The kids made it to Houston safe and sound Friday night. Two of my sisters and their husbands brought them along with lots of our stuff. We are so glad to have them with us. We are all sad that Tracy, Bradly, Lori and Ryan are leaving tomorrow. We all cried and said our goodbyes tonight. Erin seemed to be the most sad of the kids. We cried for a while and said she didn't understand why they had to leave. She has such a tender heart. My mama came with them and she will be able to stay with us to help with the kids until Giny (my other sister) has her baby.

Today was the hardest day for Dave so far. We went this morning and they disconnected his pump so he is done with the medicine for this round. He has to go in for an injection Sunday morning and the next two weeks will be checking blood and platelets every other day. Then he will start the second round of chemo. He has been really tired the past couple of days. The nausea has been really bad today. He spent most of the day in the bed. He did get up for a while to watch the Alabama game and take a walk. The nurse said this may last for a few days. We are taking good care of him. Abby has been trying to keep the room as clean as possible and making sure his medicine is close by. She is such a big help. The kids actually went swimming today. It's October!!! We shouldn't be swimming...we should be wearing coats and drinking hot chocolate. I think its going to get cooler next week...Thursday to be exact. But the kids will swim until then.

Samuel has been running down the hall all day playing football. He has two jerseys....#12 and #22. So he would change jerseys depending who he wanted to be at the time. He has had this on all day. He wore this out to eat and to several stores today. This was an early birthday present from his Aunt Lori and Uncle Ryan. Needless to say, he loves it!!