Another round of chemo...

Grace had chemo Friday afternoon. She astounds us with her ability to pull herself together and just do it. Her nurse even commented that much older teenagers often don't handle it with her...well...Grace. She did well this afternoon-even making it with her siblings to their Peter Pan themed school carnival. (pictures to come) But, tonight she has dropped hard. It's as though someone flips a switch and a vivacious, joyful child grows pale, grows weak, grows too tired to care about childish things. Our nightly bedtime routine typically includes favorite songs, but they fell too loudly on exhausted ears and she couldn't hear, see, or do ONE more thing. What a sweet, tired out little body...it makes us so sad.

Also-a quote I liked-I think JR and I feel this often, especially about the time chemo rolls around:
"My life cannot implement in action the demands of all to whom my heart responds." (Anne Morrow Lindbergh) Ever feel that way?

Tanner is back from outdoor school

Tanner returned home Friday evening. Before any of the eager parents could see the bus, we could hear the bus ringing with the sound of 20 some kids singing at the top of their lungs. Of course they learned many camp-type songs to share with their family, but they learned so much more. Tanner developed his pictures he took of his trip and I will scan and include them at a later time, but he had so much fun. Thank you to all the parent volunteers, Tanner was in good hands. They hiked up a mountain and down to the ocean, they learned so much about our Earth and came home with a new respect and understanding of their actions. Our family missed T so much and it is good to have him home. As he walked off the bus his hair looked a little odd. In fact, some of the girls in his class had decided to style his hair on the 6hr ride home. We were told by his teacher that there might be up to a pound of hair gel on his melon. He also came home less one tooth. He decided to see if the toothfairy was real by pulling out a loose tooth when mom and dad were far, far away. Overall, he had an amazing experience and we are planning to return to that beautiful area of the country.

Gracie has chemo on Friday so we really took advantage of the nice weather we had this weekend, and I included video of Eva reminding me of the words of Raindrops from tonight. I also added picture of Benji to show how his girlish figure is progressing.