A Year Post Cancer Discovery - Moving towards Normal Life

One year ago on June 2nd we learned that James had pediatric kidney cancer. Now he's better! This coming Monday James will visit Seattle Children's hospital for his three month post treatment checkup. Our family is deeply grateful to be able to turn to a new chapter as a family.

About a month ago, David and I went to Hawaii just the two of us and had a great trip! We celebrated our 10 year anniversary and James being cancer free. We spent time on O'ahu and the big island. We did a lot of snorkeling and got to enjoy seeing coral, all kinds of fish, and sea life. We even found a sea turtle! For a portion of our trip we stayed with family and got to be leisurely toured around and entertained by them. It was delightful.

After we got back from Hawaii, we celebrated our three boys' May birthdays. We've taken a lot of time to enjoy our kids and time as a family. The weather is starting to get sunny and we've been having water balloon fights at home and also taking the boys on the e-bike to local parks.

We've been soaking up our lives feeling a bit more normal. Today David took the two older boys biking and to the park while I stayed home and played with Isaac. Our oldest, Neil, will soon finish his kindergarten year at school. This past week we have been starting the potty training journey with James. He is learning to listen to his body and to tell us when he needs to use the potty. Isaac loves to impress us with his walking. Overall we are happy.

I noticed I never shared Isaac's newborn photos, so here are a couple bonus throwback photos to Isaac's baby photoshoot from a year ago!

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Camping Adventure at Penrose Point State Park

This past weekend Mr. D and I went camping at Penrose Point State Park with a family we have been friends with for almost three years! We decided to carpool there together with our camping gear and all seven of us in their van. After we got there, we made hotdogs for dinner, s’mores and cobbler for dessert, and enjoyed spending time together in front of the campfire. The following morning we walked over to the water and had fun discovering crabs in the rocks. Here are some of the photos from the trip: Checking out an alive sand dollar Looking for crabs on the water Crazy tree and roots This was the website we used to book the reservation: https://washington.goingtocamp.com/PenrosePointStatePark -Mr. D and Mrs. M

Our Backyard Chicken Adventure

Back in February I told David we should get chickens! He told me the egg shortage would end soon and that we wouldn't save any money having chickens. He was 100% right (there are a lot of fixed costs with raising chickens like building a coop and run, but afterwards the expenses are not too bad) and the chickens have been a lot of fun. Turns out there was a lot I didn't know about chickens and I greatly enjoyed learning about them! For example, I learned the following: Why are grocery store eggs white? Most eggs we eat come from white leghorn chickens, which lay white eggs, but different chicken breeds lay different colors. Meat Chickens vs. Egg Chickens - Humans have cared for chickens for a long time. Some chickens are bred for their meat (think Cornish cross) and others for their eggs. David and I are not excited about processing chickens, so instead we went for chickens that are egg layers. Egg production vs. Collecting the rainbow of egg colors - We decided we wanted a mi...

Neil's friends visit

Our friends from Seattle were in town visiting for a work conference in Park City and they stopped by our home and stayed with us for a day. We loved seeing them and getting to have our boys play together. There was a lot to do at our home-- play with legos, practice baseball, enjoy the chickens, and read together. Hope to have them visit again next time they are here for a work trip or to ski.

Mr. D and Mrs. M

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