So inpatient it is, Brenn's body began to swell dramatically last night, this is the same reaction that she had in the Induction phase of her treatment in June. This reaction could be from the Dexamethasone or it could be from the PEG-asparigenes (the leg pokes) apparently we were told today that only 1% of children get this reaction and they are not really sure as to whether they are going to treat Brenn's symptomatically or if they are going to have her ride it out and if she becomes unbearably uncomfortable treat her symptoms. Both decisions have us in hospital for an unknown amount of time....but hopefully they will let us go home sooner than later. She does seem a little less swollen this morning but her Albumin is quite low so it is expected that her cells will continue to release their fluid at a more rapid rate if her levels do not increase on their own shortly. Brenn's ANC is also very low coming in at a 0.48 she is now neutrapenic and can not go into any buildings in the community, we are still able to have short stints outside but must wear a mask when others are around. Brenns energy level is extremely low and has spent the last two days laying down resting, she has been choosing to do so in our room at RMH as she is not wanting the company of others. This is all what the doctors have prepared us for and now we have 6wks to get through before we reach the light at the end of the tunnel.....going home to continue treatment and recovery !!!!! It feels so close we all can not wait. Please continue to pray that Brenn copes well, and that her body continues to do what it has been doing for the last 5 months, remaining strong physically, mentally and emotionally, fighting the cancer, building healthy cells, and processing/expelling the chemo and byproducts.

Christine

Well, it has certainly been a while since my last post. I have been feeling really stressed out, and not able to deal with a lot of things over the past little while, but today, I feel okay, and really wanting to write (also hoping that it will help me move forward emotionally). Christine is at the hockey game in a luxury suite tonight that was donated to the house. She went with her cousin and was very excited on the way out the door. Brenn has had really low energy for the last 4-5 days now that all of the medicine that she has been taking for the last 20ish days is really starting to take effect. This of course was expected, however it is still really unnerving watching her go through this. It is really hard to take being her Dad, supposedly her protector in life, allowing this to happen to her. It is not a good feeling to willing let someone put medicine into her body that is going to make her feel as bad as she does right now. She says that she feels okay, but she is tired all the time, has a huge struggle keeping her emotions in check, and has tired and sore legs as a result of her treatment. She is really tired of taking medicine, and really wants to come home now. It is now daily that she mentions that she wants to come home. She knows that all of her friends are going to school, and learning all kinds of fun things, and playing on her favorite tire swing. I think that she just wants to get back to being a regular kid for a while. I know that we are all really looking forward to spending a nice quiet Christmas at HOME this year.

Other than Brenn being tired, things have been quite good around here for the past few days. There is really not much going on. I am still riding my bike, and running as I have the Victoria half marathon coming up pretty quickly. It took me a little over a week to fully recover from the last race I did in Manning Park. It was the most exhilarating and exhausting race that I have ever run, but I really would like to complete it again next year. Brenn went to school this morning with Christine at the hospital, and then we all pretty well puttered around the house for the rest of the day. The house was a pretty exiting place today as most of the families had at least one person going to the hockey game tonight. I think that there was only one family who had ever experienced a suite at a hockey game before, so everyone was really exited to go. The game started at 7 and people started leaving to go to Rogers Arena at 5. Brenn, Sam, and I ordered Chinese and had a nice quiet dinner with just the three of us. It was quite nice. I always enjoy our one on one time. It is such a treat to watch your children grow up and learn so much so quickly. God has truly blessed us with great children.

Tomorrow is another clinic day, so, we will be at the hospital around 10 am for another 4-5 hours sitting in the hospital getting more chemo. There is a higher chance tomorrow that Brenn will be receiving a transfusion. Her lethargy indicates that her red blood cells are lower than they have been for quite some time, and her ANC (part of her white blood cells) will be really low as well. Her ANC may be slightly higher than last week as they will be artificially elevated by the steroid that she has been taking this past week. She received her last dose of the steroid today though, and it is now expected that we will start seeing some really low numbers in her blood counts. From now on in, we will be expecting that we will be needing transfusions, getting delays and having possible hospital stays. Please continue praying that Brenn makes it through the next 6 weeks or so without to many delays and problems. Every day that we are delayed is a day longer that we have to stay here, and it really seems now that we have been here for years. Regular life is just a dream that we once had.

