14 January 2018

 Dear everybody!

   Well, first thing this week is...Happy Birthday, Sam!  Just 4 days til your birthday. I hope it's a good day for you; your package should be there soon!  Thanks for sharing the pictures of the floor all finished. It looks wonderful! I'm sure it feels good to get that behind you!
   Today was busy; we had Egin Bench Ward conference from 9-12, then the Spanish Branch conference from 1-4, then the kick-off meeting for the next Self Reliance classes from 4:30-6. I'm home now and it's good to be here. I imagine that's the kind of schedule that Stake Presidencies and Bishopric's keep every Sunday! Dad made sure I took some snacks to eat between meetings; I'm sure glad I did! 
   Yesterday, Dad and I got to spend almost all day together; it was so nice! He had taught 4H in the morning, but by noon we headed to Idaho Falls/Shelley, did some shopping, had a nice visit with Reneta and Grandma. We took some copies of the family pictures to Grandma and it made her cry; I think she'll spend a lot of time looking at them. After our visit there, we went out to dinner at Outback!  Thanks for the card...you know who you are! :)
   I didn't get to see any of President Monson's funeral, but hope maybe I can find it on-line. President Monson's passing got me thinking about the fact that many of you kids don't remember any other Prophet in your lifetimes. That's the way it was for me when President David O McKay passed away when I was 11 years old; he had been Prophet since before I was born. For Dad it was even longer; he was 14 and President McKay had been the Prophet all of Dad's life too. Then President's Joseph Fielding Smith and Harold B Lee each served as President for short periods of time (2 or 3 years). The next Prophet, President Spencer W Kimball served from 1973-1985. I remember watching his funeral on TV   with you older kids...Aimee and Ben might remember. It will be interesting to watch the broadcast this Tuesday morning. We'll have a new Prophet to get to know and love. 
   Steve, how are you doing? Will you be out of the brace soon? Did you get your stitches out? I'd love to see the progress it has made.
   Looking forward to hearing from some of you...it always makes me so happy to get letters in reply, because it adds to our family history.
   Love you all! 
   Mom/Johanna/Nana




Hi Everybody!

Happy Birthday Sam!!! I hope your day is a good one! We love you!!!

I've been meaning to email for a long time, so I'll try to get caught up here.

Last Monday I took Ellen to a check up at Shriner's. It had been three years since her last check up! I'll include a picture of her x-ray. Her hips look great and the doctors could also tell from the x-ray that she still has a bit of growing left to do. They want her to come back in two years so they can see her hips after she's stopped growing. We got to see Dr. Baird, who worked with Ellen from the very beginning. He is now the Chief of Staff at Shriner's in Spokane, but he totally remembers Ellen. It was really nice to visit with him again! Somehow, Ellen didn't realize that he is LDS until it became very obvious from our conversation. I've known since very early on in Ellen's treatment. ​
We are SO thankful for Dr. Baird!!

Last Wednesday, Stephen got his stitches out and they put some steri-strips on his cut to help keep it stabilized because there were a couple spots that were not completely closed.  Pictures attached!  By Saturday night, all but two of the strips had come off and Sunday morning about 3/4 of an inch of the cut had come open. It was bleeding a little bit, but really not much. Stephen made a butterfly bandage out of the medical tape and suck it back together. (I didn't know about any of this till Sunday night.) He had an appointment yesterday and the doc was impressed with how clean it is and no sign of infection. They left the opening as is, tape and all, and covered it with a special bandage with silver in it. I can't remember what it was called. It's supposed to help with healing and keeping out infection. We'll go back tomorrow to get a fresh bandage. The opening will heal just fine, it will just make the scar look a little funky. And he is still wearing the brace and using crutches for now, but he can drive again!  

Stephen's been working hard on his BYU-I application this last week as well. It's due Feb. 1st. He had an interview with the Bishop on Sunday and the Stake President last night. He's getting close to having it done!

For Christmas the girls gave me a card saying they would take me to see The Greatest Showman, so we went on Friday. It was so fun!!! One of my favorite Christmas presents ever! And we all loved the movie! We've been listening to the music like crazy.  

James and Noah have been working hard on Noah's pinewood derby car. One of our favorite youtubers is Mark Rober, and he has a video about what makes a good pinewood derby car. Noah watched that video over and over and followed all the tips. The actual derby is a week from today, so we'll have to let you know if it worked.

Noah also started basketball practice this week. He is playing on a Moscow Parks and Rec team. He really likes his coach and the boys on his team. He's had two practices so far and each time has come out just grinning. He loves basketball! His first game is on the 30th.

We've been having a regular Moscow winter - milder temps and lots of moisture. Our snow is gone and we've actually had quite a bit of rain. It is supposed to snow on Saturday and Sunday, then back to rain next week. Spencer and I walked home from school on a particularly rainy day. 

Tomorrow Naomi and Noah get their Christmas date. I am taking them to the Vocal Point concert in Spokane!!! We're excited!

Relief Society is good! I got a secretary on Sunday and she is wonderful!!! And our discussions have been so good! I am really loving this new curriculum! Still lots to learn and do, but it's good. 

That is all I can think of at the moment...although I feel like I'm forgetting something. Oh well!

Love you all!
Aimee













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