!! Please pray for the doctors, the meds, me & David, and LORD WILLING Baby Dowdney!!! I know that I am not going to be able to do this without the Lord, and I have felt HIM very near as a result of all of friends and family praying for us!! So keep it up and stay tuned... 'cause we are off again!!!

Kel

Well, HOWDY!!

Yes, it's been a while since we posted!!! Busy, Busy Bees we be!!! Now, let's see...not much has changed on the baby scene! Well, actuall NOTHING has changed!! We are suppose to be waiting for a cycle to start, anticipated to happen aroun April 9th, and been as still as a tick on a cow's but!! I called the doctor to inquire if we should be concerened and they said probablly I still have alot of the meds in my system used to supress my hormones. So, that makes sense and we are back to waitin two more weeks! Waiting...waiting....another funny is this week I lead a bible study on PATIENCE! Now that you have stopped laughing and are wiping the tears from your eyes....I said LEAD...not taught! Actually, it was awesome becuase I really needed to learn how to graciously wait upon the Lord...I learned so much and it was good to partner with my friend Steph, who co-lead with me!! Thank you Steph---

So, while we are waiting upon Mother Nature to return her presence, last weekend we participated in the OKC Marathon with our YL group to raise money!! We had 2 run the full, a great relay team that covered the full, and several runners in the 1/2 marathon. As for me and my household, along with a mighty group of others, we did the 5K SAUNTER - as we like to call it!! YE-YAH!! The morning of the marathon we woke up to freezing cold rain and strng winds....can't tell you how many times we muddeled under our breath "I'm only doing this becuase I love the kids!" It was stinkin cold!!! But all had an amazing time - Tony B did an AMAZING job coordinating the whole trip and Brian & Shauna Huffman (amazing YL committe peeps) really hooked us up with awesome rooms at The Renassaince downtown, just blocks from the start/finish line!!

Ok, I don't really know if I can announce this yet, but I'm going to put it out there. Over the past several months I have been pursueing the possibility of going on Staff with Young Life. After interviews and lots of prayer, The Father is just really leading and moving to make this happen! I AM SO EXCITED!!! For most of you that know me...you know I'm pretty spastic and spuradic...so it will come no suprise that I am going into Jr. High ministry!!! WyldLife is the Jr. High division of Young Life and I will be the WL Director for Carrollton! HOW COOL IS THAT? Isn't God just so cool? I am really excited!!! I will start out part time, while I'm still at CTM, and eventually transition into Full Time.

David is GREAT...my little Pappa Bear! He's been a little grumpy lateley, with finals next week! Haven't really seen much of each other as he heads to study after work! He is really looking forward to the summer break and take a break from class! Hopefully, we will be able to hit the road and get out to visit some friends and family over the next few months! We love you guys and miss you all very much!!

KD & Double Decker