Chipper Nana

Well it is a crazy week, but here is the update. All the kids are down for the Christmas season so it is a hustle and a bustle at our house. Nana is in a rather chipper mood. She loves Christmas time and so she has decided to be hillarious, which is great. She lost 1 1/2 pounds and another 1/2 centemeter in her arm, but somehow that has not stopped her at all. Here is a funny picture take on Sunday evening after dinner we went over to say hi and get her ready for bed. She was in rare form singing songs and laughing and holding Lexee and really seemed to be enjoying the moment. I am so glad that we got this picture. Anyway in asking what the Hospice Nurse thought of all of this, she said that if a person loves a certain time of the year or babies, or certain people, well then they seem to rally and it really makes you wonder what to expect. We are done wondering, mom will do what she will do and we are going to just enjoy these moments as they come. Herb and I are taking our family up to a friends cabin for Christmas. We were going to leave today, but I have been sick and so we are leaving in the morning so Cina is taking over the care day to day until we get back next week. But today we got a call from the Nurse that Mom had answered the door for the Hospice Pharmacy guy. Dad was gone to Walgreens, and she kept telling the guy to come in, but he is not allowed to just do that so she got herself up somehow and got to the door, signed for the meds and then shut the door. The pharmacy guy said he heard a loud thump. She had gone down, so he went back in a helped her to the couch, which was so nice of him because he is not suppose to do that either, but I am so glad that he did. I know that if she was hurt that wouldn't have been a great idea, but she thankfully was not hurt at all. He called the Hospice Nurse who called me and met me there with Herb. We checked out all of her bones and joints and she can move them all, nothing swollen or bruised and nothing hurt her at all. So thank heavens for that little tender mercy. Well I really hope that all of you have a wonderful wonderful Christmas. I am so grateful for the Birth of the Savior and for His life and His love for all of us. I know he loves each one of us and is watching out for every one of our needs. Remember Him...

They made it home safe and sound...

Here they are those wonderful boys. Jesse Porter, Jaden Turley, David Hunt and Jordan Sunderhaus. Jordan said after they session all these people just swarmed them and wanted to know who they were and where they were going on their missions and then the Temple President pulled them into his office and gave each of them a new tie and pair of cuff links. Jordan said that is was really cool. He loved the Snowflake Temple and said so far it is his favorite Celestial Room. It is such a pretty one for sure.

Here is a huge manger scene right in front of the entry. I wonder where they store it!!!

Check out the beautiful fountain. It has ice cycles all over it. I love ice cycles.

Aren't they so handsome. Watch out world here they come!!!

If you haven't been to the Snowflake Temple. It sits on this wonderful hill so you can see it so well. It is beautiful and at night it just lights up the sky. So if you ever want to do a road trip, call me I'll go with you. I am so glad they got to go and that they were kept safe in their travels.

This kid cracks me up!!!

So Jordan, and David, and Jesse, and Jaden all headed up to go to the Snowflake Temple. These are such wonderful boys. They love going to the Temple and they love going together. He just called on his way home and said it was amazing. That's what he always says, it was AMAZING MOM!!! Isn't that great, I sure love it. Jaden is going to the exact same mission as Jordan only he leaves next Wednesday. They are so excited to be able to serve in the same place. David is going to Brazil and Jesse just got home from Hong Kong. Thanks boys for being such a great example of service.

Latest Update on Nana...