Scott

Yesterday was spent pretty much indoors the weather was quite chilly and it rained on and off all day, we have just been taking it easy so that it gives Brenn time to rest from her treatments in peace and quiet. She has less energy than normal and her moods are up and down, we're all just going with the flow. Our plan for this morning is to go to the pumpkin patch, we have been going here as often as we can every fall since Brenn was in my tummy. The girls will love it, it's outside so Scott and I are happy and Brenn will not have to wear a mask. The weather is suppose to be about 25 so this afternoon if Brenn is feeling up for it we will go to the beach so the girls can splash around for a while. Thats our weekend in a nut shell tomorrow we head back to RMH.

So yeah the pumpkin patch was closed because apparently last year they lost their crop to an early frost, so it was much to our surprise when we saw that there was a tracker pulling contest going on there.....we quickly decided that we would definitely find some sort of pumpkin place and headed to Davidson's Farm. The girls enjoyed themselves in the new play park as well as picking out a pumpkin to take back to RMH. We came back to the house and Brenn was done, she wrapped herself in a blanket sat on my lap, then moved to the couch until dinner. She happily went to bed at 7. She says she feels fine other than low energy. Scott and I are definitely getting a lesson in not freaking out as that is what our first instinct has been for the last few days as Brenn's appearance and energy level has decreased dramatically. We have been prepared for this by our doctors and so here we are half way through the home stretch.

Sorry we haven't written in a few days not much has been happening. Brenn is feeling generally well and is having very few problems during this round. Her ankles and legs are a bit tired so physio came and saw her today and encouraged to do more stretching, her counts are pretty good except her ANC (immunity) dropped from 6.99 to a staggering 0.98, what this means is that we were encouraged today to go away for the weekend to a safe, non populated place if we choose as Brenns counts and ANC will only go down from here and this will undoubtedly be our last trip away until we go home in November/December. Our friend has graciously given his house to us on the lake for the weekend. We will be alone for two whole days, cooking, cleaning,playing, and enjoying each others company without running into other people living in the same place . The thing that Brenn is looking forward to the most is having her own room, she says she "doesn't have to put up with anyone waking her up for a couple of days" or "Samantha bugging her". I think it's safe to say that the Dex(steroid) has kicked in and running strong threw her veins. Brenn's attitude and coping seems to be the biggest difference throughout the last month, I am hoping that this is just the meds and that we as family can support her in anyway that she needs. I pray to God frequently that she will be spared of any negative emotional and psychological effects of this journey that we are on, I am confident that physically she will be great but the other stuff I worry about. Scott and I are doing the best that we can to provide her with everything she needs to get through this and now we leave it to God to see that it is enough.

We have been very blessed throughout the last 4 plus months to have been able to be together as a family and to have taken a few small trips away that we otherwise would have been to busy to do if we were at home. The togetherness has brought us closer as a family and made us really get to know eachother in a different way. This journey has showed us how we ultimately have no control over what the outcome is but only the choices we make. It`s taught us more patience (this is not my strong suit...lol) and understanding because it's not only about ourselves and the biggest lesson is that Brenn's illness could always have been worse in one way or another or that getting caught up in her diagnoses is detrimental to her recovery as well as our own coping. We've learned to lean on eachother, our family`s, old and new friends and our community as we are not an island and we can not do this on our own. I was told by a mom who had befriended me when Brenn was first diagnose that " Brenn will be fine, You will be fine, your family will be fine" at the time I thought she was nuts and how could things ever be fine again......now everyday a little at a time I get what she was saying :) I`m tired of trying to look for the reason that this has happen to our daughter and our family, it has and it is what it is, getting through it the best that we can is what we are doing now. Thank you all for your thoughts and Prayers for Brenn and our family, we see and feel the affects of it daily.

Much Love Christine

Wow what a beautiful place Manning Park is, I can not believe that I have never heard of it before. It brought me back to being a child camping with my family, aunts, uncles and grandparents. I am so grateful that my children were able to feel and do something "old normal" like enjoying what it's like not to have TV, internet or a cell phone for 1 weekend. Don't get me wrong we stayed in the lodge and had access to our doctors and such if need be, but it was just nice to be in the wilderness away from our now normal life for 48 hours....ahhhh Okay so what did we do.....

Scott and his Uncle ran an insane 27k trail race up and down a mountain in mostly rain.

I must say that the Smith girls have never been so proud as we were watching Scott running down the last bit of the mountain waving at us like a crazy man. I was thinking in my head "oh no stop waving, watch where your feet go" Brenn ran with Scott the last 300 meters through the bush and on to the finish line while Sam and I took a short cut running over a small stream with logs layed across so that we could hurry to the finish trying to get a picture, I had to stop, zoom my camera in and caught them just after the finish line as they were so "super fast" as Brenn says.

