Update on Dennis

Dennis has started physical therapy for his back and is going three times a week. He has been doing pool therapy and feels like it is making his back lots stronger. He also went to a new doctor this week for an assessment and the doctor was just shocked at how great he is doing. He has very little pain and only takes ibuprofen occassionally. He has also been drinking Tahitian Noni Juice since a couple weeks after the accident and his doctor was impressed enough with how much it helps manage his pain, that he wrote out a prescription for him to keep taking it. We are anxious for him to get back to work but glad that he hasn't been out working in the extremely cold weather we've had here.

More Drawings From Cameron

Cameron has been drawing a lot of pictures of Tow Mater, Mack, and Lightning McQueen from the movie Cars. He drew the picture of Mater's back from a picture "in his head." The drawing of Mater with a red front and top was of Mater on "Big Rig Day." He and Mack are coming off the freeway and Mater is wearing a "half circle like big rigs do." We are amazed at the perspective in his recent drawings. He stills loves to tell stories while drawing and he has so much fun drawing them - which is great!

Kylie can draw!

I looked over at Kylie drawing today and realized she was drawing a face. She showed me the eyes and mouth and added a nose for me. Then I asked if the person could have arms and legs and she added them too - in the right places! Sorry I just have to brag! She is only 2 1/2. We think she has been watching Cameron draw so much that she figured it out. She was so proud of her drawing and loved to show it off to everyone. Luckily, I took a picture of it before she added more drawing and coloring over the top of it. Hope you can see it too. The scribbling around the top is the hair. The eyes, nose and mouth are in the middle. The arms and legs are coming off the sides and bottom of the face. Okay....I'm done bragging

This recipe is soooooo yummy. I should have taken a picture of the cake but didn't think to. I was too busy eating it. It took about 7 bowls, a double boiler, a mixer and a really big mess to make. It didn't last more than 2 days. It tastes best after it has chilled a couple hours and the mouse topping has set. Not that we waited for our first taste. Oooohhhh, this is taste bud heaven. This will be what I make for my birthday cake.

Playing in the Snow

The kids had a great time playing in our recent snow fall. They enjoyed swinging, digging in the snow with shovels, and making snow angels. After, Kylie said she wasn't tired and didn't want a nap. The picture shows different :)

Jen's Recent Cards and Pics

Here are some of my recent iris fold cards and a tebag card. The temple picture was 8x10 and done with fabric textured scrapbook paper. I was going to see how much it would sell on ebay or deseretbook.auctions/ but Shirley bought it as soon as she saw it to give as a wedding present. I am in the process of making another one. I made the heart cards to show a scrapbook store called Heartfelt Creations. I am going to teach an iris folding class there on Feb 1st. The teabag card was made for a monthly challenge at cicleofcrafters.com. I gave it to a friend who recently miscarried.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year. It is 2am and I can't say I'm up celebrating. I've been up doing geneology and checking out posts on CircleofCrafters.com and Fiskateers.com. I love both websites but CofC is my favorite. I love to get ideas for iris folding and teabag folding.

Here are some pictures from Christmas. We drove to Boise to visit with Jen's parents. The pictures of the Salt Lake temple grounds are from Saturday Dec 30th. The lights were beautiful but it was very cold. Dennis and Jen were married in this temple 10 years ago this month.