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has been an interesting time for me the last month or so. I got to go to see two of my nieces win a state championship in lacross. Hopefully they know how special it is for sisters to get to play on the same team that wins a championship. Way to go Lacey and Jodie!

I also saw my nephew Luke get married to a lovely lady, Kelsey. Then Noah and Kayla announced their engagement(finally).

Lynda and I went to Las Vegas for three days, and I got a call from Beth that mother had a heart attack. She is doing well with no loss of heart function, but she is going to have bypass surgery on the 17th. We are all praying she will come thru with flying colors.

My best friend came to town because he found out he has liver cancer. I have known him for 30 years so he is like my own family. I only hope I can give him some encouragement to fight his cancer like I had to.

With every joy there seems to be sadness, I hope we can all look back to remember more of the joys in our lives than the sad times. I want to always remember the joy everyone has given me over the years. Thank all who read this blog, all of the friends and family I love so much.

Here is my "new" baby!

It has been a long time since I posted anything. I have been enjoying not going to doctors offices as much as the past year. I still go to get IV drugs once a month to help build up my bones. Pictures are of the crazy weather we have had the last few weeks. I rode my bicycle two days before the snow, and the dogwoods were blooming three days later. After the past year of battling Multiple Myeloma, I guess I have a bit of mid life crisis. I bought a "new" car. I had a Buick Grand National back in '87, and I always regretted selling that car. So, I found and bought another one. It only has 13,000 miles on it, since the owner kept it as a classic. I love having a car that I get comments about everywhere I go. Lessons learned going thru chemo seem to have been to enjoy life and if you can get what you want, go for it!

Al Gore lies! I haven't seen this much snow since a ski trip to Snowmass. We lost electricity for about 6 hours but stayed warm. It looks great but we lost a lot of tree limbs. Hopefully we will be able to get out of our driveway sometime today. I am feeling well, and get to go have another bone marrow biopsy on Monday. They are just checking to make sure everything is still OK.

Kayla's Birthday

Noah and I had a supprise birthday party for his girlfriend Kayla. We got a suite for the Maverick/Jazz game, the same night as the Cowboy/Eagles game. She was totally suprised by several of her friends and her mother, along with Beth, Doug, Paul, Holly and me. We watched live basketball and the Cowboy game on TV. The Mavs had food and soft drinks with the suite, and we ordered a cake for Kayla. Everyone seemed to have a good time(except for the Mavs, who lost). We stayed after the basketball game was over to watch the end of the Cowboy game. Most everyone was out of the arena except for people in the suites watching the Cowboys. Hopefully this will be a birthday Kayla remembers for a long time.
Love Bob

Merry Christmas to all. It was a busy week. On Tuesday I drove to corsicana to pick up mother to then drive to Lufkin. On Wednesday we drove with Neilla and Greg to Houston for my Uncle James' funeral. I then rode back to Corsicana to pick up my car with Beth and Doug. I drove home so I could drive down to Houston with Lynda on Thursday. We stayed with Lynda's brother Billy and their mother Hope, till Saturday.Christmas day we ate lunch with Lynda's sister Nancy and her husband Mark at their home. They have three lovely teenage daughters, Lacy,Jodie andRobbie. We drove home only to drive back to Corsicana on Sunday to get together with all of my family. Nothing says holidays like lunch at The Old Mexican Inn. I loved getting together with all of my family this Christmas. It really is special to have a loving family. This has been a long and hard year, hopefully 2010 will be better for everyone.

I love you all, Bob

What a happy Thanksgiving! Lynda went to Houston for the weekend to see her family, while I stayed to see all of mine. We got together at Beth and Doug's to have the traditional Thanksgiving. I ate second helpings for the first time in months. With mothers dressing, sweet potatoes, green bean cassarole, mashed potatoes, turkey and ham, who could not get seconds? It was good to see everyone, including Katie. She missed the last two Thanksgivings to be on her mission trip to Marselle, France. She said escargo just is not the same as my greenbean cassarole.(ha ha).

On Tuesday I went to the doctors office and got the results of my latest bone marrow biopsy. They said I was in complete remission of my multiple myeloma. The prayers, cards, and well wishes worked to help me get thru all the treatments to get to this point. I can not thank everyone for all the strength I have felt from all those cards and well wishes I received. Today it snowed big beautiful flakes of snow. It didn't last long and melted quickly. I felt it was a blessing, showing me how beautiful life is, even if it doesn't last as long as we want. We have to appreciate what we have while we have it. It is the little things in life God gives us that are so precious. The love of family and friends are what I cannot thank God enough for. I love you all, thank you.