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Photo Shoot at Great Salt Lake

September has flown by...

As the last day of September approaches, I find myself saying... "where did the month go? What did I do all month?"
The girls will have completed a full month of school! They are both doing very well! Kellie had parent/teacher conf. already last week. I got nothing but good to EXCELLENT reports on her. She is even doing better with missing assignments. But I am the most proud of how she gets up everyday at 6:30AM to get ready for school. She eats breakfast, gets ready and is out the door for school by 7:05am! Jessica gets all her work turned in on time and is doing very well too! I just wish I could talk her into making her own lunch every day. :)
I had my surgery the 28th of Aug. So on Friday it will be 5 weeks since surgery. I'm healing well and started doing some longer walks. I can't wait to get back to the gym and resume my normal life. I did have a couple set backs that weren't planned. I got a bacterial infection in my bowels. This made me very sick! Could drink only liquid foods/drinks, lots of back pain and abdominal pain! I got on antiobiotics for 2 weeks and was feeling great! Then got the infection back after a week. So started 2nd series of 2 weeks yesterday. I'm sure I will start feeling better in a couple of days. Otherwise, I'm doing well and hope this gets the infection this time!!!
I took Kellie to a couple of photo shoots this last month. One was with some sports cars and one out by the Great Salt Lake. I will post a few of the pictures on here seperately. Most of the shoots are for the photographers to get practice and the models to get practice. This has been a great experience for Kellie!! She is getting better and better at posing. She is learning what works and what doesn't. The photographers are all very nice and helpful. So is a great environment for her. Plus, we are getting lots of great pictures for her portfolio for acting/modeling.
The girls are out of school for Thurs, Fri and Monday. Some education thing in Utah. We will be home. Kellie may have some friends over to watch her on Brainsurge this weekend. (We will TiVo) We will be watching tomorrow!! This will be great fun! It will be a kick to see her on TV!
Kellie has had a couple of auditions here in Utah. She did get a callback from one of them. I'm not sure if we would have heard something by now or not. You just never know.
Greg is in NC on business this week. He went early to attend his 30 yr HS reunion.
Wow... has time flown! He will return on Thursday of this week, only to pack up and leave for hunting on Friday. October is hunting season and I am left for the deer and elk. :) It is good! Greg loves it and looks forward to it each year.
Well that's all for now... hope to write more soon....

Healing more and more...

Doing much better this week. Starting to feel more like myself. The antiobiotics have kicked in and hopefully I won't have any more problems with the infection.
Not much else happening....
I started to drive again last week. On Thursday, I go out to run a few errands and I get in the garage and have a flat tire!!! Guess it just wasn't my day. I called our Allstate Road service and they were out and fixed the tire from initial call to me being on my way. Thats pretty great service! Luckily I was at home and not out stranded somewhere on the side of the road. Thank you for watching over me!
The kids are plugging away at school. Jessica likes her teacher alot. Kellie seems to like all of her teachers too! They both are doing well in school.
Our family is planning to go up to the property one last time before it gets to cold to camp. I'm excited because the leaves should be changing and it should be beautiful! I will take lots of pictures and post some if they are good. Were going up Friday and coming home Sunday.
That's about all for now...

Home from the hospital...

After being in the hospital for 4 days, I was ready to go home. I will miss having everything at my fingertips and nice nurse's and assistances that continuously took care of me. Intermountain is a great hospital.
I am healing well from the surgery. I can get around pretty good, but still am taking pain pills some of the time.
The biggest issue is that my stomach is hurting sooo bad about 75% of the time. It's not from the surgical site. I've been taking over the counter stuff to help subside the pain. I called the doctor and they want me to get a lab test to make sure I don't have some kind of infection. So my friend Charlene was nice enough to take me to the hospital to get the "kit" to take home. Once I get the results back from that, and if they are normal, I will just have to watch my diet and eat mild foods.
In the meantime, I stay close to the house and take an easy. Which is hard to do for me... but working on it!
Thanks for all your well wishes from all my family and friends!

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Montana Fun!

Check out the slide show from some of the pictures we took in Montana. We had a great time! It seems that no matter how long we stay, the time just flys by. There is never enough time to visit and catch up with everyone. Even though we stayed the longest we ever have, the time went by quickly. This trip was great because the whole family was together. We were busy, busy, busy. We went to Seely Lake for a day picnic. Dan & Crystal were kind enough to bring their boat up too! Everyone got a chance to ride the tube and/or ski that wanted to! Others got a fun ride in the boat! Most liked the tube and going as fast as Dan could drive, then send them over the wake bumps. I tried skiing a few times (haven't skied in 25 years), didn't get up. I was afraid I would fall on my face and get hurt. lol
The girls and I went over to Coeur d'Alene, ID to see my friend Betsy and her family. We spent the night with them. It was great catching up and meeting their new family member Sophie, a fawn pug.
The weather cleared enough for the day so we went to Splash Montana. It was fun cooling off in the pool and riding the slides.
Then we went to the fair several days and watched Eric and Summer show their sheep. Summer got 2 purple ribbons and Eric got 2 blue! Great job! It was fun to learn about the sheep and 4-H while we were there. Kellie got to see her black and white cow too! She loves the cows! Saturday the kids all went on rides! Michelle and I went on rides too! Lots of fun memories. Everyone went to the rodeo on Friday night. It was a first for Kellie and Jessica. They have never been to a rodeo before. It was a great experience for both of them.
On Sunday, we did family pictures. It started out raining, but it managed to clear and we got all of our pictures done. I was so glad because this was the first time we have all been together in several years.
Over all, the weather was very cool, rainy and wet! I'm glad to be home in the 80's and see some sun. It was great to see all the family! Lots of great memories... hope you have some looking at the slide show.