Well first off let me start by saying I am doing great. Sure I have unforeseen health issues mainly involving those pesky calories and passing out and such but I don't hurt (except when I do something stupid) and I feel really grateful to be here to complain about the small stuff, hug my kids, and enjoy life.

OK, now the news.

Daniel won first place in the science fair! He did his project on the effects of electromagnetic waves on plant life, specifically Venus Flytraps. He used a function generator to force the plants into being receptors!
I am always proud of that boy, but I think I kinda embarrassed myself(OK and him too) whooping it up for him during the award ceremony.

Nathan is still working getting parts for his robot, and the amazing thing is be hasn't gotten distracted! Saving 300 bucks is a tough thing to do for a nine year old. Also the poor kid broke his arm - again. We now have a new rule at our house.

Because it HURTS to set broken arms!!!

And Believe You Me, getting an arm set with a neuro-typical kid is hard enough,My poor baby was more worried about the beeping monitors than anything else. The staff was amazing though and they soon discovered a TV with Sponge Bob on it was the perfect anesthesia for him.

Jonah and Ben are doing wonderfully. They find stuff to do and explore no matter what is going on! Their favorite thing is playing in the sprinklers. They have discovered that the old irrigation syringes from Dolores' days are killer squirt guns!

The last day of school came and went and the kids have totally enjoyed having sleep overs, brownies and pop corn pretty much every single night!

I just passed my year mark anniversary of being cancer free! I celebrated by getting a PET scan done and attending a cancer survivors luncheon Cedars sponsored.

Oh and one of the coolest things I have discovered is that I don't have to sleep in an upright position as much! That is a direct result of Dr Soukiasian injecting Botox into my stomach sphincter instead of cutting it like most surgeons do. I will most likely have no more lasting side effects from that and no dumping!!!! ( for those of you just joining us, that means I will not be tossing my cookies or passing my food too quickly every time I eat and the part about being able to sleep laying down means that I will not have the stuff I ate come back to haunt me no matter what the stage of digestion!)

All good stuff.

I will let you all know when I get the the PET scan results back, but I am feeling so good I can't help but venture to guess that all will be well.