May

The family - September 2012

Well it's may and I have become the worst blogger around.  I am not keeping up with the times and the events and the things going on with me and my family.  I need to get back to blogging regularly because it is a very good way to keep track of all things related to me and my family.  Things I am thinking about:

• Willie has been serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints for 14 months.  He had had 7 companionships and is now in a Zone Leader companionship with Elder Hall (Cache County).
• My sweet nephew, Parker Stewart Wood, received a mission call to the Texas Houston East Mission.  It is a perfect mission call for him - in a part of the country he has never really visited SE Texas and SW Louisiana and where he will meet some pretty interesting people for sure.  He reports to the MTC on September 2 (birthdays for Great Grandpa Huber and Quinn).
• Karl has a new church calling - Young Men's President.  He has been serving with the young men all but 3 or 4 years since we've lived in the Hunter 1st Ward and under 4 different Bishops.
• I am teaching an online counseling/college and career readiness course for the U.  It's been a good thing (Disneyland $$). 
• The grandchillins are keeping busy with baseball/t-ball.  Sitting on a ball field watching them follow instructions (or not), try their best, run and jump around and watch to see if I am watching them is pretty awesome.
• Devin Stock (Red Emily's husband) is graduating from the college of Pharmacy at the U.  He has worked really hard for as long as I have known him to reach this milestone.
• My daughters are amazing mothers to their sweet children.  I am so very proud of them. They are married to good men and I am proud of them, too.
• I love the rain.  It was supposed to rain tonight, but the storm blew over, again.
• Karl and I have joined the "healthy living challenge" group.  I am terrible at doing it.  I was in last place week 1.  I have crawled into second to the last place this week.  I know I eat a lot of stuff that is on the "unhealthy" list.  I am doing my best this week.  Avoiding sweets (candy, cookies, chocolate) and drinking water (64 oz. a day) are next to impossible, but I am trying. 
• For the past few months, my dad has been preparing for dialysis. After his broken neck experience last year and being on a feeding tube for 3 months he was faced with kidney failure.  Well trust my dad to beat the odds.  His kidney function is actually improving, gradually.  He is prepared for dialysis with a fistula in his right arm, but if he does what he needs to do (limited fluid intake and keeping his weight stable) he will be dialysis free.
• Annie has been sewing up a storm!  She is mainly into making bags - amazing cute bags.  Grandma Petersen would be so proud.
• Meranda has a male friend, Pedro Sanchez.  He is a very nice young man.
• Emily Stapley is getting married on May 20.  We had a bridal shower for he on Saturday.  she got some really nice gifts for rooms in her home-to-be.  Excited for Emily!
• Many May birthdays!  Happy Birthday to all!
• Haley and James finally sold their town home - yippee!!!

Well, there you have it!  A nice post for May.