Utah Boyz weekend

 We had the best time with Brett and Trent!

Dinner with Jake and Courtney.

https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2300454200142899738/1968387470631737334 Rock hunting in the Owyhees and frozen yogurt. 

It was a whirlwind but such a great weekend!

Puzzles 🧩

 We have found a love for puzzles. Jim has been able to work on them and his brain is processing how to put them together which has been therapeutic and calming for him. Yay!!!

Anything that helps the anxiety and pacing. Phew!  It’s been good.  And we are getting to be puzzle snobs. 

Artsy Fartsy

I’ve been trying to keep art and crafting in my life on the regular  I realized it helps me feel grounded when things aren’t normal.  

And lately as we forge new routines nothing feels very normal anymore.

So I’ve been trying my hand at water colors, and practicing in a sketchbook.   It’s fun to try different techniques, and watch the book grow!

These cuties were on a card for my Sis!  

I just love how their personalities came to life!  

My Artsy signature

Elizabeth Ashley

It was only used when I was in trouble as a little girl, but I’ve come to love the grounding of names. 

It’s who I am in my heart and from the beginning… the rest of the story grew along my journey. 

So it seemed appropriate as my art name coming from the heart. 

 

Route 66 Birthday

We celebrated Jim's Route 66 Birthday! 

He went golfing during the day and took Liberty with him.

  

Clearly he needed a new golf bag, the zippers were broken and you can't have your gear rolling out all over the place.

So I took him shopping.

Then to his favorite place for dinner.

They brought him a dessert on the house.

Which we shared... but clearly he didn't hate it.

It was a good day to celebrate my Strong Silent Mysterious Man!

A new “First” for Jim

We have a ton of videos compiled from vhs recordings called Dayley Family Firsts. It’s a fun compilation of first baths, first ball game, first pets together etc. …honestly it’s been many years since we’ve added to the list of firsts.  Not allot of new things happen in your older years. The phrase “been there and done that” comes to mind. But little did we know this past year we would add a bunch of firsts to our list for Jim. 

He started seeing a doctor on a regular basis just for checkups; so we experienced first colposcopy, first eye doctor appt. (Can you imagine at age 65?). That was fun to hear all his questions about the equipment and wanting to know what everything was for and what function it performed. I guess the mechanic in a guy never really subsides!  His eye dr (Heiner) is awesome and spent so much time with him (turns out he did need glasses but just barely) stinker still has great eye sight.

Well today we add a new first… First infusion!

It was a little bit of a roller coaster getting the diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer’s disease.  Then to find out about a drug protocol that could help slow down the progress. Then to learn nobody in the Treasure Valley could administer the drug. Until St Al’s stepped up and here we are in the hospital ready for his first infusion of Kinsula.  

It’s a big infusion center with lots of divided areas for patients. I would say over 20. 

We were in room 12 today. 

The nurse reported he has big juicy veins which they love!

Yep, they flirt with him right in front of me haha. 

If he responded any differently than his wonky smirk it might bother a jealous wife. But I don’t think he even notices what is happening. I’m sure his mechanic mind is evaluating and analyzing the process.  

We plugged in a show (Marshall’s) he’s been wanting to catch up on.   And he sat back and relaxed and when the benedryl kicked in he started to relax a little more. 

He tolerated the drug well and it was fairly painless and he even said “this is easy peasy”. The staff was great! Lisa kept him informed and compfy. 

We’re ready for the next 7 months scheduled out with MRIs every two weeks inbetween to check for Auria (brain bleeds). 

One Down!

No longer our first rodeo!

I’m so happy this guy is my strong silent mysterious man for eternity.

Siblings Reunion General Conf Easter

Jim’s siblings promised to meet at least once a year since they Became orphans  

Last year we all went on our cruise to Alaska 

We all kinda have the same feeling. It was so much fun so fun to be together that we felt such a letdown when the week was over.

So at that point it became an annual trip this year. We meet in Centerville Ut I miss Home for general conference and Easter weekend altogether for our sibling reunion  

 

We were very excited about this road trip. Libby rides so well in the car. 

And I really needed this break and to be around family. 

The view is beautiful coming into Salt Lake Valley. The mountains were gorgeous this time of year.

We connected with Debbie and realized we were gonna get there probably about the same time which was crazy because we didn’t plan it at all

We actually beat her by maybe a minute it was so close such a crazy thing

I knew this was gonna be the best time having these siblings together again

Trent had to work Friday morning, but got up and That ofcourse, liberty begged for him to share

Trent has the best hugs and the best spirit about him. He loves liberty to pieces.