Road to Recovery!

Lindsay came to me about a month ago
and asked me to feel the bottom of her foot.
She had some pain when she put any
pressure on it and felt a bump on the
arch of her right foot.

I felt it and knew that it didn't feel right.
I looked at it and told her that we needed to make an
appointment with a Podiatrist.
The next week Lindsay was getting an MRI
and the Dr. gave her a date for surgery
January 15th. She recovered well from the surgery
and now she is learning how to use CRUTCHES.
Quite a big adjustment, she will be on these things for
3 looong weeks Well, 1 week down and 2 weeks to go.
Lindsay is back to work at Power Ranch Elementary and
she said that many of the children are helping
her by opening doors and carry her bags. What
sweeties!! Lindsay will be getting the stitches out
February 2! YIPPE! and then NO MORE CRUTCHES!

MORE pictures from our MISSIONARIES!!

Elder Grant Farnsworth and his companion Elder Bostwick

Elder Farnsworth posing at the Baltic Sea.


They enjoyed a Zone Conference in Latvia.

Elder Farnsworth and Elder Aedo with a

group of young people in Argentina.

WHERE'S Heath?

Elder Heath Farnsworth shares with us some

of the food he eats. Yikes!

Elder Heath Farnsworth chopping some weeds

in a tomato field with some help from the children.

It is always a great joy to hear from our son's!

We always hear from them first thing in the

morning! So, needless to say my days are

Great!! Most of the time I can't sleep very well

the night before. I am so excited to read their

emails so I am up and down waiting to hear from them.

The emails are even better when Grant

and Heath will say following their emails PICTURES

INCLUDED!! I can't open the attachments fast enough.

We love their pictures and love their SMILES!!

It makes a mom very happy!

Now it is time for 2009!

This is the 2nd year that we have
celebrated New Years at our home.
Everyone brings a dessert or a finger food
to snack on. What a wild night of eating,
playing games, and lots of laughing and
enjoying each other's company. How the
time flies and then it is time to put on our hats
and blow the noise makers that Grandma always
brings for us. Then we get the Martinelli's
ready to drink. Then the count down begins...
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 HAPPY NEW YEAR!

San Francisco Here we come!

Here we are waiting for our cruise around the
Bay.

We enjoyed watching these seals as they laid
in the sun. They were so noisy.


Shopping at Union Square

The view from our room 17th floor.

Here is David showing us the public bathroom

Touring Alcatraz

Golden Gate Bridge and lots of Sea Gulls.

Waiting for a ride on the Trolley

In our room

David and I had bought 2 tickets last year
from my sister Kathy who works for U.S Air
We could fly anywhere that
U.S Air fly's and we had a year to use
the tickets. Well, with only 3 days left
to go we decided to fly to San Francisco.
What a good choice we made.
There was never a dull moment we
were busy from sun up to sun down.
The weather was beautiful and we rode
on Trolley's, electric buses, the Bart,
and a double Decker bus. We also cruised
under the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz.
We did a lot of walking and ate at some
yummy restaurants. It was a lot of fun
spending time together. We are talking
and making plans for our next vacation.

Merry Christmas to my little Reindeers!

It has been a busy month of decorations,
practicing our songs, and lots of
excitement as we have been preparing and
waiting for our Preschool Christmas program.
It is finally here!
On Wednesday and Thursday we
had fun singing, eating and opening gifts.
I have so much fun being with these
wonderful children! They have really
brightened up my Holidays. I hope
they have a Merry Christmas. I will
be happy to see them the first of the year.

We wish Grant and Heath Happy 20th Birthday!

Our boy's are in far away lands
serving missions. I couldn't let this
special day go by with out wishing
them a Happy Birthday!! I do
miss them, but they love their
missions with all of their hearts, and
this is where they want to be, serving
the Lord and teaching the Gospel. It
is such a blessing to receive their emails
and to hear of all their wonderful
experiences.
We are so grateful for our boy's and I
wish I could give them big hugs and kisses,
but I will have to wait 16 months.
On Christmas Day we will be talking to them.
I CAN'T HARDLY WAIT!!
The boy's emailed us yesterday and we are
making arrangements for those long awaited
phone calls!
I searched thru some of my scrapbooks for
pictures of Grant and Heath. It was so much fun.
I cried a little and laughed a little and 2 hours
later I was still looking at pictures and
remembering all the memories we had together
as a family when they were little.
WOW, Where has all the time gone?

The Parade in Florence

David and I along with my mom
and dad had fun going to Florence Az.
Krisiti, Jason and the kids were in
the Parade. Jason has opened a Dentist
office in Florence. It was a fun day
and we got a tour of Jason's newly
decorated office. Then we enjoyed
eating some Mexican food on the way home.