Soooo, exciting about Meg's mission call!!  How exciting that Chris and Megan will be able to speak to each other in Portuguese and....Megan's missionary Dakota.  I had better learn fast:)  April 3rd can't come soon enough for her:).  We were lucky enough to see her open it via skype.  We forgot  the speakers so we had cell phone in one hand and the lap top in the other. What a crazy night to open it:) We rushed back to r hotel room and thanks to lots of wonderful friends and family who stopped trick-or-treating to come and share a special moment with Meg.  I really appreciate it - it was hard for us to be far away. Meg was also "lucky" enough to get into a fender bender (her fault:( while we were gone (everyone is ok) - not fun to receive that kind of call as your getting on splash mountain!! Pooorrr Meg!!
We had a lot of fun on r trip.  The first four days poorr Tay was sooo sick.  He couldn't eat his throat hurt so bad and on Halloween he didn't trick or treat much - too tired:(  Rides, swimming, eating, staying up late, sleeping in late, drinking cherry coke all day, eating Mickey Mouse ice cream heads a couple times a day, long showers......hard to come home.  Chris struggled more this time than in the past.  He would take a nap on a park bench, we would go back to the hotel early, sleep in,  and we walked slower (all good things in my opinion).  Chris usually runs us ragged so it was nice to  slow down.  He had a hard time with food - everything full of fat. I put a few pictures on - only took over 800.  I won't bore you to death. Hee, hee.  At the Christmas party in Magic Kingdom they made "snow" and we had all you could eat sugar cookies and hot chocolate.  We left a carry on bag in Orlando.  "someone" (we won't name names) forgot to grab the bag.  It got left outside of security.  My dad was at his gate waiting for his plane and heard Chris' name called.  He called us and asked us if we had all of r baggage...... this was when we were boarding the plane:)  We counted and realized "nope" we didn't.  Chris ran back to see if he could get it, but Orlando airport is really big so there was no way he could get to it.  It was in lost and found outside security.  Kids and I were stressing out - plane full and ready to leave - no Chris.  He made it:) funny thing about this bag.... Chris and I had been arguing about bringing back halloween candy.  He wanted to leave it and I wanted to bring it home for r traditional gingerbread houses.  Sooooooo, now this bag cost me $65.00 to have it UPSed to my house.  Needless to say, some very expensive candy!!!  The bag also had a bday present in it for one of Katie's friends - bday party on Friday and we thought it would be fun to get it in DW.  I had to buy a different present for her - package doesn't get her til Tuesday - one week after we left Orlando. lol. Lots of great memories.  Hard to come home to reality - not soo fun (especially school work!!!!!!!)
We met with the oncologist Thursday. He is skinnier 180 lbs (crazy after a vacation - lol) Chris has decided to do radiation and chemo starting the middle of January.  The radiation will be to his neck.  The tumor is large and keeps stretching his skin.  He also has a few more lumps around his body.  He is also having a hard time sleeping.  His back is still healing and he "has no hips" so it hurts to sleep on either side.
Love ya, Ricki