What a great week!

This past week has been full of fun things! Monday, October 24 - I got to spend a few hours with my grand daughter, Haley. We went to lunch and then shoe-shopping for her birthday. However, we found some shoes she really loved but they didn't have them in her size - of course. We bought some Lalaloopsys instead. Still a successful day together!

Tuesday was an unforgettable evening. An organization called "Happy Chemo" hosted a free night at the Hale Center theater in West Valley, for all breast cancer survivors. Jan Kunz and I got tickets and then found out that we could each take one person as a guest. Kathy Howard and Rachelle Clark came with us. There was a guest speaker and refreshments the hour before the play began. We decided to make an evening of it, and left early enough that we could go to dinner first. Part of the "unforgettable"? We had a slight hitch on the trip up - nothing dangerous or life-threatening -- just . . . . interesting. That's all I'm saying.
We did get dinner in but missed the pre-play part. Oh well - all of the survivors got these lovely flowers.




It was actually about twice this long but it got bent in half during the play. We all got to sit together and had a marvelous time watching "My Fair Lady". SO fun! Thanks ladies for a great night!!!!

Friday night was Milagros night. Saturday was the ward Halloween party - only one person there figured out what Kent and I were - way to go, Marnae!
Sunday the Robins kids had their Primary program in Sacrament meeting. Kent and I went. I think it is one of the best Primary programs I have ever seen. So well organized, everybody knew all the words to the songs, they had 3 microphones for the speakers so it moved smoothly - awesome!
You know what really made it a great week? I felt good! The further I get away from treatments the more I realize how good I DIDN'T feel. Now I look forward to things and am not wiped out by small things! Yay!!!!

Oh, and we got our Jerusalem itinerary today. We fly out Wednesday, December 28 at 11:05 am.

Since my last day of radiation

Remember the flowers that my friend, Becky, brought to our celebration luncheon on Wednesday? Well, they just keep getting more and more beautiful as the roses open. Here is a close up of them:



Friday, October 21, was a fun day. Well it would have been better if I could have gone to hear Kent's presentation in the BYU special collections library. But, I was getting ready for a grand kid Halloween party. Kent, of course, did great even without me there but HE missed a really fun party. :)

I may or may not see them on Halloween, so I had them come in their costumes. Pardon the "aren't my grand children cute?" moment as I share their pictures:

Ethan, age 8

Aspen, age 9

Haley, age 7 [Friday was her birthday!]

Max, age 3 [my choice for a picture was blurry, or back of head!]

Lexi, age 6

Crash, age 6

Jackson, age 12

Sadly, two of my grand children live far away and couldn't be here. Skylar, age 5 and Zoe, age 19.

Of course we played games: This one was a relay race. They had to pick something off of the plate and completely eat it before they could run back and tag their team mate. Jackson and Crash are concentrating on chewing!

Their teams wait anxiously!

After all of the games, we had treats!

Saturday was another fun day. In the morning Kent, Penny, and I decorated the front of the house with things from our garden.

I just need to add some pumpkins around the bottom!

Kent and I were given tickets to BYU's football game. So we spent the afternoon there. It was a beautiful day and we had a good time. The picture is actually of our son-in-law, Dave on the chain gang.
I think I may have overdone things a bit. I started not feeling well at the game. We left just a bit early and I came home and slept. This morning I feel much better! Awesome weekend. :)

RADIATION DAYS LEFT: NONE!!!!!!!

I AM FINISHED!!!!! Everyone at radiation was so excited for me - these are my new wonderful friends - all gave me hugs and wished me well. Thanks to all of you for your kind and excellent care.

These are my main therapists - love these people:
Brooke, me with my certificate and sparkling cider, Brooke 2, Gary

This is my sweet doctor - Dr. Clark, who gave me a hug before I left. You are wonderful, Dr. Clark!

This is Liz and Vickie, my awesome nurses. They loaded me up with creams etc. to help heal my burns! Thanks you two!!


I'm a real "red-neck"!

Here is what happens when I leave my camera unattended! I am behind those closed doors getting radiated - they're playing! :)

"Self-photo" - can you tell? Dr. Clark is pretty tall and their first try pretty much cut his face in half. This one is a tad blurry - but he's mostly there!

The perfect end to a great morning - lunch with friends! Aren't they beautiful? From left around to right: Penny Bird, me, Yvonne Harrell, Becky Buckwalter, Pam Hassinger. Love you guys! I totally forgot to mention those beautiful flowers - from Becky. Thank you so much. All of you MADE MY DAY!

ATTENTION!

Hey - my intelligent daughter redid my poll on my hair - I don't see anyone voting! Come on people. ;)

RADIATION DAYS LEFT: 1!

Yes, I can still count - even backwards! I know that yesterday I was holding at 3 but they called me late in the day and I was able to go in for my treatment! I just returned from the 2nd treatment this week, so I only have 1 left! Woo hoo!!!

This is the waiting room - for waiting. The longest I have ever sat in this room is 15, maybe 20 minutes. That was yesterday when they were trying to get the machine to work before sending us all home. Sometimes I don't even make it to the room before they take me in to the radiation room.

Notice the lovely, warm, blankets in the warming oven! My fav!!!!

RADIATION DAYS LEFT:Still holding at 3

This is where I get radiated. But, today the machine wasn't working so I still have 3 days left!

RADIATION DAYS LEFT: HOLDING AT 3

Saturday was a lovely day. For the first time in over a year, Kent and I were able to go to the temple. It felt SO good! In the afternoon we took a ride on the Alpine Loop and it was incredibly beautiful. Here are some pictures:


These were taken as we entered Provo Canyon.

Isn't this breathtaking? The picture really doesn't do the scene justice!



Before we finished the drive, we sat in a picnic area and read for awhile.



Then we continued the amazing sight seeing.



Look at these colors!



The picture just doesn't capture the actual brightness of these Aspens!


Before we headed back down, we went on a short walk along this beautiful path



Aren't we blessed to live in a place where we can be surrounded by this kind of beauty in a matter of minutes??