To back track a bit......while the boys ran the race the girls and I went for breakfast in the lodge, hung out in the room for a bit and enjoy the lake and nature while cheering on other racers waiting for Scott and Uncle Allen to come in. The girls loved running free, trying to coax birds to land on to the sticks they had found, and digging new homes for the weeds they had pulled out of the running path.

The rest of the day and evening was spent in a campsite down the road from the race (as this was the only place we could find with a pit). I lit the fire that would ultimately cook our dinner and showed my girls that it's not only a boys job to light camp fires. We enjoyed the evening roasting kobassa on the fire (my mom would be proud), grilling steak, veggies and baking potatoes. We shared our feast with a very brave chipmunk who had an extreme liking to potatoes and enjoyed our time as a family. I of course forgot my camera so I have no pictures to show you what a spectacular evening it was. The girls loved being in forest, watching the wild life...oh yeah I forgot a momma and baby deer walked right through the campsite next to us the girls were soooooooo excited.

Brenn and Sam settled into bed quite easily exhausted from the day. This morning after breakfast Scott took Brenn swimming. It was the first time since Brenn has been sick that she went into a public pool, from what I heard she had a great time just her and dad jumping off the various wall heights and enjoying splashing around. It was a great weekend and a perfect chance for us to make some memories. The girls are now asking if we can buy a camping trailer so that we can go camping next year in the forest......I can't wait :)

Today was a rough day.....Brenn was nauseous throughout the night and most of the morning, she couldn't keep anything down, we don't think anything actually made it to her stomach before it came up. We gave her a heavy duty anti nauseant med that goes under her tongue, this just seemed to take the edge off enough for her to get to the hospital to get hooked up to IV to receive fluids, gravol, her regular daily meds and yes the chemo. The doctors are unsure as to why she is feeling sick to her stomach as she had chemo a week ago, the leg pokes may be the cause but the reaction is quite delayed or it could be from the steroid but she's had it problem free for 6 days...this is still a mystery. So we have a plan to manage it over the next few days....alot of anti nauseant's mixed with a acid reflux med, hopefully this 24 hour regime will take care of it until the nausea subsides.

On a good note Brenns counts are amazing and the extensive blood work done to check her liver and other organ function all came back good.....yeah Brenn she never seizes to amaze me. Her body is being pumped full of poison designed to kill the cancer cells as well as her healthy cells and her body just doesn't seem to get that, it just keeps making the healthy ones and fighting off whatever it can to keep her healthy and going.....she is an inspiration :)

Today was a good day, Brenn is not showing any adverse reactions to the leg needles so I'm thinking that we're in the clear (fingers crossed). We had a relaxed morning taking care of some chores that needed to be done and then headed off to Scott's Grandmas in Whiterock to help install a new Microwave. After this was done we went to lunch across the street from Grandma's house and had a nice visit. The girls enjoyed themselves visiting and spending time with her for a few hours. They showed off their artistic abilities by coloring pictures, and playing with stickers and then the girls and I had a mind boggling game of fish and memory.

The rest of the day was spent taking it easy in RMH as Brenn's energy fades in the late afternoon. The girls were off to bed a bit early tonight as Brenn has treatment tomorrow morning and is in need of more sleep now a days and well Sam she just goes all day long and seems to relish the time her head hits the pillow. Goodnight all and thank you for your Prayers and thoughts for our family.

Much Love,

Christine

It was a really hard day on all of us today, but we made it through without any major problems. Getting the needles this morning was heart-wrenching, but Brenn had no adverse reaction to the drugs. We are safe and sound, happy to be at RMH, and exhausted!

Scott

Saturday was the football game that we went to, and I am happy to report that Brenn, Samantha, and I are all witnesses to BC Lions first win in Empire Stadium in over 20 years! However, we only stayed until 5 minutes into the 2nd quarter. The score was Toronto 8 - BC 7 when we left. We really had a good time together going to the football game even if we didn't stay for all of it. Brenn is tired right now, so I assumed that we would not be staying long. I am really happy that we got to witness a small piece of history as well, since this will probably be the very last win that BC will ever have at Empire Stadium as they will be back in BC Place next year.

