NOW THAT U HEARD SOME, LET ME SHARE WHAT WE DID ON THE WAY HOME: MON. WE WENT 2 THE AZTEC INDIAN RUINS & 4 CORNERS. TUES. WE WENT 2 THE PETRIFIED FOREST. WED. WE WENT 2 CARLSBAD CAVERNS. ALL WAS SURPRISINGLY ACCESSIBLE, & W/ME, FREE! BAD THING IS, W/ME, EVERY1 SAW LESS-SO THEY WANT 2 GO BACK W/O ME. STILL, JESS WAS SUPER CONCERNED AT THE AZTEC INDIAN RUINS THAT I COULDN’T CLIMB THE LADDERS, SO IT WAS A HUGE RELIEF 2 HER 2 HEAR I WENT IN MY YOUTH!

AT THE AZTEC INDIAN RUINS, 2 GET THERE, MARK HAD 2 TAKE ME ON SOME SUPER STEEP HILLS (A WORKOUT 4 HIM, & SUPER SCARY 4 ME, BUT JESS & FIA WERE ON MY LAP & AS WE ROUNDED EACH CORNER & APPEARED WE’D GO OVER A CLIFF, I SAW LESS & HEARD JESS FREAK OUT 4 ME, SO I COULD BE BRAVER -BUT IT WAS SCARY & I WAS GLAD I TRUSTED MARK SO MUCH)!

SO HOW DO I CELEBRATE JULY 4TH? WELL, MY CHAIR & ME WEIGH 300 IBS., SO MARK EMPTIES A BOX OF POPS ON THE GROUND, & I TAKE SEVERAL SWIPES 2 ROLL OVER THEM, UNTIL ALL SEEM POPPED. THEN THE KIDS & I WATCHED THEIR PYRO UNCLE & DAD LIGHT AMAZING FIREWORKS (WE WERE EXPECTING A FEW, WHICH WAS AN UPGRADE FROM LAST YEAR–WHATEVER)!

Jenny and I went to the hospital early this morning to have her last tube (feeding tube) removed. Unfortunately, they could not get an IV in her, so they postponed it for a later date. Jenny was really dissapointed and I hated to see her feel let down. It will come out soon, but this is another bump in her road to recovery. To do something a little more upbeat, Jenny and I went out for breakfast and Jenny shopped at a new scrapbook store. She has been to craft stores since coming home form the hospital, but she actually bought a couple small things this time. It seemed to do the trick to take away some of the hurt. I have a feeling that she will be wanting to scrapbook now that she can move her arm better. At least she can edit digital photos on the computer.

I, again, want to thank Jenny’s brother, Don, for this great web site. Recently he added some photos of Jenny and the family for those who are interested. They show early progress, but do not really capture how good Jenny has been recently. Hopefully I will be able to add more soon. You can find the link on the begining web page.