STARKEY HOLLOW

The last couple of weeks have been full of summer activities and meeting family whenever we can between chemo treatments.  I have learned how to adjust to a schedule around work and play that is allowing us to enjoy some of the summer fun...thankfully!!  Above, is Bailey with us when we met Mike, Lori & co. for lunch after poor Emma broke her leg!  She was playing on a new "Slip & Slide" and slid one foot too far.  

After lunch, shopping, Emma & mother.

See the bright pink cast??  Too fun! 

Emma looks ready to go home for a nap but we certainly enjoyed seeing her!

Then we met my nursing school best bud, Judi (R) and her sisters, Lois (far L), then Lori, and Beth.  This group knows how to have a good time, yet are so sweet to each other! 

When we were in nursing school, we were often mistaken for each other,...or sisters....I think there is still a faint resemblance.  

But speaking of sisters...my sweet sister Lynn (with our Scoobie) came to visit last week!  Every now and then she says she just has to come "look" at me.  It was a chemo week but she is great about letting me nap a lot and helping too.  Visitors shouldn't have to do that, should they??

Judi came down one evening to see her too.  Judi was Lynn's nursing school "big sis".  Yes, we ALL are nurses!  It was a good time...thanks for coming girls!!   

Then in the middle of July is my birthday...Chelsea and Larry planned a dinner at my favorite restaurant on the lake and it was one of those perfect nights. I think the "Joyeus Anniversaire" dish is given to ANYone with a celebration...ha! 

Chelsea and Whitney at dinner kept us giggling...that's the best kind of dinner!

Yes, she certainly did!  After this pic was taken, her dessert slid off the plate!