Sorry no pictures, but loads of info. Every Monday morning at 11:00 the Hospice nurse and I meet at the house to check how mom is doing. For the past couple of weeks she has kindof just stayed the same weight. When I arrived the CNA had already been there to get her bathed and ready for the day. But her hair was not wet...She was way tooooooo worn out from her huge adventure to see the Christmas Lights last night. Man who knew that just driving around in a car would poop you out that badly. Well evidently it does when you are so weak. I really felt badly at first, but when I talked to Herb later we decided we were really glad that we had done that for her. It will probably be her last adventure out and she really really appreciated the beauty of the lights. So not gonna feel bad, just really happy for that wonderful memory. The nurse and I got her to the scale where she weighed in at a whopping 104.2 That's right she lost 4 pounds in just one week. (I think I am gaining for her!) This is not good. Both the nurse and I tried really hard not to look astonished, but we were. That is a ton of weight to loose in one week. She really does think that there is a mean cancer that the scan did not pick up. Maybe in her bones or somewhere, but it is really working fast. She really does not want to even read anymore which is another sign of the end coming. So we are now really praying for her to be blessed with no pain, and to be able to not suffer at all. We are praying that she can be here as long as she needs to be, but really hope for her sake it does not take too long. She is ready, you can tell. Am I? Well I thought that I was, but of course when it gets right down to it, NOT! I know she will be so happy to see her Dad again. He has been gone for so long, and her Mom as well, and her Sister, and you know all of those other wonderful family members and friends. It will be a great reuion. So thank you for your prayers we feel them and appreciate them. We certainly feel blessed for having mom in our lives and our prayers now are for her just to be as comfortable as she can be and especially for DAD. He is having a tough time. Sometimes very very sad, and other very very mad. It is him that we really do worry about. But we are all going to just love him as much as he will let us and hope that he will feel that comfort. We'll keep you posted.

Look who came to visit

Do you remember these!!! I have always wanted to try and use these old rag curlers on Anna's hair. I use to put them in Jacque's every single Saturday Night so that her hair would be perfect on Sunday. It never failed that one or more would fall out in the night and so she would have this head full of darling curls with a couple of spots bone straight. Well Anna did'nt even last an hour. Poor little thing, she hated those things in her hair, so she began pulling them out and we gave in and helped her pull out the rest, but not before I caught it on film. Good old Grandpa kept her occupied while we put them in though and she gave him lots of kisses for it!!!

Christopher came this weekend for his last Rugby Tournament in Scottsdale. So that was really fun. What a crazy sport, I have no clue what is going on and it changes so quickly, but fun to watch. It was great to be together as a family all rooting for BIG RED!!! They did great. Won 2 and Lost 1. Not bad for a day of rugby. So they stayed and came to church with us today and so did Stephanie. Well Rachel, Anna, Stephanie and Lexee all came, the boys ditched.....DITCHERS!!! Anyway it was great to have them there. Today was Anna's first day in the nursery. She is a pro. Not a moment of concern for being left at all, just joined right in and had such a great time. You go Anna girl. So Nammie was so happy that she came to her nursery for her first time. She turned 18 months old on Dec 1st. Then tonight Stephanie fixed us a wonderful meal of Chicken Enchilada's. MMMMMMM...... Thanks so much Stephanie, they were delicious. After we ate we got the girlies all dressed in their SANTA jammies and took pictures. So here we are. We love these little ones so much and it is so cute how they are really becoming close friends. Lexee watched Anna when she would walk by her and Anna was pretty sweet with little Lexee, so I am glad that they are warming up to each other so well. I love my cousins and so I am anxious to see these cousins build that relationship.

So happy to be their grandparents!!!

I hope all of you are having a wonderful season. I have decided to try really hard to really enjoy it instead of rushing to get all the things done that we always think we need to do. We get to go to the mountains this year again. Thank you Petty's your so amazing. We are looking so forward to being together in the beautiful COLD mountains, with a wonderful fire going to keep us warm. CAN'T WAIT!!! Tonight after all dinner, Herb and I went and got his mom who had requested to go see Christmas lights and took her on a long drive all around Mesa. She did really good and seemed to really enjoy herself. It really wore her out and so she will sleep really really good tonight. She was really cute looking at all the pretty lights. I am so glad that we got to do that. Wish his dad would have felt better to go with us, but his knees were really hurting him today and he did not want to go out in the cold. One day at a time, that's our motto.....

