I'm going to start trying to Blog Again :)

Here are some pictures of the last couple of months. Avarie trick or treating as a clown with all of her Giles Cousins and a couple of recent pics showing off all her wonderful hair. Well honestly its not the prettiest hair in the world right now, its a little baby fine and wispy, but its hair and its there and that makes us all happy. The other pictures of Avarie and Sawyer in pots and pans was Addisen's idea. Addisen is home with strep throat and so she decided to cook up the kids, they were having a blast doing it.
Avarie has been doing great. She has had all her tubes removed and is completely off all meds except her anti-viral medicine that she will stay on for a year to help her fight viruses. She is continuing to get stronger all the time. She attends physical therapy once a week and Dr appointments only once a month. Wow, never thought we would get here. She has a bone marrow biopsy this next month at Doernbecher. She will have them periodically during the next year to check for relapse and she will have blood work done every month to check the same for a while and then she will go to every couple of months for the next couple of years and then once a year for the rest of her life. But the rest of her life is looking good now :)
Life has been going through some major changes for us at home. Craig and I have decided to separate and so the kids and I have moved back to Battle Ground Washington. I am living at my brother Brandon's. He has a 1300 sq ft apartment above his garage and the kids and I have moved in there. The kids are having a blast. Brandon built a tree house for his kids last year with a zip line that comes out of it. They have a trampoline, chickens, 5 acres, and a peacock that wanders their property for some reason. The kids have 6 cousins to play with every day and they have enjoying every moment until I say time for bed. I am doing good with all of it. Life has been so chaotic for so long, and most of you reading this understand the full extent of that chaos. This is a good time for me to try to get the kids life stable and help them heal and it gives Craig and I each time to heal too. Most of you understand what all led to this and some of you may not. For those that don't, I don't plan on discussing it on here. Just know that this is a good decision for everyone right now and we are all doing really well. I am sometimes way too open and I am trying to protect my kids so I don't plan on airing too much on here but I am usually pretty open for talking. Craig and I are on really good terms. We both love each other very much and are just trying to do what is right for our family right now.
As a family we all leave on Friday for Avarie's Make a Wish. We are going to Disneyland. The kids have no idea that they're going and Craig and I are so excited. Make a Wish is an amazing foundation. I am so impressed with them already and we haven't even gone. The things that they have set up for us are just amazing. I will post pictures this next week once we are back and tell you all about our trip.