Therapy

Well, I am feeling a little better since my accident. For my therapy Kent and I worked on our kitchen. We have wanted to upgrade our kitchen cabinets for a while now, so instead of replacing all of them with new ones, we decided to paint them. We think it looks a lot better and brighter, and once we do the ceiling light, our project will be complete.

Don't you agree that it looks much better!

Grateful

Monday was President's Day and of course I had to work. Our clinic was pretty slow in the morning so I decided to go home for lunch and see Kent. Now, I hardly ever go home for lunch, usually just stay at work, run errands, or go to the park. So, I am driving home and there's a lot of traffic on Hwy 95, but what else is new. I am almost home and getting to the corner to turn off of Hwy 95. I get into the left turn lane while the truck in front of me turns right. A small pickup behind me slows down for us to turn off the highway. Now, you have to know that this corner scares me to death! There have been too many accidents and a couple of deaths happen here in the past. Well, as I was getting close to the corner to turn I heard a crash behind me and knew that I was going to get hit. What a weird feeling. I just prayed that they wouldn't hit me in the driver's side door. Everything happened so fast and then it was over. No really sure who hit me or what. I looked around and saw the little pickup sideways in front of me and my car was facing the opposite direction. I immediately called Kent and looked around for the other drivers. Across the highway I saw a big 4x4 pickup and recognized who the driver was. She waited a couple of minutes and then opened her door and fell to the road. I ran over to help her and called 911. My main concern was helping her and waiting for the cops and the ambulance to show up. Kent got there really fast and helped the EMT's and the cops. Not really sure what happened in the crash still, as the girl in the truck can't seem to recall anything that happened, although we do know that she was behind the small pickup. Anyway, our car was pretty messed up as I was hit a couple of times as I was spinning around from being hit, but not on the driver's side door! There as an eye witness who was on the side road who saw the whole thing and told me I was pretty lucky the semi truck coming the opposite direction didn't hit me. Not something I really want to think about. I did hit my head on something, but no blood or bruises. On Tuesday, the aches and pains started, and my upper body was having some major muscle tension. We went to the doctor and everything is fine, just a little sore. Good news! I am very grateful to have been protected from any serious harm throughout the accident and to have been able to walk away unharmed. I do seem to be a little scatterbrained lately and very jumpy at noises behind me!!

Christmas Holiday

We had a great Christmas! Because our family had Thanksgiving together, we had to share our married kids with their in-laws for Christmas :( Tyler, Kati and Quincy stopped by and saw us on their way to Vancouver, WA on Dec. 20 so Quincy could open his Christmas presents and then they stayed long enough until all the others arrived at our house. Well, when Kelly, Derek, Heather and Trevor showed up they surprised Kent with his Christmas present from all of us. We had gotten him a new German Shepard puppy to replace Apollo. He was so surprised and happy! Kent absolutely loves this puppy and the two of them have bonded very well. It took Kent about 4 days before he finally decided on a name for this cute dog, but in the end Bubba was the name he chose. He is getting used to the cows, but he isn't too fond of Mr. Kitty yet! So our Christmas vacation was filled with playing with Bubba and taking him out to relieve himself!!

We had a fun time with Heather, Trevor, Kelly, and Derek here. We had our Christmas dinner on Saturday, went to Church on Sunday at the Singles Ward, and on Monday had Heather and Trevor open their presents. Seems Baby Hess got the most presents!

We got tons of snow over break so Derek, Kelly, Kent, and Bubba went tubing on the 24th. They had a great time and wore the puppy out. Well, after we opened our gifts on Christmas day, we all get tubing ago, even Bubba! He really liked it, especially when he got to sit on our laps going down the hill. Mike's brother had a basketball in Boise on the 27th, so we took Kelly over and watched the game with all the Williams, then Mike came home with us. He went to Church the next day with us and then he and Kelly went back to Jerome. Seems Kelly isn't going back to BYU this semester, but is going to be living in Jerome and working. Rumor has it that she may be getting married in May?? Once it becomes "official" we will let everyone know :)

Well, Derek got to stay longer with us than the rest of the kids. The three of us went the Humitarian Bowl in Boise and watched Nevada play Maryland. The weather was good, no rain or snow, and it didn't get too cold until thr 4th quarter. One bad thing happened at the game though. I lost my cell phone when i went to flush the toilet and my phone fell out of my pocket and away it went!! It was too funny I had to laugh. Seriously, what could I do.

Well, the holidays are over and everyone has left us, except for Bubba. In just 3 weeks he looks like he has grown a lot!! He is going to be a big dog.

Thanksgiving

What we are thankful for:

Families. We had such a great time at Thanksgiving with all of our family here. As everyone grows up and leaves home, we look forward to the times when we everyone can be together and have some fun.

Growing Families: It is true! Being a grandparent is the best. Kent is the best grandpa around, just ask Quincy. He loves his Grandpa to play with him, to take him outside to feed the cows, and feed him whatever he wants. We are so excited for the next addition to our family in March (baby Hess).

Happiness: There are so many things that make up happy, but being able to spend time with our family is at the top of our list. We bought an early Christmas present, a Wii, and of course we had to try it out while some of the kids were here. It is so much fun. Of course there are other things that make us happy, like good health, having jobs, going to the Single's ward and all their activities, testimonies, and spending time together.

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving holiday!

Parent's weekend

Last Thursday we went to Provo to spend some time with our kids. Tyler met us in Jerome so he could go with us as Kati and Quincy were in Washington for the week. It was so good to have all of our kids together because this doesn't happen very often. We stayed with Heather, Trevor, and Kelly in Springville. While we were there, we went and watched Kelly's intramural basketball game on Thursday. Friday we spent shopping, getting her laptop taken care which couldn't be fixed for a decent price, so we had to buy another one. :( Friday night we played Rock Band, which was really fun! I myself really liked the drums, not sure which was Kent's favorite, maybe the guitar? Heather and Trevor were the pros and showed up all up!

Saturday was the BYU football game against UNLV. The weather was perfect, and so was the kettlecorn (my favorite and a must at football games!) Before the game, we like to walk around and check out all the activities and games set up across from the stadium (free stuff!). So, Kent and I did the football toss for a chance at a free T-Shirt. I was lucky enough to throw the football in the hole, and Kent's almost made it, so that gave both us a shirt, Kent was was too lucky. Tyler and Kelly both missed! BYU won the close game, which made it fun to watch. After the game was over we went to Cafe Rio for some good food. Seems like that is what most of the people at the game were thinking too!

We had a great weekend, ate way too much food, and played a lot of Rock Band! Good times.