TAKE TIME TO ENJOY THIS AMAZING SEASON...

Love to all

Wendi

Thanks Aunt Amy and Uncle Kurt

Thanks Aunt Amy and Uncle Kurt for having such a great Thanksgiving.... It was great. I love my sister's new home. It has so much room and so we were all so comfortable. The food was the best (perfect turkey uncle Kurt).

So thanks for hosting it this year.

We took family pictures and at the top is Kurt and Amys family, Holden, and Jarrett, My mom and Dad.

Our little family who was there when we took the picture. Christopher and Rachel and Anna were there earlier and then went to her families for their Thanksgiving. Curt and Jacque came after the Dana's had their Thanksgiving, so really all we were missing was Cody and Stephanie and Lexee. They are in California with Stephanie's family having so much fun I am sure. But we missed them.

This is my nephew Jarrett, he is so great. they have this crazy bull dog names TANK... that dog is the best. He was so much fun and I think this is the best picture ever. A man, his leather chair, and a bull dog. Does life get any better then that!!

I am totally thankful for this guy. He was so sick with allergies this weekend, but always so good to his family. We love that our house is full of family this week. With a cute little redhead that melts her papa's heart.

Here she is, that crazy redhead that we adore. She loves the olives on her fingers. She was very precise which finger she wanted them on. By the way she loved TANK!!!

Here we are out back. It was a beautiful day to be outside. What a great Thanksgiving day.

And low and behold, look what Auntie Amy found, a cute little reindeer!!! She loved those antlers.

It was a really great day. And we got some amazing news. There will be another wonderful little one to love. Christopher and Rachel are going to have another baby in July 2010. We are so excited. The more grandbabies, the better is what we think. Hope all of your holidays were wonderful as well. Good food, good people, pretty much LIFE IS GOOD....

Pretty in PINK

I'm telling you if you want a really good pedicure do NOT go to this place!!! Just kidding. I just need to blog this for posterity!!! I am sure they will appreciate it. Today was the final toenail removal day. Two weeks ago I finally (after 13 years of pain and agony) got the gutts up to go and have my big toe nails removed. Really people, it is not that bad and I so wish that I had done this sooner. It isn't a blast and the healing process is not fun at all, but so much better then those dumb toe nails that hurt all of the time. Anyway I did it. I think I changed the appointment like 3 times before I just finally bit the bullet and went. The have to numb the nerves of your toes with the wonderful shot. That is the worst part, but really not as bad as you would think, just a little pinch. Then they just take them off. They burn the root so that it won't grow back so I guess thank heavens for Lee Press On Nails!!! Actually the nailbed is not bad at all and I think I can just paint it. Anyway I know..... TMI, but normally they will only do one toe at a time and I talked them into 2 last time and so I went back today for the 3rd toe. Then I had them wrap them all so I could get a funny picture. The big toes are healing and in 6-8 weeks I can maybe go get a real live pedicure. We shall see. Anyway, people, don't wait, if you injure your toe nail, or get an ingrown toe nail, go get it taken care of. It is so worth it, don't wait, go now and in just a few short weeks, you will feel so much better. And you too can look PRETTY IN PINK!!! I know I do!

