Last Week

Last week was a great week for us. Jamey is feeling wonderful and had a lot of energy. The best part about last week was Friday, though. Rock Creek Forest ES had an assembly on Friday to celebrate that they raised over $4000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (yeah, RCF)! The assembly was amazing. They talked a little about blood cancers, then the counselor said that RCF had a student with leukemia and told them Jamey's name (most of them knew already). The kids (all 500 of them) started cheering for him. I had tears by then . . . After that they showed a video of an interview that Mr. Hall (the amazing art teacher) did with Jamey. Then Jamey took questions from the kids. The questions they asked were fantastic ("did the treatment hurt?", etc.), and Jamey stood in front of the kids with a microphone and was phenomenal. He was really amazing, just walking around with his microphone and taking questions ("Okay, I'll take one last question . . . "). I have to say, it was pretty cool. The most exciting part of the assembly, though, was that Jamey got to shave Mr. Hall's head (as a treat for the great fundraising job!). The entire school was cheering him on ("Go Jamey, Go!") - sorry I'm gushing, but it was truly unbelievable. Jamey's head was so big after that he could barely fit into the car. :-) He said to me, "wow, I feel popular!"

This weekend was also excellent. Yesterday we had soccer games for Noah and Coby, and they both played great (the Blazers and the Tigers both won). Between games we had a picnic with friends, got a little sun, and had some fun. After that Jamey went to William's to play and we came home for a bit. At night we went to a party (with the boys - Jamey and Noah had friends sleeping over) which was a fundraiser to help the neighbor of a friend bring her kids over from Africa. We all had a great time.

Today David spent the day digging a ditch (I think it's called a French ditch - with gravel and a special pipe) in the backyard to try and solve the problem we have when it rains hard (water stays in one area of the backyard). He didn't finish, but he did a ton, but he was so tired that he fell asleep before 8:00.

This week will be exciting because the Jason Campbell Golf Classic is on Wednesday and Relay for Life is on Saturday. Jamey raised over $1300 for the American Cancer Society through Relay - yeah!! (and thanks to all who donated . . . ). Next Monday he has a spinal tap, gets Lupron, and starts steroids (YUCK!).