Utah US Continental Pageant

What a night! Oh my goodness I just want to start out and thank all the people who helped out that night. It all was an amazing surprise. They all surprised us by playing Alivia's video (located on the bottom of the page) and having Livi be their special guest for the evening. Livi got a beautiful crown and a sash that says PRINCESS ALIVIA on it. They also had an entire page in their program that was dedicated to Livi, saying all about the day she was diagnosed and where to donate in her name. It was seriously the most amazing surprise ever. I was balling of course and so was everyone else in the auditorium!

Here is Livi with Miss Utah Teen USA and Mrs. Utah teen USA, they absolutley loved her to pieces!

Here she is yelling at me because this was her stage!! What a goof....Then her and Kynzie danced the night away during intermission. They were quite the entertainers!

Her special job was to escort all the contestants to their place, she did a wonderful job!!

The three women who made this whole night possible. I would especially like to thank Mrs. Utah US continental Keara Wright for again touching our lives and helping us out so much. You are all truely amazing and I could never thank you enough for the joy you have brought to my daughters life!!

Maintenance Appointment #2

Livi was not so happy to be at clinic today, I didnt get many pictures because she kept getting mad at me....steriods for ya!!

What a wonderful feeling! Month #2 of Maintenance...Its been pretty easy so far...Livi hasnt been too sick. She gets sick after she takes her dose of Methotrexate which is every Friday then after clinic of course. This last time she was begging for a burrito after we left so we stopped to get her one. Well when we pulled her out of the car she threw up all over...no burrito for Livi. We went home and she slept the rest of the day. I though getting just one dose of one kind of chemo would be so much easier, but apparently I was wrong. Its fine though nothing we're not used to. We also got to start steriods again...Ohhh Myyyy Goshhhh.....It so hard to just look at your little girl while she is screaming at you at the top of her lungs and just say "I love you honey.." Then its hard for little brothers who have to be subjected to it as well. Ryker this last time ended up with a huge bruise on his face from his sister biting him. Steroids for ya.....I try to just keep them away from eachother and to just be super calm with Livi because she has no idea why or what is happening to her.

She went to school a few times this month too! She was so excited to see everyone! It makes me so happy to see her doing so well. When people ask me how shes doing I just want to burst in to tears because I am so grateful of how lucky we are...we really got handed the most horrible thing you could possibly imagine and to have our daughter handling it so well has been a huge blessing and I am grateful every single day. It just teaches you to not take anything for granted, to live each day to the fullest.

Photo Shoot!

What an amazing day this was. Livi loved every second of it! She is always in the mood to get her picture taken and even though it was freezing outside and I would wrap her in a blanket in between pictures, you cant even tell she is cold. Heather you did an absolutely amazing job! Thank you so much!!

I wanted to get pictures taken of her before her hair grows back and have them be absolutely extraordinary, so I called the right person! I guess just that out of all the horrible things that this little girl had to go through the last little bit, her being bald is the only thing I want her to remember. She rocked the bald head! Now that it is starting to grow back I am going to miss it. I went back and read my blog post about how awful this part was going to be, and really it was so amazing. It never once bothered her, she never cared and no one else ever did either. I must say though it was nice to get a break from doing her hair everyday. Just grab a hat and go!

A huge thanks to Heather Telford for these wonderful pictures!! You have given us the opportunity to take this memory and save it forever!