Grandchildren are the crown of the aged...
Proverbs 17:6

Jack's 10th birthday party..

was great. It was a great afternoon with beautiful weather. The kids were able to play outside without jackets for a change. Jennifer had a great dinner for us. Her lasagna was awesome. I love it when our whole family gets together.

Repeat Labs..
were done today. My WBC remains at 1.6, same as last week. I will remain off the Revlimid for another week and have my labs rechecked again next Thursday when I get my zometa infusion. My rash is gone but now I am itching all over again. I feel like I have been dusted with itching powder and it sometimes wakes me up in my sleep. I am all scratched up from my fingernails and I am being driven crazy. : ) I am taking medication for it and I bought a benadryl spray today which I am praying works.
Today is Jack's 10th birthday.

Sunday after church ..
we went to Heritage Park in Farmington Hills and celebrated our niece Robyn's 16th birthday. It was a beautiful day. The sun was shining and it was close to 80. Muriel had bought kites for everyone to fly. It was nice and windy and the kites got off the ground easily, although a few ended up in the tree tops. Below is a picture of Muriel, Tara, Robyn and Brad.

Norfolk Botanical Garden..

has a webcam featuring a pair of American Bald Eagles who have 3 eaglets. On tuesday they removed the eaglets one at a time and banded them. I couldn't believe how big they were. The first one hatched March 11th and the other tow within a few days. It is very interesting and if you would like to check it out click here : http://www.wvec.com/cams/eagle.html

Last week I developed...

a rash all over my body. I had a rash previously just on my thighs, which I thought was from a new pair of pjs. I stopped my Revlidmid a week early per my doctors instruction. My rash got worse after stopping the medication and now 10 days later it is gone. I had my appointment with my oncologist today and my WBC is down lower 1.6 (normal is 3.9 -10) so I am suseptable to infection but my platelets recovered nicely. I will have my blood count redone next week and the plan is to reduce my dose of Revlidmid. I have been getting cramps in my fingers and he thinks it is because I haven't been taking a calcium supplement. Last May the doctors at Karmanos stopped all my medication and the calcium was never restarted. My doctor just assumed I was taking it. Oh well it is a situation easily solved.

Wondering why?..

some of the pictures I post won't enlarge when you click on them. So I am re-entering the photo of my parents at my wedding an another view of cake. : )

Pictures of the parents of the brides..

Here are pictures of my parents Bernice and Fred Brahm. The first was taken in Sept of 1960 at Sylvia and Elmer's wedding and the second one was taken in January of 1967 at mine and Bob's wedding.

Blast from the past...
After lunch yesterday Sylvia and I went to Fran's house and looked at some of the old photos on her computer. Doug had taken them as slides over the years and their daughter converted them to jpegs and put them into folders according to the month and year. What a project that must have been. We were there for about 2 hours and only barely got into them. I think it is at least an all day project, which we will do later. We had a wonderful stroll down memory lane. I am posting a few pictures from Sylvia and my weddings. Fran and Carol's mom, Aunt Esther made both of our wedding cakes.

Cousin visit..
yesterday MaryLou, Sylvia and I visited with our cousins Fran, Carol and Norm and their daughter Renee at Carol's house. Carol fixed us a fabulous lunch She served zuchinni bisque, turkey and crab rollups, a huge vegetable tray and fruit tray each with a dip. We had a cranberry ice cream, whipped cream punch and a delicious cake for dessert. Thanks Carol, I only put on 2 pounds. : ) We had a nice visit, we just don't do it often enough.

Lindah2199..

..was the name my friend used on her email accounts. Linda died suddenly at her home on Feb 25, 2007. Bob found a movie with Linda in it at Steve's graduation party in 1986. He edited the parts with Linda out and we posted it on you tube. So in her memory I am posting it here.

More Easter Bunny photos..

Sure don't want anyone to feel left out. : )

The Easter Bunny was...

a hit with young and old alike.

Had a great weekend..

Jack & Max spent Saturday night with Grandma & Grandpa. After dinner it was movie night with popcorn. They watched Jurasic Park 3 and The Last Action Hero and were still able to sleep without having nightmares They are getting so grownup.

After church we all went to Julie's to celebrate Dean's first birthday. (March21) . We had an unexpected guest at his party....The Easter Bunny. Dean was ok with this as long as his dad was holding and protecting him.

Dean got lots of new clothes and a few toys. He wasn't too interested in his first taste of birthday cake but the rest of us were.