Thursday, August 13, 2009

Vegas Baby and Grandpa Update


@ the Bellagio

Lucky Larry's Lobster Mania

M & M world... good thing dad was there to help!

The Girls

The Boys

@ our $3.95 breakfast... it was good!

New York, New York

We are back from Vegas, but not back with extra money. After losing a little we decided it wasn't THAT much fun to lose money and stopped after two days of trying.

We arrived on Tuesday morning and hung out at the pool and lazy river. We had dinner at Fiamma Trattoria with everyone there for the wedding. I think there were over 20 people. On Wednesday we traveled to The Little White Chapel where we met Elvis and Amanda and Dan got hitched. Elvis liked dad a lot and as you can see by the pictures, dad enjoyed him as well.
Thursday we toured multiple hotels, saw a show at the MGM called Crazy Horse, and it was horrible.... so bad that Amanda and Dan walked out! We all left on Friday and headed home. (more pictures to come...the computer was slow)

There are a lot of great pictures on Facebook too...especially from the professional photographer.

Grandpa Barber
His cancer is back.... unfortunately that means that he will have to start chemo. He had a port implanted Thursday (to receive the chemo), has his pacemaker checked on on Monday, and starts his first round of Chemo next Thursday. For those that read this, keep him in your prayers. I have never known him without hair, so that alone is too hard to take. We hope the chemo works or at least helps him feel better. He is only 5'2 and 126 pounds at the moment, and shrinking daily because the smell of food makes him sick. The dr's have given him a pill to help with the smell of the food and has allowed him to eat more than before.
This morning he was rushed to the hospital because he couldn't breathe... I am so thankful that Amanda and Mom are with him!

2 comments:

Brittanie Lockard said...

Thanks for posting! I'm very excited to see/hear about your trip. I am sorry to hear about your grandpa :( I will keep him in my thoughts and prayers - please keep us posted. For some reason your blog update did not come up on my blog roll. What the F?

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