Hungry!

So, we are at day 11 of steroids and the hunger has begun! Today has been an all-day eating marathon and its barely dinner time! I think that we are on the 4th bowl of grits for the day. We've also made pumpkin pies, had chicken tenders and potato wedges from Outer Island, snacked on popcorn and downed at least a gallon of chocolate milk!

I had a great time on my trip to San Diego. It was a quick trip and I am still suffering from sleep deprivation, but I had the best time with Nina and Aunt Fran's crew! I was able to visit with lots of friends from high school and was really happy to see Kelly and her new husband, Eric. We had no idea that San Diego was burning while we were there! Kelly lives in the heart of downtown, so I am confident that her apartment is out of danger. She is in Bali this week on her honeymoon, so she is safe and sound!!!

We have been enjoying a week of rain. The mums and lawn are loving it, but my Halloween lights keep shorting themselves out! Frustrating.....

We had a fine trip to the clinic this week. We left around 6:00 am and made our way home around 9:00 pm. Jacob went along for the ride and made life "interesting" to say the least. By the time we made it to Goldsboro he had already dumped a full chocolate milk out on himself, so we made a stop by Leah's house for him to change clothes. Leah was a brave soul and kept Jake for the rest of the day, so the 3 hour stay at the clinic was not nearly as hairy as it could have been. It was a very busy day, as Dr. Gold had been out of town for a week, so the 3o minutes worth of chemo ended up taking quite a bit longer. You just never know!

We are scheduled for clinic next week on Wednesday - Halloween! Grant is planning on dressing up for the day and wearing his Redskins football uniform. The "craft lady" is planning a Halloween party for the kids, so he is OK with missing his school stuff. We probably are done with school for the next couple of weeks, anyway. We will start home-schooling next week. Hopefully by January we will have good enough counts to start at Smyrna again. Grant loves his teachers and classmates and is not so thrilled about not getting to see everyone daily.

The exciting news of the week is that Eden Elizabeth will be getting baptized on Sunday after church. In our faith, children are baptized and become official members of the church when they turn 8 years old. Eden is very excited! Pa and Grandma have bought her the most beautiful new white dress and she looks like an angel in it! Kevin will perform the baptism and her friends from Primary will be singing. We are also planning a family "spread dinner" afterwards, and are really excited about spending time with our extended family and friends.

I will post pictures soon!