A WONDERFUL VISIT FROM MOM

Jeanett Bennett Brown Adams August 2008

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Just after sundown, waiting for the full moonrise

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She wasn't used to it being so cool (68)

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"Are we there yet?"

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This is a photo of Palisade Falls that Mom hiked up to. The altitude is just over 7200 ft. and she kept saying "How much further do I have to go?" and "I can hear the falls now, is this close enough?" She did ok though, and you should have seen how fast she made it back down.

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This is a closeup of Mom's last Bozeman sunset taken on Monday evening. If you click on it, you'll see the large version with a very visable sunspot in the upper right quarter.

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We traveled to Utah for the annual Lloyd family reunion, and when we came home we were able to talk Mom into coming with us for a week. It was wonderful to be able to spend some time with her again. (As you can see from the pics above, at 82 she can still do some hiking) Zac and I took her back tues. and came home wed. and we miss her already.

Chris was unable to have her chemo treatment last weekend, (low white cell count) so she'll have it this fri. We are so ready for this to be done!

ONLY 4 TO GO

Yellowstone High

Hello Everyone,

We've just completed another treatment. That means we've only got 4 to go. This one seemed especially hard on Chris. One of the more obvious reasons is that Chris didn't fast before this treatment like she has in the past, but she is disconnected from the pump now and on her way to recovery. Since she cannot get her needle area wet while she's on the pump, she doesn't wash her hair for the 48 hours she's hooked up. Then the first thing she does when she unhooks is to soak in a nice hot bath and wash what hair she has left. Yes, it has been thinning big time, but we're not overly concerned about it. It's still up in the air whether or not we'll do the shave or not, but lately, the only way she can wear it is in a ponytail. The negatives are still so trivial when we see what others are going through.

We've had Margie & Terrill's daughter Martel staying with us ( I think she's getting a little bored!) but she was a big help during the yard sale we had this weekend. It was a dumb weekend to have a yard sale because the "Sweetpea festival" was going on, so we didn't get many customers. We'll probably do it again in two weeks. I want a clean garage!