Keeping up with the Ewings: California Lovin!

So, we made it back to Southern California for the first time in almost a year. It was so much easier to go home when the kids were young but now that we are in school and all the many activities it seems that my parents end up coming here the majority of the time. We went for 5 days and it flew by... we did not want to overstay our welcome especially with my Dad.

To all who have sent emails, cards, made donations to his "star"... THANK YOU! It is amazing what all of that has done for my dad's spirits and I believe it is all helping! A quick update on Dad: he is doing GREAT! His tumor is hardly able to be felt anymore and the doctor says it has shrunk by over 75%. He just finished his 4th round of chemo. He has handled it pretty well but as you can imagine is pretty worn out. I keep telling him this is the perfect reason to take naps anytime he wants without guilt! :-) He has 2 more rounds and the last one will be at the end of July. He then goes straight into radiation. That will be every day for about 15 minutes a day for about a month... Then we pray we can say he is officially in remission! 5 years later we hope to say he is cured! But, with all of your prayers and thoughts we are hopefully on our way to saying cancer survivor instead of cancer patient.

As I was saying the trip was great and went by very quickly... The kids were SPOILED! Mom was baking up a storm before they arrived and they loved the alligator cake she made! Miss A had a great birthday complete with donuts for breakfast, a pedicure and manicure, dinner out with her family, 2 cakes!, and lots of presents! What a day! We also made the trip to Disney and the kids did great.. even Little One had a blast and went on a few rides. We did the usuals... swimming in the pool, feeding the horses carrots and apples at the stables and playing with all the animals... It was great. THANKS MOM AND DAD FOR A WONDERFUL TRIP!

Attached are some highlights:

Happy 5th Birthday Miss A!

Hannah Montana! :-)