I haven't posted for awhile, so here is a catch-up report. I know the first question on everyone's mind is - "how is Eric?" Eric is great. The aftermaths of chemo get a little worse each time. He has to take it easy for about a week after he receives chemo, but then he has 7 days of feeling good before he gets chemo again. His eye lashes and eye brows have pretty much all fallen out now, but strangely, his hair is growing back! He is so tired of shaving it with a razor that he has decided to try growing it back in. Hopefully it is not too patchy and thin!
Paige has had more trips to the doctor lately than Eric. She had a bought of really high fevers (104.5 for 4 days) that had everyone worried. After x-rays, urine samples, and blood work, the doctors still couldn't find a source of infection (other than a slight ear infection), so they treated her with Rocephin and another oral antibiotic to be safe and her fevers went away. Now, after just finishing her antibiotics, she has come down with a croupy cough and runny nose - ahhhh! So, we aren't getting much sleep these days and I really want my healthy happy baby back!
Despite this, we have still had lots of fun this month. Here are some pics to prove it!
Mason made this lovely crown for Eric at school (it is a Burger King crown turned around and decorated with wild animal and sports stickers). He wants Eric to wear it all the time. The morning after Mason gave it to him, Mason came to me and said, "Mom, we have to bring this crown to Dad at work - he forgot it!" He was disappointed when I didn't think that was such a good idea. So now Eric gets to wear the crown every minute he's home - lucky guy!
We went on a drive to scope out future camping locations and had a fun picnic. The only bummer was that we had brought a new kite that we could not get to fly, despite plenty of wind. Don't buy the Tiger Shark kite from Sam's Club - it's totally lame (or maybe we are, but whatever)!
Mason, showing off his climbing skills...he really is part monkey.
Paige loves unloading the dishwasher, the problem is, the dishes are always dirty! She has learned to say "uh-oh" so she purposely drops things (like dirty cups) so that she has an excuse to use her new word.
We took all the kids to the rock climbing gym last week and I wish I had brought my camera. Paige was totally trying to climb the walls! She would look up at the boys and yell in frustration and then grab the lowest holds and try to get her feet up. It was so funny and of course Eric loved it. I'll have to get some pictures next time.
We just returned from a killer two days in beautiful Beaver Creek. Our friends, Lisa and Mike, who live in Wisconsin, came to CO for a plastic surgery conference and invited us to come stay with them in an amazing house right on the slopes of Beaver Creek, which is probably the most posh resort in CO. Mike's sister-in-law, Diane, (who is actually good friends with the home owner) came with 3 of her kids and we all had a great time living in the lap of luxury for a couple days! Here are my kids and Diane's kids plus one of Lisa's (we are missing Issac and Ariel) hanging in the hot tub.
Of course I had to teach my kids the tradition of going from snow to hot tub - who doesn't remember doing that?
My guys...
We took Mason and Logan over to the magic carpet for one afternoon. I couldn't believe how much they both improved in just a couple hours! This hill was much bigger than the last one we went to and Logan decided that he just wanted to go fast! He would start at the top and bomb down the hill at full speed at Eric, not bothering to try to make a wedge at all. Although he was much steadier on his feet this time, it was a little crazy to watch him fly down the hill. But then again, this is Logan we are talking about - why am I surprised?
Mason was all about technique. He taught himself turns and would make beautiful S curves all the way down the hill and then stop on a dime. He hardly even bothered to look at us before getting on the carpet again. He was just too cool! Our kids are
so different, but they both had a blast.
I'm bummed I didn't get any pictures with Mike and Lisa. Thanks for inviting us up, we had such a great time with you guys!
Saturday morning we pulled up to a massive soccer field in our Honda Pilot, amongst hundreds of similar SUV's, for Mason's first soccer game. As we hauled our cooler and kids to the Tiger's field, I thought, "Look at us. We are true suburbian's." But then I realized, you have to live in a suburb of a big city to be considered a suburbian and Grand Junction doesn't exactly qualify as a big city. But let me assure you, there was no shortage of over excited parents and SUV's, despite Grand Junction's meager size. 
This is a picture from practice the day before. My friend has a nice camera and captured this cute shot of her son and Mason. During the first practice, the coach set up a little scrimmage. Mason hardly touched the ball because he was always setting himself us for a pass, which never came. After practice he said, "Mom, how come nobody passed the ball to me?" I then had to explain the reality of five year old soccer to him - chase the ball with all the other kids and try to kick it as many times as you can. The next morning at the game, I could still sense a little uneasiness with this strategy, but after about 5 minutes of play time he caught on and stuck witht the herd the rest of the game! It's sad that I had to convince him to play this way, but I knew it would be the only way he'd touch the ball and have a good time - and he did! 
