Winter says "Hello!" with Snow!

We recently had a big snowstorm pass over us and we got quite a few inches of snow. (Not sure how many, exactly) So everything is covered in a soft blanket of white. I guess it's winter's way of saying "Hello!" to us. I haven't been out there yet to play, but Olivia, Claire, and Gabe have, and they said it's fun. I hope we'll have snow for Christmas, I would love to wake up on Christmas, look out the window, and see snow. Well, we'll have to wait and see!

A Turn For the Worst

We got a call about my Poppy yesterday. Apparently he's been moved back into the ICU after taking a turn for the worst. (He had been moved out...for less than a day) He wasn't waking up, and was unresponsive. My dad says that they found out he has cancer of the blood, or the beginning stages of leukemia. They did a catscan and found the cancer in his lungs, very close to his heart. They're trying to figure out what to do because they could give him a medicine that would help, but it might aggravate his condition. So we all really need to pray.

Emergency!

We've been in Cincinnati this past week because of a family emergency. Last Monday we got a call about my grandpa. (on my dad's side) He had something called a hematoma in his brain. (I think a hematoma is something like a blood clot) Apparently, they're pretty dangerous, and they said that he needed brain surgery. So we rushed down there on Tuesday, and were staying at my Grandma and Grandpa's house. (On my mom's side, they were very nice to let us do that! :D) We just got back yesterday. Well, my grandpa (or Poppi, as we call him) got his surgery, and is now recovering in the hospital. We were all praying very hard for him, because the survival rate for that type of surgery is like 50% or something. Meanwhile, my Grandma on my dad's side was put in a nursing home, we got to visit her there, she's doing fine. There was some silver lining though, we got to go see some of our cousins and aunts and uncles that we hadn't seen for a while, that was fun! Oh, and we got to take a dog home with us! My Grammy and Poppi had two dogs, and we took one home with us, his name is Danny, he's a golden retriever, and he's very sweet.

Winding down...

Woo hoo! Today was Olivia's last Nutcracker performance, and we won't be so busy.
We all went to see the Nutcracker yesterday, it was good. The party scene (what Olivia was in this year) hasn't changed much at all because they used the same choreographer as last year. It was still good though. My favorite scenes in the Nutcracker are the party scene, and Mother Ginger. (The scenes with all the kids! :D) Oh yeah, I got to go backstage and say hi to everyone, that was fun. (Remember, I'm a retired Nutcracker dancer, heh heh!) Anyway, back to the performance, Uncle Bob came, and all the Blanchards came, and so did Hester and her mom. (friends from church) Parker Blanchard said that he didn't see Olivia at all on stage, so afterwards, he goes up to her and says, "good job!" And she's like "Mmhmm, thanks...NOT!" It was funny. We went out to Forbidden City afterwards, (our FAVORITE chinese restaurant, pig out everyone!) we all had lots of fun.

So now we have Nate's birthday, Christmas, and my birthday to look forward to! :D