John's Back Home!

Little John is back at home, a week earlier than anticipated! He is technically in remission now. His brother and sisters are very glad to have him back, and he's glad to be there. This coming Thursday, the 29th, he will be 2 years old. What a nice birthday present for him. He will still have to see his doctor 3 times a week for a while, but that's better than being hospitalized. Thank you, my dear friends and family, for your continued thoughts and prayers for him and his family.

John

This is a picture of my nephew, John, taken last year.

Almost a month ago, John was diagnosed with leukemia. It was a terrible shock, of course, and it happened just two weeks after his new little sister was born. He will be in the hospital for at least 3 more weeks. He's getting chemo and is responding well to treatment. Please pray for him and his family--he's at Methodist Children's Hospital in San Antonio and one parent stays with him always. The other parent is busy taking care of the other 4 kids in New Braunfels. They are fortunate in that they have many friends and family who are helping out in all different ways. I'm so proud of how they've handled everything. It's one of those things that you never expect will happen to you or someone close to you...

I know that many people have recently given blood for Katrina victims, but if you're able and wish to give, please consider giving in John McDonald's name, stating that he's at Methodist Hospital in SA and he'll get credit for it. He gets blood and platelets every so often.

Thanks in advance for your prayers and positive thoughts towards them.

Trip to Albuquerque Pics

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This past Friday, Hubby and I drove to Albuquerque, NM, to trade cars with my eldest son. The photos on this gallery show the Hoover Dam, both on the way there and on the way back. Hubby also took me to see the Meteor Crater in Arizona. There are some landscape pics from the car, and also pics of our visit to Seligman, AZ on historic Route 66 where we ate breakfast at the famous Roadkill Cafe. There are a couple of photos of Eldest Son with his friend and me at the Route 66 Casino outside of Albuquerque, where we met up with one another. It was so very good to see Eldest Son, and really too bad that we could only spend a short time together. At least we did get to see each other, though. It was a whirlwind trip--we left Las Vegas at about 6am on Friday, got to Albuquerque twelve hours later, and arrived back home at about 5am on Saturday!

Hubby and me at the BikeFest on September 16th

Kitchen Friends

Hubby with his two best kitchen friends, Henry the Dog and Nothing the Cat. Elbie hasn't gotten past the big black dog fears just yet--he's asleep in Sonny's room!