Good News Week!

Ed's 3 week check-up on Tuesday brought good news. His infection is decreasing and he got his stitches removed, so now he can shower and he can start putting weight on his left leg. We were so up-beat after the visit that we went and checked out Forest River Toy Haulers. Yes! We really think we will be able to start using our four-wheelers in a few months.

The grandkids came from Texas. Since we couldn't go there, we brought them to Utah. We are playing lots of games with them. On Wednesday we took them to a Grizzley Ice Hockey game and bought them new T-shirts. The best part was when the Grizzlies scored and lights started flashing and a big train went through the E Center (well, it felt like it. The whistle tooted and the sound of the chu chu made the seats rumble.) Wednesday is $5 night for students and families. They also have $2 hotdogs, fries,and drinks. I bought Kimy and Karston T-shirts of Utah's Grizzley Hockey team to take back to Texas.

Also, that same day, I foiled Kimy's hair in about 65 foils. We figure it's a $200 job (at $3 a foil.) She went darker than last time with red highlights. It shimmers red in the sun and bright lights.

Today we tended Kimball and Bryce took time to play a few rounds of Settlers of Catan with us. Tonight I cooked hamburgers and the kids friends came over and they watched a movie.

We get to have them for six whole days before spring break ends and they have to go back. What a fun time we are having!

Watching a lot of movies and other stuff...

We took Ed to the doctor's twice this week. The first time was to have an ultrasound on his left leg to see if the constant pain he is having was caused from a blood clot. Negative!

The second time to Dr. Rasmussen to see if all the redness and hot tissue in his incision area might be a new concern for infection. Negative, again. The doctor felt it was normal for what Ed's body has gone through. So, now we wait until Tuesday when the stitches come out. Ed will be glad when he can take a real shower, again. We are hoping for a good report that the staff infection is lessening.

We watched two really great movies this week and I highly recommend them. One was "Australia." Bill and Barbara came over and watched it with us. It's nice that Ed can make the descent into the basement so that we can watch movies with a big screen, surround sound, and all of us sitting in recliners. The other movie was "The Bucket List." Both are the heart-warming type. Another movie we started late on a dreary day earlier this week was "Minority Report." It was long and drawn-out and rather dark, so we stopped it 45 minutes from the end, before we got too depressed. Now, I think I want to know the ending, so I may rent it another time unless someone has seen it and can tell me how it turns out.

I finished reading a book for the ward bookclub, "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy," by Gary D. Schmidt. It is a juvenile novel, easy reading, but well-written. Another high recommendation.

We got to tend Kimball two times this week. He is so sweet and it is so much fun to hold him, love him, and take care of him. I tend Kimball while Bryce hibernates in the basement and studies for his big test that is coming up in June

I spent a good part of today preparing for my Sunday School lesson. The week has gone rather quickly. Derek comes tomorrow for the weekend and then the grandkids come on Tuesday. Next week should be a fun-packed one for us all.

Every couple of weeks I spend a few nights watching Hannity or Bill O'Reilly to see what's happening in the nation. It's interesting for awhile and then I get tired of it all, and them, and I stay away from it for awhile. A steady diet of that stuff is too much and can get too depressing. Nothing we can do about it anyway, although I do think it is good to be somewhat informed.

For the most part, life isn't too bad. We have settled into a certain ebb and flow.