Cheering in Knoxville

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My beautiful granddaughter at cheer competition in Cincinatti, Ohio.

Update on Doug

Doug and I went to the dr Thursday for another chemo treatment. He goes Nov 30 for another CT scan and then back to the dr on Dec 2 to see if they are going to continue treatment or just do comfort measures. It is getting harder for him to breathe. The fluid keeps building up around his lung and they have to keep draining it off. He tries not to complain, but I see him struggling to breathe and it hurts me so bad. I just wish I could breathe for him. He is my world and I love him so much. I don't know what I would ever do without him.

Wow! Has it been a long time since I've posted something or what? I'm still working at the hospital and I'm now expecting my 6th grandchild. I can't wait to find out if it's a boy or girl. My husband Doug has cancer and had chemotherapy and radiation but it didn't work. He ended up with another tumor. Now they are trying a different chemo and hopefully it will work. But he is so sick from it. His white blood cell count drops every time he has it and now I have a sore throat and I'm so afraid I'll make him sicker. When it drops like that he has no resistance to infection. All we can do is pray for him. He is my world and my soul mate. I love him so much. I hate to see him suffer. I just pray that God gives him peace and strength and that His will be done. Help me to be a good wife and to do everything I can to keep him happy and comfortable.

I finally got the pool cleaned up. It was dark green. Now it's finally clean and Doug and the kids came over to go swimming. I got in with Hannah for just a few minutes but then we got out because Hannah doesn't really like the water. So we went in to dry off and get dressed and went back out to make pictures. Here's the kids and Doug:

Hannah decided to go to the porch to pet Troy instead of getting splashed by everybody:

Oh no! It's the loch ness monster:

Help! It's about to get us!:

Some of my flowers:

Hannah thinks they're all crazy:

The cheerleader (think she wants to be like Rebecca):

This was too perfect! Billy's jumping over Shelly's and Doug's heads:

There was a strange creature in the pool. I still haven't figured it out:

Let's take a closer look. Can you help me figure it out?

Name

Okay, I've chosen a name for the puppy. Thank you Rebecca for the suggestion. His name is now Jasper. As you know, I'm a Twilight freak, and Jasper was in the movie. But then again, I'm a Christian, and I'm anxious to see the walls of jasper. So as I sit here at my computer with Jasper in my lap, I'm getting all kinds of kisses from him. He's so glad to finally have a name. As for Troy, he wishes the new dog would just disappear.

Got my income tax check yesterday. A bit smaller than I expected, but still big enough to accomplish what I wanted to do. I got a poodle. I've been wanting one for quite some time now. So guess who made pictures? He is so funny. He had never been on the floor before, just in a cage. So when he runs he usually gets his feet tangled up and then he falls over sideways. He's so tiny, and he's already 3 months old. The lady said he probably won't be over 4 pounds, full grown. I haven't named him yet. I thought about Bitsy, but kind of girly, right? So I was singing itsy bitsy spider to him and thought about Spyder. What do you think. Suggestions? Anyway, here he is: