Henry's 6th birthday invite - this is so GREAT -

Henry was six years old on the 6th of February, 2010. Never again 6 on the 6th!

February 18, 2010

Wow, the year is cruising past so very fast....and I am so very much behind!

I had the most wonderful visit with Lolly, David and my two favorite boys - Henry and Charlie. I was able to go with Henry to his school, Wingra, for lunch on Friday. And then I was able to be there for his sixth birthday, which was very special for me!
Everyone is his class was invited along with his other friends and we all went to the indoor pool to swim and have a wonderful birthday celebration. He and Charlie enjoyed every minute...as did I as well.

Madison WI was cold compared to Phoenix, but I managed to be warm enough. We had a giant snow storm one day, tons of snow, but Charlie and I played in the snow for a fun time. The boys LOVE the snow and are very good skiers as are Mom and Dad!

I am back in Phoenix now working as best as I can at Arcadia and helping David with his asthma inhaler study project. He has gotten a nice grant funded by the Centers for Disease Control to study rural asthma patients with his newly created GPS inhaler. This is a very exciting study to better understand asthma in rural areas and to learn more about the relationship of rural environmental exposures and asthma attacks.

I head to the east coast in early March to see Matt and Anna in DC, then to Boston to see Liz and Rob, and then to New York to see Rebecca and Mark where Becky and I shall share our birthday celebrations! What a great trip - needless to say I am very excited! The AmTrak train makes it so easy to get from one city to another! And I shall lots of news to report when I return.

I continue to deal with the chemotherapy each and every day, and I must admit some days I feel better than others. But it is great to plan ahead to being away from Phoenix to see my wonderful children whom I email each and every day! Email is the BEST!

Please do take care - and thank you for your notes to me.

Suzy

Tuesday, February 2nd

Tonight I am packing to get ready for my first big trip to Oregon, Wisconsin. Henry, who is currently five and is "tired of being five" will soon be SIX years old. This is so hard for me to believe! But his birthday is February 6th and he will be SIX.

I am packing all of my winter clothes as I know it will be cold there - lots of snow I am reminded - and "Bring your boots."
It will be wonderful to see my little ones once again and to be with them to see all of their friends and go to lunch at their schools.

Everyone is back to their jobs, responsibilities, etc. Rob and Liz are planning their upcoming wedding and party this summer. Matthew is back from his trip to Egypt, Oman, etc., camels and pyramids. He had a great time and is planning to head to Vienna this next week for a seven day trip. He and Anna are based in DC currently with Jazz enjoying the snow. David and Lolly and the boys I will see very soon to catch up on all of their activities - I know they went skiing this last past weekend. And Rebecca is currently at Cornell University and then on to Canada for her school for two weeks...while trying to keep up with her work at Atlantic in New York. Mark is in the city working at Columbia Presbyterian trying to keep everything somewhat normal.


I am very excited for my trip tomorrow. It will be the first time I have been out of Phoenix since last summer. I hope I can handle the cold weather, although it is suppose to be colder here tomorrow. I will have lots of pictures to send to you all. Thank you for reading my blog - with working it seems like I never have enough time.

Everyone take care - and thank you for sending your thoughts this way. You are very important to me! Suzy