Happy Father's Day

As I've said before, my husband really is the best...whether it's with me or the kids. This weekend he took the kids boating, giving me time to rest...when he's the one who should have been sleeping in. He also took me to the movies....The Proposal was pretty good. We also went bowling at PINZ, and all the kids had a blast playing Laser Tag. The weather was so nice, we got to eat my husband's BBQ outside on our deck.

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My legs appear to be getting weaker. I can't even move either of them anymore.

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The temp has been so hot lately...my mother was able to take me for a walk. It's always nice to get out of the house and not be freezing!

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Cameron finished football camp last week. He was recognized by the head football coach as the 1-on-1 Competition Champion.
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Malachi 4:6 He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers;

Busy

I am exhausted today. Not because I'm fatigued and lying around doing nothing. But rather because I did a lot today, (well, according to my latest standards) including going for a longer than usual walk. So instead of writing the blog I should write, I think I'll try to get some sleep.

My dad leaves tomorrow...we're all sad around here about that...but probably no one sadder than Ella is going to be when she wakes up in the morning and sees that he's gone. He was quite the playmate to her these past couple weeks. She didn't like to leave his side.

Coming up

I get to go home today. Which is good, because there's nothing for me to do here in bed at the hospital anymore. But I'm also nervous. I feel kind of in a daze. But then an hour from now, I'll be feeling quite normal ready to take on the world. Not sure what that's all about. Probably just something that needs to work itself out.

My dad returns back to New Jersey today, so I pray for safe travels for him. I'm so grateful that he was here for all this and that he has a good job to go back home to. I really do have these amazing parents who will just do anything for me and I am so blessed by them. My mom is staying on as my caregiver until I kick her to the curb...but she doesn't realize that will be NEVER! I pray my kids won't drive her insane!

Other things on the horizon right now:

I'll have these staples taken out on Friday. I am REALLY panicing about this. The nurse said that each staple will feel like a pinch. Um...yeah....that's what they tell you when you get a shot...it will just hurt for a second. I think I'll just not think about what's to come until Friday.

Next week I'll have to start looking into radiation of my head. They need to make sure all the brain tumor is out of there. I don't know what all this means yet, but it will be happenening.

And then we may be looking at more chemo.

Whatever we gotta do right now....that's just the simple plan at the moment. Of course there's so much more entailed. But that's the basic plan.

"-EST" Father's Day Tribute

A poem that Cameron wrote for his daddy (who insisted we were leaving at 5AM to return back to Minnesota...but is still sleeping at a quarter to seven).

Daddy is the best.
He is great on the test.
He thinks we are a pest.
He is the sleepiest.
He likes to be the beepiest. (refering to his oncall pager)
He likes to be the funniest.
He is always the workiest.
He is the errandest.
He is the musclest.
He is the basketest. (referring to watching basketball).
He is the wine you drinkiest.
Adn the best part....
He is the familyest.

Together again.

My parents have been married for almost 37 years....high school sweethearts.

Obviously my mom's presence here means that she's not at home with my dad. This is the longest they've ever been apart!

My dad came for an extended weekend of hanging out, relaxing and playing with the kids...which involved one very extended swing pushing episode with Max in the chilly air, and a marathon of kids' movies. At first Ella would not utter a sound when he was in the room. But she eventually warmed up to him and became quite the chatterbox again.

I'm so glad he came and hope that he can endure a few more weeks of an empty house and crappy dinners!

Thanks Dad!

Day for Dads

The past few years I’ve ordered different gift baskets to send to all the “dads” in our life. However, this year, with the kids being sick all last week and me being in some unnecessary funk lately, I just totally dropped the ball and sent out nothing. On Saturday, I managed to get a gift together for Melvin…traveling to 5 different stores with Max and Cameron to get him a gift card from all the places that he likes to shop. (Not too original, but better than Cameron's 2 ideas....a shout of "Hip Hip Horray!" or a container for bugs) But for everyone else, I didn’t even get cards sent out.

So I will acknowledge them here….and hope that I get something out to them by the end of the week.

Happy Father’s Day….

To my father



To my father-in-law





To Grandaddy Melvin




To Pop-pop Zibby




To Grandpa




To (Uncle) Wally



To the rookie dad, my brother, (Uncle) Scott



I hope you all had a wonderful day.

And all kudos to my own husband:

Although he works a lot, when he is home, he always takes time to spend with the kids. Yesterday, part of his father’s day gift was supposed to be for him to go fishing….alone…so he can actually fish…instead of babysit. But at the last minute, he couldn’t resist Cameron’s request to go with him, and he took him along. And then today, when he should have been relaxing, and doing everything for himself…he decided to have a family day instead, and we took the kids to Valley Fair (an amusement/water park) around here. What a wonderful dad he is!

To all the fathers out there…..Happy Father’s Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!