Mom & Dad's 50th Wedding Anniversary

It was an interesting day trying to keep Mom in the dark about our surprise celebration plans... Lori & Linda spent the day putting together the cutest little memory book for Mom, Chelsea picked up the cake, Trev & my boys picked up balloons, while I got the flowers for the grave & for Mom. 

 Then it came time to get Mom to the cemetery where everyone was waiting for us... in 117 degree weather! I tried to get her to let me drive, but she wanted to.  Of course she didn't take the freeway, cause thats just not her thing.  So we took the scenic route, on the side roads, past the Fairfield house... all the while I was texting Lori & Treven apologizing that it was taking so long and that they were dying in the heat! I thought poor prego Lori was gonna have a heat stroke!

Finally we arrived, and Mom was pleasantly surprised to see Lori's family, Linda's family, my family, Chelsea & last but not least... her BFF Louise! 

Trev had picked up 20 gold (for the golden anniversary) balloons for everyone to write a message to Dad/Grandpa on.  Such sweet messages they were.

What a fun surprise!  

We put new flowers on Dad's headstone!

Moms sweet message for her Honey!

We launched our balloons & watched them for as long as we could see them!

Then we headed to Mi Amigos for a yummy dinner!

So glad Louise was able to join us!  Such a sweet friend!

Yummy dessert!

Flowers for Mom!  

Red roses & white carnations to match her wedding bouquet!

What a fun day it was to celebrate the best parents in the world!

50th Class Reunion & 4th of July Festivities in Fillmore

This past week we had the opportunity to accompany Mom to Fillmore for her 50th class reunion! She has been looking forward to the reunion for some time and was excited and anxious to get up there for it. We needed to get away for a while, so it worked out perfectly for all! We left on Friday mid-morning and drove the whole way. It was a long 13 hour drive, with about 11 stops made for all kinds of reasons. Anyways, we finally made it late Friday night. Aunt Rayma and Uncle Cloyd were nice enough to let us stay at their house... which worked out great because they have a basement where we could stay and not drive them nuts with all the kids! I am pretty sure we all sacked out that night... exhausted from the long days drive! I won't bore with all the details of our daily activies... but Mom was able to spend some time with Danna and Ginger (her good friends from high school) as well as see her other classmates and teachers! Sounded like she had a great time and was glad she was able to make it. We Nutts spent our days around town... saw Kung Fu Panda 2 in the awesome little theatre, drove out to Meadow to the cemetary, went for some scenic drives, watched the parade and watched the fireworks. It was a great relaxing trip! We took our time driving back to AZ, and finally made it back Wednesday evening. Here are some pictures of the fun we had!

My visit with Mom....

Hi everyone....I finally was able to go to AZ to visit mom in May, and it was really great.....Mom, Kathy, Harper and Evrett picked me up in Prescott after my Conference for work in Las Vegas, and I spent about 5 days just hanging out and visiting......we went to Red Robin for lunch...

The next two pictures are from the Cheescake Factory, I promised mom I would take her there for Mother's Day.......it was really nice.... I LOVE YOU MOM!!!

We had a really nice waitor and we had him take this picture of all of us......Josslyn was asleep on the seat next to Kathy so you can't see her, but it was a Girls Day out.....Could Harpers Cord not be sooooo flippin cute........

OK....I do believe these five little cuties take after their Aunt Kari......hmmmm

they are so much fun!

Thank you Nuttall Family for letting me stay with you in your fun Home! I love you all!

Sweet 16

Miss Sydney Reese turns 16 today!!!

Happy Birthday Syd!

We Love You!

Hooray for NO surgery!

This morning was Mom's follow up appointment with the orth. surgeon. They took another x-ray to see if there are any changes in the position of the broken bones. Everything looked the same, so for now... NO SURGERY! They want to x-ray again in 10 days, so until then Mom is slingin' it!!! She said today that even though there is still lots of pain, it is getting better.

Some more good news is that she has help coming in during the week. She has a physical therapist 3 times a week, an aid that will come help her shower and with household things, a nurse to help with her skin problems she is dealing with and they are working on getting her an occupational therapist as well, to help her try to use and get stronger with her left hand. This is her first week with the awesome helpers and she is very happy to have them coming. She is still being helped so much by her great ward with food and visitors checking on her. We are lucky to have so much help!

Please call her or stop by to visit if your are able... she still needs our support and prayers!

Broken

Mom... in a desperate attempt to get more attention... fell and broke her arm a couple of weeks ago. I took her to see an orthopedic surgeon a couple days later, only to find out that the break is really bad. My understanding of what he said, is that it is broken in 3 places. The bone is broken all the way thru right under the ball that fits into the shoulder socket... then the ball itself is broken into 3 pieces. If it heals as it is right now, it will be fine. However, if it shifts at all, it will require surgery to basically reconstruct the whole structure of her shoulder. NOT GOOD! So... she has been instructed to isolate that shoulder completely. We have an appointment to see the surgeon again on Friday, at which point he will take another x-ray to see if there has been any changes to the position of everything. Then he will make the decision about surgery or no surgery! In the meantime, there are a couple of other things going on with Mom's health due to not being able to use her shoulder and the medications she has been taking... Luckily she has a GREAT ward that has been helping to take care of her. Bringing her food and goodies... making sure she is comfy and even cleaned up. I am very thankful for all they have done! This week she is going to start getting some help thru medicare. She will have a nurse, a physical therapist, as well as a home help aid that will help with the daily tasks that she is struggling to do on her own without the use of her right arm. She does get pretty lonely at times, and would love visitors or phone calls! Thanks to everyone who has been helping her and giving her support in the past couple of months.... This is always a hard time of year for her, and she needs all of our LOVE and support!!! I will post more, when I know more!

