Again?

These days have been great. We kept busy this weekend enjoying our friends and the beautiful weather. We try not to complain of the heat for all of you that are in the 100 degree temperatures...but we don't have air conditioning here. Last week wasn't too memorable. I know I got some things done, but I couldn't tell you what. I haven't updated in a while because all our computers were down. We are once again up and running...in fact, Kelby now has her own computer in her room so she can play her Dr. Seuss game. She's a little bit spoiled I think.

Here is the bad news. I think I might feel something in Kelby's jaw again. I called the nurse at Group Health and they already have some scans scheduled for next Wednesday. Today we had a little check-up with Kelby's primary care physican here in Burlington. It was required to have done before she has any anesthesia. He barely felt the bump I feel, but was concerned with some nodes in her neck. I guess we'll see what they say next week. Until then, if you would just keep Kelby in your prayers, we would be very thankful. She doesn't seem to be having any other problems except she's not very hungry.

While I was at the doctor's office I found a pamphlet called "When Someone You Love is Teminally Ill." It reminded me that this is a marathon and not a sprint. My mind frequently takes me to the "how's" and "when's", but I shouldn't go there because dwelling on all the hard times in the future will just mean I'll go through it twice. It is really hard to keep myself from doing that though. I know I need to take it one day at a time. We are doing great right now and that is all that matters.

Speaking of right now, this weekend was wonderful. We went to the Skagit County Fair on Saturday. It is a tiny fair, but it suited our family just perfectly. We made it through everything before the girls were tired. On Saturday night we went to our friends birthday for their one year old Nolan. It was on a farm...and Kelby even got to ride a horse. She really loved it. I was surprised that she wasn't scared. We had some friends over for dinner on Sunday. We kept busy and it was great. I've started deep cleaning the house this week. Yesterday we went to the park in the afternoon and the beach in the evening.

We've started a new hobby called Letterboxing. It is so cool...a combination of treasure hunting, hiking, and stamping! What could be more fun. You find clues (on the internet) that give you directions to find a hidden box out in the woods. It gives us a good reason to go out and about. You'll have to look up more information at letterboxing.org. Maybe we can get everyone interested in it. That is what took us out to the beach last night.

We'll keep busy this week and let you all know what we find out after the scans on the 21st. Please keep praying for Kelby. By the way, we have our next Disneyland trip scheduled for September 19th through the 22nd. Kelby is very excited about it. We will be going on that trip no matter what happens in the coming weeks.