Good Tuesday morning!  I cannot begin to thank everyone for all of the tremendous outpouring of love, encouragement and support that we have received since Bryan's passing.  We thank you so much for all of your prayers for comfort and strength.  We are mentally, emotionally and physically exhausted. Our hearts are hurting. 

I wanted to post my very favorite recent picture of Bryan.  This was taken in July on a family vacation.  I treasure it.

We will be having a private "celebration of Bryan's life" party for family, co-workers and close friends on Saturday.  It was what he had wanted.

I wanted to also let you know that the weekend with Tyler was awesome.  So many stories and pictures to share with you later.  Today's blog entry is just for our beloved Bryan.  We love you Bryan!  You were an awesome son, brother, uncle, brother-in-law and friend.  Bryan had a heart of gold and a generous spirit.  He would help anyone who needed it.  If you ever needed a laugh or cheering up he was the person to see.  He is and will be greatly missed.  Rest in peace my sweet Bryan.

Have a great day everyone.  Today is another gift from God and He is so Good!

It is Monday morning and it is with a very heavy and sad heart that I am letting you know that Mike, Greg, Mark and Matt's brother Bryan passed away last night due to complications from pancreatitis.  All the Gilbert, Stiegemeyer and Middleton family's could use your prayers for comfort and strength at this time.  Bryan is also survived by his parents and numerous sister-in-laws, nieces and nephews and extended family who all loved him dearly.

Mike and I are still in San Diego and will be back home sometime today.  We thank you all for your prayers.

Please pray a special prayer for my daughter Jenna today because it is her birthday and she is taking this hard too.

Sunday evening update:  Mike's brother Bryan has taken a turn for the worst and so we are off to be with him.  He is in an ICU in San Diego.  Please keep our whole family in your prayers as this is so hard and I will update as soon as I can.  Thank you. 

Good Saturday morning!  I went to a "Pink Party" fund raiser last night for breast cancer awareness at the home of Richard and Carmen Canalez.  It was really nice and we all had so much fun!  I even had my first taste of caviar and I liked it!  Who knew?  A lot of money was raised and I want to thank Carmen and Richard for all of their hard work and for opening their home.  My dear friend Brenda Grose from Las Vegas was able to attend too.  Here is a picture of Bren, me and Peggy Severe.

 
Here is another pic of some of the girls that were there.  Carmen, Patty, Amy, me, Dana, Lisa and Jessica.

Today Tyler Michael is coming to our house and we are having him for a sleepover tonight - Poppi and I are excited to do a lot of spoiling this weekend.  My San Diego Chargers will be in St. Louis to play the Rams tomorrow.  Go CHARGERS!!!  What are your weekend plans??

Prayer requests:  Please keep on praying for that special request I have been telling you about.  It is something near and dear to our family's heart. Mike's brother Bryan is very sick with pancreatitis.   Also for my friend Lorri Cavins who is fighting melanoma cancer and is having another surgery on Monday.  Angel Linda's sister will be having surgery on the 25th. If you have any prayer requests please let me know at leslie@mgilbert.net  I will faithfully pray.

1 Thessalonians 5 verses 16 & 17: Always be joyful.  Always keep on praying.

Have a super weekend everyone! See you on Monday! Today is another gift from God and He is so Good!!

Have you bought your pumpkins yet?  Yes I have.....ready to carve with Tyler in a couple of weeks!  :)

Good Friday morning!  Woohoo......weekend here I come!  This past week just seem to fly by for me.  This weekend Mike and I are going to have Tyler for a sleepover.  Soooooo......God willing this time will go much better then the first time that we tried.  In case you are reading this and missed it, in July when Mike and I watched Tyler for a weekend (Jenna and Ryan's 5th wedding anniversary getaway) I ended up in the emergency room/ICU with pancreatitis and had to get my gall bladder removed due to all the chemo I had taken tearing it up.  God had His hand in the whole ordeal and everything in the end went fine.  Just couldn't believed that happened while I had my precious little guy.  So now Jenna and Ryan will try it again this weekend.  They are celebrating Jenna's birthday which will be on Monday.  So Poppi and I are looking forward to a fun two days with Tyler.  Hmmmmm.......wonder what kind of fun we can get into??

Here is Tyler reading his favorite book.  He loves this counting book.  It also has different textures that he likes to touch with his hands.

Tonight I am heading out to a fund raising event to support breast cancer.  I will tell you all about it tomorrow. 

God gives us different passions so that everything he wants done in the world will get done.  Amen to that one!

Prayer requests:  Continued prayer for that special request I asked for yesterday.  Also for a friend fighting debilitating migraine headaches.  And Angel Linda's sister Laura,  who is having surgery on Monday.

Philippians 4 verses 6 & 7:  Don't worry about anything; instead pray about everything; tell God your needs and don't forget to thank him for his answers.  If you do this you will experience God's peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand.  His peace will keep your thoughts and you hearts quiet and at rest as you trust in Christ Jesus.

Have a fantabulous day everyone!!!  Today is another gift from God and He is so Good!!

Okay.....we got through to the letter "M" yesterday.  Let's finish it off today starting with the letter "N".