Oh how I love these girls

Well another week has gone by and I am missing Anna like crazy. She is freezing in Flagstaff, but I will get to squeeze her this weekend I hope when Christopher comes down to play rugby in Phoenix somewhere I think!!! Anyway thankfully I get to hug on Lexee and fill my grandma cup that way. I just wanted to write down a few updates with Mom. Today is when the Hospice Nurse comes each week to check on her. She does all kinds of measurements and blood pressures and all that wonderful medical stuff that I am now getting pretty knowledgeable about. Go figure. Anyway last week mom was 110.6 and today she is 108.8. Her arm cirrcumfrance (I am sure not spelled right) went down 1/2 a centameter (also not spelled right) and well needless to say neither one of these things is a good sign. She told me to just keep up the good work and that this is just the way it is. She is such a wonderful lady. I really do love the people at Hospice. She is always reassuring that we are doing everything right and such a good job and all those things that are very nice to hear. But even though I knew that Mom was dying, it just really is crazy to think that it could be before Christmas. She is still so spunky, but is definately shrinking to nothing. So as I left this morning I decided to stay as happy and cheerful as I could and make her days left here on earth the very best that they can be. She is a great lady, who has taught so many children in elementary school and made them better people. She raised 5 children and put up with everything life has to hand her so well. I WILL ENJOY THE JOURNEY, however long it will be and I hope and pray that I can help her to enjoy the journey as well. As for dad, he is really angry right now. And I don't blame him, he is just really hard to be around. I know that he is wondering why she won't eat and why she wants to kill herself, what he doesn't understand is that she is not doing this on purpose, but we can't reason with him right now, well really anytime, so my goal with him is to make him laugh, or smile, or whatever to help him along this journey as well. So keep the prayers coming, I feel them deeply and appreciate them so much. We are going to be fine, thankfully we know that plan and that helps so much. Enduring to the End, that's what we will do and we will do it with our heads held high and praising a good woman for a really good life. We love all of you.....Be happy all the time.

An Update on Nana

I thought that I would update you on Nana. This picture is from when she was on Hospice at the begining of the year. I need to take the camera again and get pictures this time. I feel like I need to continue the journey in writing so that one day I can look back and remember all the great time we got to share together, cuz when times get rough I forget to remember that they are great times. In the middle of the summer Mom (nana) was released from hospice. We felt really proud of ourselves for helping her get better and strong enough to do a lot more on her own and not need so much care. I would go in the morning and in the evening and Dad (papa) would take care of the middle of the days 2 breathing treatments. It was great, she was walking everywhere. They were going out to eat at the IHOP every afternoon and really doing wonderfully. Then in October while I was with my Jacque in Utah Mom fell and broke her arm. Cina and Wes made an appointment to be seen at the ortho doc and they needed her to have surgery. So when I got home we took her get those tests. Wes was a really big help with that and we tag teamed it a ton. (By the way Wes is Herb's younger brother). Anyway after all of the tests were done and surgery was set for the next day we had to go back to the doctor for him to do her pre-surgery tests there and Dr. Udall and I were talking and agreed that she might have a touch of pnuemonia and he sent us to the hospital and they admitted her for the night so she could do IV antibiotics for 24 hours before the surgery. Anyway it went well, and surgery went great too and by the end of the week we were back home. That weekend she just did not get better and I called Dr. Udall who said to take her directly to the hospital again and so we did and they admitted her for a few days. They thought she had pneumonia again only in both lungs and worse then the week before. It really ended up being fluid in the sack that surrounds the lungs and they took her off the anti-biotics and drained her lung sacks and she could then breath so much better. I got a call from the hospital that they were going to transfer her to a nursing home and that is when the advocate in me began the fight. We did not have a great experience last time they put her into a nursing/rehab facility for a couple of weeks, so we as a family had previously decided that would never happen again. So I halted that and asked for her to be checked out by Hospice again so she could come home and we could take care of her. In this picture mom was really skinny and weighed about 128 (she is 5'10" tall) my right leg weighs 128. Anyway at this point in the hospital she was down to 121, so she qualified for hospice under the diagnosis of "adult failure to thrive". She had really not eaten much for a while. No matter what we offered her, she just was not hungry. So we brought her home and hospice joined our family once again. We are now back to 4 times a day for breathing treatments and she is unfortunately still loosing. Today 4 weeks after she came home she is down to 110.6 pounds. We are trying our best to get her to eat and drink, but to no avail. I guess this is just how it is. So we take care of her and encourage her and she is spunky spunky spunky. You would never know how weak she is for how happy she seems to be all of the time. During all of this they got the test results back from the fluid off of her lungs and it showed that she has a lymphoma cancer of some kind. So we have been doing PET scans and all kinds of tests on this poor little frail thing. Her body mass index is down to a 15.9. EEEK that is not good. Anyway the PET scan was 2 weeks ago and we are still waiting on the results. One doctor said that is showed nothing, but we are waiting for the other doctor to call. So who knows. It is a journey that changes each day. She had to go to and inhouse hospice unit for 1 1/2 days because of an infection she got at the hospital that we cannot get to leave her called c-dif!!! Who knows, anyway, they got that cleared up and she is feeling much better. We are still enjoying doing puzzles with dad who is often confused by this whole thing, but each night we make those puzzles faithfully. I never thought that I would love puzzles but I do. They are very relaxing. So if I don't answer the phone, or call you back really quickly it is not because I don't want to. Please be patient with me, I will get back to you as soon as possible. For now this is my priority and what I have learned is that when you love someone, you will do just about anything and everything to get the best care for them. I love the Oddessy Hospice that we have. The nurse, doctor, and CNA, social workers, clergymen, well all of them are the most supportive amazing people. I could not do this without Herb he is my strength and his sister Cina and brother Wes are always there to take over when I need a break. I know that mom really probably does not understand all of this, but I hope hope hope that she knows how much we love her. Thanks for your prayers, and don't forget to hug the ones you love.

