Moving Week for Our Daughter's Family

We are on Day 4 of moving our Daughter's Family into their newly built home.  We are so glad that our oldest son, Todd, flew in to help.  He has been more than help, he has been a life saver.  I'm still not to be lifting or straining after my gall bladder surgery, so he has been doing so much to help us.

Todd and Craig after an IHop Breakfast before the moving began.

We spent Friday, Saturday and Sunday moving into the new home.  On Monday we started the landscape project on the back yard.

This is where the patio will go.

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The whole family worked so hard all day.  I couldn't be much help on the outside, so I supervised a bit and then went about making dinner.

Todd said that Cooper wouldn't be able to help unload the potting soil from the truck because it was too heavy.

Here's a look from the kitchen into the dining area and front room.

We did take a few breaks.  Everyone was relaxing while waiting for Barry to get back from an errand so we could eat.

There was a beautiful sky to end the work day.

Tomorrow is landscape rock.

Blessings,
Kathy

Bacon, Venison and Beef

I was working my State Park Dog Off Leash Entrance Gate last week when Zeke came for a visit.

Mamma Doe and her Albino Fawn outside our window.

Craig has two brothers that live in Aurora and in Boulder.  Chuck and Pudge had us all over for a wonderful Standing Roast dinner.  We always enjoy getting together with family!!

Our Hosts, Pudge and Chuck Collins

Lynne and Jim Collins

Craig and Kathy Collins

Pudge, Chuck, Jim, Lynne, Craig and Kathy

This is Tana and Barry's new home.  We went by there yesterday after the football game.  The guys planned out the sprinkler system for the backyard.  Then, we all went in to get an idea of where furniture will be going.  We will start moving them in next Friday after they close.

What a sky painting this morning!

Our plants are making a come back after the deer ate them down right after we put them out.

We have four more days of our Volunteer work.  They are going to allow us to stay in our spot until we are ready to leave in Nov.  That sure makes it nice for us to help the kids get settled into their home without having to work, too.

Blessings,

Kathy

Fall

It has been such a beautiful Oct here in Colorado.  We are still volunteers in the Cherry Creek State Park.  The deer have been hanging all around, and we saw this group with an Albino Mule Deer.  A pretty rare site. 

The fall colors are in full array here in the park.  I took a few pictures as we were walking this morning.

The above was my view today from the East (Main Entrance) Gate to the park.

I have been healing up quickly from the emergency gall bladder surgery.  One week after my "real" 65th Birthday, we were able to go out with Barry and Tana for my Birthday Dinner.  I SO enjoyed the food without worrying about if it was going to hurt afterward.

My system has adjusted and I'm so thankful for all of the prayers and well wishes!

We will continue to work here as Volunteers until the 22nd and then we start moving Tana's family into their new home on the 23rd. And, yes, I will be careful how much I lift!

Blessings,

Kathy

Oh the Gall

For you that read my blog through Facebook, much of this post will be a rerun from things you already know.  I do have some friends that only see this outside of Facebook, so here's my life this past week.

My view from the Dog Off Leash Area (DOLA) also lets me see horses being ridden by from the stables. The Rocky Mountains make a nice back drop.
We picked out a new portable grill that flips over for a flat surface or this side that is ribbed and made some good turkey burgers a few nights ago.

We enjoy the patio area.  We bought beautiful pansies, but the dear ate them for breakfast.  They are starting to recover, so I hope they can stay around a bit longer.  We haven't had a frost warning, as yet.
Sat was my 65th Birthday.  I had so many wonderful Birthday wishes, but I was feeling pretty miserable.  I have had trouble with my Gall Bladder for years, but seemed to recover after attacks and they were far apart.  Years ago I went in and had all of the tests and they said there wasn't anything wrong.  But, it was just feeling worse than normal and I had pain most of the day on Saturday.

The weather is starting to change and the leaves are changing, too.
Saturday morning the two younger grand kids, Cooper and Collin had a Middle School District Track Meet.  We were there by 8 am and it was pretty chilly, but the sun came out and it warmed up quite a bit.

Cooper did well in the mile race.  He is in the dark blue next to the white shirt.

We were all bundled up for most of the morning.

Collin ran the hurdles.  He tied for first in his heat.  He is the one in blue in the middle.
We went home and had some lunch and a short nap and then headed out to Cooper and Collin's football game at 3 pm.

The plan was to go out to dinner for my Birthday, but I just didn't feel up to it. Instead, we just went home with Tana's family and had some chicken before heading home.  I was so tired that I went to bed at 9pm, but woke up in terrible pain at 10:30.  This was worse than I had had in the past and we made a decision to go the ER in the morning.  By 7am Sunday morning we were at the Parker Adventist Hospital.  They weren't busy at all and I got the best care.  After an ultra sound and EKG they decided that I had some large gall stones that were the issue.  Too bad we don't grow pearls.  Anyway, I was in surgery by 12:30.  Dr. Snyder did a wonderful job with the Laporascopic surgery.  I had a nice room and great nurses.  It was a good thing that I had turned 65 because Medicare had just kicked in for me.
I had so many people praying and all of the prayers were answered.  I haven't had to take any pain medication and outside of feeling a bit run down, I'm doing fine.  They fed me a meal before they released me just to make sure that I wouldn't be sick to my stomach.

 Nurse Sharon took great care of me and removed all of the needles and tape so I could go home.
Craig brought me home and I went to bed at 7:30 pm and slept most of the night.  They sent me home with no restrictions accept to not do anything that I didn't feel up to and not to lift anything.  They actually go through the naval with a plastic bag that has a draw string and carefully separate the gall bladder from the bile duct, pull the draw string and pull the whole thing back out through the naval. I am a bit tender there and on the other three entry spots, too.  I haven't had to take pain meds besides some Tylenol for swelling, so I'm looking forward to a couple of days of rest and then trying to finish up my schedule of volunteer work until the 22nd. of Oct.  I should be able to help a bit to move our daughter's family into their new home on the 23rd.

Craig stepped out and took this picture of a rainbow for me tonight.

Thanks again, for all of your love and prayers!

Blessings,
Kathy