Good Morning,

Hoping it was a good weekend for you all...it was here.  Larry unexpectedly had Fri-Sat nights off work as he just didn't feel quite right and has to be very cautious since he works with babies. Thankfully, he got feeling better rather than worse and was able to return to work last night. David had a great time with the final 4 performances over the weekend.  The girls ushered at both shows on Saturday and we all enjoyed seeing family and friends who came to enjoy the shows.  It was a very full house yesterday for the final show and  I enjoyed having a nearly front row seat.  Afterwards we packed up the 'Snack Shop' and then joined the crowd in the cafeteria for the Strike Party.  Having arranged a ride back to Portland for David (thanks Melanie!) I slipped out early in order to drive straight to the theater in Gresham for the move-in for Pocahontas.  David was honored with the "Trooper Award", one of 9 special awards given to the cast/crew, so that was an unexpected surprise (rats....I missed being there for that :o). 

Good news for Benjamin...he's feeling good again and really wanting to get out of the house. Maybe he can have some car time today.  He loves for someone to take him out so he can just sit in the car in the driveway.  He needs to have some further diagnostic testing....this relates to his stoma and what the Dr. at the time of his recent surgery said may require another operation. Larry and I had concerns over this recommendation and so we had a 2nd opinion on Friday.  This surgeon validated our concern and wants to see if it's possible to remedy this without a surgical procedure. However the exam needs to be done under anesthesia, so I'm working this morning on setting that up.  Benj and Krissy both have the week off school, so we'll hopefully be having lots of happy times at home as well as frequent trips to the pool. The girls have dress rehearsals for the next 3 nights as well as Friday afternoon before Pocahontas opens Friday evening. I just received my parent pass last night (above) and thought it was a nice picture of the girls :o)  They're sleeping so they didn't get veto power on my posting it! We're looking forward to Thanksgiving dinner at Mindy's.

More news when there is news....Janelle