The crawfish boil

With my mom sometimes unable to be the primary "chef" in the household so many people have stepped in to help with food. On Saturday, that someone was my dad. He stepped in in such a way that he may never be let out of the cooking job (Shad and Tyler also assisted).

We had a crawfish boil. Start with 10 pounds of live crawfish

some seasonings

some horseradish to make your own cocktail sauce

the chef's

the sausage

the corn

there was also shrimp and salad and potatoes--
this plate was mine and it was delicious!!!!

Mom settled in room

at the Methodist Hospital

The Sprint For Life -- Video

My little traveling companion and flooding

Here is little Owen sitting at the Westchester airport waiting to board our plane. He is such a happy little guy.



While flying from Detroit to Houston, the captain came over the speakers and stated that for the next 45 minutes we would be flying directly over the flooding Mississippi river. It was amazing to see from 35,000 feet. The pictures don't do it justice. That is a lot of water. If only the water could make its way to Houston where they are having an awful drought!

My Sleeping Boys

Cancer update (May 4th)

(This post might confuse people -- I wrote it last Wednesday, but didn't publish it for a week so as not to ruin the surprise that I was coming for Mother's day.)

Today we got word that the cancer cells are "platinum resistant". It sure isn't the good news we were all hoping for. What does that mean? It means new doctors (this time at M.D. Anderson), it means more chemo, it means this cancer is giving my mom a run for her money.

So I guess I better just go to Texas for the big exciting weekend. Friday she has a portacath insertion (small surgical procedure), Saturday is the sprint for life ovarian cancer 5K, Sunday is mother's day, and Monday is Tyler's birthday -- I'll get to see it all!!!!

Love you mom, I'll be there soon!

Another one of those instagram days!

Today was art day at school complete with a music performance by Catherine's grade. It was a lot of fun to see their creations!