The Black Ham: November 2013

Last Saturday was the Winter Pineapple classic. I ran with Patrick and Luke. It was lots of fun. We ran about a third of it, but I did all the obstacles. I had no problem getting muddy on the course. It is something that I think we might make a yearly tradition while we are here in Washington. It was awesome to have my family at the finish line when we crossed. Pictures are at the end of the post. You can still donate until the 2nd of December here: http://www.llswa.org/goto/Sarah

Last Wednesday was a big day for Sarah as well. It was her last clinic appointment during treatment. She got a bone marrow biopsy as well as the other medicines that she usually gets during her clinic visits. Her bone marrow came back clean. She has a surgery scheduled for the 25th to get her port out, and her last day of medications is the 29th. We are excited for her to be done and to let her body get back to full health. She is ready to be there as well.

Yesterday, the Sunshine Kids had an event at the EMP Museum. They invited Sarah and 3 others to join her and the other kids. It was fun. Gus stayed home with a baby sitter. We found out that Sarah is a drummer at heart. She must take after her auntie Shan. The sunshine kids did a music video and Sarah got to be the drummer and she rocked out. It was cool to see her get into it. Unfortunately she didn't last much longer than a couple of hours at the event. It was a fun family day.

One other item in our family. Our ward boundaries recently changed. We had two wards with a east-west boundary. That boundary changed to a north-south one and caused a bunch of reorganization in the wards. I was called to be the Young Men's president of the ward. It will be a busy calling but it will be fun to work with the youth again.

Thanks for all the love and support. Our family wouldn't have done as well over the last two and half years without others to help and support us.