BASEBALL INFORMATION

Hi friends and family. Another day. Another post. No new news on the Gary front. He is resting this weekend as his platelets have dropped (the side effect is that you get really, really tired) and we will wait until Monday to see if he will need a platelet transfusion.

The boys all had games today and then we had a pizza party afterwards at Southern California Pizza. I think the vast majority of our league was there hanging out together and doing the whole baseball family thing. Maybe I see things a little differently than most due to our set of circumstances but our families in Viejo are all part of a great community that our family is a part of. Everyone seems to either know one another or of one another and our fields give our families a chance to really spend time together each week. Our fields are not just a place for our kids to play ball. Heck, the bulk of our HomeGroup Bible Study were all at the fields together today! All 3 of the boys have been on several teams and each year we get to know new families. Sometimes I regret not getting to know people more. This year is really hard because I am never sitting down for any length of time at the fields because I am trying to cover all 3 boys and their games.

I urge you to get to know the people on your teams - wherever you live and whatever your kids are invloved in. Several of our social groups have been founded on the ball field. Relationships are not only important for your kids but for your family as well.

How 'bout we talk about how I accidentally shaved Gary's head - B A L D! So, forever and a day Gary has wanted to "bic" his head. I have said NO NO NO NO NO repeatedly over and over again and again. I know it is a psycological thing but if the cancer and chemo is not going to destroy his hair then why should he voluntarily take it off? NOT. So, the other night I told Gary I would get the clippers out and cut his hair. I use a #1 guard which is plenty short for me. (I know this sounds like it is all about me but I highly doubt he would want me to shave my head bald unless I absolutely had to either - so ha!) I get him situated, I clip the guard on and away I go - talking (shocking I know) and watching TV and so on. I make the 2nd pass (it is 2nd nature and I am not looking at his head) and I look down to see a WHITE LANDING STRIP up the back of his head. I AM HORRIFIED AND I PANIC. I look down at the clippers and the plastic guard has popped off and is by my left foot. HOLY COW! I freak. I put the #1 back on and try to fix his landing strip but sadly it is too late and I end up not only having to shave the rest of his head but his beard as well. Now, he is left with stubble on top of his head and a goatee. He still looks incredibly handsome and I know it will grow back but it is amazingly ironic how things happen!

I need to get some rest. Tomorrow is family day and after church we are all getting in our jammies and just being a family. We have been going and gone every single night this week and I know Gary misses us tremendously and we miss him more than that!

Please remember to keep praying for Rose and also pray for all of the families (pray for eachother) that have been such a big part of our lives. The initial shock of Gary having cancer is over and I have been reading books about how people support you and love you and pray for you in the beginning and then fade away. Please don't fade away from our family. Keep us in your prayers and know that we pray for all of you every day! We love all of you and feel very peaceful and comforted knowing you all think about us.

April (middle) is when we will find out how Gary is responding to the treatment. Please pray that this course of treatment is obliterating the cancer.

Thanks to all of you!
All our love,
L