Merik's Baptism

Yesterday, February 28th Merik was baptized by his grandpa Rick.  It was a nice meeting wherein Aunt Kendra played the piano, Scout led the music, Uncle Brach gave the baptism talk, Rafe and Henry were witnesses, I gave the confirmation talk, Grandpa Rick did the confirmation, Bishop Harrington gave some comments at the end  and that was that.  We had a number of people come to support Merik and it was a nice baptism.  

I feel bad that we did not get any better pictures than these.  I snapped this just shortly before they went down into the font.  Aunt Sarah captured the kids picture.  I am so thankful for that!  Aren;t they all so cute?

 

Parade of Homes

The third week of February we took a few days to drive down to the St. George Parade of Homes.

I was super excited to go since it's been a couple of years.  It was just a quick trip but I really enjoyed getting away from home after my surgery.  We were able to use Kathy's disabled sticker to park close to different places.  That was such a help for my knee!

We may be in the market for a new home if we can sell ours.  I have been feeling strongly that we need to downsize and have a home all on one level.  Since my surgery I have learned the difficulty of getting up and down the stairs when I am not in good health.  It would be nice to have a home where our bedroom and laundry are all on one level.  It would be nice to have a home where it would be easier to grow old in.

We walked through site a few homes and decided that this floor plan could work for us with a few minor changes.  We would need to add more storage and an exercise room.  The home was decorated so cute with a lot of color which I also loved. 

I am not in love with the elevation of the front but maybe an architect could change it up for us.

Anyway, it is all just a pipe dream unless we could find someone to purchase our home.  Hopefully family.

 

VALENTINES

This year's Valentine's was pretty low key since I was still hobbling around a bit.

Rick bought me this beautiful basket from kneaders.  It was filled with sourdough bread, pumpkin bread, cookies, carmel popcorn, and chocolate covered pretzels.  He also brought me some tulips.  My favorite! He is thoughtful.  

That Sunday we had a family dinner.  Everything was decorated nicely.  We had a delicious Italian dinner.  It's funny that I did not get pictures of our family but they really WERE there:)

Grandpa bought all of the grandkids a special treat.

He also made sure all of the couples had a gift, as well.

It was also Isaac's birthday so we celebrated him with delicious cake and ice cream.

 

Knee Surgery

On the 27th of January I had a long awaited knee replacement.  

It has been a little over two weeks now, and I can tell that I am getting better, but it sure is taking a lot out of me.  I have had good days and not so good days, but with the Physical Therapy that I am doing at home and at the office, my range of motion is improving.  I think I need to be patient because healing takes time.  At least I am on this end of it and am getting through the pain.  A knee replacement is not for the faint of heart!  HAHA!

Pride and Prejudice to get me through a hard day...

So many have come to visit, bring food, bring flowers, text, or just pray for me.  That has been such a blessing!  Rick is the BEST caregiver I could ask for.  He is so good to me!  I LOVE HIM so much and could not do this without him!