Happy 6th Birthday Anna

Tonight we celebrated Anna's 6th birthday -three days early. She picked her dinner - meatloaf and baked potatoes. She also chose a confetti cake. We opened presents from Rachel, Corrine and grandpa & I. The Barlows will be gone on her birthday so we celebrated early.

Happy Birthday Ginger

Today is Ginger Clinton's birthday. Dad and I went to the cemetary to see her new headstone and to put a flag by it. We happened to arrive when Jason and the children were there which was a fun treat for us to see them.

The flag with the yellow note in this picture if from us. We also ran in to Heather Moody, another of Melinda's (and our family) friends. She was there with her daughter. The flowers and the balloons in this picture is from Heather and Melinda. The children had already let a few of the balloons go before we arrived.

Spending Time with Mom in Utah

On Tuesday, October 14th I received a phone call from my brother Gordon. Mom had been found on her front porch about 3:00 pm. She had been there for about six hours. Dave and I immediately packed our bags and headed to Utah. Michelle and her girls went with us.

They determined mom had a small stroke. She spent a week in the hospital and then she was transferred to a rehab center. Dave and Michelle stayed for a week. I had the opportunity and privilege to stay with mother during this time.

Grandma made huge improvements each day and continues to get better. Aunt Kathryn came regularly to visit her sister. After two weeks in rehab she was released. I spent a couple days preparing for her trip to California. Today she and I flew to So. California. She will stay with family to continue to rehab. We feel blessed she is doing so well and making such great progress.