Busy, busy, busy!!!

Ryan pre-cut

So beautiful!!

Ryan and Micheal

Sooo much to fill everyone in on!!! We will start with Wednesday! We were finally able to convince Ryan to get her hair cut. We had our cousin Micheal come over and do it. Her hair looks so much fuller now with the cute little bob she got...or as we had to call it for her "princess cut" not "bob"! She did a fantastic job and we are so happy that we were able to have someone from the family do the honors. Thank you again Micheal!!!

Kyle in his gear

Watch out!!

We also had Kyle come home!!! Sarah, Cait, Christian, and Shamus are here also. They all flew in later Wednesday, so we got an afternoon visit from them. It was so good to see them, especially Shamus...We had not even met him yet! Kyle appears as though he has grown quite a bit over the summer. He seems a lot taller to me, which is good because the day he got back he started football!!!! He has already done a great job and will definitely be a starting player. I don't know if I have ever been so nervous and excited all at the same time!!!


Sunday morning we attended a pancake breakfast fund raiser for LLS (Leukemia & Lymphoma Society). We all wore our AWESOME T-shirts (Thank you soooo much Terry!!!) and we had a great time. We met some really nice people who are affiliated with LLS and look forward to doing some fun and exciting things with them in the future. Ryan got to appear on the news and she was also a part of a donation check presentation! It was neat to see her "in action" and you could tell she liked having the spotlight. Plus she had a ball playing with all her cousins.

Thursday we had my Dad and his finance, Kim fly in. They had originally planned to be married back home when we came out to visit this summer, but due to Ryan not being able to travel they decided to have a small ceremony at the beach. We left for the beach Sunday after the pancake breakfast and their wedding was on Monday. The wedding was perfect! Then Tuesday they left and took Logan with them for TWO weeks. I must say, I am having a hard time with the idea of her being gone for that long. I was away from her, and Adam for almost two weeks when Ryan was first diagnosed, but it was for a reason. I know she will have a great time and truthfully she deserves the spoiling I know she will get there!!!

Yesterday went smoothly for our Princess Ryan. She did have the lumbar puncture chemo treatment. I was there by myself for the first time and I think it went well. It was just tough trying to time the getting something to eat and her getting out of the procedure at the same time. I like to be there when she wakes up. We also had an extra step. When they did her exam in the clinic they did not like how swollen her neck seemed. They were a little concerned and wanted to get an ultrasound to be sure there was not a clot around the line into her port. We got the results of that pretty quickly and everything was okay. She is just still showing the side effects of the steroids she was on....neck rolls. Of course we were between buildings when the Earthquake hit so we did not feel a thing. We went into the Medical Plaza building and everyone was all flustered and one of the receptionist said the phone lines were down because of what had just happened. They said that the building is on rollers so it swayed for a long time. I am actually glad we were not inside for that, I would have freaked I think!!

We have been busy and I think that is good for Ryan and for the rest of us. Thank you again to everyone that has surrounded us with love and support. We appreciate everything that has been done for us so much, it is hard to put it into words!! I received a call the other day asking if some one could put in a request for a prayer quilt for Ryan and when she called her church they had already had a request from someone else for Ryan. Amazing to think of the countless amounts of people out there praying for Ryan. Thank you again!!! Love to all!!!!