Light the Night Walk

I wanted to let everyone know that me and the kids (Lilly, Sarah, and Gus) are going to the Light the Night Walk on Saturday.  It is for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.  We are walking with a team from Seattle Children's.  We have loved all the care that they have given us and are honored to help them.  You can help out by donating to the cause or you are welcome to come and walk with us.  You can donate here:
http://pages.lightthenight.org/wa/SeattleL12/NBlackham

I also setup a widget on the right hand side where you can donate.  Thanks for all the love and support that you have given us over the past year.

Monday September 24 - Quick update

I wanted to put out a quick update with a couple things that have been happening.  Lilly was able to go to a concert on Saturday with a guy who sings about food allergies (Kyle Dine).  She had lots of fun.

Lilly and Kyle Dine

Saturday evening, we went to Red Robin and celebrated Sarah's birthday.  It is her favorite place to go out and eat.  We are glad we have hit maintenance but are seeing swings in Sarah's mood.  It could be her body stabilizing or some lingering effects of the steroids she was on early in the month.  Hopefully it is short lived.  I am adding a few pictures from Gus's birthday and one of Lilly.

Are we having fun yet?

Lilly's Cheeky Smile

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

We had a sickness pass around our house over the past week.  Lilly and Gus started with and and it progressed to me and Sarah.  Jess was supposed to teach at church on Sunday but instead was taking care of her sick family.  Luckily Sarah's fever didn't stick around and it never crossed the threshold of 101F so we didn't have to go the ER.

Sarah is excited for her birthday tomorrow (9/19) but we will celebrate it as a family this weekend. She finally started maintenance on Friday.  She gets a week of steroids (a different kind from before) as part of each round.  It isn't the same dose, but does cause some of the mood swings.  Since the dose is different, it hasn't been as bad as it was during the other treatments, but there are times that both Jess and I have to remind ourselves that she is on steroids.

We are grateful for the continued love and support.  I am humbled by the service that is rendered in our behalf.  I feel the prayers and the thoughts and they lift me up each day.  Thank you.

Sunday, September 9th 2012

It looks like it has been two weeks since I last updated.  Sorry for the amount of time since the last update.  It has been a busy time at work.  The kids have been mildly sick and Sarah is fighting to get her numbers up. Sarah has been low numbers for the past two weeks.  We were supposed to start maintenance this past Wednesday, but her numbers were in the 200's, so she has to wait a week.

Gus had a birthday last week, but due to him being sick, we postponed his party until today.  I made a Lightning McQueen cake.  He got a wagon to share with Sarah.  He already loves to be in it and we haven't taken it outside yet.

Gus's Cake

Lilly starts school tomorrow.  She is excited and a little nervous about starting the first grade.  Jess has been ready for this day for three months.  We will have to get the house into a schedule again.  She starts earlier in the day than she did at the other school.  It will be good to get here on a system where she has to get up earlier.

Thanks for all the love and support.  We feel the prayers and thoughts of our family.