Some photos this month of what life is like for Dad at Ashford. This is the "Bum Heater" HA! Dad loved to lean on the heat vent and wants us all to come give it a try. I must admit, it is pretty comfy warm!
We do a lot of bed arranging. Getting things in just the right order and placement takes a lot of time each day...several times a day.
We had a wonderful visit with one of our missionaries Ben Burden who was down from Idaho Falls area. Had lunch and the best chat. Seeing these kids as spouses and parents is so rewarding!
We celebrated Dad's 96th birthday on March 16 with his friends at Ashford. It was a party!
We played PIN THE TAIL ON THE DONKEY and it just did not matter where they chose to place that tail!
Then we did a SING-ALONG with a bunch of old songs that many of them remembered. Dad was right there on some of them as well. If I only could remember the tune to THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND...Hmmm.
Family pic with our family at Ashford with Dad. He loved having everybody there and being with his friends at the same time!
We took him in the activity room for some gift opening and that was fun. LeAnn framed a collection of Mom's paintings done in prints at BYU and we got him balloons and a cool wood workshop with screws to put in and lights to turn on etc.
The next weekend I had my meetings in St George for Provo Power. Scott was excited that former BYU Basketball coach Dave Rose was the keynote speaker during lunch that day. He and hid son did a really nice motivational presentation. I had not realized that he had pancreatic cancer...the same kind Susan and LeAnn both have. He said he had only met 2 people with the same type of pancreatic cancer as him, so I got to tell him about my sisters, especially Susan who has outlived the norm already. There is great hope. He has lived 14 years with it already!
We stayed in St George for Scott to help with the Red Cliffs Temple dedication Saturday and Sunday.
We spent a day birding at Lytle Ranch, went to dinner TWICE at our favorite Mexican place, Irmitas, and I got a lot of reading done, which I have not done in a super long time!
I got to go to the first session of the dedication on Sunday. We had a tour Thursday night of the inside, so that was also wonderful!
We met Valerie from Church News after the first session, she was the one in charge of covering this event.
We walked a couple times by the Virgin River. We love seeing the southern Utah birds and scenery.
We got this photo from Austin or Amanda...we did not know that Amanda's family met up with Austin's when they were in Seattle area! Made me so happy to see them together!
Susan came for her spring break this year and we spent a lot of time visiting Dad. The last night, all us girls met at Ashford for a photo with Dad. He was pretty confused that night. Maybe because he is used to us coming one at a time all week. Oh well, we tried. I am sure he loved all the visits anyways!
LeAnn cut his hair afterwards. He is pretty good about letting us shave him or cut hair or put lotion on his feet, whatever we need to do to try to take care of him.
Susan had never been to the Provo City Center Temple so we made sure to go while she was with us. We really enjoyed our time together in the temple. It is so beautiful.
Speaking of temples, Scott got to be there for the placing of the Angel Moroni statue on top of the Salt Lake Temple as part of the renovation.
And speaking of renovations, that is pretty much what I do for a while almost every day. I am sure we could have paid someone to get all these things done much more quickly than my 2-3 hours a day, but I am way too cheap!
The study is my favorite! From brown paneling and farm wallpaper to crisp white paneling and sage green walls and a new closet and ceiling to floor curtains. It looks so good!
The half bath is also done now with the new countertop, the walls painted barely off-white, fresh white trim and ceiling and new light, mirror and towel bar. Looks so nice! We do not miss the turquoise blue countertop at all.
Currently working on finishing up the hall bath...maybe it will be the most satisfying when it is completed as it will experience so much change in such a good way after being the eyesore of the house for so long.
