American Idol Spoof

Check this out! It's my debut! No scripts-just off the cuff! Brooklynn is always making videos. I had no idea how much fun it is to do!

Easter happiness

Our family celebration of Easter was Saturday. When I saw the rain and felt the cold temperature I thought, "Oh man! How are we going to hide our eggs!" But the sun popped out and all 90-100 eggs were successfully found inside the house and outside too. The grand kids got to break a pinata (thanks to Scottee)and get prizes for performing their talents for the adults. Talents included making a paper airplane, turning an Easter basket around on one's neck and other creative acts. But I have to say the most fun was the "Bunny Hop" where Mindy had all the adults in a long line hopping and jiving around the kitchen! Good times!

LaBelle Barry

It's my wonderful mother-in-law's 81st birthday this Tuesday. She is the best! If you ever want to smile all you have to do is hear her laugh. She always looks on the bright side and is FULL of faith. I love you mom-B. Happy Birthday!

The Red Hot Society

I went to Utah for our "Red Hot Society's" annual sabatical. It was a blast! We are five high school friends who meet each year in St. George to renew friendships, laugh, cry, shop, eat, learn, watch movies and sleep very little! This was our fourteenth year. How blessed am I to have forever friends as these girls are. I will post pictures as I get them.

I love the Temples of our God

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My mom

My wonderful mom is going to celebrate her birthday next week. She is such an up-beat, caring person who has sacrificed so much for me. She is always trying to serve others and the love she carries with her envelopes everyone! I love you mom! Happy 'Plentysecond' Birthday!

Mindy

Our daughter Mindy will be 27 years old on March 25th. She is and always has been a dream-daughter. I consider her one of my choicest blessings and feel privileged to have been allowed to raise her. Here she is when she was three months old. She's always been a good-natured girl! At five years old, she and Rich (6 years and her best friend) were the flower girl and ring bearer in their cousin's wedding. Now she is the sweet mommy of adorable Ashlyn. (15 months) Mindy and Ryan have been happily married (mostly!) for five years.

Happy Birthday Mindy!

John is cancer free!

Whahoo! Thank you for all your faith and prayers.

Dress-ups at GoGo's

Playing dress-ups is one of the favorite activities that all of grandchildren do at our house.

Brooklynn even got into the fun by wearing one of my old formals from high school. Gotta love the wig!

Bountiful Basket

This is what we got in our Bountiful Basket last Saturday. Such a deal for just $15.00! Pears, apples, bananas, pinapple, tomatos, lettuce, apples, cantalope, onions, celery, strawberries! You can sign-up every other week at Bountiful Baskets.com and select a location that is closest to you. Be sure and take a box to transfer your produce home in.

A giant step forward

John's three hour surgery is over! This picture was taken just before we left the Mayo Clinic yesterday. He has a fake smile, but at least he tried! Recovery is projected to be six weeks, but John will never sit still for that! He has already gotten dressed today and been out walking. He hurts, but he's a trooper! We'll find out next week if all the cancer has been removed. I'll keep you 'posted'!

New and exciting!

I'm a facebook girl now!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Are we coming or going?

After getting several opinions for treatment of John's cancer, we decided to go with Dr Andrews at the Mayo hospital. At 8:00 AM Feb. 12th, we checked into the hospital for surgery. John was all prepped and ready to go with an IV, leg squeezers and even a hairnet on his head. After six hours of waiting and having blood tests run repeatedly, the surgery was canceled due to John's potassium level being too high. Since that helps the heart to beat regularly, they didn't want to take the risk. Also John's EKG was off so they scheduled him with a kidney Dr and a cardiologist for next week. He was given a breathing treatment (like the ones an asthmatic gets) because it helps to drive down the potassium level. When we got home John developed a major problem with his urinary tract due to the effects of the breathing treatment. The Dr told us to go to the emergency room to be catheterized, but John opted to wait it out. About 5:00 AM the medicine of the treatment had worn off and the problem went away. Poor guy. He was to be back at Mayo at 7:00 AM to have his blood rechecked. Dr Andrews called with the good news that everything was normal. The other two Dr appointments were canceled and surgery was rescheduled for March 2. Whew! We feel like we've been on a roller coaster for the last couple of months and it sure would be good to feel solid ground under us! That sounds like I am murmuring. I have too much to be grateful for to do that. We feel sustained through the many prayers asked in our behalf and through the comfort of the Holy Ghost. We don't know why things didn't go as planned on Thursday, but we do know that Heavenly Father is in charge so 'come what may'!

Our #1 son, Greg is 33 years old today. He has a multitude of talents like being an artist, creative, plays instruments, has a good sense of humor, is smart...but my favorite talent of his is the way he listens. It makes me feel really cared about. He puts family relationships high on his priority list and he's pretty darn handsome too! (Gets that from me!) :) I love you Greg, you are the best!