Watch the rain...

Ashley has been accepted by two wonderful organizations to be a recipient for their beautiful quilts. Both of these organizations, Love Quilts and Quilting Angels, create magnificant quilts for sick children. Not just terminal kids, as many organizations, but these organizations also cater to children with life-long illnesses & disorders like Ashley. Women from around the world help to make the quilt squares, and a lot of time, effort, and most of all, love, is put into these quilts, and it is truly an honor to recieve such a tremendous, treasured gift. Ashley's quilts are anticipated to be created and delivered sometime mid-2005, and we are very excited for both of them!! We will keep you posted on when Ashley gets posted to their sites,.. in the meantime, please take time to check them out. lovequilts.org and quiltingangels.org

Oh! Ashley lost her first tooth!! About a week ago, the girls were all playing & rolling around, and out it popped!! She was soooooo excited, and she thinks that the Tooth Fairy is a pretty awesome gal!! We'll try to get some new pics posted this week of her new grin!! She looks too cute with that missing tooth! Actually, all THREE of the girls are missing teeth now!

Ashley also saw her oncologist again yesterday... her next MRI will be sometime in the next couple of weeks. She'll also have another follow-up with him, as well as her ophthalmologist. She is on a break from her anti-seizure medication, but will go back on probably in the next month or so. At that time, she'll change to double dosages twice a day. At this next MRI, she will also have another MRA.

Scott's mom, Carol, started chemo again on the 17th. This starts her thirdt round in 2 1/2 years,.. so far, it seems to be going okay on her. She hasn't gotten terribly sick this time. She goes in for a nuclear scan next Monday. She is, of course, pretty tired, and I worry about her getting enough rest, but she is strong. I just love her so!

Well, another week and a half and we will get to go camping again for Labor Day Weekend, and we can't wait! It is such a great chance to get away and just 'breathe',.. I know I've said that many times before, but these excursions mean so much to us. It's such a nice break, getting up into the mountains to just relax and enjoy ourselves...

And on that note, I think I'll wrap this up. I think it sounds like a good time to fix a hot cup of herbal tea, and sit & watch the rain.