Some Fun in the Chaos

   As a family we have tried to get together more and do some fun and supportive things. We had dinner with just the adults and gave mom a quilt that my super talented sisters (Melia, Alysha, and Megan) had made her, had an Easter party, had a deep cleaning party at mom's house, and had a hair party the night before her first chemo appointment.
   Although we were short a few siblings at some of the things, it was great to pull together and make some fun memories. This post will mainly be pictures so beware of the overload!
   We didn't get pictures at the Easter party or the cleaning party (who would want pictures of that anyway?!) but it was great that we could enjoy each occasion.

Date night and giving of blanket:
    Each section consists of individual families' hand prints. That took some serious skills to pull this off with so many hand prints and so many little ones! The saying was stitched by an amazing woman from our ward and it says "Families are like quilts.. pieced together with memories,  bound together with love." A perfect gift to keep her cozy and warm while being able to see and feel all the love we have for her!

Hair party or "cut it for Kathy" party:
    We wanted to show our support to our mom by either shaving heads (the guys) or dying some hair pink (the girls) or both! She will lose her hair so we were showing her that it is ok and bald is great! There were some who weren't planning on doing one or the other but they eventually got caught up in the excitement and feeling of togetherness. Ellie and her kids even did it to show their support all the way in Cleveland!

                                                 
                                       
All of the grandkids were so excited to be able to do this for grandma. It has been really hard for all of them. The ones that are old enough to understand hate that she has to deal with this and the younger ones have a hard time understanding. Before she started chemo they would go visit her and come back and say, "She is all better now!" or "our prayers worked, grandma isn't sick anymore!". The sweet beliefs of little kids are the best! Those shaving heads had a bit of fun along the way by doing some awesome haircuts before getting rid of it all! Sadly, I couldn't add all of the pictures to show that or that would be just too much! Besides the hair, mom wanted to do games for the kids and give them prizes since it will be a long time until she can play with them again.