Hello everyone!

We were originally going to name this blog Renée in Rochester but decided that the subject of the blog was broader than that—about our lives in Rochester and Renée specifically. So, I will be writing a bit too, and together we'll try to share our time here.

It's been windy. Wind gusts of up to 45mph have been blowing through town. The temperature is expected to dip to a low of 32 degrees tonight. I asked a nurse today when snowfall usually came here and she said she'd love for snow to come in late October. "Last year it didn't snow for months. The wind-chill was forty-below but we didn't have snow until December."

Here's some pictures from the last week:

In good spirits. Near St. Mary's Hospital on the way to Caribou Coffee.






Morning at the Ronald McDonald House.





Dinner.





And by popular demand... the mask. Renee's radiology mask was molded to meet the contours of her face and attaches to the table so that each radiation session will radiate the same area. Each of the markers bolted to the mask allow the radiology techs to pinpoint the location of her head to align the machine (using lasers on the ceiling...yes lasers on the ceiling, how cool is that?)






Nah. Not that one. We're just getting ready for Halloween. Here's the real one...



More soon!