This has been a very frustrating summer for me. I had two surgeries. The first one was having the bunnions on my feet removed July 29th. I thought that would be a breeze because of the way the Dr. talked about it but it was very painful and I had so many things planned that I felt like a zombie all through July. My feet are finally starting to recover, then last Wednesday I had a bladdar repair and I was anticipating feeling very bad again and I feel relatively normal but I am not supposed to lift anything over 5 lbs. and I need to stay off of my feet. Feeling as good as I do I know that I am going to have a hard time keeping to that restriction. But I am glad that I feel good because school starts for teachers on Wednesday August 19th and so I need to bounce back quickly. No more zombie days for me.

I have been trying to get myself to write a little every night on this blog but generally I remember after I have gone to bed and I am tired. I need to figure something out. There are so many things I would like to record on a daily basis.

Erick and Heather moved in with us last week. They are living in the basement while she does her student teaching. It has been good to have them but I also feel frustrated because she is doing a lot right now with my surgery and I feel like a lazy daisy doing hardly anything.

BJ came down on Friday night and is staying because of Reserve training this weekend. I forgot to tell Erick and Heather he was coming so when they woke up to all the lights on downstairs they freaked out for a minute until they discovered that it was B.J. When he came the house was dark and he just went downstairs then I could not sleep so I got up and was reading in the recliner. He came up later and said that everyone seemed to be waking up. It was a crazy night. He went home tonight but then he and Holly will be down to go to Lagoon for military day tomorrow. They almost have their house in Providence, Utah built and are living with Holly's parents until they can move in there.

Maren and Landon went to California this week to work. Maren being so pregnant has not had a good time sleeping and Guage is not sleeping well either so it has not been the best trip that they have had from reports back. They will be home tomorrow evening.

Michelle and her kids went to Tacoma to visit Jeff and Misty and thier family. Daniel had to stay home and work. She said that it was a great visit but it is a long drive.

Kirsten and Jon had all the kids for two weeks when Kyle came home but now they are back to winter schedule of having the girls on Thursday's and every other weekend. She was excited to find out that her baby was a girl. Everything seems to be going okay but she is swelling a lot. Kyle has been mowing our lawn for us lately and that really helps out.

Jake is working nights right now in Moab so he doesn't have to leave on Sunday like he did before. Lexie starts school tomorrow so they have been busy getting her ready for school. They are thinking about getting a dog lately so we will see.

Jeff and Misty are enjoying cooler weather lately. Misty is having fun taking care of the kids and staying at home. Leah starts school the day after labor day so she has a while yet. Jeff has to wait until January before he gets more personal time off so they are not traveling a lot. The boys are being boys.

Nathan and Sara made it home okay and they are settling in. David decided that he wanted to go to public school so they are going to let him try it. Nathan is looking for something part time and dreaming of moving back to Utah so maybe we could all pray for them that it would work out.

Yesterday was the John Thacker reunion in Kaysville but I could not go because of my surgery. Kathy and Mom gave me a report and said it was fun. They said that Uncle Ralph looked better than he has for a while. They had to move it indoors because of the rain the night before so it was at a church rather than the park.

Erick and Heather went to Seth Jenkins's mission farewell and said it was good. Seth both talked and sang. They had a good time visiting with family after the meeting and came back with a good report.

Grandma Jenkins is feeling better with physical therapy. She said she is feeling more like cooking again. I think that she is trying to please Grandpa too because she said that he did not like some of the food they had on meals on wheels like enchiladas (crazy Grandpa)

We had Aunt Judy here for three weeks in July and had a good visit with her. We went to the Family History Conference at BYU the last week in July and learned some things about how to overcome "brick walls" in family history. Judy went to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and was able to find some information on a "brick wall" they had with a John Wall from Ireland. She was also great to help me with the grandkids that came over. She is really good with kids.

Nathan and Sara and the kids were also here in July and we had a pretty wild house while they were here because the other brothers and sister were here also to visit. We also went to the Michaelson reunion during that time and had a good visit there.

We had bouts of being without water for three days (right after my first surgery)and being without power this summer which made us appreciate the many conveniences that we have but Larry wants to run for Kaysville city council to get something done about the power. Ha,Ha.

Actually, Larry is enjoying not having to go to school and being finished with his MBA. We are contemplating a part time mission but have nothing definite yet. We went to Disneyland the first part of July with Maren and Landon and their kids and it was fun but because I was in a wheelchair definately a pressure on Larry to push me all the time, so we are taking it slow.

Hopefully I will keep my commitment to write more often. If not then you will have what you have.