Grandma's Attic

I was cleaning out a desk drawer and came across a poem from the past
I'd almost forgotten I wrote

Dee and I opening presents

Here we have Daniel and Senta and their

six very active little crew.

We had kids about this close, except Mark was 3 years older.

The Hill kids in Idaho Falls making their

Gingerbread house

Kim, Samantha, Ben and Sarah

looks like fun

A week later Ben and Kim Stopped in for the night on their

way home to Seattle. it was fun to have them.

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