WOW WHAT A WEEK!!!

We had a wonderful wonderful wonderful week. Well Rachel didn't, she got the swine flu and was very very sick, and so did her mama, so that meant that Herb and I got to keep Anna Banana for the whole week. I forget how busy little ones are, and she was awesome the whole week. She kept us laughing and younger the normal the entire time. She slept really good for us and ate like a little piggy. We enjoyed her so much. Friday night Chris and Rachel, and Jacque and Curt all came in from Flagstaff and Logan. We were so happy to see everyone that we miss. Little Miss Anna found a wonderful hiding place under the table, she is so adventurous.

The whole family eating Sunday dinner together before they all had to go back home. Bummer, but life is good.

Here is Grandpa with his two little girls. He is in heaven with these sweet little ones. He is such a wonderful grandpa and enjoys every second he can. I hope these girls realize just how lucky they are to have Herbie be their grandpa.

Here is Uncle Cody, he stole Anna's Hippo hat!!! Crazy Cody, he is dressed up to be Christopher!!! Soo funny Cody. (Chris loves Grumpy)

Here is Abby and her hippo friend (from NCIS) and Cowboy Christopher

Uncle Curt with little Giraffe Lexee

Aunt Jacque with Little Giraffe Lexee

Here are the boys, Crazy crazy boys. Jordan cracks me up, every year when he comes up with these crazy costumes. Love these boys. Jesse, Taylor, Jordan, Connor, and David

This bum came walking through the parking lot after the party was pretty much over and I was a little bit nervous. I kept trying to read his sign, and see if I recognized him, but I didn't and so I just kept looking at all the others around me who were trying to figure it out as well. Finally he stood straight and tall and we realized it was Jordan. Wow he got us good. I had no clue at all that was him. Pretty sad I don't even recognize my own child. He and his friends had a blast getting our goat. Good job guys.

Here is our sweet little Giraffe Lexee and her Zebra mama Stephanie aren't they so cute.

And our little hippo Anna. She loved that hat, not a problem, but when she was done, she was done for sure. Such funny expressions, this little girl has.

We had a wonderful week with all of the kids being together, playing games, watching games, being ever so loud and eating a ton. It's really hard for me to believe they are all grown and soon to be all gone, but it happens. So moms of the world don't blink.........

Happy Birthday Mr. Wonderful!!!

Today was an amazingly wonderful day. It's my best friends birthday. He is the greatest thing, that Herbie. Such a hard worker, a great servant, father, husband, grandpa, son brother, uncle, friend. He is loyal to the end, and never ever gives up on any of us. He is the man for sure.

