Draper Temple Open House

We went to see the Draper Temple Open House back the end of January, it was great! While I was there I did all the checking on if it would work to be able to take Nana. It seemed it would be a piece of cake. So I came home and asked her if she was interested. She said yes, So we finally got around to it.

Jon wanted to take her so I just let him. We had a day when we had a car here during the day that she could actually get into and off they went. I think this one is cool because you can barely make out the temple through the window. I didn't notice it right away!

A Senior Citizen bus showed up just before they did, so they had to wait for a wheel chair, but it was all good.

I forgot to send a camera, but I texted Jon and told him to take a couple with his camera phone. Aren't those just the most convenient little things?!!

They both seemed to enjoy the excursion and Nana couldn't resist buying lunch on the way home!! Carl's Jr.!!

Nana Must be Feeling Better....

I just have to mention that Nana is doing better and better. We're not sure how why or how long this will last, but this is where we are at now!

On Sunday she decided she would attend Sacrament Meeting. We go to church from 9am to Noon. Sacrament Meeting is last @ 10:50am. I told her we would come back to get her between Sunday School and Sacrament Meeting. I told her to be ready by 10:30. Well, 10:30 rolls around and I didn't have keys to any of the cars, I had to wait for SS to get out (10:40) to get someone to go get her or get any keys to get her myself. (Doug was actually teaching so I couldn't interrupt). But I figured we still had plenty of time. I only told her to be ready that soon because if we got away that early I wanted her ready. Anyway, Jon was the first one out and I asked him to go get her. Apparently, she was afraid we forgot her and didn't want to miss the Sacrament, so she decided to start walking all by herself!

How she managed to get her walker off the front porch without falling, I'll never know!!! She was down the street and to the corner by the time Jon got there! She said she was waiting 15 minutes on the front porch before she decided to try to come on her own. Well then she must have been ready quite a bit early, because she was to the meeting on time! I'm sure it took some time for her to sit there, then get the idea to start on her own, work up the courage to actually do it, then actually get the walker not only out the door but down the porch, then she had to walk all the way to the corner! I think she was ready a lot earlier than she thought!

I about had a fit when I found out what she had done! All I could think about was her falling off the porch with that walker and breaking something!!! She didn't, though! For that I am truly grateful!!

I had to make her promise not to ever do that again!! (unless, of course, the house was on fire!!!!!)

Another Update

Just a little note to say Nana is doing pretty well these days!

She actually took a shower all by herself, today!! She says she wants to make me proud of her by doing what she can for herself. She said it was hard, but she was glad she tried. I told her that's how to do it!

She seems to be experiencing little to no pain in her arm, hand and shoulder in the last couple of weeks. We are very happy about that.

Love to you all!!

Nana Update...

Well, I thought I should write an update on Nana. She actually has had a very rough month both physically and emotionally.

She started to have pain again in her shoulder and arm and into her hand. I mentioned this back on the Dec 17th post. It only has started letting up just the last couple of days! We are so happy to hopefully see the end of that. Unfortunately, it has left her very weak again because of being in bed a lot this last month. She has to work herself back up to where she was before.

The only problem is I don't know if she wants to work herself back up. Emotionally, she's feeling like she's tired of hanging around. She thinks it would be easier to just pass on. It's hard to get her to understand that it might not be easier, she would just be trading one set of problems for another set. That's sometimes good, but sometimes, not so good. Unfortunately, we don't usually get to choose our problems (or I like to call them learning experiences).

We had to put a heating blanket on her, it just seemed that no matter how many blankets I put on her, she was cold. At first, when I put the heating blanket on, I put it on top and it didn't seem to help much. So I remade her bed and put the heating blanket closer to the bottom of the pile, with blankets on top to hold the heat in. That seemed to do the trick! Now she's all snug and warm, she doesn't want to get out of bed!! All she wants to do is stay in bed and watch her shows!

Hopefully, things will continue to improve and her spirits will improve with it.

Love to all!!

Family Christmas Open House

Nana decided she wanted to have a get together with everyone and have a nice dinner and spend time together. She said,

"No presents, just your presence!!"

We ordered a deli sandwich from Dick's and had salads and a wonderful Costco cake!

Look who was able to make it!!

Yup, Good Old Jesse James came over straight from the airport!!

Nana asked for a kiss, right on the lips!!




Happy Momma!!

CC girl!

Nattie Girl!

Some of us went downstairs and played on the Wii!

I'm told they had lots of fun!!

This was hilarious.

I asked Jen to scoot closer to Nana to get a picture together.

Nana grabbed the dog and pulled her close inbetween them.

Lady took full advantage of the plate sitting right in front of her!!

Sitting around the table eating and visiting!

For those of you who couldn't be here...We missed you!!

And for those of you who came,

Thank You, It was great seeing you!!

Merry Christmas, Nana!!

I just wanted to take a moment to wish you a very merry Christmas!! I love you so much and it is so wonderful to share another joyous Christmas season with you!!

Lots of hugs and many more kisses!!

MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

PS- The kids really love watching you "shake it!" :)
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Bad Week

Poor Nana has had a really bad week. I really can't explain what is going on but all of a sudden she is feeling an incredible amount of pain, almost all the time. It started last wednesday. She's back on some hard pain killers. So she's pretty loopy all the time!! She can't keep the days straight and then gets upset when she gets it wrong.

I just hope it lets up soon.