Thanksgiving

11-30-08

The last day of November, yes it has been an emotional week for us!

Savanna’s surgery went well. She is up and around, but it is hard for her to sit for long periods of time. The three hours of church were hard, but she did stand during each of the meetings. Monday she is planning on going to school, so hopefully she will continue to regain her strength and feel better. Her friends have come and visited with her or called her, we are thankful for her friends that are there to support her.

Marie had an exciting night last night…she was asked to the Christmas Dance by Carl.



Marie always seems to be busy..lacrosse, school, YW, and her social life! Marie did a great job on the talk that she gave today in Sacrament Meeting.

Ron will be interviewing for administrative positions for Granite District this week. He has an interview on Tuesday for a secondary position, and then again on Friday for an elementary position. He continues to learn the “behind the scenes” facts of what goes on at the high school level. He will be at Bingham High School this week, then on Friday he goes back to his elementary school to get ready to go back on track. The kids will come on Monday and he will be back in the classroom. His classes are coming to an end for this semester; his final will be on the 18th. Ron will continue to help out at Bingham during the evening events so that he can continue to get the necessary number of hours that he needs.

We enjoyed a calm Thanksgiving at our home with grandma and grandpa Davidson joining us…

It was fun eating the “feast” in our finished basement. After the meal we enjoyed playing “Golf”, a card game with grandma and grandpa.

Savanna, Grandma, & Marie
Today it was my turn to teach the lesson. The stake president chose the talk by Elder Wirthlin, “Come What May, and Love It”. Yes, it was very appropriate for what is taking place in my life right now. I am grateful that I remained composed and was able to give the lesson that I had planned and then at the end I shared what is happening to me with the sisters in the ward. Yes, there were tears and many of these dear friends were shocked. I decided that I wanted to be the one to tell them so that there wouldn’t be any misunderstanding. I asked them to remember me and my family in their prayers and as they fast next week. Afterwards there were many words of encouragement for me and many hugs! I am grateful for the strength and the support of the sisters in my ward. The RS President insisted on bringing in a meal on Tuesday night, Ron and the girls will be grateful for this service! I told my friend Joan yesterday and told her to share the news with the ladies that are serving in the Primary with her. After our meetings Marie and I went to share the news with the Powell family. McKinley Powell is one of Marie’s best friends and her mother is serving in the YW organization. Again, I wanted to tell Sherry so that she could share the information with the YW leaders. I am thankful that Marie has such good friends and YW leaders; I know that they will be a great support to her.

I should find out more detail of what I am faced with tomorrow. Hopefully I will hear from Dr. Davis in the morning and get the results from the scan. During the afternoon Ron and I will be meeting with Dr. Harker, an oncologist with the Utah Cancer Specialists. Then on Tuesday I will have surgery performed by Dr. Davis to remove the lymph node that is causing the lump on my neck. So the “race” begins!!!

I continue to be grateful that I feel fine. I am trying to keep my life at normal as possible and continue to enjoy exercising each morning. Tomorrow I will go to school and try to get things set up so that I can miss a few days following my surgery on Tuesday.

Thank you for your support and prayers. I will try to keep you updated as we find out more details.

Love ya!