Dillon's graduation

We attended Dillon's graduation at Utah State.  He did it!!!  We are so proud of him and we look forward to the next few years of his life.  He told us he will finish out the automotive classes he's been taking at the tech school.  He was specially selected to be in this program and he also received a scholarship for it.  He has fixed up and sold many cars the past few years and made some money doing it.  He plans to have his own business after he serves a mission for the church.  Anyway, you'll have to ask him more. :)  Very talented young man. 

 

Now we're off to St. Louis, MO to see Madison's graduation and attend Olivia's dance recital!!

Mission

Today we spoke with the doctor on Thursday and he is nearly finished with our paperwork and will soon send it to our Bishop.  Once the Bishop gets that we will make an appointment with him to go over everything.  The paperwork should be all done by then.  Next after that will be an appointment with the Stake President.  So..... getting closer.  :):) 

Family. It's what's forever!

On Sunday we stopped over to the graveyard in Fielding to visit Morgan and Logan's grave (Tia and Deren's two little ones).  We cleaned the grave and left some flowers.  Love those two little ones.  I regret that I forgot to get a picture while we were there. :(  The headstone is so sweet. 

Memorial day was spent with Catherine, Jeremy, Matthew, and Brett at Tia and Deren's house and family.  We enjoyed the farm, especially the boys.  They got to gather the eggs from the hens.  So cool!!  And then Tia let us take the eggs home.  As many of you know they just hatched some chicks and so the boys got to see and pet them.  It was funny to watch the boys warm up to those feathery little things.  Their dog Cass was carefully watching over the chicks to make sure the boys took good care of them.  See in the picture.  I personally enjoyed the lilacs and irises.  Tia had a bouquet of the lilacs on her table.  Nice!  Then we had a picnic at their house and watched the boys play in the mud.  Their favorite was the swing in the huge willow tree in the front yard.  Thanks Tia and Deren and family for a fun cool awesome day!!!

 

We cannot attend Anthony's graduation on Friday because they only got so many tickets and there weren't enough, so we went to his seminary graduation.  Funny thing about that, he was scheduled to lead the opening and closing songs for this, but he was late because of a soccer meeting and no one knew that.  And Julia didn't know he was supposed to lead the opening song and so when they said his name her eyes got big and she jumped up, knowing he wasn't there yet and went up and asked the announcer if she should do it for him and of course they said yes.  Then he announced that a prettier version of Anthony would lead the song. :):)  Then Anthony came in while she was leading.  Way to go Julia for covering!!!  He gave her a big hug later.  :)  We are really proud of Anthony and all his accomplishments in seminary, school, soccer and many other things.  He received a scholarship from Utah State University!!  And you all know he is leaving in August to serve a mission for the church in Armenia. :)  Proud of you Anthony!!

May Birthdays & Anniversaries

We want to wish a happy May birthday to our fabulous kids and grandkids:
Damia 17 on May 3rd
Aubrey 16 on May 5th
Austin 20 on May 15th
Lincoln 7 on May 17th
Grady 2 on May 18th
Payton 14 on May 19th
Tegan 8 on May 21st
Cody 36 on May 29th
Roan 1 on May 29th

May Anniversaries  Congrautlations!!
James and Julia  22 years
Amy and Nate   6 years
Scott and Leora   20 years
Bruce and Millie   14 years

Busy Times

Since we will be in Florissant, MO for Madison's graduation on May 31 which is the same day Tegan is going to be baptized, we invited him and his family over for a picnic in the park.  We had a lot of fun.  VJ came too. :)  We hope Tegan will have a very nice baptism.  We will be at Leah's from May 30th to June 6th.

Then we were invited to Grady's birthday party.  Becky made a choo choo train cake that was really cute.  Becky was pretty excited to finally have a place big enough to invite people over.  So we had a good time with them.

On Tuesday the 20th of May we drove to Shelley for Braden's graduation.  We are so proud of him and his accomplishments.  He has a scholarship to Utah State, but before that he plans to serve a mission for the Lord.  He's been called to the New York, Rochester mission.  He said he's very excited about it.

The next day we drove out to Bruce's (Joe was busy with  flight school students :) to get our teeth cared for and to have him fill out the dental part of our mission papers.  Bruce is the best dentist!!  Millie is waddling along and is due to have her baby around the middle to end of June.  She looks like that baby girl is going to pop out any minute.  We had a really nice visit with them.  Some time you all should go pay them a visit.  It is beautiful out there!

Grandpa's Good News!

Grandpa found out from the doctor that the blood tests show that the Hepatitis C is now in remission!!  He finished the medications a couple of weeks ago and he is finally beginning to feel more normal.  He biked a little bit and helped with a yard project here at the condos today.  He is pretty happy and so is Grandma!!  Thank you for your prayers in his behalf.  We know it has been a big help in this 3 month long ordeal.  We also know the Lord is watching over him. :)

Good News :)

Grandma went to see the cardiologist today.  He said the result from the heart monitor pretty much concluded that I do not have atrial fibrillation.  I just have odd heartbeats ( I guess there is a medical term for that but....)  He did say my cholesterol was a little on the high side and that I should lower it through a low-carb/low-fat diet and exercise.  I can do that!  Because of the damage in my heart from the heart attack years ago, he would like to put me on an ace inhibitor to strengthen my heart muscles and lower my blood pressure which is sometimes 130/86 -- not too bad but a concern for him. (side effects of the drug: a constant cough) :(:(    I told Dr. Khodokov I would think about it.  Not ready to commit.  I want to see if there are other ways I can do that without the drugs.  Ideas anyone?  Also, I need a good remedy for sleeping better at night (other than drugs!!).  I know that will help all areas of my health. 

Grandpa is still feeling the effects of the medicine even though he has been off them nearly a week.  The doctor told him it could take a few weeks before he will see a difference.  In the mean time he tries to do a little here and there.  What a trooper!!