THE ROAD TO RECOVERY!!!

I wonder if this is why he ended up having to have hip surgery. It's hard to keep this guy down. He said this little short walk outside felt SO good. He went slow and didn't go far but he just isn't a "lay-around" kind of guy. He needed the fresh air and said half of recovery is mental.

HOME SWEET HOME!!!!!

We got Wally home today. I think he's going to make a lot of progress if I can keep him out of pain but I think he's just happy being home. Thank you for all your prayers.

Should we eat?

These just popped up about 4-5 days ago and are growing so fast. I put a spoon next to them so you could see how big they are!!

Early garden

This is just a view of inside dad's cold frame. We have the most beautiful lettuce. When anyone comes over we send them home with a big bag of lettuce. THese buckets sit beside each tomato plant. When there is a chance of a freeze, I have to go cover them. You can see the sides of the cold frame rolled up a bit. That has to be lowered each evening and raised each morning. The last picture is a tomato blossom.

NEW CARPET

I just realized I should have put the new carpet pictures last. Anyway, you can't really tell the color but it is a light beige and really cushy. I love it but now dad has to cut the bottom off of the closet doors and the bedroom doors because the carpet is so thick.

All of our two bedroom furniture and all the "stuff" from the rooms is crammed in our living room for a few days while we got ready for the new carpet.

Trip Pictures

We were waiting to go on the safari and this little boy sat down by Wally so I asked him if I could take his picture. This was at Busch Gardens in Tampa Bay.

This was at the Warplane Museum.

We enjoyed a session in the beautiful Orlando Temple.

Didn't get very good pictures at Seaworld because our camera wasn't working right but isn't this Manatee an interesting looking guy?

This is the view from our 8th story floor of where they served a beautiful breakfast every morning.

Kennedy Space Center was very Tinteresting. They took us by tour bus to two different sights to see the launching pad, etc.

After we visited Kennedy Space Center, we drove out to Cocoa Beach.

One fun thing we did was go on a mini-safari and got to feed the giraffes.

This was kind of a highlight of out trip by going very slwoly around Lake Cypress and being able to see the alligators in their natural habitat. We counted at least 24.

BEFORE AND AFTER

New bathroom floor

Well this is the start fo the new flooring. Dad decided that he wanted to do this himself so he pulled the old carpet and used it as a pattern for the vinyl. He got it laid today but we still need to put the molding around the edge. The new carpet is supposed to be in in about a week. We are saving about $200 by pulling all the old carpet out of both bedrooms, and getting the foam and tack strips up. I hope it's worth it because that's a hard job. It'll be nice not to have carpet in that bathroom.

INDOOR GARDEN!

This is how dad passes the long winter days. He has his little plants on the kitchen table. It is too cold out in the greenhouse yet. I'm looking forward to them going outside!!!

Low ceiling or tall missionaries?

We had the missionaries for the dinner the other night and these two boys are tall. The one on the left is 6'3" and the other 6 ft. They had to duck to go into the dining room. They were gracious enough to let me take their pictures.