A week of good news

Dear friends and family,

Dear friends and family,
Dear family and friends,
Our live have change fairly dramatically over the course of this last year. About a year ago I (Jon) was finishing up my service with InterVarsity, Nathan was starting pre-school, Jane was starting to get interested in becoming a real estate tycoon and, on the more serious side, Joey was starting his second round of chemo. In these past couple months, we have started to see the fruit of these new endeavors. Below I will share briefly about some of our recent milestones and in the Joey section share why today we invite you to join us in prayer for our son.
Nathan
As the youngest, Nathan, now two and a half, has the shortest of all our stories. He loves his pre-school, loves biking, chatting, fighting, and picking out his cloths in the morning. Between the last two (fighting and picking out cloths) the later is much more of a challenge us. While he is a tough little sucker and fights dirty with his big brother the 15 minutes of trying on different outfits and his refusal to wear anything that isn’t soccer themed makes our morning routine consistently more difficult than it needs to be. This fall he returns to his pre-school, partially potty trained, without his brother and looking for trouble. When he does have a poopy diaper, he requests his father to do the diaper change. Fun times!
Jon
To an outsider it might appear that my life has undergone the biggest transition in this past year as I have transitioned from a campus minister to full time entrepreneur, but I am not sure that this is true. In fact the similarities are pretty uncanny. In both roles I have work long - non-traditional hours, pivot frequently to engage changing circumstances and do so for very little financial compensation! In both roles I have felt a strong sense of purpose, passion and belief that what I am doing will change the world for the better. In both roles I spend lots of time networking, casting vision and calling others to invest with their time and money.
This last month our company has achieved a number of milestones. My co-founder has joined me full-time, we have starting bringing in revenue and our main product is on the cusp of its one millionth download. If you are eager for more company news check out our blog.todoroo.com but the quick summary is things are going pretty well.
Jane
This year Jane has also began to step out in some of her dreams especially when it comes to buying property. This summer we closed escrow on a short sale on a small investment property and we are waiting to hear back from the bank about a condo we have identified for ourselves. While I say we, really all the credit goes to Jane. She identified the property, acquired the financing, and has been responsible for the savings that allowed us to make the down payment. While I tease here about all the time she spent on Redfin, I really am very proud of her and grateful for all she does for our family.
Joey
Has had a great year overall. The chemo treatment he had showed early signs of effectiveness and not to long ago he had his last treatment of this round. Since he graduated from preschool he has been busy learning how to swim, read and ride a bike. (We took off his training wheels last Sunday!) Next Tuesday, marks another big milestone when Jane and I will drop him off for his first day of kindergarten!
But before we, his proud parents, drop him off at Escondido Elementary we need to take him in for a MRI at Lucile-Packard Children’s Hospital. Once again we want to invite you all to pray and ask for a good report. We long for the tumor to shrink and for him to continue to thrive. We will take him in this afternoon and get the update in the next couple weeks.
Thank you for all your love, encouragement, prayers and support.
With Love,
Jon, Jane, Joey and Nathan
Hello all,
It looks like Jane beat me to making the announcement! Below is my