2011 Is Over

Wow! I can't believe I haven't wrote since January! So, here goes. I did get my hip surgeries. Both of them. The first was March 1st in the University Hospital in SLC by Dr. Kubiac and was able to come home and have the Good Shephards people come for therapy. The second in Roosevelt by Dr Mason. Then I spent ten days in the Villa for therapy. Corena Smith was there recuperating from knee surgery and encouraged Wanda to have me go there. It was a nice place and good therapy, but I was ready to go home in a week, but my girls thought I should stay longer so I made it another three days and pretty well insisted that I go home. The therapy people were impressed at how well I did and said I could go home any time I wanted. I had had a bad night the first Sunday I was there with a nervous situation that was pretty bad. I have had the problem before and asked if there was someone to give me a blessing - which always helps..But the boy-nurse said he didn't know of anyone. Corena finally called Wendy and she called Kay in St George who called her son, Kenny. Then we thought of my friend, Betty Gilbert who lives there and she sent her husband and grandson at the same time as Kenny and his soon to be son-in-law. So I had plenty of priesthood finally. The nurse-guy wouldn't give me the lortab that would have helped either. I was not happy with him. Between the medicin and the blessing I finally relaxed enough to sleep. I hate doing this whatever it is. Anyway, Gay came and got me on the tenth day and I have never been so glad to be home. The Good Shepherd people came again for a couple of weeks.

I have recuperated really well. It is just my broken back that won't let me be. This has been a strange summer. I was able to go to Ed. Week with my girls again and it was great as always. It always amazes me to see the thousands of people who are there to better themselves. We stayed at the Dorms again and it was fun.

My garden was kindof a failure. Things just didn't grow right. Seemed like spring lasted till July. I wasn't able to work it like it needed either. I keep thinking that I should forget a garden, but can't seem to let it go.

Gay has been here since August working with builders to renevate her house. She thought it would be done by the end of November, but she is still here and it looks more like March before she can go to Alaska to Duane. They visit as a family every Sunday on Skype. That's pretty neat. They have gotten three new grandbabies this year...Josh and Mindy have twin girls, Clair and Jane. Dillon and Valerie have a little Dillon, Turin.

Wendy bought an older house this year and is working on it herself to re-build the inside. She just works on it as she can. She took a couple of months off while doing stuff for Megan's wedding. We are all happy to have Jeffery Thorn in our family. They are a sweet couple. He is so good to Megan. She seems to be plagued with health problems. It is hard for her.

Wendy has been blessed to have a new son-inlaw, a new daughter-in-law Johannah, a new grandbaby, Reme Jade, and went to the temple with Jonathon and Meghan in November.

Matt and Johanna got married in October before he went to Irac. He made it home for Thanksgiving and Megan and Jeff's wedding to meet his sweet baby girltoo.

Jeff and Megan were Married December 3rd in Hiland at a Wedding center. It was beautiful and everything went well. They planned on a Temple wedding but the Stake President thought they needed to wait.

In October Wanda & Carl Ray went on a cruise back east and the night before they left I had a strange dream that Bob came to me and told me not to worry, he would be there for me the next three months. I was really nervous about their trip...was something bad going to happen? But it didn't and they had a wonderful time. Later the need for support came.

April and Justin got a beautiful little boy added to thier family, named Brigham. Two weeks later, Justin was holding him and a light fixture (the universe) fell and he went to knock it away and the baby arched his back and slipped out of his arm hitting on his head. He rushed him to the hospital but didn't want to say he dropped him, so said that the baby fell off the bed. A really dumb thing to say because he had to admit what really happened and so the police was called and he was taken to jail facing abuse charges. So starte the horrible nightmare of events. Carl Ray got him out on bail, but they would not let him go home or near the children. He stayed with Carl Ray's sister Donnetta. Two terrible months of one thing and another. The families have had to pay thousands to lawyers and to help them with living expenses because neither have been able to work steady. Finally just before Christmas Child Services dropped their charges of abuse and they were able to come here for a couple of weeks. Today was another hearing about obstruction of justice because of his lying about what happened. It sounds better, but he will still have a court hearing in March. Many, many prayers, letters and support have been had for them. I do believe his Grandpa Bob has been there for us also as he promised.

So that's it for 2011. We've multiplied greatly and have been blessed in many ways.