Neck Shots

Sounds like a funny title, huh, but I had six injections in the nerves on the right side of my neck. This is a pre-requisite to having a procedure where the nerves in my neck will be burned with radio frequency if it works with the temp. shots. I feel pretty good right now, but I'm not sure where this is going yet. I need to check in with the pain clinic tomorrow and get more feed back. I'll keep you all posted on that.
Today would have been my mother's 95th birthday. My dad said he put flowers on her grave last night.

Scott's Halloween Party

Last night (Saturday) we had a very nice time at Scott's and Kari's annual Halloween Party. Every one of our local family were there except Anita and Emma.
Kari and Scott went all out on decorations and Scott even cut some of his cartoon character's and Halloween stuff in his fire barrel. The kids all had lots of fun running around and chasing each other.

Kamden's famous 'trick'

Angie and her little boys were here on Thursday. Kam had a little bathroom need, removed his damp pull-up and went to the bathroom. When he came back in the buff, I told him to go get his pull-up so we could put it back on. He calmly walked out to the patio, where we were having lunch, and chucked the pull-up at my head. I said, "hey, dude!" to which he answered, "Oh, you got a headache?" What a crackup that little one is !

Send off Sleepover

On Friday and Saturday we had a send off sleepover for Hadley and Cole. They will be leaving tomorrow, (Sunday, Oct. 19th) for their new home in Saratoga Springs, Utah. We will sorely miss them and Natalie and Tyler. Jeff's kids were not able to to come. We REALLY missed them. On Friday evening the kids came. They were so thrilled to be together that all 'planned' activities were delayed and the kids just played house, tag, hide and seek, etc. We even had an impromptu wedding. The girls found flowers in the play room. That prompted a 'wedding' complete with oversized T-shirt wedding dress and bridesmaid dresses. After a couple hours of play, we had sloppy joes and then made and decorated Halloween cupcakes. I think maybe some of the kids ate more cupcakes than they decorated and others just wanted to decorate and not eat. Grandpa played Shoots and Ladders with Carson and Cole, but the girls were too busy playing house to want to play any games. Later we put on movies to calm the kids (and grandma) down so we could all get some sleep. By 7:30 in the morning everyone was up and ready to go again. Grandpa left with Scott to help Tyler load up the trailer. I made pancakes for breakfast and Klara and Carson very graciously brought in all dishes from the patio and helped clean that up. There was more tag and hide-and-seek going on for a couple hours, then we made Halloween cards and a big mess. We had to clean up all too soon so we could go to Peter Piper Pizza for lunch and get Klara and Charlotte to the airport to meet Ron by 1:30 for their ride home (Ron was working); Carson had a ball game at 2:15 and Riley had voice lessons at 2:00. Hadley and Cole had a party at their great-grandma's about 3:00 and I dragged home dead tired but feeling good that the kids had so much fun.
I have to thank Warren for helping me so much Friday night. I got really sick (I think from my flu shot) and I really needed his help. THANKS SO MUCH! We will surely miss Hadley and Cole at our future cousins' parties. Thanks to all of you who made the effort to come. We had SUCH a good time.

Send off for Hadley and Cole

Camping and Utah, Fall 2008

Camping and Utah

We had so much fun camping with Natalie's and Jeff's families the end of September! I bought small clip boards and mechnaical pencils for all the kids and we had a great scavenger hunt. On the list were: animal bones, animal tracks, animal poop, oak leaves, mushrooms and other stuff. The kids did very well and even found animal bones. I have to admit I 'planted' some along the game trail we took, but the kids also found several additional ones. We loved playing games and sharing meals. I took hikes everyday with the kids and adults that chose to participate. Oh, what fun and Oh how MUCH I will miss Natalie and her family. If you don't know, they have sold their home and will be leaving for the Alpine area of Utah (near Lehi) on or about October 20th! YES, THAT SOON! Of course we wish them all the best.

I flew to Salt Lake October 1, the day after I came home from camping. I rented a car and spent a day and a night with Melanie. Theresa met us for lunch on Wednesday. We saw a cute haircut and I told Melanie I wish I knew someone that could cut my hair like that. She said she knew just the person, her beautician; called her, got me an appointment for 8 a.m. on Thursday, before my departure to Logan and walla, new do. I like it. My hair just wasn't attractive long and I knew it. I went to Logan to spend five days my dad for his 88th birthday. On Friday my sisters, Esther, Briga and Monica, as well as my dad and his friend Ernst Blaser, who turned 90 the day before, went to Wendover, Nevada for the day. Eva didn't want to go with us. As usual Esther did very well at the slots. She bet about $15 and came home with over $800!! All but $50 of that was won on the penny machines! I bet $16 and came home with just under $40, my dad lost the $3 he played, Briga was down about 12 cents, Monica came home with about $62, I think. Ernst chose not to play. He had fun just watching. We also had a fabulous lunch while we were there. Saturday after the morning conference session we drove to the Girls Camp in Logan canyon, even though it was raining. You can see the wonderful colors.
I love conference and am sad it it over. Sorry I didn't get pictures of my dad and sisters, but no photos allowed in the casino and when we got back it was late and the last thing on my mind was taking pictures. Maybe my sisters will have some later, but I don't think so.
I got home last night and this morning (Wednesday) I had to be at the surgery center is North Scotsdale for my second epidural in my neck. I spent most of the day resting and very relaxed.
Sorry this got so long. Love you all so very much!