Today was his 51st birthday. Since his birthday is on Halloween we don't ever get to do much, especially since we had kids. It was always his job to take them trick or treating and I would stay home and pass out candy. Now that the ward has Trunk or Treat that's what we do for his big day. Today was a bit different though. Today we spent the morning in the Temple.....

With all of our children, and all of their spouses. Together...

ALL OF US....
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET MAN
What a wonderful day for him. He said it was the best way to celebrate his birthday.
Jordan received his endowments today. It was amazing, incredible, and every other happy and wonderful feeling you can imagine. It was a good good day.

So Happy Birthday to my sweetheart, the best husband in the world, the best dad ever for sure, and the #1 grandpa alive.

Thanks for making such great kids. I love you sweetheart, more then you will ever know.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!

p.s. you do live in a zoo......

Road Kill in oh so many varieties!!!

I had so much fun this past weekend with Marilyn. We flew into Tulsa Oklahoma and then drove down to Ft. Smith, Arkansas. We slept, ate, shopped, drove around, took tons of pictures, shopped some more, ate some more, and slept some more. It was a great adventure.

I went to Arkansas with Marilyn for her family reunion. Arkansas you say..... why on earth would anyone go there. Well let me tell you, it is always a blast. This is the 3rd time to go, I love it. As you can see Arkansas is beautiful.
The colors (which aren't as great as I had hope, but we could see it!!!) are amazing, so many different colors in one tree. I sure wish that we could have colors like this in Mesa.

Here is the wonderful Pitchford family. I feel like I have been welcomed in just as if I was born to them. I get so excited to see them each time we get to go. Which is about every 2 - 3 years. Marilyn lost her father, her sister, and her mother and at one of these funerals she said "Now who is going to go to my family reunions with me?" And I said "I Will". I had no clue what an adventure I was in for. The bugs, the overalls!!! I loved it from the get go. So thanks Marilyn for taking me with you and letting me become a part of this great family.

Then we went to a little town called Van Buren and walked up and down the most beautiful old main street. Took some fun and crazy pictures and really just enjoyed the beautiful weather. As you can see we are sporting a jacket!!! Yeah for the beautifl weather.

Here we are in front of the museum, but you can't see it!!! It was a really cool looking building.

This is just one of the cool little nitches on main street. Good picture of Marilyn by the way!!!

But I would have to say we had a blast after the reunion when we saw sooooooo much roadkill. We counted 3 cats, 3 skunks and you will never believe what we found next. I screamed out loud, and I can be really loud, and then we flipped a U and went back to get a picture for my dad!!! Here it is. (Warning: if you have a queezy tummy do not look at the picture below!)

Unbelievable. Who would have guessed. You had to be there! We were just dying. Never in my life would I have had this wonderful experience unless my dear friend had invited me to Arkansas. You never know what you might get to experience.

It was a great experience, so thanks again Marilyn. I hada blast. Until next time........

The Call to Serve.....It's an amazing experience

So here it is........
Cody was holding all of the phones with the siblings who don't live here Hi guys, sorry you could not hear very well, but we were glad to be able to have speaker phones!!!

This is his expression after he faked all of us out by saying that he was called to serve in the St. George South Spanish Speaking!!! Isn't he sooooo funny. I sure fell for it. Thank heavens Cody gave me the look that he was teasing, cuz I was in hook line and sinker.....But then he read the real one. Here it is, enjoy the video, hope it works...

Well what do you think? I think it is amazing and so excited for him. He is soooooo excited and is really happy to be speaking spanish, it will be such a good experiece. His cousin D.J. returned last summer from this very same mission, so he is really excited to talk with him and get all the information. We feel really really really blessed. What a great day. Love all of you.

