Ok, this is not so much about Joshua and mostly about Gordon and I. If you are bored you may log out and I will post as soon as Josh gets out of the hospital this weekend. (He is scheduled for chemo Friday).

Are those the biggest shrimp you have ever seen? They are gulf shrimp and we each ate one before the picture but the were great. Second, isn't Gordon cute bowling? Let me explain what all this is about.

There is a new organization called Your Day Away. One day a year they work to give parents of critically ill children a day out. They get spas and resturants and hotels to donate services so parents can get a day out or overnight if they can do it. We of course could not do that but they arranged for us to go to the movies and bowling and dinner. The movie did not happen because the theater lost power and was closed. However we had a blast bowling at the Pearland Bowling alley. Great lanes and nice people. Afterwards we drove around and then went out for the fanciest dinner I have ever had. Gordon had a dry aged rib eye 16oz steak. It cost $46! That did not even include the baked potato! WOW, the food was great and the resturant was wonderful to us. Killens is a local place and very nice but you would never know there is a resession there - every table full and the average bill for dinner for 2 was $150. It really was great to have from 1 in the afternoon till about 9:30 at night to ourselves. Special thanks goes to Sarah for babysitting for the long haul. Since we did not get to the movies we did the grocery shopping and even that was fun. It has been so long since Gordon and I had a day together and could just laugh. He even let me stop in Pier One Imports to drool over this season hand blown eastern european christmas ornaments. Anyway, it was nice. Even when everything is calm around here we have so much on our plates that we don't seem to relax much anymore so this was a dream. One funny note - Rachel freaked out when we got home. Apparently we have never left her for that long with both of us gone and she did ok till bed time. When we got home she cried for at least 20 minutes in our arms and would not let us go. She was doing that hiccup cry and it was very sweet and a little silly too. She is tough but very tender too.

Well, Josh is doing ok and we are just keeping him healthy till he goes in the hospital on Friday. Daddy is going to go and stay this time so that will be fun for Joshua. This is a B cycle so we really do not know how he will do but I will let you know. You are all in our prayers and we love you.