Balch Family Blog

Great News!  The tumor Bailey had is the best kind of malignant tumor to have.  It is the slowest growing and does not metastasize to other parts of the body easily.  She will need her stitches out on Fri or Mon!  She is doing great!

Tomorrow is Turkey day!  Our family has so much to be thankful for!  We hope that whatever your plans are that you enjoy the day and don’t stress over anything!  That is my personal goal this year!

We are cooking at our house this year.  Mark’s parents will join us too!  This is really good because our 10-yr old dog, Bailey, just had a large tumor removed.  We should know by Friday what it was and how to treat her further, whether with chemotherapy or radiation.  She is doing well.  Her pain doesn’t seem to bad and she is back to her loving self!

We may go out this Black Friday not really to grab the deals, but just to have fun and take it all in!  Enjoy your weekend!

Mark is another year wiser today! He is playing golf with Brian and has a softball tournament this evening. We might go shopping this afternoon or just hang out at the house.

Here is a family photo taken before dinner last night!

On a side note, Happy Birthday Gma Bailey! I miss her so much! Ironically, I realized that her and Mark share not only the same birthday, but initials as well! Mary Ellen Bailey and Mark Edward Balch

I hope you have a great day honey! We love you!

As I sit here on the back patio and the boys play in the sand wearing shorts and t-shirts without shoes, I am shocked it is November! How is it possible that I glance at my weatherbug and it reads 91 degrees at 5pm on Nov 6th. Wow! Can we say global warming? I realize we live and the southwest and it is generally warmer then other parts of the country, but usually by this time we are wearing long sleeve shirts at least.

Halloween was fun, but hectic! We went to our Fall Festival at church. I am so thankful that Mark’s mom joined us because she was so helpful with the boys. The church changed things this year and had all of the volunteers create a game for the children to play, instead of just handing out candy. This kept Mark and I very busy. Brian helped part of the evening as well. I will say that next year we might just walk our neighborhood or go to a park.

We are exited about the holidays coming. We haven’t decided what we are doing for Thanksgiving yet. We might stay home and hang out. Mark and I have always wanted to try frying a turkey, so depending on how things go, we might try it this year. We have been brining our turkeys for the last couple of years, so we are ready to take the next step.

Camden is doing great at school. He enjoys his friends and loves his teachers. He is excited about Christmas! That is so much fun as a parent! He is taking a drawing class through Young Rembrandt’s. It isn’t his favorite, but when he is there he does well.

Carsten is turning into a little boy. He is teething all of his molars right now. He has been a bit cranky the last couple of days. We have started hearing some more words from him. He is saying Camden, mama, and just started to say uh-oh. It is quite cute!

Here is a picture from Sea World.