Monday, June 30, 2008

Hi Gang of Blogger-Readers:

Just a quick note to let you know that all is well in Zion for now. This Thursday Dennis will have his 2nd Chemo treatment and this is the one when he will supposedly lose the rest of his hair that he has left on his head and face. He says it's no big deal because he is bald anyway....and I think bald is very sexy and so it won't bother me either. I'm just praying that his strength will keep up and he'll continue to feel as well as he has. I took pictures of him from every side to show his hair as it is now, so we can compare and remember! I'll try to load them on here sometime.

Since Thursday, as I mentioned, he and Jay and Bill have been the raving fishing fanatics and have had so much fun. They were so worn out and tired by Sunday, nobody could move! The first day I told you the fishing was horrid! (Enough said), but Friday and Saturday they went to Strawberry and caught more fish than should be allowed. They were all catch and release, so they didn't bring any home, but they all had sore arms from casting and catching soooooo many fish. Probably broke a record of how many they caught but Dennis double-dog-dared me if I told on the blog how many they actually caught! So, I am sworn to secrecy, but it was a bunch of fish and thy had a ball!

Bill left last night to head back to San Diego, and we hated to see him leave. He and Jay were so good to Dennis (and myself) and we all had mucho fun sitting around and visiting after the fishing good times. It's always great to be with these guys. Thanks Bill and Jay for always being so good to us. Jay is leaving the boat in our care this week and Dennis is going to try on Wed. to take Todd and Michelle and kids up to Strawberrry and have a good fishing trip (I hope), before his chemo on Thursday. Michelle played volleyball in
the summer games in St. George and hurt her knee and then tweaked it again when she got home, so she's been down and out with terrible knee pain and might have to have surgery. Those darn "Miller knees" get all of us!

This morning I am going to get back in the groove and go swimming (water aerobics) at the Sports Mall at 8:30 a.m. I haven't been for so long, I only hope and pray I can find a swimsuit that will fit me out of my 50 million "smaller size suits" that I wore last summer when I had lost my weight. Oh my, here we go again, the struggle of the weight begins in earnest again! Darn!!

It was so fun this morning when we got up to read scriptures at 6 a.m. to hear and watch the new sprinkling system going off and watering our lawn....it is great, wonderful, fantastic, and so appreciated, thanks again to one and all for your help.

Well, this was just a "journal update" more for me than you, just to keep me in the habit of keeping a journal. Hope you're not too bored, but relief is just a few words away....

Keep well, keep praying and remember: WE BELIEVE IN MIRACLES!!!!

Blessings to you all.

Mama Blogger