Ouch, Ouch, Ouch!!!

Okay, I'm going to complain! I have about had it this past week with bunion and shingle pain! Trying to buy and break in new shoes so my bunions don't hurt is getting nearly impossible (guess it is time for the surgery to fix that problem). In the last three weeks, I have bought and returned 6 pairs of shoes because once I get home and walk around on the carpet with them, my bunions start hurting. I can't keep wearing sandals during the winter but sure wish I could. Then along comes the shingle pain again. I have been plagued every two weeks or so with redness and pain in the area above my eye where I had shingles this summer. It gives me a migrane like headache and lasts for two to three days. It also makes my eye water. Yesterday at church it was really hurting so after sacrament meeting Rick and I came home. Unfortunately, there isn't much you can do with the pain. It can affect the nerves up to a year after the shingles. :) Okay, now I feel better-I complained!

Time Out For Women!

What a great event! I've always wanted to go to a "Time Out for Women" and finally was able to go to one. It was wonderful and so happened to be on my birthday! A couple of friends and I decided to stay at the Hilton. We got all of these extra benefits (a suite, executive lounge with appetizers and breakfast) because one friend's daughter works there at the front desk. The speakers and musicians at the Time Out were fantastic! I loved Mary Ellen Edmunds presentation. She has a great sense of humor. She talk about things that interfere with peace in our life and that through the Holy Ghost we can be taught to do things to be peacemakers if we listen to him and act upon it. We were reminded that God loves us because of who we are not what we are. We also got to hear Kenneth Cope, Cherie Call and Jenny Oakes Baker perform. I was really grateful that I was able to go and hope to be able to go again sometime.

Happy Birthday to Brett!

Brett has a special place in our family! He will always be the only brother-in-law! He has made his place though with the brothers in the family and is loved by them all. He is also a great son-in-law and we are so grateful for the wonderful husband he is to Stephanie and father to their two little boys. We love you, Brett!

Happy Birthday Stephanie!

It's hard to explain in words what your grown children mean to you but they hold such tender spots in your heart. You watch them from the time they are put in your arms, take those first steps, talk, go through school, leave home for college to be on their own, become adults, get married and have their own families. You look at them with such awe and gratefulness for all the choices they have made and the person they have become. Stephanie, we are so glad that you are the wonderful person and daughter that you have become. Thank you for being a part of our lives. We love you very much! Hope you have a great birthday!

Stephanie's 1st Birthday!

Second Birthday

We must have loved Strawberry Shortcake-birthday dress and both second and third birthday cakes are -Strawberry Shortcake! Wasn't Stephanie the cutest little girl!

A Good Quote to Ponder

I found this quote while reading the book, In Search of Eden, by Linda Nichols. I thought it was a good quote to ponder.

"If you are looking for the perfect place or the perfect person or the perfect life, you'll miss the good while looking for the perfect!"

Hockey Mom, UNO Mavericks and Sarah Palin!!!

Sarah Palin came to Omaha today! We decided to go and hear her speak at the civic center. Well, after waiting in line outside for an hour and half to go through security, we got inside only to find that we ended up in the overflow room with a big screen tv. To our surprise, Palin was brought into the overflow room first and spoke to us before going into the arena. Since she is known as a hockey mom (I can identify with that having been one), a maverick and was speaking in the UNO Maverick hockey arena, she was given (what else) a UNO Maverick hockey shirt. Anyway, great speech and an interesting time for us (especially for Rick who made the comment that he doesn't get into the clapping and chanting stuff that goes on at political speech events).

What a long line!!!

Pictures of Omaha skyline-bored waiting in line!

Unfortunately, I didn't get a good picture of Palin. This is when she first got there.

Our pocket stickers