Thursday, June 17, 2010

Give this girl a break (or fractured wrist) already!

We wanted to celebrate the kids milestones of graduating from 6th grade and Kindergarten so we threw them a class party. Grace had a park party and Tanner had a rollerskating party. It was SO much fun...that is until Grace fractured her poor little wrist. Her bones are very brittle from chemo, so it wasn't too surprising that even a slight fall could do that to her. It makes me want to keep her in a protective bubble, but where is the fun in that? Grace will go back to the doctor in a week or two to determine if she needs a harder cast. It was really interesting to see the x-rays of her bones. They look similar to the diagrams you see on hair commercials where you see the waves of damaged hair. Her bones literally had "waves" in them. We believe it's from chemo, but we'll have to do more research on that. Grace was tremendously optimistic and brave though. Despite how much she is hurting, she is such an optimist. The only time she even complained was at night when she was tired beyond belief. So....here's how this girl's weekend will go down in history-or on our humble blog:
-Did her jobs, practiced piano, got excited to party rollerskating style, started to feel unwell from her chemo meds, fell down the stairs when she was tired, went to the party, fractured a wrist, headed to chemo/spinal tap Friday... just a regular day in the life of Grace. Uggghhh, I'm tired just thinking about Grace's life!

Evidence that Tanner NEVER willingly lets us snap his photo.

Eva was AMAZING on skates! She had such a blast!



Grace had a blast and really worked the skating department! That is until the fated fall...
It was Eva's first time rollerskating and she did great. She wanted to do it by herself and she did.

Sunday, June 13, 2010

SUMMER....we welcome you with open arms!


The summer weather finally visited Portland. We have had the second wettest May on record, so when the forecast said Saturday and Sunday would be 80, the kids had their swimsuits set out and ready to go. What a difference warm weather has on them, and how fun the yard becomes when water balloons and wet trampolines are the norm.























I am sure it was very hard for the doctor to find some extra thigh for her needle.










Gracie, right before she performs at her last day of school assembly. We tried to get a picture of T, but he hid every chance we had. For some reason, having you whole family hanging out at your assembly, cheering really loud, and taking lots of pictures is not cool?



T and G before their last day of school. We cannot believe that Tanner is now a 7th grader and Grace is a 1st grader!





Grace announcing the last day assembly






Tanner being announced as the new National Honor Society President.