August 16th 2007

Hi Everyone!! I wanted to post some pictures of us. We will continue to post more as time goes by.

It is a difficult time in our lives but we will get through it as a family. Karen is great; always takes care of everything; she is awesome!!. She has been with the kids all summer and it made things easier for us. I can't image going through all of this if she was working full or even part time. Karen's mother and father (Ruth and Bob) have been very supportive and really helped us a lot. My sister Orly has been a great support for all of us especially for me. It is hard not having your immediate family next to you in such difficult time but I keep in touch with everyone back in Israel weekly. I try to spend as much time with Karen and the kids and keep a normal schedule at work so I can be at home to help. There is a lot to do. Jamey has good and bad days but he is truly amazing. Always with a sense of humor. On Saturday night Jamey played a trick on us at the dinner table. He purposely left the top of a salad dressing open so the next person to use it will spill all over their plate (he learned it from me). Noah picked it up to put some on his salad and he shook it and the dressing went everywhere. He loves practical jokes. Last week he had a lot of energy and pretty much had no major side effect. This week he was not feeling well few nights. Karen and the boys are at the farm this week so I took Wednesday off to spend the day with them. The boys got to ride on a mule and played games. Bob took Jamey to ride the mule by himself. I have not seen Jamey so excited for a long time. He felt more responsible and mature for his grandfather to let him drive by himself. They boys really loves the farm and so do Karen and I.

Jamey has some intensive treatment coming up next month. He is part of a study and we are debating what to do. There are serious side effects with the medicine he is about to take. Per the study he need to take a very high dose of the medication and needs to be at the hospital for few days. We are trying to talk to various friends for advice.

My mom is coming from Israel to stay with us for 4 weeks. We are looking forward to that. Karen starts school next week and we need to adjust to that. The kids are back in 2 weeks and that will be even bigger adjustment.

Anyway, that is all for now.