Hello!

Hey everybody! It's been a long time.....a really long time since I've updated and I'm really going to work on getting things caught up this week. So expect a lot of posts with a lot of pictures! I just want to quickly update on my dad right now. He's doing pretty good. He's good, other than his feet hurt really bad. That is one of the side effects from the chemo that he is doing. He first started his new chemo meds after he went on his Alaskan cruise with my brother Matt. After a few days on them, he got a horrible rash from head to toe that itched like crazy and just made him miserable. He couldn't really sleep and he'd get up in the middle of the night to shower to help relieve the itch for a little while. He had the rash for about 2 weeks and then it finally started to go away. After that, his feet started to hurt and he started to lose his hair. It started coming out pretty quickly. Last weekend, the 17th - 21st he went to Lake Powell with some buddies to go fishing and he said it was great, because when he showered he didn't clog up the drain with hair like he usually did while he was at home. With all the driving around the lake doing 55 mph it help blow out the hair and thin it so he didn't just lose it all in the shower! He cracks me up! So I went to see him, Amanda and my new nephew Noah last Wednesday and dad asked me if I would just shave his head for him. He didn't want to look like he was trying to do 3 different comb-overs on his head! So I obliged. He was cracking jokes the whole time and was just having fun with it. He wanted me to give him a mohawk, because he knew this would be the one and only time he'd ever do it. He wanted lots of pictures, so pictures we took. I'll load them up later....I was using my mom's camera. I think he actually looks pretty good bald. If you're on facebook, I have all the pics on there. After I shaved his head, he went and showered and what not. After coming back out he wandered around for a minute before stopping and thinking for just a second. He then told Amanda and I that he was looking for a comb! Till he just remembered he didn't need one anymore! We all laughed pretty hard then! He's really a trooper with everything that is happening and trys to see on the bright side of life. He is such an inspiration to me! He makes me want to be a better person and to just be a better me! I want to take care of myself so I can help him if he needs it. This life is too short to not try to be the best you can be! Anyway....much more to come soon!