A special Christmas surprise for Emmett

On Sunday afternoon we had plans to go to a friend's house dinner.  This friend recently had several loads of dirt dumped in her backyard for landscaping, and the boys were excited to come drive their remote control trucks in the fresh dirt.  When the landscaping company learned that a boy fighting cancer was coming to play in the dirt they dumped, they offered to bring over some of their trucks for the boys to explore and play on.

Well, I guess one thing led to another, and word that Emmett was coming over and loved trucks spread quickly across social media over the course of about 3 hours, and by the time we made it over to our friend's house we were welcomed by this:


It was absolutely amazing.  There were firetrucks, excavators, bobcats, loaders, wreckers, crane trucks, tree trimmers, dump trucks, snow removal teams, landscapers, semi trucks, and many, many other types of vehicles.  They had all the trucks ready for inspection by Emmett and he was able to walk around the lot and climb in and drive any vehicle he wanted.  He got a ride in a bucket truck, he got to drive a dump truck, and he got to move snow with a front end loader.  And Clayton got rides too!  They had toys, shirts, hats, and other swag waiting at various trucks for the kids to collect as they made their way around the lot.  And they also had collected a very generous cash donation to help make this a very special and memorable Christmas for Emmett and his siblings.


We were touched and humbled beyond expression.  That so many people would go so far out of their way on a Sunday afternoon on short notice to bring all their trucks together and collect toys and gifts for the Emmett, Clayton and Charlotte -- kids they hadn't even met -- was so very touching.  It was a very special and Christmas experience for all of us.

The trucks gave Emmett a goodbye salute on their way out!

Channel 5 News was there also and shared Emmett's experience in the second half of the below clip.


How thankful we are to know that so many people are thinking of our family and praying for Emmett this Christmas season.  Emmett is halfway through another round of radiation treatment, and miraculously, he is still fully functional and is generally still feeling well.  We are so grateful for the opportunity to celebrate another Christmas together as a family here on earth!  And we will keep petitioning the Heavens for continued blessings to be upon our family!

Many times those blessings come through others as we experienced this week.  How thankful we are for angels all around doing God's work to strengthen and bless their fellowmen!  How inspiring to see so many people with the true spirit of Christmas!

God bless you all!  And Merry Christmas!