Merry Christmas everyone!!!!

First we want to say thank you everyone with helping collecting Webkinz. After Anna's treatment on 23rd we went visit 9th floor at Doernbecher and give out Webkinz that we collected. I was a little worry about that we will be short on it, but it was just right!!

On Sunday we had Christmas party with Starlight.




This time they had party at Embassy sweets Hotel in Portland. There was loooong table of desert and ice cream and they had Chocolate Fountain ;-)






Kids got to visit with Santa,



Made some crafts and played games;-)








We had to take picture by the tree ;-)

We had wonderful Thanksgiving.
Kids had lots of fun even it was rainy, but they never can skip trampoline jump at Bonnie's house.



Played dress up with cousins



Make Turkey candy



Played games



Most important ate Turkey!!! Look at those hungry kids waiting for it!!

Happy Thanksgiving EVERYONE!!!!

We getting ready to leave and go spend time with my sister in law and Harlan's parents.
We are thankful to all of you friends for your prayers and support we won't be were we are. Anna is doing amazing, staying healthy. I don't know if you remember in the beginning of this year she was on treatments 3 days a week and now she is every 3 weeks. Pretty soon she will be on once every month and then plan was to stop right before her 12th birthday.

We had great week.
Anna's shoes story went on the newspapers and our local news.
She had her treatments last Wensday and it went well. Her labs staying good and she will continue treatments every 3 weeks, then eventually we will do every 4 weeks.

Last weekend Anna's and other 5 kids desidners shoes are finally out in stores. Kids had fun metting again last friday at Nike campus and sign posters and shoes for employee at the Nike campus.





On Saturday afternoon we went to watch play in Portland Childrens theater "Charlie and Chocolate factory" with Starlight Foundation family's. There usually about 10-15 families. Starlight Foundation almost every month provides family's with outings.




Then we went to visit Niketown store, it was just down the street from theater. It was fun meeting employee's there;-)

Today Anna's story about designing Nike shoes been publish on our local newspaper "Statesman Journal". Here is the link: Anna's Story
Her shoes will be in store in just few days this Saturday. You can find them on line www.nike.com or Nike stores.

Anna had wonderful interview with Statesman Journal. They will post her story sometimes this weekend or beginning next week.
Today i will do post about Give Kids The World.



We love that place and hope some day we will be able to go back there. It is place for Make a Wish families each family stays that they call Villa




Every morning they had meet with characters from Disney World and Universal studio.







Everyday we loved go get some ice cream . We never could pass by with out get one ;-)




We had meals in Gingerbread house. They have lots of toys on their shelves and tables covered with peppermints.




More to come on next post...
We are thankfull for this wonderful trip.

I will try to post everyday this month and tell you what i am thankful for ;-)

Anna finally went back to school on Tuesday after been home for over a week, but still has some cough.
Anna's shoes will be out with in 10 days it will be available on line at www.nike.com and Nike stores all purchase will go directly to Doernbecher children hospital. Tomorrow Anna will be interviewed by our local news paper Statesman Journal and next week on Friday she will be all over news.
I am thankful to have wonderful husband and kids ;-)

I hope everyone had very good Halloween.
Anna and Enoch stayed home and Louisa took Misha out for Trick or treat. ;-)
After they got back, we just set ate candy and watched movie. We had some kids knocked on our door, but we just ignored. We was thinking to put sign on the door "Welcome to Swine Flu house", but we didn't ;-)

This new Swine flu is not fun at all. Anna is now sick and on Tamiflu. Sometimes she still runs very low fever, but her cough doesn't sound getting better. She will probably miss another week of school. I will be taking her to get labs done this coming Wednesday, to make sure that still staying good.

Enoch still sick and getting better very slow. He finish his Tamiflu meds but still has really bad cough, we hopping on Monday or Tuesday he will be able to go school. Misha and Louisa are doing well, but Louisa never got sick with this and Misha was back to school with in 2 days.

Anna is been doing well, but our family not so well and needs prayers...
God did provide to pay our car payment ;-)
Harlan still looking for job, bills are piling up. Unemployment didn't started yet they refused it, because he was on Make a Wish trip with us. Hopefully it will start up next week.
Enoch is sick with Swine flu, Louisa is in pain, trowing up and in all this we have to hide Anna away from all sickness going on. Doctors are trying decide if they want give Enoch TummyFlu medicine, because there is shortage in supplies.
I think i will keep our other kids home from school next week, so no one will catch anything else.
Thanks for checking and praying;-)

Make a Wish Day 6 and 7

Make a Wish trip day 5
Make a Wish trip day 4
Make a Wish trip day 3
Make a Wish trip day 2
Make a Wish trip day 1



That was our last day in the parks.
We went to Sea World















It was awesome place we got to see Shamu show, Anna loves it we had get her BIG Shamu to take it home.





We got to feed Dolphins and watch their show,






Even we got to enjoy the thunderstorm
Louisa even went to get wet, when everyone been told to get inside.



We got back to GKTW had dinner and then they had BIG Christmas party.




On the 7th day we had to check out at Give Kids The World (i will make other post about that wonderful place) and head home. Our trip home went very smooth, when we got home Tilly was home and waited for us. When i open suitcases, she jump straight in and didn't want let me do any unpacking and claiming all the toys ;-)