You know you're getting old when....

Eddie has had a fun few weeks. After our trip to Utah...with TOO MANY restroom stops, I drug him to the local clinic to have blood work done! It actually starts on Easter! We went to visit friends and were telling them of our great traveling experience and "lo and behold!" Tiny just happened to bring his blood sugar meter with him!!! So after some arm twisting...Eddie stepped up to the plate and let him poke him. Tiny said the meter read "C & H". Actually, his blood sugar was so high it wouldn't register! On Tuesday, at work, Teddy tested him and his blood sugar was at 482!!! Wow! It had come down!!! So that's how we found ourselves at the clinic having blood work done. It only cost $290. I wouldn't let him eat that morning, so his tests would have better results! His blood sugar that morning was 220 fasting! Last Friday we got the results from all the other tests! Eddie is border-line diabetic (Type II), I personally think they're being kind with the border-line thingy, but we'll see what he can do in 3 months to get it under control. He's on meds. 1/2 a pill in the morning and 1/2 a pill at night. His cholesterol is also high! (imagine that!) So he's on Crestor every day!

If that wasn't fun enough....as soon as he was diagnosed border-line... his left eye got cloudy! So today, he had a day off and we went to the Eye Dr.

$333 later and with dialated pupils, Eddie will now be proudly sporting....

Yes, Bi-focals! What's next? The eye Dr. also said he has cataracts (sp?) but they don't need surgery yet! Hopefully he'll have insurance before then!!!!

We are very grateful that he has been working steadily since April 3rd. The best part about this job is......a paycheck every Wednesday! It helps to pay for all the medical stuff!!!!

We have been very blessed! We see the Lord's tender mercies in our lives daily!

We are getting old though!!!

Texas Houston!!!

This is the temple in Houston Texas!

My nephew Matthew received his mission call today to the Texas Houston Mission

Spanish speaking!

He reports to the MTC on June 24th! (That's our 3rd wedding anniversary!)

I'm so excited for him and the adventures the next two years will bring him!

Congratulations Mattman!!!!

Happy Easter!

We took a quick trip to Utah! We left Thursday morning. My cousin Melissa got married in the Manti temple Friday morning. The above picture was the view from the bed in our room at the Temple View Lodge! Nice little place! The sky at sunset was gorgeous!!!
We drove around that night trying to get a good picture of the temple. It was a full moon and we wanted to get a picture with the moon behind the temple, but the moon was behind the heavy blanket of clouds!!!

Still an awesome picture!

Melissa & Devin Wallace!!! Woo Hoo!

I got to see my great-nephews and great-niece at the reception. This is me and Ares! He loves me! Since the first time I met him, he's always smiling with me!!!! It's a gift!

Eddie loves this picture!!!

This is Tessa! Don't you just love the shoes! They are so cute!!! Always bows in her hair? well around her head! She is getting gorgeous red hair!!! She's so cute!!! That's my nephew David holding her. Love his shirt and tie!!!

This is the adorable Adam! He is so much fun! He can recite the entire book, "Where The Wild Things Are!" I'm impressed with how good he is when he sees us, cuz we really don't get to see each other that often, but he always says, Hi Dee! and if not in a car will even give me a hug!! How cute is that!!!!

We are so exhausted from this quick trip. We drove all the way home from Orem yesterday and started working on Easter dinner! We had 4 missionaries and Patricia, Elizabeth and Adam over for dinner. Great meal!!! Elizabeth brough dry ice so we made homemade root beer! DELICIOUS! Ham, potato salad, baked beans, yummy salad and rolls!

I'm tired now and I'm going to bed!!!!

Oh yes,! Thursday the 9th of April...Candace had a little girl! woo hoo! More info when I get it!

Yes, we are alive!

Sorry, it's been too long since we've updated! Today we have lots of pictures!

I took this picture a few weeks ago. We had a couple really pretty days. It obviously had just rained, because the sky was blue, not brown! This is our front yard view. Some days you can't see the mountains, but this day you could. Before the houses were built across the street, we had an even better view. At least there isn't a house right across from us, so when the flood control district fills up, we even have lake front property!

This is the avocado tree. We trimmed it almost 3 years ago. It never stopped producing. It has the best tasting fruit on it. Creamiest avocados you've ever eaten! DELICIOUS! There are still lots of avocados on the top branches. We have to wait until they fall themselves...too high to reach to pick. I think they taste better when they fall off the tree themselves!!!

The roses are blooming! This is the "big stick" rose Eddie planted last year. He likes them cuz they look like the Big Stick Popsicles! They are very pretty.

A fuzzy shot of another big stick rose!

The red roses are blooming too.

They look really velvety, even without the blurry pictures!

We have been working a lot in the back yard. Trying to get a garden in. We probably should have started a couple months ago, but better late than never. We have a lemon "bush" that was growing sideways! Eddie decided to cut off most of the bush and see if a branch that was growing straight up would continue to grow up instead of out. We'll see. Eddie actually wants to get rid of the bush, but I want to wait and see if it survives it's "pruning!"

The bush has been producing the best lemons these last few years. I'm sure it's Eddie's watering that has made them extremely juicy and the peels really thin. They're great to use in cooking and lemonade and making the garbage disposal smell good!

We also took out the red hibiscus. It has been infected with white flies for a few years, so we decided to remove it and eventually we'll buy some new hibiscus for the yard.

We also have this tree that planted and grew itself! Don't know what it is besides annoying! We've attempted to get rid of it several times, but obviously not very well and it was a very hardy tree.
Eddie took the chain saw to it!

This is what it looked like before the stump was removed.

The Missionaries came over and helped dig out the roots and remove grass and get the soil ready for planting! They've been very helpful. They live around the corner and we are always feeding them. They like to come over and do "service!"

They got the root out!

This is out under the avocado tree, next to the garage. My mom said she wants flowers out there. We've been planning this for a couple of years. Eddie went out a few weeks ago and finally got it ready for planting. We're going to grow impatiens! They like the shade!

We also got 3 new citrus trees. A mandarin, a Valencia naval orange and a seeless lime!

Eddie planted them! He doesn't like gardening or farming!

He just LOVES ME!

Here are the new citrus trees and the plot he made next to the sidewalk for my herb garden!

Here are the herbs I finally planted. We're calling it our Scarborough Fair garden. Yes, we have Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme! I planted them that way on purpose, so I could remember what they were. We also have Sweet Basil, Cilantro, Chives, Purple Sage and some sweet onions!
This is a photo taken this weekend during conference of our 3 sleeping people. Eddie actually had just woken up, but my Mom and Zena are still sleeping! We had a great weekend. Lots of family and friends, good food and of course great speakers!
So that's our update! I'll try and keep you posted. At least I'll have garden pictures to post!!