David and Sebastian

I love this picture. Last week was Pet Day at STEPS. Leslie, one of the awesome staff members, raises horses and sheep. She brought a brand new lamb named Sebastian in for everyone to see.
When they put him down, David he reached his arm around it and began to smile. Of course, by the time they got the camera ready David had stopped smiling, but sat for quite a few minutes with the lamb. Those women have wonderful ideas and try every day to find interesting things to do. Thanks for helping David have fun in his life.

PS - Transplant update - I have to repeat one more test. Won't know for sure until next Thursday. The tentative date is April 15. It all depends on my passing this last test. IF not, I don't get to donate, the person on the waiting list doesn't get a kidney, and David doesn't get the other person's kidney. Hard to wait.

Rusty's bday and 4 Gen redux

We finally celebrated Rusty's birthday - all 67, oops I mean 57 of them - the kids cooked an awesome dinner with all his favorite things - Tracie baked fresh salmon and made key lime pies, Kristi did cousoous, Gramma Frances did rolls, and Shelly made passion fruit ice cream (Travis went to Brazil on his mission and that's a big thing there.)YUMMY. Thanks to you all.

There will be some cute videos in a day or two - the kids played a hilarious game of pin the tail on the donkey - with the requisite peeking. Brooke carried on entire conversations with the WALL-E robot that she thinks is real. Peter started walking (and falling), with a little bit of aggravating Brooke by wanting to share her toys. Meanwhile the babies ignored all the chaos around them while chillin out in various loving arms.


Frances has about 500 grandkids and great grandkids - well it seems like that many - There truly are over 70 descendants. What a great lady. She will be 90 in May - time for a BIG party.

So adorable, handsome, gorgeous, goodlooking, cute and wonderful. Just love em!

More Transplant News

There is always a roller coaster ride when you wait for a transplant. I got a call today saying there is a living "good samaritan" donor - that is someone with no connection to a recipient, they just want to do something good in the world.

She matches David.

I am registered to be paired donor, a new program in the US that only a few hospitals participate in right now. I have to go spend the day at the hospital on Friday, to have all of my body systems checked out. If I am healthy enough, they will schedule the surgery (surgeries) by or around April lst.

Some results will be ready on Friday, but some not until Monday or so. Will post as soon as I get the full report.

Blessings

We have so many blessings in our lives. Particularly the 6 little people in the pix below. This first one was at Spencer's baby blessing. Trying to get them all together was a feat of incredible proportions! Left to right - Paige, Carter, Spencer, Cami, Peter and Brooke

Spencer at his blessing
Cami, Brooke & Spencer
Paige at one month. Her mommy is having so much fun playing dress up with her sweet little doll.
Peter's first birthday
Travis is a mechanical engineer. For the birthday boy he made a book. But it's not just any book - it's an ABC book for baby geeks in training. Each letter is from the ?scientific? alphabet - as in A is for Alpha...you get the picture...The kids doesn't stand a chance.

Thankful, thankful, thankful.