Musical Theater

Kaylie & Cameron are members of Elk Grove Musical Theater Company. This winter they did the production of "The Emperor's New Clothes". The children were given a CD with photos taken from dress rehearsal. I sorted through the photos and chose a few to share on our blog. I hope you enjoy these photos of our cute little actor and actress!!

Kaylie was one of the narrators. She did an awesome job!! She really gained confidence this year and she did a great job at memorizing all of her lines!! Way to go Kate!

Cameron was the artist. He was hired to paint a portrait of the Royal Family. Cameron did a great job 'pretending' to paint and stomping off the stage when his 'stick figure' painting was rejected...=(

This is a classic photo! Even though Cameron's costume was made perfect to size, he had this nervous habit of pulling his pants up all throughout the performance. I asked him if he needed them pinned or something?? But he assured me they fit just fine. Ok, so it must have been a nervous habit. Given the fact that Cam was the youngest participant in the play I think he did a GREAT job!! =)

Oh and by the way...don't laugh at the sports socks he's wearing! Remember this was dress rehearsal...I hadn't had a chance to pick up his white knee highs that he actually wore for the performance..they looked MUCH better!!!

MORE Race for the Cure Photos...

See the last blog post for all the info about the big race.....or shall we call it a walk?? =)

My boys holding the banner along the race route..

Mom and Kaylie...official participants in the Race for the Cure...See mom's survivor medal??

Behind us is a breast cancer ribbon made of crepe paper...we had fun checking out all the booths at the expo after the race.

Dallyn and Mom...he wanted to wear my special "Team Me" hat..he keeps telling me how he "saw me in the road" during my race...cute boy!

Race for the Cure!!

Well today was the Susan B Komen RACE FOR THE CURE in downtown Sacramento. It was a great day!! A bunch of gals in my ward formed "Team Heidi" and everyone wore visors with our team name on them. Mine was funny, it said "Team Me!" There were a bunch of us spread throughout the 5K race. Some people walked and some ran. Kaylie and I took it up with the walking group

Here's a photo of the 6 of us that managed to stick together during the whole race...not an easy task when there were thousands upon thousands of people there...WOW!

Oh and did I mention my biggest fans came out to cheer us on during the race?? It was so fun to see the boys and Dad on the sidelines encouraging us!!

The boys got green "Team Heidi" hats..and here we are sporting the banner that Scott made for the boys to hold along the race route. How sweet is that?? What a great husband and family I have. Thanks for the great support everyone!! Who knows? Maybe next year I'll be running in the race... =) I'll post more photos soon...

Halfway Point for Radiation!!

Yeahoo! I'm at the halfway point for my radiation!! I have a total of 33 days of treatment...28 regular treatments and 5 boost days for extra radiation to my scar area. I just had day 17 on Friday so its all very exciting that my treatment is half over!!! I'm starting to be more sore but overall I'm feeling very blessed that my side effects haven't been as bad as they anticipated!

Here is my new (very silly) haircut--or lack of haircut I guess you could say. My hair has grown in enough that I don't wear a wig or hairpiece anymore! YEAH! That's a relief...and my hair is easy to fix but sheez it sure looks silly. I can't wait until it grows out more. But for now it is what it is and I'm grateful to have hair at all!

In the basement of this hospital is where I receive my radiation treatments each weekday...I'm getting very familiar with this hospital!

Right across the parking lot is the Mercy Medical Buildings. This is where I received my chemo treatments for 5 months and where I'll continue to receive my Herception IV injections over the next 9 months, once every 3 weeks. These places are becoming all too-familiar second homes for me...=)

Look For Small Miracles

A few posts ago I mentioned I am trying to look for the 'little things' to be grateful for, I thought I'd share this saying today. My parents gave this wall hanging to me shortly after my diagnosis. It helps me to keep things in perspective.....

One of the 'little things' I was grateful for this week was finding my boys actually PLAYING with all the little people toys the way they were intended to be played!! They made a city and played for a good hour with all the toys, it was so fun to watch them and listen to them interact together. They are becoming better friends as they both get older.

Another little thing I'm grateful for is the *near* completion of our living room projects! Scott covered my window box with fabric, as well as the piano bench. I'm still planning to do pillows...but the room is looking much better! I love the bookcases!

And last, I made my first dessert item using wheat pastry flour and natural sweeteners! That's right, there is NO SUGAR in this orange bubble bread. Yummy...it was really good too! I'm learning how to modify recipes using more natural sweeteners. More on that later...but this was my first accomplishment. Yeahoo!

Western Festival Faves

We went with Grandma and Grandpa Wright to the western festival here in Elk Grove! It was fun for everyone! Dallyn got to ride on a motorcycle ride!

Cameron used some birthday money to purchase a monkey marionette! He's always wanted one of these!

Kaylie got her face painted with a glittery rainbow!

And Dad and Grandpa sported some great new hats!! Scott calls his the "Indiana Jones Hat" and Grandpa's is a safari hat! We had a fun day!

Crazy for Jelly Bellies!

Our family had the opportunity to take a tour of the Jelly Belly Factory this past weekend. You wouldn't believe all the SUGAR in one place! Wowzers! Dallyn liked the Jelly Belly motorcycle display!

Grandma and Grandpa Wright came down from Long Beach to visit for a few days. They came with us on our adventure to visit the Jelly Belly Factory!

Kaylie is studying about marshlands in school so she was excited to see this display made with Jelly Belly Beans!

Here is our family posing with the big stuffed Jelly Belly. Don't ya love our hats??? =)