Lauren fractures elbow while playing soccer in slippers

Greetings friends and family,
Lauren fell on Saturday night. Although I did not see the fall, Ben did and can recreate it (minus the fractured elbow part). What I did witness was the primal scream that followed the crash. Her arm did not appear broken; we thought it was a sprain or a sore elbow that would heal on its own. On Monday, I got a call from the school nurse. With a doctor's appointment made, I picked up the kids. A very long day insued from this point. By 8pm, she was home with a neon green, glittered cast. With the exception of itchy complaints, Lauren is handling it well. We hope she can keep a relatively good attitude for the whole 3 weeks. Please keep her in your prayers.

love and blessings, amy (along with the usual suspects)

Jensen Update
Hello everyone.
We have been very busy this summer and fall and can't believe that Christmas is just around the corner. We have a movie for you all - it's our Summer Vacation Movie. A bit late, I'm afraid, but worth the wait! Please enjoy.

On the cancer front, I had an MRI last week and the scans show that the tumor "Thigh Meat" is not attempting a comeback. "Die Thigh Meat, Die!" By the way, if you don't know what I am referring to, we named my brain tumor, "Thigh Meat," because I hate dark meat and that is what I visualized my tumor looking like.

At dinner tonight, I realized that this January, it will be 4 years since we found out about Thigh Meat. It's so weird to think it's been that long but when I think about how Ben was five and Lauren was 3, it's a world away. Especially since they are growing up so quickly. For example, Ben has to wear deodorant now (yikes, I hope he doesn't find out that I am sharing this). It's just that he is so active and therefore sweats a lot and pretty soon he starts to smell like a homeless guy. At first, we couldn't believe that a nine-year-old would smell like that until we took a closer whiff. Oooooooh-wee! So, all that to say that "Old Spice" has a new customer. Hey Corporate America, if you are reading this, you need to start marketing Deodorant to tweeners.

We hope you are all well and wish you a wonderful Thanksgiving.

much love, amy (jeff, ben and lauren).

p.s. I forgot to mention that we adopted a hamster named Svetlana. Photos of her to come. Freddy and the fish are still in the mix as well.