On Saturday Alex and I went to the Mountain West Conference Cross Country Championship Meet. It was held at Cascade Golf Course just 3 minutes drive from here. It was a great morning. The weather was perfect....clear blue skies and in the 50s. Alex was able to see the BYU teams in action although both the men's and women's teams came in second to very strong New Mexico teams. It was fun to watch these collegiate runners race. After the race we went out for burgers and some shopping at a running store. Alex then cooked a dinner of roasted chicken and stove top stuffing! After a run along the Provo River Trail, we went to a family Halloween party where Alex ate again....yummy homemade soups, homemade donuts and homemade churros. He loved the churros! Didn't really care for caramel apples though.

This cooking thing is really interesting. He is now eating things he never would have touched before. He helped me bake Apple Bread and even likes to eat it. He also made fresh bruschetta and a spinach, sausage, mushroom and onion topping to go on the french bread. It will be interesting to see if he will still eat like a horse and have such an interest in cooking once he is off the Prednisone.

He is coping with the side effects. They seem to change each week even though the meds are still the same. This week he seems to have more nausea and doesn't sleep as well as before. This phase of chemo will last for another 10 days or so.

We kind of feel like we need to get back into the rhythm of real life. But getting back into the routine of real life here is difficult since our real life is back in Hong Kong. Alex has started his early morning seminary class again, only it's not early morning for him. He does this by iChat over the computer. It's great because it's 3pm here when it's 6am in HK. We are also trying to get him a learner's permit so that he can start online driver's education classes while here. His English teacher should be sending assignments soon. All these things should help him keep busy for a while.

Thanks again for all of your love and prayers!