Dad's Diary - a journey through childhood cancer

I have finally began to recover from the last two weeks of festivities. It has been busy but I think I finally beginning to catch up. I finally have adequate opportunity to do all of the things I should have been doing had I not been so busy. First, Ainsley's Birthday - in all of the hustle and bustle I had forgotten to post all of the pictures from her birthday party at the house. You will probably notice her newest toy - an official pink Barbie mobile. If it were possible to where ruts into concrete with a plastic car I can assure you it would have happened already. In fact, with all of the driving that she has done I can now state with reasonable evidence that it is truly impossible. However, it is not from a lack of trying.

You may also notice from some of the pictures that the Dungan pool is now open for business. Although it still was not warm enough for me (I require a minimum of 82 degrees), the kiddos are already enjoying it to it's fullest. My she has grown up hasn't she?

If you would be interested in seeing some of Ainsley's other birthday pictures you can find them here:

http://flickr.com/photos/62846396@N00/sets/72157605387355656/

The other good news about finally having a few minutes to catch up is that I can finally begin to post information about my trip to the Advances in Neuroblastoma Research (ANR) in Japan. I have completed my first article for the CNCF (there will be a series of articles). If you are interested in finding out more about the ANR, what it is about, and what I learned; you can read about it here:

http://www.cncf-childcancer.org/cs/blogs/under_the_microscope/archive/2008/05/30/Advances_in_Neuroblastoma_Research.aspx

Well, I must be off. There are articles to be written and purpose to accomplish.