2009 #2

We didn't make it to Evanston to see Mike's father last weekend.  Wyoming go hit with a winter storm and it prevented us from traveling.  His dad is now in a nursing home and seems to be in good spirits.  He hopes to lose some of the water weight he has gained so their is less strain on his heart and more time to live his life.  It is hard to imagine what he must be feeling sitting in the nursing home wondering when...or what's next.  Mike's brother Troy lives in Utah and makes the trip to see his dad almost every weekend.  We feel some comfort knowing Troy is there to keep an eye on things.  Mike's aunts and uncles have also spent a lot of time with Floy and are there to be supportive of Floy and see that he is taken care of.  Family is the best medicine.  

Other then the wind driving us all MAD,( I actually go hit in the face with the lid of the garbage dumpster causing bruising and a cut finger!) our busy lives have started up in the new year again.  The Christmas break really gave us a lot of rest and time to relax.  We really spent a lot of time together and even got to go and see a couple of movies.

School starts for the kids next Monday, I went back to work yesterday and Mike will actually work his firt full week in a month.  2009 has officially begun!  Enjoy the next 13 days, I hope you find some normalacy in it.  Change isn't always as great as we are led to believe.