McComb Family

The big news a couple of weeks ago was Briana's first loose tooth. She finally lost it last Thursday morning, and was so excited she took it to school to show it off. Of course, she ended up losing it (I guess you could say a second time!!!) at school. Luckily the tooth fairy was very understanding when Briana wrote her a letter about what had happened and that it would never happen again. She still got a dollar under her pillow! And then yesterday, she lost her second tooth while she was at school. It did end up making it's way home and under her pillow last night! Very exciting!! (And very good timing.....she's looking like a jack-o-lantern. We're going to put her out on the front porch!)

Posted in: on Friday, September 21, 2007 at at 9:36 AM 1 comments  

After 2 weeks of being gone, the doctor finally gave the okay for me to return home. Yea!!! It's so great to be back. As most everybody knows I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in July. I received my radioactive iodine treatment on September 6th and had to be sequestered from everyone until my radiation levels went down. Thanks to the geiger counter Stacie lent me, I can say for certain that I was shooting off those beta particles like crazy the first week or so. I stayed out in my "isolation rooms", which were all decked out thanks to my parents. They had magazines, flowers, TV, cards, food, and all kinds of other things that helped make my stay a little bit more tolerable! Of course they liked to give me a bad time as much as they could too. Here are signs in the bathroom were I was allowed to shower!


I sure missed my email, internet, satellite TV, and all the comforts of home. I did not however miss work much!!! I got caught up on my reading for the next 5 years!! My body scan came back clear, and I got to start my thryoid meds yesterday, so I'm finally on my way back to "normal".

Posted in: on Thursday, September 20, 2007 at at 10:20 AM 0 comments  

The Kissingers got together for a family reunion and, of course, it was a great time!! We were just out of Placerville, up towards my parents' house, so we didn't have far to go. It was great weather to break in the new pool at my cousin's house (water was added Wednesday and we were swimming Friday!!). We forgot Adam's "swimmies" so Bret took him in the pool with him and before we knew it he was swimming on him own! We were quite surprised as we didn't even know he could do that!
He was very excited about it as you can tell by the huge smile on his face!!!Friday was also my birthday, along with my cousin Michele's. So we got cake and presents which was lots of fun. It was her 35th and my 25th (or maybe I have them backwards, I can't quite remember!!!).

Of course, while we were up in the area we had to hit a couple of the local wineries. Miraflores was our first stop and here is Mary, Michele, Ben, me, and Bret trying out one of their wines. It was our first time there, as they haven't been open for very long, and I would definitely go again. Let me know if anyone is interested (hint, hint).

And here are the girls at Holly's Hill.


A few shots of the crazy cousins.

A perfect spot for a perfect weekend. It was beautiful!!! You couldn't beat the view or the company. So, who's hosting it next year?!?

Posted in: on Saturday, September 01, 2007 at at 9:58 AM 1 comments  

Another year of school has started. Here are the kids on the first day. Briana finally has a new teacher this year after two years with Mrs. Liddicoat. Adam is back at Cool Care, and his friends were very excited to see him back after his long summer vacation. It's been tough getting back in the routine of things though. Hope it gets easier soon!!

Posted in: on at at 9:44 AM 1 comments