And, we're off!!!

Though she's not done for two years, there are good reasons to celebrate all throughout treatment. One is that she has made is to maintenance. Gracie has been SO strong, and now is SO excited to celebrate at Grandma and Grandpa's house and at Disneyland. Way to go, strong Gracie!

"I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!"
Dr. Suess

We are so excited to visit Utah and Disneyland!

This is just a reminder about the potluck we will be having on Friday the 8th at Shele and Glen's house (1411 Perry's Hollow Dr. 84103). The hours are from 5:30-7:30, so please bring your favorite dish and help us celebrate. Although we hate to remind everyone, it is very important, if you or anyone around you has been ill within the last two days of the party please refrain from coming. Although we would love to see all of you, the risk of Grace being hospitalized is too great to ignore. Thank you and we are sorry if for some reason you are not able to attend.

Congrats to T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats T on a battle of the books victory. You studied hard and did awesome! Tanner's class the 5th grade pirates beat all other grades K-8 to take the battle of the books trophy. This battle was won by a thorough knowledge of both the titles, authors, and the actual story of many classic pieces of literature. Tanner has also been playing great baseball by pitching, hitting and playing short stop well. His tourney was cancelled today due to the freak rain/hail storm. It turned out to be a good thing since most of the day we spent cleaning up a flooded basement.



Grace the photographer. Grace has recently said that she wants to be a professional photographer when she grows up. Today, Barbies, Pollies, and all of us were models as we were posed and photographed. She is doing well and has a checkup on Tuesday.


Eva is banned from markers! What a spitfire! I left Eva for 2 seconds to run upstairs and grab something and when I returned Grace was yelling Eva just bit the top off of two markers. Eva smiled her colorful grin and said "more markers." She is so full of energy and spunk. We can't help but laugh at all her crazy antics. She also has fallen in love with three words "Creepy", "Freaky" and "Course (as in do you want to go out on the tramp? "Yeah, course").

Since she hasn't been able to get to school...

School came to her!!!

We have continuously been impressed by Grace's school class (and their parents) and Grace's teacher Miss Pruneda. Grace wants to go to school, but frankly-there are multiple reasons that hasn't been possible, just some of which are exhaustion, not feeling well, and also the emotional issues that accompany childhood Cancer. Grace is really afraid to leave us, since her world was flipped upside down. That's why we were particularly touched that her class would extend themselves to us in this wonderful way. Miss Pruneda organized a fieldtrip to our home and the kids had circle time in her bedroom as they went over division and math work. Then they had recess in our backyard. It was a really sweet experience. Sadly, Grace was on steroids that week and she cried the entire time they were at our house, but she still was so glad they came. I think all the attention overwhelmed her. Not to mention she has felt so horrible and exhausted all week. It was eye opening for me to see just how taxing situations are for her in which she has to be "on." Grace tries really hard-she's a really happy little girl. And, yet her body just can't quite keep up with her mind and desires right now. But, I'm so proud of how hard she tries to keep up and how much she desires to enjoy life. Thankfully-her steroids are done for the week, and by the end of this coming week the effects will be leaving her body. She has tolerated her spinal medicine this week, but the rest of her medicine has really knocked her out. She begins oral Methotrexate tomorrow, so we'll see how that affects her. She's had it Intrathecally (spinal taps) often, but never orally. We love her spunk and we love her smile. We hope to see it a lot more as her body adjusts to her new chemo schedule.