Daddy's 2 Year Anniversary

It's been two years since Granpa Anderson Passed away, and Lori, James & Thomas took a trip to visit him and put some really pretty flowers there!

This is Gunnar Caldwell putting a rose on Grandpa's head stone on the day his Grandma was burried not too far from Dad.

We love and miss you Daddy!

Dad would have been 71 years old today.

Happy Birthday Daddy!  We love & miss you!

Harper Lane Nuttall

Born February 11th at 6:24 am
7 lbs. & 19.7 inches

Back to The Citadel

I talked to Mom for a little while this afternoon and she said that they are going to be moving her back to the Citadel today sometime.  She wasn't sure when but she will let me know what room and the phone # once she is there.  The bandages on her foot have been changed a couple of times since the surgery and they told her that it looks good!  Not as good as it could be, but good!  So hopefully with the help of the nurses and staff at the Citadel, she will be able to keep off of it enough for it to heal up properly! I will let you all know her new info. as soon as I know it!

Surgery complete

Hi everyone!  I know I sent texts to everyone, but just wanted to update on here too.  Mom's surgery was this morning and everything went well.  The surgeon was able to shave the bone down, and remove a lot of the tissue that was affecting the closure of the would.  Then he was able to close it up completely which is very important for the healing process.  He said it looks great and now the most important thing will be for Mom to STAY OFF OF IT!  Hopefully with the help of the nurses, etc. she will be able to do that.  Let me know if you need the hospital info., i.e. room #, phone #, etc.  She could use all the support she can get, and as always I am sure that visitors are more than welcome!  

Love you all!

Kathy

The surgery

So there have been a couple of changes in the plans regarding Mom's surgery and recovery period.  She will still be having the surgery this coming Friday morning at about 7:30 am.  However she will be admitted to the hospital for 3 days following the surgery in order to get help from the staff, as opposed to coming back to our house the same day.  I have been very uneasy about the thought of Mom coming back here for her recovery period post-surgery, simply because she has had a hard time keeping weight off of her foot in the past week that she has been here.  The Dr. was really insistant that after the surgery she CANNOT put ANY weight on her foot whatsoever or the surgery will have been a waste of time.  I don't feel like I would be able to help her as much as she needs and would feel really bad if she ended up losing her leg/foot because I wasn't capable of doing what needed to be done.  I talked to the surgeon and he has arranged for her to be transported and admitted back into the Citadel for recovery, in hopes that they will be able to help her stay off of her foot and let it heal properly from the surgery! He didn't specify a time frame for how long she will/should be there, so I am sure we will just have to see how things go!  I have felt really guilty about sending her back there, but I honestly think it is for the best and hope that she knows it is not because I don't want her here!  It has been great being able to have her here in our home, where we can do what we can to help her out! Hopefully this will all be over soon and she can get back to her life!

Free at last!

Well, I picked Mom up from the rehab center on Saturday morning, and I am not sure about her, but I was happy to get her out of there.  Not that they weren't great to her, but I really didn't love the place!  I think and hope that she will be able to be comfortable here at our house for a while! We went and got some of her belongings from her house as to make her a little more comfortable, and I think she is liking it so far.  It's hard to tell, cause I know it can be frustrating with 4 little ones running around and being crazy but hopefully now that the weekend is over and 2 of the 4 kids are back in school, it won't be too overwhelming for her.  Please call and talk to her... she would love it!  You will have to call my cell phone for now, because the phones we hooked up at our house are too old or something cause they aren't working.  Once we do get new phones, I will send the # again, and that will be her phone line... since we haven't ever used it in the 3.5 months we have lived her.  

Anyways... she seems to be doing good!  The home health people will be coming to see her every 3 days or so to check the wound and change the bandages (THANK HEAVENS!) Then she will have her surgery on Jan. 23rd, and come back here until she feels ok on her own... I guess!

Mom

This morning I took Mom to her pre-op appointment for her foot surgery.  It went well and the Dr. just explained what the process will be and what the risks are.  This will be a very interesting next few weeks... as Mom gets released and tries to make it on her own again.  Here is what it is looking like. 

• Saturday, Jan. 10th - Mom gets released from the Citadel at 10:00 am, and comes to our house.
  
• Jan. 10th - 22nd - Home health care will be coming into our home to check on Mom, change her bandages, etc.
  
• Friday, Jan. 23rd - Check in at the hospital at 5:45, surgery at 7:30 (how well the surgery goes will determine whether or not she will come home that day or stay in the hospital overnight.)
• Thursday, Jan 29th - Post-op appointment with the surgeon - Mom will then come back to our house for a while. 
  

A Merry Christmas Indeed!!!

On Christmas Day, we decided that we would try to visit Mom at the same time as to all be together with her, and to give her our gifts! There is a nice sitting area where we were able to sit and chat for a while.  Here are pictures of everyones gifts that she opened!  She loved them all!

She got a few books!

Reflections of Christ from Rich, Tiff & Family

A Banner Is Unfurled from Kendell, Michelle & Family

Time Out For Women Devotional Book from Kathy, Treven & Family

She also got a few new articles of clothing from Kari & Fam. as well as Kathy & Fam.

Here are some pictures of us all with Gma before we left!

(Trev was home sick with sleeping babies!)

We miss everyone that isn't here and hope you all had a very Merry Christmas!

Love You!