Christines Aunty Elaine, and Aunty Cindy arrived on Friday night, and Christine saw quite a bit of them over the course of Friday night and Saturday, however unfortunately for Christine and her Aunts, Aunty Elaine woke up this morning feeling as if she may be getting sick, so we were all unable to see them again today. They will be heading back to Calgary tomorrow. Their visit was really nice, and I really enjoyed the time that we got to spend with them. Our day on Saturday was inadvertently planned so that Christine was really the only one to spend the day with them, and we had planned to have a family day today, but I guess things don't always work out the way you plan them. Christine was able to have some fun and family time with them, which I hope will help her. She has really been missing her family for a long time, and over the last month was really ready to start seeing them. The girls were happy to see them as well, it was just fun to have them here. They are really great to be around, and always make us feel better.

Today was a bit of a tough day. We didn't really get up to much. After we found out that Christines Aunt wasn't feeling well, we pretty well changed our plans to do nothing of any really substance. We did some house keeping, and went to the grocery store, but that was all. It would have been great to see Aunty Elaine and Aunty Cindy again today, but we got some relaxation time that was needed today. We are still very stressed with this round for Brenn, and are all having some trouble dealing with the emotions that go along with our fears. Tomorrow is another stressful day as Brenn will be receiving 3 intra-muscular needles at the same time in her legs called Peg-Asperiginaze. She has had this medicine before, however, most kids are allergic to the long term release aspect of this drug, and the allergy reaction will show up the second time. We are quite worried about her reaction tomorrow. Reactions will range from localized hives and swelling to a full scale anaphilactic reaction. After she receives the shots, we will have to wait for 3 hours in the clinic to make sure that she is okay. If she has a reaction, this will be the first time that she has a good possibility of another overnight stay. Hopefully all goes well, and we will all feel better tomorrow. Once we are over this hurdle, hopefully our stress levels will start to come down as there is no real immediate problems, other than the fact that she will be slowly becoming more and more tired, and being on her steroid she is quite irritable. Please pray that all goes well with her injections tomorrow, and that our stress levels will start to subside in the coming days. Thank you all for your comments on the blog, we do read them, and they really make a huge difference for us to know that there are so many people out there that care, and are praying for us.

Scott

We have had a couple of really quite days in a row here now. Brenn is feeling okay, but not great, she is already tiring more easily, and is experiencing mood swings already from her steroid. However the benefit of her being more tired is I get a lot more cuddle time with her, and since Brenn is cuddling me, Samantha also gets in on it, so I get double cuddles all the time now. Christines Aunts are coming in for the weekend for a visit, and we have all been looking forward to having them here. Christine has really wanted some more of her family to come out and see her. it is quite hard for her with me having a lot of my family here to support us, she has really been missing her family simply because her family support network is in Alberta, and we cannot go and visit them at this time.

The RMH gave us some tickets to tomorrows BC Lions game. Brenn and I are going for sure, and another one of the girls here at the house will be joining us. Samantha may come with us, but we are not sure, a football game is a lot to sit through for a super energetic 3 year old. This will be Brenns first professional sporting event that she has ever attended so she is quite excited! I just hope that it doesn't rain, and that Brenn is feeling up to sitting through the game. She is a good sport of course, but once she gets to tired, it's over, she simply cannot control herself emotionally. Quite often lately, we have all been stressed out, and having hard times dealing with some things, but once in a while we remember how great Brenn is doing, and how strong she is. She has simply breezed through her treatment without very many complaints at all, and it is really hard to believe that at 5 years old she has that inner strength to take so much, and still be a happy kid at the end of the day. It has really taught us how to take a step back from things, and see what is actually happening in a situation, take in all of our surroundings, and enjoy what is offered. Things are hard right now, and I struggle every day to try to compensate for my frustrations, so I have been running and biking everyday, but this experience really has been emotionally draining, we are all tired, and just want to come home.

Scott

Well today was the big day that we have all been waiting for! The start of the much dreaded Delayed Intensification. We started out the morning getting the girls up, and ready for the day, then it was no food or drink for Brenn, but luckily, we had booked our appointment for 9 am. Brenn and I were the only ones who went to the hospital today, as Christine had to stay with Samantha. It was a little weird for both Brenn and I not to have Christine there wit h us, but we made the most of our time together by walking to the hospital this morning. We had a fantastic walk, Brenn held my hand the entire way from when we left the house until we arrived in the clinic. I think that the contact was good for both of us, as I am sure that Brenn has felt the increased tension in both Christine and I as we were preparing ourselves for this round.

