Swimming at Auntie Cori's Pool

San Fran, Sisters, Shopping and Scans!!!

Britters and I went to San Francisco for a few days last week because I had to get some scans. So let me begin by telling you my expirence at my appiontment for my scans. Right as I was getting done with the PET/CT scan, the freakin' power went out. Thank goodness that I was out of the stupid tube before it went out. I know that there were other people there who were inside the machines when it happened and to top it all off, they had to redo the whole scan from the begining. So, I guess I shouldn't complain to much, at least I wasn't one of those other people!!! After that whole fiasco, I met back up with my sister who was across the street at AT&T park where she was watching the Giant's do thier batting practice. One of the players named Billy Sadler came up to her and started talking to her and then gave her a ball through the fence. I guess that baseball players can't resist beautiful, blonde haired babes like Britt :-) We then went to my appiontment with me oncologist whose name is Rob Goldsby. He is just awesome. I love the guy and he had just taken the best care of me through this whole ordeal. I have been very blessed to have him as a doctor.

After all of that boring doctor stuff, we went and got beautified at a local salon and then just did some mad shopping. I had a great time with my little sis! She always makes me laugh and just made the whole trip a blast. Oh, and by the way, my scans did come back great! I still have some spots in my neck, but they have not changed one bit. My brain, lungs, and heart all look great as well. Thanks to everyone for your love and support! I love you all!!!!!!!

Bay Bridge
Beautiful city of San Francisco
AT&T Park - Britt's ball from pitcher Billy Sadler
One of my favorite people in the whole world, Dr. Goldsby a.k.a. "Homeboy"!!!
The best place to eat - Cybelle's

Donner Lake - Part 2

Mike, Brayden and I had so much fun at Donner that we thought that we would drag our friends along. Chris, Sara, Tracen and Logan were up to going with us for another sun-filled day at the lake. All we did was hang out on the dock. The boys seemed to love it and so did we. As you can see, little Logan was one tired boy by the end of the day. It was so nice to be with our friends who we love dearly. Sara and I have been friends for a very long time and it is so amazing to see out little boys play together. Watching them makes me feel like I am really getting old. It's nice when I can get together with Sara because I start to feel like a silly teenager again. She is my sister from another mister!!!Thanks Karrasch's for the fun day! We love you guys.

Bray-Bug!!!
Cute Little Tracen!!!
Lovable Logan!!!
Two Hot Mama's!!!
Little Buddies!!!!
Mommy and her 'Bubba's'!!
One really white dude!
Ooddles of Noodles!!!
Sweet little Logan all tuckered out!
Blonde babes!

Donner Lake

Here are some more pictures of our week off. We went to Donner Lake for some hiking, swimming and shopping. I was a blast. Brayden has become quite the outdoor kid. He was hiking like a mad man!!! Then later that night we went to dinner at a place where Mike and all of his UPS buddies eat lunch. The place is called Zanno's and it has great pizza. We also found out that Truckee had an event every Thursday in the summer called Truckee Thursday's. They had bands playing up and down the street, craft booths and even a dog parade. We had a great time.

"Scanxiety"

Tomorrow I have to go down to San Francisco for a wonderful, fun-filled day of scans and doctor appointments. Every time these appointments come around I get what I call "scanxiety". I always feel as though I could vomit at any moment. I am starting to think that these appointments warrant some Xanex, don't you think? I have been lucky though. My appointments are now every three months instead of every 6 weeks. But still, it doesn't make it any less traumatizing. As of right now I have a couple of small tumors in my neck ,which have been radiated. They seem to not be doing much when it comes to growing. I just pray that it stays that way. So keep your fingers crossed and please keep me in your prayers. I know that it helps!!

