Thank the Lord !  It rained all day yesterday.  Good and slow.  We really needed it.  Although I know the people at the State Fair weren't too happy.

Today I am going to a little carnival for Ari's class.  Going to have hot dogs.

Martin said he may take Dalton fishing.

Tomorrow is the birthday party at the park.  We are ordering pizzas.  Ken thinks he and Dalton are sharing an Elmo cake.

I have one errand to run then I have to work on the house.....just in case it rains tomorrow.

Steve is sick with a viral infection.  He asked a neighbor to take him to the ER but the neighbor didn't know where it was.  I told Steve he better find it.

Wednesday we do chemo again.  He is doing pretty good.  He gained a pound last time.

We have a sad situation going on here.  A baby we know died during the night.  Don't know yet if it was SIDS.  We are barely acquainted with the people but Kyle and NIcole are real close to them and Nicole babysits for them.  She loved the baby.  Bella was 13 months old.  The lady is a foster parent .

Well I better get busy.  Ari will be ready to go.

Have a good weekend.

Made it through the weekend without any major excitement. In fact it was pretty boring.

The cookout was fun.  Sherri and Martin got home and he is sick (which is always fun for everyone).

Tyler is so excited.  My neighbor was getting rid of an old picnic table and Tyler asked if he could have it.  He is working like a little turkey.  Of course granddaddy is helping him.  So far they have replaced nearly every board on it. We are going to let his dad help him paint and waterproof it.  Tyler said "this way I can repay my mom for the patio table I broke".  He is so cute working and learning to use the tools the right way.  Of course little miss was misput because Tyler was doing something special.

I better go get my trash can or little man will be out there trying to do it by himself.

Hope you all have a great week.  I hope our chemo session goes well.

Keep Ken in your prayers.

Ken said this round of chemo hit him harder than the first.  We do the next on the 26th.  He is very tired most of the time. Hasn't had much of an appetitie.  He wakes up every night at 2.  Sometimes he can go back to sleep but mostly stays awake and reads.

Talk about stress. 

School starts tomorrow for all our kids except Arianna.  She starts Monday.  She got the teacher she wanted.

Steve got his letter from Ken's dr. so now he can start trying to get a transfer back here.  The Army still hasn't found his household goods.  He is ready to throw a major fit.

It is HOT here with no sign of rain for several days. 

Things have been falling apart.  Had to get 2 new tires, wipers for both cars, and now my windshield is cracked.  The toilet is broke.  Had one plumber this morning and he thought he had it fixed but didn't.  Hopefully we will have a different one this afternoon.   The blades on the riding mower need to be repaced but we can't find any.  The blowers won't work so we got an electric one.  The edger broke.   Went without internet for a few days.  You name it, it has torn up.

My daughter and husband are going to Reno for Labor day weekend.  My son is keeping the kids.  They are going to spread his dad's ashes.

About 5 more weeks and we will find out if the chemo is working or if we need to to change the medicine.  I sure am praying.

Better go.  I am trying to accomplish one major task a day so I need to do one today.  So far this week, I have done all the laundry, ironing and cleaned the bedroom closet.  Was hoping to do the hall closet and med cabinets today.

Keep Ken in your prayers  and if you would, could you please ask that Steve gets transferred back here.  He is so worried about his dad.

Have a good day.

It is a quiet day here.  Susan got here safe and sound .  Took her to eat Mexican food last night.  Then she and Sherri went for a walk.

This morning we took her to our favorite eating place for breakfast then we went to church.  Now she is gone swimming with Sherri and the kids.  Think we may go eat barbecue tonight.

While Ken is at work tomorrow she is going to help me work on the computer.  I hope she has lots of patience.

She found out this morning that her father in law is in the heart hospital.  She is waiting to hear some more news.

Elaine should be home from England today.  I will probably hear from her tomorrow.

Ken goes Wednesday for his second chemo.  Hope he does as well as he has done with the first.  He has bad days and so-so days.  He gets pretty grumpy over little things but I know it is because he doesn't feel good.  I am so proud of him.   I wish his other brother would come see him.

I just found out that one of my really close uncles is very sick.  I hope he gets better.  I don't want to have to go out of town right now.

Hope you are all having a wonderful weekend.

It has been a very busy and exhausting week.

Ken had surgery Tuesday and had his port put in.  We were there 5 hours but he did good.  Yesterday he had his first chemo and that took a little over 4 hours.  He did great.  He is tired and weak. Said he had trouble with the stairs at work but he worked all day.  Tomorrow he is taking off to spend the day with my brother.

Tony and I are having to sit on him.  He keeps trying to do stuff he isn't supposed to.  It is hard for him and he is so stubborn.

The boys left Monday night for Maryland and got there today.  They already have a house on base.

Ken's next chemo is the 12th.  Next week we pick up the med records we had copied and start the disabilty paperwork.

Found out today that someone backed into the front of Ken's car.  Looks like they hit it with a trailer hitch.  Just something else to get fixed.  Tony changed the pads in the swamp cooler today.  Now he is going to put the battery in Ken's watch.

We still have a long tough road ahead but we are keeping the faith and trying to keep everything positive.

Thanks for all the prayers.