Things went pretty well like normal in the clinic today. We started the morning with weight, blood pressure, height, and temperature before heading in to get her VAD accessed. As soon as we were done accessing, we were taken into the procedure room for her lumbar puncture, and spinal chemo. We were given ondanzatron before her procedure, and and a half bag of saline. After the procedure, we went back to the room, where Brenn had to lay down for an hour and drink some coffee. We both had breakfast, and enjoyed watching a Dora movie together. The doctors came in and talked to me about what to expect and when during this phase of our treatment which is pretty scary, but we are optimistic as Brenn has done so well over the course of her treatment so far. Finally as we were getting ready to leave, the nurse came in and administered a new drug to Brenn called Doxorubicin. This drug is designed to really drop her blood counts in preparation for the 2nd month of this phase. We are expecting that Brenns blood counts will be very low, right on the edge of transfusion by the end of this month so that the next months drugs can actually carry her blood counts lower. We are expected to have some delays, blood transfusions, and hospital stays during the second month of this round, as well as many full days spent in the clinic. I really feel like all that we have been through up to this point was just preparing us for these last two months of Brenns intensive treatment.

Brenn and I were able to go and watch Bobs and Lolo (made famous by Treehouse) in one of the parking lots at Childrens Hospital right after clinic today. Brenn sat in my lap and danced to all of the songs that they sang, and then went and played in a bouncy castle for a little while before we headed home. It was a really good decompression time for us both. We had lunch when we got home, and almost right away, Brenn started to get really tired, and not really feeling well in her tummy. With the drug that we give her called Ondanzatron, she doesn't really ever want to throw up, but sometimes it really feels like she is going to. She was really feeling bad until just before dinner time when she started to perk back up again. I do believe that she is going to be much more tired this round than any other, but she is really strong, and we will all pull through this together. Please continue to pray for Brenn, and our family through this time, we have really appreciated all of the prayers and thoughts sent our way over the last 4 months, and now I feel like we need them more than ever. Brenn was feeling okay when she went to bed tonight, but she was most definitely ready to sleep!

Scott

Here it is, the last day before it all begins again and 4 months exactly to the day this journey started. It's weird to feel this way and really feel so out of control, most of the chemo that will be administered in the next two months are new for Brenn and some of them can have horrific side effects, these are the things that are making Scott and I scared. We really hold it together for the girls in our day to day lives but the thoughts come fast and strong once we put them to bed. I am here right now sitting with almost overwhelming worry and anxiety. Brenn had a series of tests today to check her heart and give the doctors a baseline to go from as one of the meds starting tomorrow can have a long term effect of damaging her heart muscle. Throughout this journey I have felt confident that Brenn will fly through this treatment with flying colors and come out the other side a strong, vibrant, confident little girl who will grow into a beautiful young women, I still believe this but I am afraid that this round will be the one that takes everything out of her and will challenge her spirit. She desperately wants to go home, and she has had enough of everything. She is topped out in her coping abilities and I think to myself really how much more can her mind, body and spirit take. The logical part of me keeps telling myself that kids are resilient and that they can get through things that most adults would shutter over. I have met many other children here that have gone through similar or the same round and have come out of it just fine, she is my child and I worry about these things. I read a quote by mother Theresa that comforts me and makes me laugh "God never gives you more than you can handle, but why does he have to trust me so much" I am definitely feeling this way tonight. Anyways this is where we're at going into the home stretch before our return to Prince George which is another worry in itself, but that is for another day. We are taking this one day at a time so that we as parents can be the best that we can be to provide security and stability for our children is this very confusing time. Please keep Brenn in your thoughts and prayers so that she can come out of this without any long term effects physically, emotionally and spiritually.

Today was my first day back at RMH, after returning from Prince George. I had a few really busy days up in Prince George again, but it was nice to be home, and just get my bearings again. My Mom and I left PG at 5:45 am Saturday morning in hopes that we would miss quite a bit of the traffic and to get Mom on a ferry at a reasonable time. The trip went really well, and we were able to make it to Whistler for lunch. We were very close to the ferry at this point, and quite likely could have made the last hour or so to the ferry, but I think we were both tired and the idea of lunch in Whistler appealed to both of us. We stopped for a little over an hour, and then continued on to Lions Bay (just north of Horseshoe Bay) by 2:30. It was pretty good to spend some time with my Mom and brother over the past couple of days, and just have some family time.

