The Katie Grace Kelley blog has been set up to allow her friends and family to follow her progress as
she battles leukemia. Katie was two years old when she was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic
leukemia in January of 2008. By June of 2010, she was officially a cancer survivor...
Today I have basketball practice! My team is Okay but we haven't won any games. I am really excited to play because my next game is against Lowell and two girls from that team accidentally hurt me so I want to show them that if you hurt me I get up and keep going strong.
As you can see in the photo, I was cast as one of the lead orphans in Annie. My friend Annika was cast as Annie, my friends from dance and school were cast as orphans and as other characters. I was cast as Duffy the biggest and one of the oldest orphans.
School is going well. I am doing the science fair and this year my project is mapping your taste buds. I am also doing history day and my project is Alexander Hamilton.
The video underneath is from my science fair project from two years ago.
This is now April 4, 2016 and I am feeling great!!!! No cancer and I feel awesome. I am now in 5th grade at school and my favorite subject is math. I love sports!!!!!! The sports I do are soccer, basketball, dance, and more
I finally got around to organizing all of the photos from the trip that are worth sharing and uploading them to the web. So here they are all in one place. Click the photo below to get to the entire photo album.
Our final day on our wish trip to Florida was spent shopping for souvenirs and traveling. We had a final breakfast in the village, spent some time just relaxing and enjoying the Florida weather, and then packed our bags for the airport. At 11am, we checked out of the Give Kids the World village, and hopped over to Downtown Disney for some souvenir shopping. Josh quickly spotted a Lego store and both Josh and Katie browsed every section of the store and came out with enough Legos to keep them busy for the next several days. Lego and souvenir shopping complete, we grabbed a quick lunch and then headed for the airport. Shortly after 9pm we arrived back in Burlington Vermont right at the tail end of a snow storm. There were 6 to 8 new inches of soft, powdery snow waiting to welcome us home. A limo was waiting to transport us home from the airport, a 2-hour trip in good weather. The trip took about 3 hours this time and all four of us ended up falling asleep during the ride. Our Disney vacation had tired us all out.
Even with a good night's sleep behind us, we are all still moving slowly today. The kids have both been assembling their Lego creations and watching movies. We need a couple more days of rest. With school starting up again on Wednesday, life will resume its normal pace soon enough.
Our final day on our wish trip to Florida was spent shopping for souvenirs and traveling. We had a final breakfast in the village, spent some time just relaxing and enjoying the Florida weather, and then packed our bags for the airport. At 11am, we checked out of the Give Kids the World village, and hopped over to Downtown Disney for some souvenir shopping. Josh quickly spotted a Lego store and both Josh and Katie browsed every section of the store and came out with enough Legos to keep them busy for the next several days. Lego and souvenir shopping complete, we grabbed a quick lunch and then headed for the airport. Shortly after 9pm we arrived back in Burlington Vermont right at the tail end of a snow storm. There were 6 to 8 new inches of soft, powdery snow waiting to welcome us home. A limo was waiting to transport us home from the airport, a 2-hour trip in good weather. The trip took about 3 hours this time and all four of us ended up falling asleep during the ride. Our Disney vacation had tired us all out.
