Well, It says that the last time I published anything on the blog was October so I guess I have been rather deliquent. We had problems with only one computer working online but we have solved that problem so today I can work online from my bed where I am recouperating from another knee replacement, this time on my left knee.

I had the surgery on December 17th. So it has been about 13 days. I have done very well. I have been walking on it well from almost the start. I have a better pain medication for me that does not give me anxiety attacks so that has been helpful.

Larry as usual has been very helpful. He works hard to make sure everything I need is in place before he leaves to go to work. He is really patient with me and does laundry and dishes so that we can have what we need clean.

Erick has been good to help also. He fixed dinner for Christmas with Larry's help and he has kept the walks shoveled with all the storms we have been having for the season in Utah.

Erick made his famous Italian lasagna for Christmas dinner. BJ and Holly were here and Maren and Landon came also. Maren made Baklava for dessert so it was a great dinner. Jake was able to come up earlier in the afternoon with the kids while Nikki worked but they left to have dinner with her in the evening.

Kirsten and her family and Maren and her family came on Christmas Eve long enough to read the Christmas story from the scriptures and unwrap "the" Christmas Eve present and then they went home to prepare for Santa coming.

We all pitched in and bought Larry a laptop computer that he can use for school for his Christmas present. We gave it to him early on the 16th when it came so he could use it for his classes. He has needed a computer ever since the last laptop whe had died. Larry bought me a better watch for Christmas and we also got the wireless internet for at home so we can use the laptop at home.

We are not haveing the family "Christmas" Party until next Sunday because of the conflict in the family on times we could get together. Jeff and Nathan and their famiies will not be able to come anyway because of the distance they live away. I told Kirsten she was in charge this year because of my needing to recover from surgery so that is when she decided that we could all get together.

Michelle and Daniel went to California for Christmas to spend the time with "Grammy" Marie. While they were there they got to see "Wicked" and they went to Disneyland. They got together with Marie's family on Christmas Eve and opened presents.

Nathan and Sara had Christmas with her Mom in Alabama and then they left at the end of the week to go to Tenneesse to have Christmas with Sara's dad and all the family. Nathan was excited because he passed the first third of his flight lessons before the break for Christmas. The boys are all growing and learning to talk better everyday. They spent alot of time telling me about their Christmas. Isaac (or Ike-Ike) took the phone and took me on a tour of the apartment, showing me all they had for Christmas. It was not a camera phone however.

Jake helped me get the computer for Larry through the Military exchange. We were able to get a backpack too go with it with the Air Force Logo on it. He ordered it and brought it up on the 16th and wrapped it for us and then we were able to get together at Kirstens house and give it to him. Nikki has to work a lot of night lately so we do not get to see her as much as we would like. Ashton spent more time talking to me on Christmas than he has for quite a while. Lexie likes to chase Uncle Erick and Uncle BJ and Aunt Holly.

Matthew had his third birthday on the 6th of December. They went to Chuck-e-Cheeses for his birthday and then got together latter for a Family party at Misty's mom's I think. Jeff called on Christmas and had the kids sing Merry Christmas to Larry. We had a long talk with him.

Kirsten made quilts for all of her kid's beds and for the bed she and Jon have for Christmas. She had all of us help her on the 16th with Kyle's quilt. She almost had bitten off more than she could chew......but she got them done. They had the kids for Christmas and the first part of the holiday but they have been at their other parent for the last part of the vacation and so that is part of the reason our party is so late. Jon's brother Allen has been living with them for a while but he is leaving this week to go to Iraq with the Air Force.

Erick put up the Christmas decorations for us this year. We have been kind of scrooges because of all we had to do with work and school. It looks nice and I was grateful that he would take the time to do it for us. He is looking for things to do on the house lately now that school is out and he has time to worry about it before he gets the next set of classes. I guess we will leave the Christmas decorations up until next week so we can have them for the party.

BJ took Holly to Las Vegas for her birthday and they went to the Bowl game there that BYU played against UCLA. He was thrilled with the game. Especially the ending where they were able to block the kick by UCLA to win the game 17-16. He called us at the end of the game about as excited as a person can get. He said that he almost got killed though because their tickets were in the UCLA section. They came home through the storm on Christmas Eve and were only an hour and a half late for Holly's famiy Christmas party because of the snow.

Maren is just getting over a cold that she had for Christmas. They had a lot of fun getting ready for Christmas. She really had fun buying the presents that she gave this year. But she was really proud of the fact they did not overspend. Brinlie is really growing. She is getting taller and talking all the time. She repeats everything that people say to her. Landon is really excited about the snow so he can go snowboarding but Maren is sad because she cannot go while she is pregnant. They are expecting in July.