Sep 15 2008

Here is the new addition. The car is nice, but isn't your dad handsome? He just looked so fine at the wedding!

Seriously we love the car. It doesn't have quite the fancy toys that Becca's Prius has, but it's nice to be able to drive to Idaho for less than $100. They filled the tank when we picked it up Friday, then we drove around town that day, back to Logan Sat night, and all around Logan today and haven't used 1/2 tank of gas yet. It's also very quiet and easy to drive, and we're both delighted to be a 2- car family once again.

We spoke in our new ward's Sacrament meeting yesterday. Dad did great, but I had a hard time. I only had about 10 minutes and you all know I can't say anything in 10 minutes or less. So I spent too much time on the wrong stuff and not enough time on what I really wanted to say. Oh, well. At least we're getting into the ward a little bit. We taught the CTR 5 class yesterday and the Sunbeams the week before. It's kind of fun. Next week is Stake Conference.

We spent most of the time in Idaho with Pat and her family. We enjoyed being there. The wedding was beautiful. And the Rexburg Temple is absolutely gorgeous. Hopefully we'll get to go through a session there sometime. We did have dinner with Bob and Lynda and enjoyed that.

My knee is great. Feels so much better now. I can sleep at night without changing position a dozen times trying to keep that knee from aching. Dad is also doing better. He went back to the medication Dr. Scoville in Idaho put him on and he's been able to cut back a little on the Prednisone, which is the one he doesn't like to take. Too many bad side effects. However Dr Walker wants to start him on a new treatment which is given through an IV every other month. Dad would go to the Dr office and stay there for 2-2 1/2 hours to get this injection. Dr. Walker feels strongly this is what he needs to prevent damage to his joints. However, the insurance company has denied his claim and wants him to have a different treatment that is just an injection and not so expensive. Dr Walker has written them a letter so we'll just have to wait and see how this plays out.

Hope everyone has a great week. We love you all.