the trek

I'm not going to lie about any of this.  David, my husband, volunteered us for a trek as a ma and pa.  The experience is something I would like to have.  Can I do it?  Will I survive?  I have allergies and asthma.  I'm trying to keep calm.  It feels like when I was pregnant, and I would never try to think about the delivery until I was actually in the hospital.  it would stress me out too much to think of it.  So I'd be there in the hospital walking around, and it would all come back to me, the pain, the length of time, the terror of it. . . and I would say to myself, " I promised myself this would never happen again."  And then I'd have a beautiful baby and forget it all.  And then it would happen again.  That's how I'm feeling about this trek, except I wasn't a participant in signing up for it.  I've walked on my treadmill,walked twin hills(a steep inclined hill/mountain in my town)rode my bike, and I thought i was pretty ready until we went to our training in Delores.Colorado.  Guess what?  Huge elevation difference, less oxygen, more stuff I'm allergic to.  After the training, a lady said that she feels so much better about the trek!  After the training, me and my friend looked at each other and said, "We are more worried about it than before."  My niece the nurse said when I voiced my concerns about surviving said, "Hey, if you die then you won't have to worry about it anymore."  Thanks, that helped.  Or when I asked my brother who was a pa last time, if I would survive, he said, "Miracles happen."  The list goes on.  So much positivity.  These pics are from the last trek 4 years ago.  Kelly and Linda(bro and sis in law)Kevin, Shannon and Devin(nephewin Chile, niece goin to Ohio, and son gointo s Salt lake city)   The last pic of Devin says it all.  UUUUHHH, TAKE ME HOME AND LET ME WASH EVERYTHING!

Devin's call video

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Brace Yourself

Devin's call is here.  He is going to the South Salt Lake City Mission/Spanish speaking.  Not kidding.  Those two years of Spanish in high school are going to pay off.  He's super excited, and David said, "We are so picking you up when your mission is over."

Tick Tock....waiting for Devin's Mission Call

We think tomorrow is the day my son Devin's misssion call will come.  Our stake president called us on Friday to tell us that Salt Lake had sent out his call to us on Friday.  Soooo we're thinking tomorrow.  Where do you think he'll go?

A Birthday and a Funeral

My Dad turned 83 last Friday and we had a little party for him at his Assisted Living home.  He had cake and ice cream and ate other's cake and ice cream also.  He's sticking out his tongue and has his icing around his mouth.(yes I wiped it off after i took the picture.) The same day David's grandma died.  We had her funeral on Monday.  Roller coaster weekend.

Potluck Laundry

New term for you,old term for me . . . . . . unfortunately.  Potluck laundry is whatever I found on our bathroom floor that day.  It elicits either a "HOOOray," or a "aaaaahh."   It's kinda like a ward potluck.  You get super excited when you see those especially great cooks walk in, or well it's the same as what you brought.  The laundry, well you see a red some kinda shirt, hoping it's THE ONE, and then it gets super exciting and ends with a hoorah, or it gets stuffed to the bottom of the basket when you discover it's Todd's iron man shirt.  POTluck laundry.  It's a mysterious thing.

Shannon's mission call

My niece Shannon waited a whole 24 hours to open her call until her dad could be there.  She got it on Thursday and opened it last night on Friday.  She is going to the Cleaveland,Ohio mission also serving in "The Historic Kirtland,Ohio" as a tour guide.  She is extra excited, and so are we.