Since I posted last
1. Life has settled down for a few days. We spent the afternoon in the BC temple
and it was wonderful. So good to be home.
2. Then I had my foot surgery the next day. The Dr. said it was minor foot surgery because it was my foot and not his. I laughed then, but not now. I have had such pain on the top of my left foot for a long time. I always thought it was my arches, and I've been to several Dr.'s, but it was never solved. This Dr. took an X-ray and I had bone spurs across the top of my foot. That is why it would hurt when I stood for long periods of time. Anyway, he opened my foot up, chiseled them off, closed it back up and it only took about 40 min. to do it. I wasn't going to take any medicine but ibuprofen, but once the stuff they gave me wore off, I changed my mind.
Me after I got home from the hospital
3. Friday was the only bad day. Saturday I only had to take Ibuprofen. Dad has been a wonderful nurse keeping ice packs on and taking such good care of me. It's much better to have surgery when he is not recovering from surgery also. Wasn't down too long,
I can't believe the pain is gone that I felt before. It is wonderful.
4. We have moved the bookcases out of the family room and in to Mike's room and the dining room.
Dad is going through all the books. We decided it was time to downsize. This has and is a huge job.
5. This one is now in the dining room because we couldn't get it in Mike's old room.
6. Sunday evening with Mike & Emily, and Chris's family.
Such a nice visit.
7. And Ellen and Daniel. Some good bonding time with Caleb!
8. The happy couple:)
9. Leaving to go back home.
10. Yeah! They don't have to say good-bye
11. These are all books Dad is getting rid of. There are quite a few good ones because we had so many duplicates. There are about 5 boxes so far. If you see anything you want, say so.
They will hang around here for several weeks at least, so drop by.
12. We've been trying to have a double date with Ellen and Daniel, and it finally happened.
We got in with a discount from Daniel. Hummm, I think he is my favorite son-in-law.
We really liked the Hobbit. A bit of fighting, but such a good message. We are currently watching the Lord of the Rings for a bit each evening as we do indexing and writing Daddy's history.
13. Had a good interview/visit with Janet and Ralph. She has a picture painted by
Grandma Ella Smith Capener's sister Luttie A. Smith. It has been good for me to learn about my Grandma Capener. I never really knew her very much.
14. Me and Janet (I took my glasses off so I would match her)
15. We spent Friday and Saturday up to David's to give them a hand.
Alaina and Matthew in hats from Carol Coleman. We had a good time and Dad was able to help David do some jobs and I had a good time working with the kids.
They are sure good workers!
16. And we had a fun time also! Matthew with sand art project that Alaina shared with him.
17. Alaina's sand art project.
18. Early morning snuggle and story time with Alaina and Matthew. (Dad caught me off guard)
I forgot to get a picture of one of the most important things I learned up there, at least according to Robert. He showed me how to play Super Mario on the Wii. I learned how to play!
Robert was a good teacher.
I love you all. I'm very thankful for each of you, and I desire to strengthen my relationships with all of my family this year. I really want to get closer to my family - my whole family.
I have been reading letters that my grandmother wrote to my father, and I think we miss too much in life by not writing to each other. Blogs keep you posted on what is happening with me and the family that I come in contact with, but nothing takes the place of personal letters written to each other.
So, write a letter. It's even ok if it's not written in long hand and sent in regular mail. There are some advantages to today's conveniences of email.
But some things never change - the expression of thoughts/feelings between each other.