It was great to get back to RMH and see Christine, Brenn, and Samantha. I really needed the break when I left, but it was really hard to be at home without them. I had some weird emotions when I was at home. Some areas in my house are just like life stopped wherever it was when we left. There are still notices up on the fridge from Brenns kindergarten class, and just seeing how empty the house was was pretty hard to take. It really brought it all home just how very different life is now. I know that people look at our life and think wow what our family is going through must be really difficult. Since we are living in the situation, and living at RMH, it doesn't really seem all the strange or hard for us. What is hard is when we have to be away from one another for any length of time. Our emotions are really crazy right now, and sometimes we fight, or bicker with one another, the kids cry and through crazy temper-tantrums, but we all really depend on one another for strength every day as well. We all trust that we can freak out, and have a really bad day, but once we get through the moment or the day, things are still good as long as we are together. We really have learned a lot from this, and we have realized that most things aren't as big a deal as we used to think they were. We have been truly blessed here. Even though Brenn is sick (and I know this is really hard to understand), we feel blessed by this time. You never know how beautiful people are until you go through a tough time in your life. We have had so much help from so many people that I really can't believe it! People can be so very generous that it amazes us.

Brenn has been doing quite well the last little while. We are still going through our two week break getting ready for the last 2 months of intensive treatment. We are all really looking forward to coming home, and really looking forward to have some time just to ourselves in our own house. We are all pretty scared about the next 2 months as well though, and we are just praying that we can get through them easily. All that we are interested in is Brenn getting better, but it sure can be has to see that sometimes when she is feeling bad, or not able to control herself because of her medications. It will be really good to get this over with, and with God's grace, Brenn will make it through the last 2 months with flying colors.

Scott

So the last couple days have been a bit busy and hectic for the Smith girls.....yesterday I decided that we could all use a bit of pampering. I had receive a gift certificate for the Sheraton Wall Center spa a few months ago, and decided that it was time to use it. I called ahead of time to see if they would accommodate the three of us for manicures, the spa was more than helpful putting us in our own large room with two beds and two clinicians. Brenn had a 30min mini manicure, Sam a polish change with hand massage and I was able to get a full manicure in the time it took for the girls to get done....it was nice and relaxing and awesome to see that the girls really enjoyed it :) The girls really love Pho soup so we headed to North Van for some soup next, we had a nice long lunch and then headed back to RMH.

The girls really enjoy playing with the other children here but sometimes forget that they still have rules too follow, the girls and I really struggled the last part of the day, it really made me appreciate Scott and be thankful that the majority of Brenn's treatment we are a team and co-parent the girls on a daily basis. I really don't know how I would manage if I was here on my own with the girls. I have much admiration for the parents who are here on their own, this week has definitely been a huge eye opener for me and I am looking forward to Scott's return tomorrow.

Today Scott's uncle Allan came to take the girls on an outing so that I was able to attend an appointment at the hospital for Brenn and take some time for myself. I am amazed at the generosity of Scott's uncle with his time and energy when it comes to our family, he is truly a blessing sent from God. Uncle Allan and Auntie Nancy are always concerned about Scott and I getting time for our self so that we can keep healthy, so that we can effectively take care of Brenn and Sam. It's nice that they are here to take care of us as often we forgot to in the day to day things. The girls had a great time watching the planes come in at the airport on the observation deck, and having lunch. For the rest of the day Brenn was off playing with Hannah while Sam and I had some much need mommy daughter time cuddling and watching the Wiggles. We had a nice dinner with another family, the girls played with the volunteers and then went off to bed. I am taking sometime to relax before jumping into bed myself.....good night all :)

Kay quick blog, we had a great day hanging out in Deep cove ~ looking for sea stars, crabs, fish and what ever else they could find. The rest of the day was spent in the house playing with the other children and then the girls fell in to bed and were out like a light. I meant to have a bath tonight as last nights didn't work out all that well, but to no avail I am not going to make it there again. At 9pm Sundae Glen entered the house and pronounced that he and I were going to make home made ice cream for tomorrow nights Sundae night. Great just what I wanted to do as I just made ice cream 5 days ago. SO off we go following miss Martha Stewart's recipe (which was different than the one we use 5 days ago). Well let me tell you we made vanilla scrambled eggs with some yummy vanilla custard, so what did we do......mashed through a fine sieve and then used a hand mixer to make sure it was smooth, strained it again and viola we got rich creamy custard......tomorrow at 5pm we will put it in the maker, freeze it up and hopefully no one will be the wiser.....ha ha ha I'm sure it will be fantastic. Well that's our day in a nut shell. I'm off to join the girls.....good night all!!!!!! Oh Sam is doing great can't even tell she has a concussion she was up and at all day today....what a tough little girl....and as always Brenn is awesome as well, looking out for her sister's well being all day and telling everyone within hearing distance how her sister has a concussion and is not allowed to bonk her head again or else.......ha ha ha what a cutie :)