Hard to believe this little one is turning 5 in a few short weeks. I just can't wrap my brain around it. She's grown up so fast....I simply don't know where the time went. Her birthday is Super Bowl Sunday...bless her heart....we'll celebrate with her friends the Saturday before and she can't wait. Should be a fun weekend for Lilly girl.
Special Guest at Winston's basketball game a few weeks ago -- thank you for coming Ms Luciano and Rashad!! What a special treat. It meant so much to Winston.
Make your own Pizza night with the Yoders was super fun. A few Friday nights ago...great way to begin a long weekend. Joe and I have become a bit obsessed with the PERFECT pizza crust. We've made this dough recipe tons of times and it NEVER turns out the same way twice. When it's good...well, it's absolute perfection but when it's bad....it's really bad. The kneading and the punching and the rising....my goodness, it's alot of work but it's fun and usually worth the effort. We got a little crazy with topping selection too....we went for broke and added seared filet mignon, caramelized onions and browned chorizo to our toppings bar. Great fun and as far as I'm concerned, nothing is better than fresh mozzarella, tomato slices and basil shreds. YUM-MY.
B-ball still the sport of the day in our house. Winston loves to play and is learning alot. He's pretty good at it too. Raptor season is in full swing and so far, so good!
a few other notables...
Report Card for Winston -- excellent again. He's doing great, recently passed a very big reading benchmark and amazes me quite often with his mental math skills....the stuff he can solve in his head just blows me away. Clearly a gift from his Daddy!
Speaking of Daddies....my Dad is still hanging in there. Thanks to all of you for your constant prayers and concern. We've had some set backs these last few weeks -- first his counts bottomed out and he had to stop treatment and then most recently a bad case of shingles put things on hold as well. He got the green light this past week to resume so he's back in his regimen and while he feels horrible, we know he's getting the meds he needs to hopefully get back to some quality of life soon. God provided so generously here recently in such a huge financial way...one of his meds costs $7,300 PER MONTH (that is not a typo -- monthly cost for ONE of three drugs). This amount of money is simply staggering for anyone but for a retired family with limited income, this is simply a back-breaker. Insurance covered all but $800 of this but seriously....$800 a MONTH for a medication he will likely need for the rest of his life???....how does one afford to have cancer....and that's WITH insurance?!?!?! The current health care reform bill might not be the BEST solution but you will never EVER convince me that we don't need some kind of health care reform. It's simply the right thing to do. Okay I'm off my soapbox....back to my point....long story short...we've gotten approval from a cancer policy my parents have and they will be covering the extra cost of the meds for at least the short-term. PRAYERS ANSWERED. And really, what else can I say about all that.
Thank you and good night...
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