Closure

Well, there has been a lot happen in the last few weeks.

First, we went to the doctor, and realized we were seeing someone who didn't know enough about thryoid cancer, got a second opinion, and felt an answer to our prayers. And, all of Dave's levels were right, so he did the radiation treatment on Friday, May 22. With only a few hours of sore salivary glands, he has faired quite well, not even missing a day of work.

I took my boys and went to Rupert for the weekend. It ended up being a last minute trip, but was wonderful. We stopped on our way there on Friday at Grandma Peterson's for an hour or so, and it was nice to visit with her. My boys call her "Grandma Puterson with the crane truck" and enjoyed playing with that crane truck that is only 40+ years old.

In Rupert we had a nice time. Grandad took us on a tour of the area, we saw the fields and the pivots and trains and a dairy and all sorts of other things. Stuff my boys thrive on. Grandpa and Grandma Peterson and Mitch came it was enjoyable spending time with them. We worked in the yard and helped Grammy plant flowers and such. Gma & Gdad were celebrating their 60th anniversary, and I thought about the significance of that. Sixty years is a long time, and they obviously still like to be with each other. I can only hope that my marriage is that happy too. We celebrated with everyone around at Perkins for dinner, and it was so fun to catch up with cousins. My boys went to Declo to play with their cousins, and that was so handy. Sunday we enjoyed the Acequia ward. I don't know why, but I love sitting by my dad in Sacrament meeting. It seems kind of weird since he is the Bishop, but I love it. And I love that everyone else entertains my kids. Sunday we had dinner wth all the cousins again. I just love those people.
There was a train wreck in Rupert earlier in the week, and as my brother commented, "Today was a trainwreck" has a whole new significance! It was awesome, so we stopped to take pictures.
On the way home on Monday, I stopped at our car accident sight. I walked around to see if I could see anything left over. I looked for a while, then I came upon it. It was still a mess. I collected a piece of our van, and found one of the headphones the boys had been wearing. Oh, I am so grateful they were wearing seatbelts and only the headphones flew out the window! I took pictures up and down the road, and of the sage brush covered median the other driver came through. When it happened, we didn't think to look around, and now have lots of curiosity and questions. I wondered how I would feel about being there, but I just felt so grateful. It wasn't weird or scary. Almost peaceful. What a blessing it was that we are all okay.I smiled to see the potatoes still there amidst the mess.All in all, I think things are coming to a close. If everything goes as planned (which it rarely does), I think June will be the start of a calm year! We'll pray for that!