Happy Birthday Curtie

Happy birthday to the most wonderful Son in Law in the world, and not just because he is my only one, but because HE IS wonderful. When we had Jacque and knew that one day there would be a wonderful man come into her life, we never realized just how blessed we would be. We have known Curt all of his life and have watched him grow into the man that we trust with our girl. Thanks Curt for honoring the priesthood and always, always being willing to work hard and provide for your little family. We are so proud of you and your accomplishments. Because Jacque was still up at school when they were dating, I got the privilege to hang out with Curt a lot. I still hold those memories very close. Thanks for that. Whenever I am missing this kid I run to my computer and click on this wonderful picture and get my hug for the moment, but it is oh so much better when I actually get to see him and get that wonderful hug. Thanks for that. So I hope that today was amazing. That you got to do everything that you wanted. That you enjoyed your mama and brother, and that you got even better with age!!! Thanks for always making her dreams come true and for taking such good care of her. We love you so much and are so grateful that you are a part of our family too. Thanks Dana's for sharing such a wonderful guy with us. Happy Birthday!!!

A Little Update...

Sorry no pictures, some to come I hope. I just have not updated for a while and thought I need to journal some of this stuff so I never forget the journey. We have done a ton in the last month. We went to see our sweet Jacque and Curt in Logan for General Conference weekend. We got to attend the Sunday Morning session and it was fabulous to sit with the Prophet that day. The spirit is amazing in the conference center, and it is a great experience to be in the same room as all those wonderful priesthood holders who lead the church. We played games and shopped and ate enough candy to fill an elephant (me!) and just really enjoyed each others company and the cool weather. So thanks for the wonderful memories made that weekend. Jordan has put his papers in and we are hoping to have his call either today or tomorrow (hence the pictures to come) so that is very very very exciting. We are so proud of him and his desire to go and serve the Lord. He is very anxious to get to the Temple so that will be happening soon as well. We are aiming for his dads birthday on the 31st of October. (More pictures there). In the meantime we have had somewhat of a turnaround with Nana. We have noticed her begining to weaken over the past few weeks. While we were in Utah she fell and broke her right wrist. When we got back we took her in for surgery and a stay at the hospital. After we brought her home, she became even more weak and was put back into the hospital this week with fluid around her lungs. They have now drained her lungs and sent her home on Hospice again for Adult Failure to Thrive. She has quit eating as much and so she is down to 117 pounds today. That is not good at all. She is in a really chipper mood though because we fought for her to come home instead of being placed in a rehab nursing home. So that is good. Hopefully we can convince her to get on the eating bandwagon again and gain some weight and some strength. Getting old does not appear to be the funnest adventure around, but we will once again enjoy the journey and see where it leads too. For now that is our update. We are all very happy here at the Sunderhaus home, life is good, we have a roof over out heads, clothes on our backs (not the size I want them to be but they are there!!!) and food in our tummies. We also have very strong testimonies of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. So grateful each and every day for that. I love the plan of salvation or happiness and am grateful for the gospel in my life each and every day. Thanks for all of your support, I feel your prayers and love and concern each day, so really.... Thank you for that. I love all of you and can't wait to give you the wonderful news of where our amazing Jordan will be going..... Stay Tuned....

Aren't they such great girls

Here are my sweet little granddaughters, they are so wonderful. Anna moved to Flagstaff this week and I miss her already. So on Sunday after dinner we got this picture. Anna did not want to hold the baby, she was a pinch afraid of her I think, but anyway then her dad picked her up and then grabbed Lexee and it still took a minute but it was so sweet to watch her warm up and then she was so darling checking out all of her little toes and hands. I hope they grow up such close cousins. I loved my cousins and so I really am hoping for that. Lexee is growing and growing and growing. She has the most wonderful sweet smile and disposition. I am loving her to pieces already and I just know that I will just grow to love her more and more and more. Being a grandmother is the most wonderful gift Heavenly Father created. I can't wait to meet the rest of these sweet little ones. I love you girly girls.