One month ago today since Karen posted. I am still in the boot, almost 8 weeks, and today I finally made it up the stairs (don't tell my Doctor) with Dee's help. Things look good, I'm still sleeping in the dining room (like I said, no stairs) which isn't as strange as it sounds. I think I'll buy a couch to put in there.
My niece Kelsey Rudd is in Ecuador on a dental service mission for three months. Check out her blog. kelc-marie.blogspot.com She's great!
David left today for two weeks in Hawaii with a friend. Headed for an organic plantation where their friend lives, he was so excited! Travel is fun, and he needed a vacation. Been working all summer.
I was glued to the TV yesterday watching the miners emerge from inner space. What a wonderful day for the whole world. One of them said, "There were actually 34 of us down there, God never left us" Good news and joy for a change on TV
Dee's ready to help me back downstairs, so gotta go. Talk to you later.
A few more photos and the rest of the story... Upon arriving home and scaling the steep stairs to her bedroom a few times, mom's ankle pain got worse. Now that they were safely away from last years memories of the hospital in Idaho Falls, Dad insisted on an x-ray on the sore ankle, which revealed no injury to the ankle at all - instead , it showed a hair line fracture up the length of the tibia ( the small leg bone). Mom was sworn to no weight bearing for six weeks and a trip to see an orthopedist in a few days. So, David moved a twin bed from the basement into the dinning room, put the cell phone in Mom's hand, and there she sits! The second Dr. put her into a walking cast, but again she was told to just stay off of it.
BYU-Idaho Gardens
Rexburg Temple
Karen reporting: Georganna is currently off of her feet - literally - and not near a computer for updates so she asked me to post a few of the pictures I have from their summer travels.
During the last two weeks of August, Dee and Georganna headed form LaGrande on a road trip. They stopped at Brian and Bobbies house in Nampa. Then moved on to Layton to the wedding of Lisa King Kirk. They saw lots of relatives on the May side, but unfortunately, I don't have a copy of those photos. Following three nights in Layton, they traveled up to Park City to see Elaine and Curt. Sorry, I have no photos of that either - I'm not sure any were taken. Then they decided to drive home through Idaho Falls. On the first day here, mom stumbled in my garden and sprained her ankle. Dad wrapped it up good and they extended their stay to almost a week until it was feeling good enough for her to help Dad with the drive home. While here, we went to Mark and Jackies home for a group dinner, saw the Hubble telescope exhibit at the Idaho Falls visitors center, traveled up to Rexburg to see the beautiful BYU-Idaho gardens and Rexburg temple. Went out to eat a few times, and did a lot of hanging around, resting up and visiting. Here are the highlighted photos.
Scott, Tracy, and Enoch
Jake, Jana, and Reilly
Joe, Meagan, and Sarah
Karen, Dee, Mark and Georganna
Yesterday being the 2nd Sunday, I was giving the lesson in Relief Society. It was a strange day.. In the first place, I have put on some weight. Week-days are fine, sweats or capris, nothing tight, and I feel good. But Sundays are a different story. I have about two things that fit, and yesterday both of them made me feel fat. So I felt uncomfortable. Plus Dee didn't feel good, so he didn't go, and that always throws me off, we need to be together.
The lesson was pretty basic, on the organization of the Priesthood. And I'd been up early to get it put together on paper, after reading a lot. When I'm teaching R/S I don't spend much time on the Sunday School lesson, so right off I felt unprepared. So by the time R/S started, I could tell I wasn't comfortable.
The opening prayer lady said, "Bless the teacher to have a clear mind" and I thought~~~Oh, please, I need that! Then it was my turn. Not that I did a bad job, but it wasn't good. I couldn't feel the spirit, twice I lost my place, and just shut down, but we managed. Also not much participation. As I sat down, I said to myself, 'That's the worst lesson I've ever given'
Much to my surprise, 5 or 6 sisters said the lesson was great. A couple said, "I have times when I blank out, too, it comes with age" . Now I thought~~~~~they must have heard things differently than I did. But it made me feel better.
As I got to the car, I decided to not be so hard on myself. I gave the best lesson in R/S that day, better than anyone else. And along the way, at home during the week, I had studied a lot of other things. When I get into the scriptures, one thing just leads to another, there is no end to study time. That feels good.
On the way home, I had a flash of inspiration. I should have read Oliver Cowdery's description of when he and Joseph received the Priesthood, found at the end of Joseph's history! I love that.
Grandson Dasche happy to be at the beach!
UPDATE!Enoch Scott Fuller
one month old
What a beautiful child!
Seems like Heavenly Father just sends
all the cute ones to our family.
Thanks
I guess love is a feeling that you feel
down deep inside
when you see your Dad come home and his arms are open wide
and then he picks you up and hugs you
I'm so glad my Dad loves me
and we will be together always
whether on earth
or eternity
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I guess love is a feeling when my Mom rubs oil on me
after I have had a bath and she sings soft
I see that she is happy
'cause she smiles a lot
and that makes me feel good
I think I'm going to like this place
'tho I never thought I would
when I was in that tiny dark-filled room!
