Dinner at the Melting Pot

Curtis and I decided to take our maried kids out to dinner (the ones who live here in Arizona) last night. We all went to the Melting Pot. What a wonderful time we had. There were 8 of us. I am going to post the photos at the end of this so you can see us all. We visited and rotated seating positions all night to get a chance to try dipping in the three different pots! Was so fun.

Recent Fun

Recently Curtis had a three day trip to Las Vegas and I went with him. While he was in meetings I went to visit some of my friends: Debbie Tidwell and Gerry & Hughleen Smith. We had a great time catching up. On night we went to see Blue Man Group. Here is a photo Curtis took after the show.
We even watched the Bellagio Waters dance for a bit after going to go and visit Steven & Emily Bell. They just got a new house. Sooo cute!

Miracles Never Cease

After having a wonderful visit in Tucson with my dear friend, Beryl, and having lunch with my sister, Patti, and my friend Linda...I had to drive straight to a doctor's appointment. I had a CT scan last week of my lungs...since I don't have Asthma...to be evaluated. Well, the night before the CT scan I had a blessing to take care of the CT and my leg surgery which would have been the day after the CT. So...I saw a pulmonologist. This guy reminded me of a mad scientist! His hair was sticking out all over, he had a funny accent. I asked him where he was from. He said, California! Go figure! He was really nice and listened well. He asked me lots of questions, and read my CT stuff. There is NOTHING there. He then asked me again why I was here. I said my allergist felt you should see me. He told me I was a 53 year young person, very healthy, no problem! I then asked him, "Are you a God fearing man?" (I was being brave!) He looked at me surprised. I was thinking to myself he was going to be crude or something. He said "Yes I am." I then told him I was LDS, a mormon. I had a blessing the night before the CT scan. I said it looks like God took care of whatever the problem was. He then said to me. "I have a surgeon friend who I really admire. He told me once...God is the healer. Doctors just change the bandaid." On that note my appointment was done. I don't have to take any more asthma meds. I can take allergy stuff to help in the rough seasons...other than that I am whole! At this very moment it just dawned on me. We have been studying what it means by being healed by the Savior in Matthew and Mark of the Bible. They are made whole, cleansed. Their sins are forgiven. What a humble feeling for today.

My Day in Tucson

This morning I drove down to Tucson REALLY early. I have been visiting my sister, Patti, and her family. I helped Nathan and Ashley with their DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) papers. They like me to help me...their papers usually win $$ when I do. Then I went to see my long dear friend, Angie Sampson. She and her husband moved back into their original home they bought when they got married 38 years ago. (They had been renting it out). We had a great visit. One thing with Angie, you do a lot of laughing! How fun that was. For two hours we had a great time. We hadn't seen each other since my 50th Murder Mystery birthday party! Once back at Patti's we had a lovely "haystack dinner". Then I helped Ashley put together a fun game for Beehives at Mutual for this Wednesday night. We put together the Sacramental Prayers into word strips so the girls can have a game to see which group can actually learn them first. So we tried it out for Family Home Evening as our game. Was totally fun...plus we learned the words! What an amazing experience it was as we disected it to understand it better.

The roads and freeways around here are totally MESSED up. ADOT is having a hayday in Arizona. Every road is ripped up! But oh how I miss this beautiful area of the state. Too bad there isn't a temple here...we could then move back.