Journeys With Joshua: The More the Merrier

That 'ol saying "The More the Merrier" has never been truer. When we scheduled surgery #4 for August 4, we were placed on the same day as our nevus superhero and idol, Sully. That alone was something for us to look forward to. But then there was another. And another. In the end, we were able to share our surgery experience with SIX other families.

Of course, the surgeries weren't all on the same day, but they were all within a few days of each other. This gave us an idea: let's all stay at the same hotel! And then we had an even better idea: lets have a party!!

So party we did. On the Sunday evening of our stay, our spectacular hotel (which was new to us, but will from now on be the go-to for our surgery trips) allowed us to hold a party in their dining area. And to make it an even better experience, we were also graced with the presence four other nevus families who live in Illinois, Kristi (Dr. Bauer's office manager), and Dr. Bauer himself! Like I said, the more the merrier. And everybody had a fabulous time.

I'm sad to say that we are pretty much on a different surgical schedule than our friends from now on, and it is unlikely we will have another trip with so much wonderful company. But we are grateful to have had them with us this last time. We will definitely miss everyone, but we captured the moments of this trip as often as we could, and have a lot of photos to remind us how blessed we really are as a part of this Nevus Family.

Left to right, top to bottom: Dr. Bauer; Eric, Cherry and Ceci (Hong Kong), The Kings (IL), Katie and Daddy, Sylvia (IL), The Burmeisters (IL), The O'Bryans (MO), The Carraro's (Canada), Reid's daddy, Merilee and Brooklyn (MT), Reid and his mommy (IA), Zac and his mommy (AZ), me and my mommy, Sully and his mommy (SD) and Brookie's daddy and sis (MT)