Monday, July 30, 2012

hormworm


Hello, two days ago we found a tomato hornworm in our garden, it’s about 3.5-4 inches long now but it’s getting bigger every day. They eat tomato plants and can decimate the plant in a matter of weeks. I put some large leaves and a tomato in its tank last night and this morning the leaves and half the tomato were gone. They’re really big and they have a large horn at the end of their body. They look really creepy but they are harmless (more or less). 
Love, Rena
 

Friday, July 20, 2012


This week I babysat for the first time! It was really fun and she was really easy to babysit, she just played and ate cheese. I also went to a family reunion, we ate, talked, and I met family that I didn’t know I had. To top it all of today we all went to the art fair it was really fun, we saw some really cool stuff, and I got an air brush tattoo. Finally tomorrow I am going to one of my best friend’s house to sleep over for her birthday. Have a great week end!
Love, 
Rena 


Wednesday, July 11, 2012


Hello,
  So far this summer I went to visit Marylou in Chicago, and moved into my new house with my family.

 During my trip I went swimming (a lot), I went to the zoo to see the extreme bug exhibit, and I spent time with my family there. It was a lot of fun and I was both sad and happy to come home. 

We have been living in our new house for two weeks so far and it has been great. I have almost unpacked all of my stuff but soon I will have to move some of it out to paint anyways. I look forward to my plans for the rest of the summer and I hope you all have a great vacation.  
love,
Rena




 

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Rena's summer blog - School is Out!


School is out for the year and I start eighth grade in the fall. On  the  last  day  of  school  we  went  outside  and  signed  each other’s  year books. We had a school talent show.

I am really happy  that  school  is  out.   I  am hoping to go  to  like  three  different  summer  camps  this  year.  My  mom  wanted  me  to  go  to  hobbit  camp.  One  of  the  camps  is  for  the  whole  family  and  only  thirty  people  at  the  clinic  are  going. Its at a dude ranch where we’ll be assigned our own horse to ride for a week.   Also, we are going to move to our new house in about a week.  Once we get  all moved  were getting  a  dog!  

To  me  summer  means  sleeping  in  and  not  getting  homework, but  not everything is fun. This  summer  my  mom wakes  me  up  at  seven  or  eight  and  she gives me  a  lot  of  homework  every  day.  As part of my homework I’m going to write in this blog every week. Also, on  Wednesday  I  got  five  teeth  pulled,  and  afterwards  it  hurt  a lot.  I’m feeling much better now, but I have really big holes in my mouth.
Have a great summer!
Rena

Friday, February 17, 2012

1 Year Since Daignosis

It has been 1 year today since Rena was diagnosed with Leukemia.  We are calling it her "diagnosiversary".   Rena is seeing this as a really positive day to celebrate her triumph over cancer. What a champion! 

Monday, February 13, 2012

BACK TO SCHOOL!

We are very excited to share that Rena returned to school today.  Her classmates were very welcoming and she had a great first day back.  She is taking math, english, social studies, science, health and art (of course).    

Monday, February 6, 2012

Not back to school just yet...

Hi everyone.  Rena has had a small delay returning to school.  Her counts had not sufficiently recovered to start back this week, but we anticipate that she will return this coming Monday.  She is anxious to get back to school and is enjoying watching old episodes of Family Guy and Heroes on Netflix.