Mesa in February

With Deb's flight being a day earlier than she thought, we got everything put together and left for Mesa on February 17. Because storms were forecast, we took the Las Vegas route and arrived without incident, having finished all the Undisclosed podcast en route. Chip and Sandy had dinner waiting and Grandmother seemed relatively well. We spent the rest of February caring for her and making sure she was well enough to continue on her own. We saw Maren and Gavin a couple of times, spent some good time with Matt and Kim as well as Chip and Sandy. There was a mini-Boynton reunion to celebrate Mark and Matt's shared birthday the Saturday before we returned to Provo. But most of the time Kris ministered to Grandmother while I walked, shopped, and cooked. The circumstances were hard, but the trip and visit were nice.

 Off on an adventure

 Arizona is heavenly in February

 It's great to be out and walking along the canal as the sun comes up

 Kim, Brigham, and Matt are here for a few weeks

 Take away from the Dragon Wok was not as delicious as when we

ate there on Grandmothers birthday

 Lots of citrus ripe for the plucking (and I did)

 Picking up a few things at the Mesa Kirkland Temple

 Kris applying her mad skills

 A sliver extraction with Grandad's jewelry goggles on Sunday evening

 Beck and Harry sharing a Danish-Modern classic chair

 Grandmother and the Youngs

 Grammy and the Youngs

 Brigham doing his best to keep his papa from napping

 With Chip for lunch at La Parilla Suiza

 Sunrise at Greenfield Park

 Chip and Sandy joined us for spaghetti and meat balls

 Explaining APPS and everything iPhone (including selfies) 

to Grandmother

 The orange blossoms on Grandmother's tree smell heavenly

 Matt explaining something to Tyler and Nicki

 Finn spin

 Grandmother, Grammy, and Harry David

 Finn shared the magic with Brigham

 Brittany and Chris at the mini reunion

We were concerned about leaving Grandmother, but she had made excellent progress. Treatments had virtually eliminated her pain and she was sleeping very well. She was feeling confident with her walker and all seemed to be well, so we returned to Provo on February 29. That's all for now.

OXO

D.

January and Half of February 2016

I have been a slacker and the time has come to get caught up. There have been no travels so life has been rather pedestrian with few unusual day-to-day activities. This post highlights that and a couple of exciting bits including some outings with Rod and Vic, some bachelor time while Kris helped her mom in Arizona, and a visit from Debra Sue who came to town for her great nephew's wedding. (Thanks to Debby for a couple of these photos.)

 Wonderful fish and chips in American Fork

 Midwinter view of the sacred mountain

 A gift from Kim Despain so I won't be killed walking in the 

street on my morning walks

 A moody, foggy morning walk

 Tuesdays with Evelyn Alta

 A winter excursion to the Wasatch Back with Rod and Vic

 Kamas for good burgers and shakes

 Good food and good company

 Terracotta art from the early 1900s on the bar at High Mountain

 Shopping for antiques in Park City

Saturday matinee at Hale Center: The Nerd

 Ollie speaking in church

 Evy sucking Grammy's thumb

 A misty early-morning walk

 Fog frosted trees

 Downtown Provo just at dawn

 Cousins paying close attention to my FHE lesson (photo credit: Katy)

 The snow just doesn't stop

 Daddy-daughter night out while Kris was in Arizona

 Evy scrapping with Katy and me

 A very successful first attempt at a pan-seared steak while

I was alone on a Sunday

 

 Good times with Debra Sue

 Who doesn't love cookies?

 The winter inversion creates its own beauty

 

 The Colver girls

 La Capizza with Debra Sue

 Valentine's dinner with Debby at Bombay House

A third visit to the PCCT, this time with Debby

Fantastic stained-glass panel from a Presbyterian Church in New York

We are in Arizona and I will be posting again from here. This is all for now.

OXO

D.