The 2011 Hoilday Season approaches......

The past couple months have been crazy with adjustments back to school and work. Kylee turned 7 on 9/14/11 and had a roller skating party with her friends. We took a trip to Pipe Stem National Park in October to see Ali's sister Tricia. Picture above includes Ali's parents, Kylee, Tricia, her friend Tom and his son Casey. It was a bit windy, but overall the scenery was nice due to the leaves changing. Kylee and I cut two pumpkins together and kylee's favorite part is scooping the "gook" out of the inside :-) I am looking forward to both Thanksgiving and Christmas as I get some time off school and get to see family. I will be getting my next PET scan in November and will update everyone as soon as I get the results!!!

God Bless,

Kancho, Ali and Kylee

Summer comes to an end :-(

Our summer has been filed with days at the lake and lots of horseback riding. Kylee also began gymnastics lessons and is enjoying herself. I am finally returning to work and have been placed at Nathaniel Alexander Elementary School near IKEA in the university area. Kylee has returned to Shady Brook Elementary and will be in the 1st grade. It will be a busy year, but we are looking forward to it.

God Bless,

Ali, Kanhco and Kylee

June 2011

Another Clean Pet Scan!! Good news, it has been 16 months since my Bone Marrow Transplant and I'm still Cancer free! Thank you for all the support and prayers throughout this long journey.

Well, summer is in "full-swing" and we're having a lot of fun so far. Kylee graduated from Kindergarten with honors on June 9th (we're so proud of her), and is ready for the 1st grade next fall. On June 14th, Alison and I celebrated our 14 year anniversary (where has all the time gone?). She and I have been through a lot during my sickness, but it has only made us stronger.

In the one of the pictures below, the owner of Vivian's new barn surprised us by driving a horse carriage in our neighborhood. He picked up Ali and Kylee for a ride and even let Kylee drive (sort of).














In the other pictures below, we went to Hersey, PA for Ali's cousin Jeff's wedding. Kylee's friend Zoe, whom she met in Cancun last summer, happens to live in Hersey (small world). Kylee and Zoe had a chance to spend about 4 hours together and boy they had a fantastic time!!

Also, Jeff had fun dancing with his niece (Cassidy) and two cousins (Kylee and Lily). The wedding was nice and the reception was really fun!

Lastly, that's me getting ready to go to a job interview. The doctors have released me to go back to teaching this fall! It's been 2 and 1/2 school years since I have been to work. I'm excited but a little nervous as well.

Again, thanks so much for your encouragement, thoughts and prayers, my family and I really do appreciate everyone's kindness.

Spring Fever :-)

Well, long time no post.....sorry. As you can see we're all excited about Spring time! Kylee really enjoys being with our horse Vivian. Kylee is giving Vivian her first spring bath, I'm not sure who's having more fun Kylee or Vivian. Looks like Kylee is going "blonde" this spring.....nice hair!

In the pictures below you can see all of us together on Papa's B-Day. We surprised him with his very own Paddle Boat, he was really happy!! As for me, I've been taking it easy and hanging with Lexi. My health seems to be getting better and I'm looking forward to going back to work soon. Hope everyone is having a terrific Spring!!

Kancho, Alison, and Kylee

Welcome to 2011!!

Happy 2011 (a little late)!

Hope everyone had fun during the holidays. I know we had a fantastic time. First of all, we were at home this year. If you remember, we had to live in Raleigh last Christmas. Being home was priceless! During Kylee's Christmas break, we spent time roller skating. Kylee had a great time skating with her best friend Chloe and her little sister Lily.

This was the first time Kylee had ever been roller skating!

We were blessed with snow in January (depends who you ask). Kylee, Kancho, Lexi and I had a fun time sleding in the snow and making snowmen. We have to enjoy the weather, because it doesn't snow much here in the south!! Kylee and Kancho had a great week bonding together when her school was closed for 5 days !

Kancho's health is holding strong and he is schedule to see his transplant oncologist in Februrary. Will send out an update in March.

God Bless,

Ali, Kancho and Kylee

MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!!!

Hope this post finds you in good holiday spirits!

We are so happy to be in our own home this holiday season and find ourselves reminiscing about our holiday months in Raleigh last year. This Thanksgiving we were visited by Kancho's family and gathered at my parents house for a delicious feast :-) Kylee especially enjoyed the time playing with her cousins Shane and Pierce.
In December we received the best x-mas gift we could have asked for! Kancho's 12/13/10 PET scan and MRI came back without the presence of any cancer cell activity. Kancho is now 10 months out from his transplant with an estimated 20-26 months to go till the doctor can use the word "cured". We celebrated this news by wearing silly x-mas themed hats and taking a picture with our horse Vivian. Our new dog Lexi is settling in well, but gets into everything if we don't keep an eye on her at all times.....ugh! Kylee continues to take riding lessons and has advanced to jumping low fences. We are so proud of her. It has snowed at least twice here in Kannapolis this month and has been much colder than usual for this area. We are looking forward to X-mas day and are grateful for the quality time that the holiday season allows us to have with our family and friends. We hope this message finds you filled with gratitude and peace this holiday season.


God Bless,
Ali, Kancho and Kylee

October 2010

October has been a nice segway to our 2010 holiday season. We went to Patterson Farms to pick out and decorate pumpkins. Kylee's costume choice this Halloween was the Disney princess "Belle". She is not much into the whole "trick or treat" routine, but enjoyed watching Kancho and I pass out candy to kids in the neighborhood. Kancho's cousins John and Chris came into town recently and it proved to be visit full of childhood story-telling and laughter! The guys also went to a Bobcats game and watched lots of sports together. We are looking forward to having Kancho's mother and sister come down for Thanksgiving. Kylee will get to see her cousins Shane and Pierce who enjoy trekking through the woods to find imaginary treasures. Lexi will find it fun to have more kids to chase around the yard and play fetch with.
We hope the start of this holiday season finds you and your families in good health and thanksgiving. We are grateful that Kancho's health has stabilized and await his next PET scan in January 2011.

Take care,
Ali, Kancho and Kylee