Renewed Energy!

2-16-09

I hope that you are enjoying “President’s Day”! I am!!!! No radiation, no chemo, no school….what a great day!

It has been a busy week for us….

First of all thanks to mom and dad for taking care of me and my family these past 10 days. Our family has loved mom’s cooking, organizing, and cleaning! My family and I have loved dad’s gifts and I have enjoyed the seat warmers as he has taking me to my treatments. The first week of February has been the hardest week for me so far! Chemo and radiation made me feel totally exhausted, I never knew that I could sleep so much during the day and then sleep all night! I am so grateful that mom and dad were here to “hold down the fort” so that I could just sleep and do what my body needed to do to fight this cancer. We truly felt blessed to have them be here at this time! We will miss them, and Cleo will miss dad!

Ron remains busy with school, his classes, and Bingham High activities. Last week he went to basketball games on Tuesday and Friday. On Saturday he was able to help out at the Sweetheart’s Dance.

Savanna remains on the go with student teaching, coaching lacrosse, and being involved with institute and the singles ward.

Marie is always going….school, lacrosse, friends, and social events with her friends. She really had a lot of fun at the Sweethearts Dance on Saturday.

To celebrate Valentine’s Day the Hansens got tickets for us to join them at the Draper Temple Open House. We loved the VIP tour of the temple. (yes, cancer does have some benefits!) It was a great experience to share with the Hansesns, especially Sarah and Kela. The girls loved the beauty of the temple. We were in awe of the beautiful paintings, murals, chandeliers, and the peace that was in that holy structure. Kela always makes thing interesting because she is so observant….the midgets that were with us in the sealing room and the celestial room made things memorable. One of the highlights for Kela was riding in the wheel chair from the chapel to the temple and then enjoying cookies after the tour!!!!

I am now regaining strength and energy….I was able to go to school for half a day on Friday. I am hoping that I will be able to work at least part time during these next few weeks as I continue with radiation treatment. The first week of March will be hard again because I will face chemo and radiation, luckily Ron will be off-track so he will be able to help me during this time.

We continue to benefit from everyone’s prayers….the side effects continue to be minimal and the treatments are going well. Thank you again for your thoughts, concerns, and prayers….