Jons knee

Just saw an orthopedic in longview today. I did tear my meniscus but it is healing well and no surgery for now!!!  Good news!  Quite a bit of bone on bone arthritis but that is a long term issue no something I need to worry about now!  So good mews 

Beautiful day at the beach today!!

My turn with the baby

This is stupid

Well in Portland Tuesday I was doing some errands and walking around quickly trying to do some productive things while Laura was having her chemo and I tore the miniscus in my right knee.  My right knee has always been my better knee but now I'm on the couch at home with Laura watching orange is the new black. I saw my primary dr and will get a referral to an orthopedist.  It is so painful and stupid.

More pics

Laura and her support group!

A huge pacific north west ground squirrel has driven away the family of cute red squirrels that we have had for a long time!  Bad squirrel do more chin ups!!!

Garden is still thriving

Some pics

We had a wonderful dinner at Pickled Fish on the Long Beach peninsula for our 20th wedding anniversary tomorrow Sept. 17!!

It's been forever...

I am finally making a post since summer ended and school started.  Laura: beyond tired but very well.  We are at her last chemo for a while in Portland right now.  I'm going to go through the family in absolutely no order of significance:

Mia- so so happy she has a play mate!  Mia and Louis spend a lot of time making noise and playing!  Their favorite game is chase.  Or as Louis thinks "run like hell."

Ani: Occidental College is amazing!  Lots of work; lots of fun; new people and really stepping out!  Loves the wicked hot weather!

Tim: cross country is amazing!  He did great in the first meet- the Ultimook Challenge and finished a couple of minutes faster than he did last year. Good classes including welding at our local community college.

Jon:  while I love my summer. I am suprised by how much I love my job!  Wonderful crop of seniors to work with and so good to see all my teacher friends.  Camped in Knappa and have had some great bike rides!  Oh and my garden is doing super as long as I water it!  No rain in Astoria in about for ever!

Louis: the shit eating puppy. He is evil and we love him so so much!  House broke you might ask? No!  Does he poop in the house and then eat some of it?  Yes. He is horrid. He humps anything. He bites and pees once let inside again. However the word soft is derived from him. He loves us and we love him!

Laura: see her blog!  She is good yet tired...  Doing yoga and walking most days. The pool is open again after 2 weeks  annual cleaning so she is swimming too.  She is also working on an article for
our local paper on metastatic breast cancer for October.  

Pics coming 

Tim's Cross Country Race

Tim ran a hard 5 K race in 22 min and 12 sec!  third on the AHS xcountry team!!!

It was a beautiful course in tillamook a couple hours south of use on the coast.

Laura's support group

Laura's blog

Laura is starting to use her blog again.  It is better than mine!!!  I will continue to muddle along but check out Laura's if you don't already!

Laurasnyderupdates.blogspot.com