Chemo, Braces, Field Trip, Sports and Kiersi!!

Back to life.....went for chemo #12 with Dina!!  She insisted on going with me and sure made the way better!!!

Later that day Caleb got his top braces on!!  He wasn't thrilled but it happened!

And this device is one of the best.....he can't talk while it's in!!

Field trip for 4th grade to the Perot museum!

I was feeling pretty terrible throughout the day but just thought it was from chemo.  After we finished lunch I went to get disconnected.

While I was at the clinic they found I had 101 fever.  They kinda flipped out.  They gave me an antibiotic and sent me home.  I was whipped.  I slept for about 2 days it felt like.  No energy....it was weird.  But thankfully after that I got back to normal!

More tennis for this kid!

And basketball for Tyson!

Champions for the volleyball community ed season!!!  They had lost one game during regular season and came back and beat that team at the very end to win the tournament!!!

It was such a fun day!!!  We were all screaming and so proud of them!

Mimi and Pawpaw came in town to see games.....they drove all over the place to see everyone play.  We celebrated her birthday while she was here!

This is funny.  The boys were on their way home from school and saw some blue chairs sat out at the curb by a neighbor with a sign that said free.  They came home and begged and went back and got them.  Oh golly....they are our newest addition.

Braycie came to swim and spend the day with Lucy.  She loved it!

lunch with Caleb....as long as he wants me I'll be there!

Weston went to Aubrie's spring show and took Lucy along too.  They had a great time cheering her on.  She did amazing!

Miller's birthday party!

Kiersi got accepted to A&M!!!!  We are so so proud of her.  

 

River Trip to Arkansas

Somehow we fit it all in and got on the road.  We wanted to do a little trip of some kind since we didn't get to go on the mission trip with the college group like last year.  We decided on Arkansas (it's our favorite).  We found a house on the river and decided to bring the pups this time!

Rosie and Charlie did amazing in the car.  Rosie slept almost the entire way.

We got almost there and had a blow out on my car :(.  We don't have very good luck with tires!!!  We got it changed and back on the road thankfully!

The house and the view were incredible!!  We stayed in Glenwood on the Caddo river.  We loved it!

We grilled chicken and bacon for dinner with sweet potatoes.  It was so yummy!

We all slept in and then had yummy pancakes for breakfast.  Then headed out with the pups to do a hike called the Little Missouri. 

Lunch/snacks on the trail.  We may or may not have gotten wet on the river crossings :).  The middle 2 seemed to just go for a swim!

Dogs portrait!

Back at the house we just relaxed....Lucy did gymnastics.  I sat in the river for awhile.  Battling all the side effects from radiation.  It's been brutal.  

We cooked hotdogs on the fire and then finished up with smores.  Everyone loved them!

We played Russian Rummy and then crashed for the night.  Awesome day.  The next day we loaded up the Can Am and drove it to the trails at Bear Creek.  They were rated moderate but they were pretty intense.  We got in quite a ways with several times of figuring out how to pass through an area and decided it might be best to turn around.  We found an area on Lake Greeson to stop and just hang out.  It was so relaxing.  I rested and laid down.  Lucy did gymnastics, Weston listened to music on Can Am, Caleb sorta fished and swam and Tyson threw the football with Logan.  Everyone just chilled and relaxed.  It was awesome. 

lunch on the trail 

We came back and had dinner and drove the Can-Am to get ice cream.  It's a small town so it was just fun.  

That's the view from the back....so pretty!

During the night there was a storm.  It was pretty intense.  At one point Charlie made his way to our room....ha!  We got so much rain.....the river came up SO much!!!  It was crazy.  The next morning we went to another area....trails along the Casatot River.  We hiked for awhile and saw rapids.  The water was so muddy because of the storm but it was still fun!  We hiked awhile and then had a picnic lunch.

We made burgers this night and just relaxed.  We watched a movie and played games.  So much time.  It was so good!

We left really early the next day to get back for Tyson's soccer games in Arlington.  We had ALL the stuff with us of course.  It was raining when we got there and after waiting awhile they finally called the games off.  Oh well.  All in all it was an amazing trip!!!  Not much planned and just relaxing time all together.  SO thankful for my crew!