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I had to wait so long!
'til heaven opened up the door
and I could hear earth's song
This is where I belong
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Back at home, I looked out in the back yard just as
a deer jumped over the fence.
I watched her until she headed for my rhubarb plant,
then I went out and chased her off.
Actually I should have done it long ago, because she has eaten off all the apples in the front
yard tree, along with the leaves and branch tips.
But deer are really fun to watch.
Right in your own back yard
I'm afraid to look in the orchard and see what's missing.
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This is a shot of Dee and Allen, who are both very thin 
We had lunch at THE SMOKEHOUSE
our favorite spot because they have a back room
where you can hear yourself talk.
A nice day.
Dee says we look a lot alike. We used to
play violin together, walking to the music school
every day after school.
It's sad how out of touch we get with old friends
and cousins. A highlite was looking at Daddy's old
family photo book.
Good times.
This is our newest Great Grandson
Enoch Scott Fuller born at 12:15 p.m., June 17th, and weighs 7 pounds 13 ounces.
Grandparents are Mark and Jackie
Parents are Scott and Traci
THIS IS RILEY, DAUGHTER OF JAKE AND JANA FULLER
WITH HER NEW 'BANGS' HAIRCUT
ONE OF MY BEAUTIFUL GREAT GRANDS
HERE WE HAVE MY LITTLE SISTER BETH KING
WITH HER GRAND-DAUGHTER ADI
THEY WERE AT DISNEY ON ICE IN SLC
BETH WAITED A LONG TIME TO BE A GRANDMA AND
SHE SAYS SHE'S NEVER MOVING AWAY!
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his wedding ring! which had been lost for years!
What a great surprise!
Of course he sat right down, read the inscriptionand said, "Yep, it's mine. right there
Dee L fuller
Days like this make you count blessings, and it brought back
wedding ring memories.
He had lost his ring once, in years past in Fresno.He had taken it off before surgery and it was gone
never to be seen again. So he got a new one
just like it, which also came up missing. and now, here it is.
inside the chair
Now I'd call that a
LUCKY BREAK
We took lilacs up today to the cemetery
on the way home we had a downpour.
I got up early (5 a.m) and was straightening up my desk. I came across a pile of little scrap notes with little ideas I'd heard which are good. I like one-liners that make you think:
1. Women are angels. When someone breaks our wings we simply continue to fly
on a broomstick. We are flexible.
2. A missionary only CONVEYS the message. The Holy Ghost teaches
3. When a student is prepared, the teacher will appear.
and my favorite
4. Children are the messengers we send to a time we will never see
When they re-did the hymn book, some committee made a lot of changes in some of the words of the songs. One of my hardest is
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One day when we were cleaning out the attic in Baker or
This is the view from the deck off the upper bedroom 
I HOPE THEY STAY!
Of course, now he's quite a bit older than in this photo 
As you'll see from this, Paul has already receivedBACHELOR of ARTS in
POLITICAL SCIENCE
ECONOMICS
and
HISTORY
from Utah State University in 2006
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AND NOW, THIS VERY WEEK, WE GOT THIS NOTICE ON FACEBOOK
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Hi, Grandma, just thought you and Grandpa would like to know
that I will be graduating from LAW SCHOOL
at BYU
on Friday, May 14th 2010
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I am always impressed with the changes in the world.
Imagine, an announcement on FACEBOOK
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CONGRATULATIONS, PAUL
Way to go!
HAPPY MOTHERS DAY 2010
Thanks for being a great Mom!
Posted by Karen
BOUNTIFUL - About 1968
FRESNO - about 1972
MOTHER'S DAY was an especially fun time for me. I got to give one of the talks in Sacrament meeting. I love giving talks, especially about my mother. One of the stories I told also included my Dad. When Mom was 12 years old, she went to the Logan temple to do baptisms for the dead. She loved being there, and told herself~~~~"When I get married, it's going to be in the Logan Temple" A year later she moved to Baker, Oregon, a long long drive from Logan.
I think that considering the ride and all, Mom's dress looked great! 
And just look at her, side-saddle in this pose. All in all, the trip was great, and so was the marriage,
considering it lasted for 62 years!
They went back to the temple many times over
but only once on a motorcycle.
I was so blessed with such great parents
and always knew I was loved.
Thanks, Mom
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We played games, went for walks to feed the neighbors horses, read books, ate lots of good food
and got a lot of work done around the house.
We cleaned out the freezer -
which wasn't an easy task
We all helped with the pruning in the orchard. Linn came over from Kennewic to help.
We cleaned the attic, hauled a truck full to the dump and had a huge bonfire with what was left.I'm not sure what is wrong with Ruth's face - so here is a cuter picture of her:
Even Dasch took notes!
I mean.....THE END