There is one exciting thing about this trip. My sister, Brittney is coming with me and we are just going to do sister things. Of course we will start out our day with 3 hours of scans and about 2 hours of doctor appointments, but after that we are going right to Irving Street where we always get our pedi's and mani's. After that we will probably go out to dinner and out on the town. I just love that city. Of course during this trip there will be lots of shopping. We plan on hitting the outlet malls on Friday. I am totally pumped. Having her there with me and doing all of our fun stuff will take my mind off all of the cancer-schmancer stuff! I am blessed to have such an awesome sister!! I love you, Britt!!!!!!!!

Good Ol' Virginia City

We were very lucky in the fact that Mike had all of last week off. I was just so thrilled that Brayden and I would have him all to ourselves for and entire week. We decided to stay in town and just do some fun family adventures nearby. So on this particular day we drove up to Virginia City. Brayden had never been, and I thought why not. I hadn't been to Virginia City in a very long time, since maybe high school, and I thought it was a lot cooler that it actually is. When we got there and started walking do the main road, I realized that every other place was a bar. Not really the kind of place that I would like my five year-old boy to hang out ;-) We did however go and pan for gold, walk through the beautiful chapel, and go to a museum. All in all we had a pretty good time. We did finish the trip with some yummy peanut butter fudge, which for Mike and I, was the best part of the trip!!!

Wild Waters FUN!!!

This last Saturday, we went to our friend's (Greg and Amanda) daughter's birthday party. It was held at Wild Waters, one of Brayden's most favorite places on earth. Last summer Brayden and I had season passes, but we just didn't get them this year and I feel like we really missed out. Brayden is now finally tall enough to ride the bigger rides. He was a little nervous at first to ride them, but that went away fast. After that first time down he was ready to go again and again. He loved the Fire and Ice rides. He screamed like a little girl all the way down. My bigger boy loved the rides also, as you can see in one of the pictures below. Mike and Greg went on most of the rides, and they even got me to go on one. I am always nervous about those types of things because I am afraid that all of the metal in my back is just going to pop right out if I hit something the wrong way. Besides that, we had a great day at the park with our friends and family!

Look out world - Brayden's driving!!!!

Big Pimpin'!

Where my girls at?
Brayden making sure that he runs it over just perfectly!
Notice here that there isn't a single cone left standing!

On Wednesday night I decided to let Brayden go out and drive his truck around the block. To say that Brayden's Ford Truck is his baby would be an understatement. It is his pride and joy. He even takes a towel and wipes of all the dirt on it when he is done driving it. As a little gift for Valentines's day, Nana got Brayden some orange cones for him to drive his truck around. We like to set them up like a course and make him drive in and out of them. Well, this night he had a different idea. He just wanted to run everything over. I do have to remind myself that he is a boy and that they like to destroy things. We then decided to put little pieces of wood on the ground so that he could run them over like they were speed bumps. He did have a blast and he is our little wild and crazy driver!

Our Sierra

I just thought that I would put up a couple of pictures of our dog, Sierra. We got her at the Humane Society in February of this year. She is eight years old and super mellow. She loves to play fetch only indoors, don't ask me why!?!? Sierra is a funny dog. She loves the flash light, of course. If I have something that needs to be done, I just give the flash light to Brayden and not only does it entertain Sierra, but it entertains Brayden as well. The nice thing about her is that Brayden likes to play rough and she just takes it like a man. But I do have to say that it is nice to have another girl in the house. Sierra had just become another part of out little family!

Magic Carpet Golf

My cute boys!
Hacho and Faye - The newlyweds!
Where's Brayden?
Mike looks like he's stoned in this picture! ;-)
Like Father, Like Son!!!

Last weekend, Mike, Brayden and I went out with our friends, Hacho and Faye. We went out to eat at the Olive Garden (Always a great place to eat!) and then we went miniature golfing. Here is a couple for pictures from our night. I found out that Hacho is pretty competitive, Brayden swings like Happy Gilmore and Jared Spoon always calls us when we are at Magic Carpet. He must have a sixth sense and know that we are there. It's just weird. Anyway, this was our last night out with Hacho and Faye because they moved to Colorado this week. We are sad that they left, but are happy to see them start their new lives together as husband and wife.