Doctor Visits and Dogs

We decided it was time to get ourselves updated on our checkups and shots, so we went for an eye exam and I needed a new prescription on glasses. I also got checked for glaucoma and will have another test next week as it looks suspicious. We will be picking up my new glasses in a few days which I will be wearing most of the time now. The world has gotten more blurry!
I also got a colonscopy...my first one...last Wednesday. The worst part was the night before drinking the medicine to clean me out. If you've never done it, you have to drink a glassful every 15 minutes. By midnight I was very clean. Early the next morning, Bruce took me to the clinic where they gave me a sleepy injection and I promply fell asleep for about 45 minutes. When I woke up, I couldn't remember a thing...which is a good thing! I did have one polyp that the doctor removed and now I'm good for another five years. Sometime soon, I would also like our hearing checked. It's the pitts getting older.

While I rested up after the colonoscopy, I finished knitting Clarks' sweater. I think it's a little too bright!

Gucci looked a little sad after Andy and I took all the dogs to update their shots. She was also throwing up and had an occasional twitch in her leg. So Bruce and Andy took her to an after-hours animal clinic. She was having a reaction to the shots, probably because she is so small and they gave her a steroid and antihistamine which helped. She's only getting one shot at a time next time.

She's feeling her happy self again. Her pink bandage said "ouch" on it. We've had enough of doctors for awhile.

MARCHING ON

Raidon is facinated with gadgets and buttons. This day he wanted to try his hand at taking pictures. Here are some of the ones he took of Daddy Andy.....

our living room wall.....

Grandma Howard.... well her shoulder....

and himself. Not too bad for under 2 yrs. old. Below you'll see a shooting space toy he loves and a trick he and Andy like to do pretending to snore. They make me laugh! Sarah and Josh Davis, a friend, came to see us also.

HAPPY VALENTINES TO ALL OUR GRANDCHILDREN

It's so much fun being a grandparent! I'm dedicating this post to our six beautiful grandchildren. Our oldest is the beautiful Whitney, who just turned 15.

Next is the very handsome Zachary, or Zach as we often call him, who just turned 11.

Princess Emily is five...

Sweet Sophie is two...

Full of fun, Raidon, is two in April...

And last (for now), but not least, is the charmer, Wyatt, who is 18 months old. I love them all. They are my valentines!!! Jeri

Our January Trip To Washington

We want to thank Spencer and Jane for making us so welcome and comfortable at their home early this month. It was a joy to see them and our grandson, Wyatt, who is now 18 months old.

Wyatt loves his Grandpa Howard. One rainy day we took a trip to the zoo where Wyatt enjoyed seeing the animals.

Lee's birthday was January 10th and we enjoyed a lasagna dinner by Karyn. Happy Birthday to Lee!!! The girl with dark hair is Veronica from Ukraine who is an exchange student living with them until school is out this summer. Thank you Lee and Karyn for a nice dinner and visit.

Wally and Roz are Spencer and Jane's cats. Wyatt likes playing with them and they are going to help chase birds and rodents away from the garden this year. It was so funny watching them play with yarn!

But the most fun was just watching Wyatt play.

CHRISTMAS 2009

We had a Ukrainian Christmas Eve dinner this year. Sarah was a big help in putting it all together. Here she is making the golubtsi which is like cabbage rolls.

Can you tell by the looks on these faces that we all enjoyed it? We even got Nick Lasker to join us.

With Sarah's help in translating this recipe for myedovik, I was able to make this dessert by myself.

Then we all exchanged gifts. This is a hat that Diane got from Sarah.

And what is Christmas without Bruce and his guitar to accompany us in some carols?

Thanks to Candace and Jared, we had our traditional cinnamon rolls for breakfast on Christmas morning.

Later in the day we visited Bruce's mother in Orem. We had a good day!

When we got our Raidon that Sunday, Andy had to be gone trucking. So this is a sad boy talking to his daddy on the phone.

We had fun anyway and got a little story time in before he had to go back home. Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and will have a good New Years coming soon!

GETTING READY FOR CHRISTMAS

My office is ready. We just had our Christmas potluck luncheon and ate way too much! This is Allie, hygenist, Cheryl, assistant, and me, office manager.

Sue, Diane, and Sharon are the receptionists downstairs who put the party together. Thanks for everything you do!

Since we had a Thanksgiving dinner after Diane and Dallon got married, we decided to have a waffles brunch on Thanksgiving Day. Bruce cooked the eggs and bacon (yummy from Jared and Candace)..........

and the girls made the waffles. It was all too delicious!

The other guys hung out until the food was ready. It's great to have Rick come for the holidays.

We still enjoy having Raidon on Sundays and now we found out we get to have him on Christmas Day too! Yay!

We're almost ready for Christmas at our house. Bruce showed what a "Scrouge" he's not by putting up our lights.

But I always get the job inside. It's fun anyway. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Diane and Dallon's Wedding

I have always thought it would be nice if we could have our children's wedding reception in our back yard, but I never thought the wedding would be there. But that was where it ended up for Diane and Dallon.

It was a cold day and had just snowed the day before, but the sky was clear and the sun came out. The minister was a friend of Diane's and was his first ceremony.

This was the entire congregation, but they chose to keep it immediate family.

After the ceremony outside, we came inside and had an early Thanksgiving dinner. We set up an extra table to accomodate the group. Dallon has a nice family. His parents and one sister. Our good friend and Candace's sister, Brandy Johnson came and took the pictures which turned out very good. See her blog at www.sweethoneyphoto.com.