Noah's school has the Children's Dance Theatre come and teach them moves.

Noah asked me at least twelve times in one day whether I could come to his dance program. Of course! The best surprise for him was that Rob left work during the day so he could come and watch as well!

I missed the first three seconds, the narrator just talks about Egypt being a fertile ground.

In case you are wondering, Noah is the one in the yellow shirt and blue jeans.

Noah had a fantastic day on Saturday! He was baptized by his Dad! He was so cute!

The someone from the stake primary presidency did a spotlight on Noah. She came to our home and interviewed him a few weeks ago. One of the things that she asked him was what was his favorite thing of all of God's creations. He said, "me."

When it came down to the big dipper, it looked as though he had to be forced into the water!

He loved having his cousins there! (He missed the Florida families though.)

It was a fantastic day - that we will all remember! He was especially glad that his Dad could do the baptism and confirmation. He was worried that Rob wouldn't be well enough to do it. He was convinced that he would need surgery for his cancer.

Elaine has a friend whom is getting her cake-making portfolio together. She made this awesome cake for Noah's baptism day! Isn't it great??? Happy Day!

This weekend I was blessed to have my entire family in Salt Lake. I asked everyone to come to town to have a weekend reunion and get our pictures taken. We have not had a family portrait taken with all of us since 1991. Lars and Dad took all the photos and did a great job.


I know that you are dying to see pictures of my family, so without any further ado….

I am SOOO happy!

A little background: Last year, I contacted my HR department to see whether our life insurance policies were portable. They told me that they were not. I felt stuck. I felt like no matter what happens, I will be held captive by working for the man.

Yesterday, I thought that I should ring them again to just confirm. Things changes, right? After asking several questions, I found that the group plan can be converted into an individual plan. I cannot believe what a freeing feeling this is! I have felt stuck for a while now. My 'plans' for my life are much different than what I originally thought they 'should' be. However, I feel so much better knowing that we do have options. I don't know that I will do anything with that knowledge yet, but knowing that I can is FANTASTIC!

As we were looking through the options of instant movies we could add to our queue for Netflix, Noah related to me a story after seeing the movie selection "Free Willy".

He said, "There is a girl in our class that is always telling us about movies. The other day, she said, 'Have you seen "Free Willy"? It is so good!'"

Noah went on to say, "I told her, 'Gross! "Free Willy?" My brother goes free willy all the time!"

I couldn't stop laughing! He is so funny!

Sunday, Rob, Jacob, Gabrielle, and I had the opportunity to drive to the Conference Center in downtown Salt Lake to hear the "Music & the Spoken Word" broadcast as well as a mini concert.

The two guests were: Natalie Cole and David McCullough (of the book 1442 fame). After the concert (which was lovely, by the way), we were talking about it.

Jacob said, "Wait! Isn't her Dad famous?" referring to Natalie Cole.

We said, "Yes."

"Oh, yeah. There was a poem written about him. 'Old Nat Cole'..."

I had a hard time not laughing too much. It was so cute. I explained it to him better. I can see that we are not teaching our children all that we can about music. Hmmm.

Later that day at dinner, we told the kids that Rob was going to get his PET scan the next day. Jacob was funny. He said, "Oh great, another cry session at Grandma's."

Very apropos. (Only this time, it was at our home.)

Oh, in case you haven't heard: Rob's PET scan? It is kind of crappy. He has new growth on both sides (left and right lungs) and the spots that were there in September are getting bigger. We are meeting his oncologist on Thursday to see what is next. I will be updating the blog (hairlessinsaltlake.blogspot.com) either on Thursday evening or Friday morning.

When I think about it, I want to throw up. This is lame. All I can say.

On a much happier note, our Cancun trip was beyond fabulous. There are not words to describe how beautiful the ocean and sand are there. We had so much fun. It was a much-needed holiday together. If I can pull myself together, I will put together a slide show and upload it.