Granddaughter Maddie and her husband Brenton visited us on Wednesday night, we had pizza as all the kids love pizza! Pizza and pickles a perfect meal for the kiddos!
Hey Mikey and Cee Cee watching TV after supper
Baby K who looks so much like her Daddy!
Hey Mikey
Peach...I gave her an old pair of dollar store reading glasses with the lenses taken out...she likes my readers so much.
Maddie and her children. She is a busy Mom!
We had four Trick or Treaters! Our niece Stacey's children.
Ava the skeleton glowed in the dark. Brooke was a girl! Kelly was something in sports a coach maybe and then Lola a skeleton/fairy.
The report from Up North. Our great grandchildren.
Hey Mikey
Cee Cee
Baby K
Peach was a porcupine!
The quills were awesome. Stir sticks attached together with duck tape and then glued to a piece of fake fur and then attached to a hooded sweatshirt found at a thrift shop with Wild in the Woods on the front!
What fun!
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Cee Cee had a minor surgery yesterday to put tubes in her ears. Hopefully she will be able to hear better. She has very thick ear wax that clogs her ears. Early indications are that she can hear better, she says she can...but she still talks loudly.
Peach, Baby K, Hey Mikey and front and center Cee Cee. Jen took this photo and Maddie had it on her facebook post so I shamelessly stole it from her!
We will be seeing more of the Greats when we are up in East Grand Forks Minnesota/Grand Forks North Dakota over the Winter.
Jen sent me this photo last night with all the Great Girls! She went over to check on Cee Cee after her surgery....and for hugs and snuggles!
Peach, Baby K, Cee Cee and their Great Auntie Jen
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We ended our week with Far Guys infusion and my PT appointment. The therapist says he noticed improvement so I must have done something right!
I may stay in my jammies all day on Saturday! Next week we do not have five medical appointments..only two possibly three.
I got to see the Great Grandchildren on Wednesday evening.
Baby K is growing and they say she smiles! I got to hold her and save her from Peach...who doesn't yet understand what gentle means. (Think eyes, nose and mouth a favorite game I play with her.)
Hey Mikey, Peach and Cee Cee
The big kids started school. Hey Mikey is in Grade 3 and Cee Cee is in Kindergarten.
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Good news at the Oncology visit! The tumor shrunk even more! Dr B is very pleased and encouraged!
The genetic testing came back...Far Guy has a gene for cancer. It is the CHEK2 Gene mutation. However this does not change his treatment. He is also a carrier for MSH3. The Doctor explained that folding genes get messed up...I don't understand it all. I understood the Alpha One Gene Mutation better than this new gene mutation.
Treatment stays the same and in 30 days he will have a Pet Scan for exact measurements. After that time we might be able to go to once a month visits...maybe.
We got to see Jen and Sadie, Brenton, Maddie and the girls and have pizza with them. Baby K is growing and is the new favorite baby at daycare:)
Peach on the right was just about ready to pull her sister hair in this photo. The terrible 2's have begun. A bit later she grabbed a whole handful of hair and yanked on it. It was funny/not funny.
We slept in our own beds there...comfy as always. We left on Tuesday morning and returned home to the woods on Wednesday evening.
Happy Birthday to Son In Law Andy...he turned 50 on Tuesday! He was at the Mall of America for a Tournament.
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The Great Grandchildren came over to enjoy the pool. I talked them into a quick photo before heading out to swim. They had a blast in the pool! Baby K stayed home napping with her Dad.
As a Retired United States Air Force/Air National Guard Family we pray for safety for all of our Armed Services and the missions that they were sent on last evening.
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This week Peach turned two, hard to believe she is two already. We helped celebrate with hot dogs,brats, chips and birthday cake. All the Greats went in the pool except for baby K…she is too little for the pool.
We were invited to my other baby brothers and she who sees robins first for Easter dinner on Saturday afternoon. 22 people were there, it was an awesome dinner; ham, potato salad, fruit salad, chips, vegetables and dip, pickles, rice krispy bars and fresh fruit. It was a nice day all the children big and little headed out for a rousing game of Annie I Over the garage, there was lots of giggling and running! The EGGciting news is that my other baby brother and she who sees robins first will be GREAT Grandparents in October! This also means that our niece Stacey and husband Justin will be Grandparents!
On Sunday we had a quiet day at home, Far Guy worked on my lawn mower for the upcoming mowing season...I think it got a new air filter, oil filter and spark plug...all set to go! I scanned a bunch of obituaries and added them to Find A Grave. Late in the day we went for a Ranger Blue ride.
Maddie sent photos of our Great Grandchildren with their Easter baskets!
Hey Mikey
Cee Cee
Peach
They should be well sugared up for a day or two!
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Our three Great Grandchildren were at Noah's wedding.
Here they are enjoying the three wheeled coffee cart/bike at the coffeeshop. Yes they figured out how to ring the bell too! Hey Mikey is almost eight, Cee Cee is five and Peach is a few months shy of the terrible twos.
Now that we are moved back to the woods we will miss seeing them.
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All our Grands attended Noah's wedding.
Savannah in orange...even her shoes!
Maddie
Brenton, Peach and Maddie
Paige and Cole
Adam and Courtney
It was so much fun to see them all in the same place and give them all hugs!
Two Grands left to get married...Savannah and Adam....and Adam has a gal:)
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Our youngest Granddaughter Miss Paige is 26 years old today!
We got to see her and give her hugs at the wedding. In the photo she is holding our youngest Great Granddaughter Peach.
Love you lots! Happy Birthday Paige!
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Maddie sent photos of the girls all dressed up for Valentine's Day at daycare.
I found the dresses on sale...no doubt they were supposed to be Christmas dresses but hey they are red and have a bit of sparkle in the skirts.
Peach 20 months old
Cee Cee just one month shy of her 5th birthday
I think our Great Grandgirls are just as cute as can be! I have Valentine's bags for them...but we hear Cee Cee has strep throat so it will have to wait until she is all better!
Far Guy says Thanks for all the birthday wishes!
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Our youngest Great Granddaughter Peach was here all day on Saturday. Her family went to the Monster Truck Show. She enjoyed her day here having a bath with lots of splash time and after a good lunch a long nap.
In between times I was able to cobble together a coodie for her. Nice to have her here to try it on during the process!
It is not perfect but it does the job.
I finished the pink coodie.
Maddie stopped by so I sent it with her for a trial run. I can make it smaller. From the photos I know what I need to do to make it fit better.
I asked her to try it on Peach.
We also visited with our Grandson Noah on Sunday!
Supper was pizza...our usual Sunday supper.
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"The Greats" were here over the weekend. Growing like weeds and full of laughter and smiles intermixed with a few squeals by Peach...she knows how to get attention!
All three loving a blanket ride.
Sadie checking to make sure everyone is okay...secretly I think she wanted a turn too:)
We have been in the deep freeze. Today should be better...45 degrees warmer than yesterday. I am going to fill the car with gas and get a car wash!
Four medical appointments crossed off the list yesterday...one more later this week.
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There was a wedding this weekend, it was supposed to be an outdoor ceremony.
Peach all dressed up
We spent some time with our Great Grandchildren better known as the Greats.
Peach are you supposed to be climbing stairs all by yourself?