The Nats Sleep Over
Nathan and Natalie have been asking to sleep over for quite a few months now and we finally made it happen last week. To say they were excited is an understatement!
Tag Archives: Family
Wordless Wednesday – Story Time With Grandpa
One more day of this poison!
Today, Thursday, was much like yesterday. No new side effects yet. Steroid is still being awful but they give me things to counteract it. I had my first full night of sleep with a little help from my friendly klonopin. Unfortunately, the aide came busting at 7am screaming th ...
Can ride the dexamethasone high?!?
Well today,Tuesday, was the official first full day of the lovely cocktail I am taking but first they gave me anti-nausea meds, fluids and my favorite…..DEXAMETHASONE!! I hate that stuff. We do not get along! So they infuse the cocktail over 24 hours so you tend not to ...
My Father Celebrates His 91st Birthday – January 14 2012
EZ Goes From Patient to Caregiver
On Sunday, January 8th, EZ's Mom, Erna, had a fall. She was in her stocking feet, changing clothes after church, and attempted to step up on a piano bench to reach a shelf in her closet. Needless to say, she slipped and toppled over along with the bench. She got a nasty brui ...
Time with Little Em
We recently spent a very special three days with Leah and Emery at the cabin. It is amazing how quickly little ones grow and change. Em was already doing new things since we had seen her at Christmas less than two weeks ago! She has a wonderful disposition and is such a happ ...
Blog Changes in 2012!
So much has happened in our lives since our daughters began this blog in 2010 to chronicle Ernie's journey with blood cancer. We thank both of them so much for working together to design "Walking With Big EZ" and for teaching us how to use it as a vehicle to not only communi ...
Fellowship, Food, Fun and Family!
Just wanted to flashback to a fun night we had over at EZ's brother's house during the holidays. Twenty four of us gathered for dinner at Marvin and Laurie's and we all had a blast catching up. Decided to make a few collages that would help share more of our Christmas memori ...
Gigi’s Surprise Gift!
Yep, my Mom is the proud owner of a new Kindle Fire, and is she ever happy! EZ
New Year’s Eve Day
There is never a question around the Baker house as to how we will spend December 31st as it is EZ's birthday! This year we treated him to some of his favorite food requests, and a day spent enjoying family. The morning began with a visit and Happy Birthday song from four ve ...
Jani Departs Idaho for Colorado – January 2 2012
Jani and I got up at o'dark thirty for Jani's departure from Mackay Idaho to Greeley Colorado this morning. Jani and I have been like VELCRO for the last 7 months - so, this is HARD! W both cried!We drove over to Sammy's to say good-bye to Dad. He was waiting in his truck fo ...
Happy New Year Hair – January 1 2012
My hair is coming in thicker now and my head is not nearly as cold as it used to be.Jani and walked the BLM Road just above the Cattle Guard on the Mine Hill south. I just went 0.5 miles out and 0.5 miles back to Jonah for a total of 1.0 mile. Jani and the dogs went on to th ...
New Years Eve 2011 – December 31 2011
We had about 1 inch of new snow here in Mackay, Idaho...just enough to try out the new snow blower.It looks like I'm getting
A Nice Walk With the Family
We love to take walks with the dogs and the family, so we made sure to include this as much as we could while EZ's parents were here visiting for Christmas. Unfortunately we had to deal with a few days of rain, but on this particular day it was beautiful. The dogs almost out ...
Happy Birthday EZ!
Photo by our good friend, John CarterI can't believe my college sweetheart is 60 years old today!
Walked 1 Mile – December 30 2011
Jani and I drove Jonah up the Mine Hill to the Shay Trestle Road and parked. We walked slowly up the gentle 5 % grade for 1/2 mile and then 1/2 mile back. We started at 8,245 feet and walked up to 8,363 feet (a gain of just 118 feet). The white line is the route we drove and ...
Go Tar Heels…Oh, I Mean Go App State!
On Saturday, December 18th Nick took us out to the ballgame...I mean basketball game! It was a ladies night out for my mom, Leah and I to watch UNC vs. ASU. What's a mom to do in order not to show favoritism when one of her children graduated from UNC and the other from ASU? ...
No Place Like Home – December 28 2011
I slept like a rock last night from 7 PM to 4:30 AM. My chest wall is SORE to the touch - I guess driving all day yesterday was a workout for very unused muscles. I still have a bit of neuropathy in fingertips, especially on my left hand. I've continued to take my L-Glutamin ...
Wordless Wednesday – Our Little Santa Baby!
Emery's first ChristmasWith GrandmaWith GigiWith Grammy