Looking After Family

Sunday was a nice relaxing day at home.  We spent a little time playing in the yard and doing a lot of nothing.  The Kids Cancer Care Foundation and the Alberta Children's Hospital are doing an incredible job of ensuring the both Ryley and the rest of us are taken care of during this journey.  We all know this is going to be a huge stress on the family and we realize we need to make sure Ryley is looked after emotionally.  These 2 groups are making that so much easier to ensure he gets to do fun stuff, has someone to talk to and hopefully understands some of what is going on.


Sunday night Ryley and Dad dropped Karlee and Mom off at Grandma's place for supper and then we headed up to McMahon Stadium for the football game.  We stopped in the Stamps store and bought Ryley a t-shirt and then headed for our seats.  We had great seats in section I, row 3 on the east side of the stadium.  Vince Danielsen was great; he brought Ryley a hat and was really nice to us.  They even announced Ryley's name over the PA system.  After watching the Stamps destroy the Eskimos (by 41 points) Vince took us down to the locker room.  Ryley got lots of the players to sign his hat and his shirt.  The players were all really nice (probably didn't hurt that they won) and super friendly.  Ryley now has a hat and t-shirt that he can't wash or wear, but that are an incredible souvenir and reminder of a great evening.  I can't say enough good things about Vince and the Kids Cancer Care Foundation.


Monday morning we were up early and headed to drop Ryley off for Camp Kindle.  This is a camp put on by the Kids Cancer Care Foundation for cancer patients and their siblings.  We were a little concerned about him going away to camp without Mom or Dad.  He spent a little time playing with some of the other campers waiting to get on the bus and when the bus was ready to leave he wasn't even going to say good-bye to Dad.  One of the quilting shops in Calgary made them all beautiful pillow cases with their names on them.  They even managed to get Ryley one even though he wasn't confirmed to go to camp until Wednesday last week.  I'm sure he is having a great time and will make some great friends.