USS Midway, San Diego Zoo With Ben's Family

Glen went with Ben, Haley and Kade to the USS Midway one day while I rested at home keeping my foot elevated and iced.

At the end of the week I was feeling like I could venture out with the group. We went to the zoo and were happy the rainy days had ceased and we could have a dry day there.

Glen pushed me around in a wheelchair. He said that would be better than leaving me home alone while he spent the day with the family.

It was actually pretty chilly that day. I was glad I had worn three jackets. It's not like I was working up any kind of a sweat just sitting around all day!

We decided to play a little prank on Eli. Sarah's family was here shortly after I had one of the surgeries on my other foot and we went to the zoo with them.

Glen was pushing me around in a wheelchair and while going down a hill, he jokingly told the grandboys that he was afraid we were "going to lose Grandma" on that hill.

So we had to re-enact the scene as if it really happened.

No worries!! No Grandma was harmed in the making of these photos!

It will always be tender and dear to us to remember how from that moment on, Eli kept a firm grip on the wheelchair through the rest of the zoo to make sure I didn't go flying down any hills.

What a tender-hearted grandson!

 

 

The last little while we were there, it felt like we had the whole zoo to ourselves. 

 Despite what it looks like here...we had enjoyed a very splendid day at the San Diego Zoo.

Off to Benihana we went to have some dinner to finish off our day together.

 

Saturday morning we took Ben's family over to look at the colorful display of ranunculus at the Flower Fields.

We had just enough time to go to lunch with them at California Pizza Kitchen (I felt like pizza was the theme of many of our meals) before we had to head off to the afternoon and evening sessions of the Temecula stake conference.

We were excited to make the drive north as we had been anticipating the beautiful display of yellow and orange poppies along the highway.

We were not disappointed!!!

This year was a banner year for the super bloom of wildflowers because of all the rain.

What a sight to behold! Nature is amazing.

It was interesting to see people stopping along the freeway to jump out of their cars to go stand in the flowers for a photo.

We had forgotten that we had received an assignment to speak in stake conference. But, since we are pros at getting called upon wherever we go, we were able to come through with flying colors.

And we had a little prize waiting for us upon our arrival back home--baby Kade and Sunday popcorn!

Then game time!!

Monday morning was foot doctor day. Again. For the millionth time. It feels like.

The stitches were removed.

Three bandages this time with instructions to wear the big boot for two more weeks. He didn't want any chance of my big toe bending down which could cause the stitches in the tendon to pop out.

Back home for Glen to spend his entire day doing letters as usual. His reward (and ours) was dinner at Coyote Grill.   

We had been telling Ben and Haley all about our favorite ribs restaurant and they wanted to give it a try.

The next morning we were all up bright and early. We were beginning our busy zone conference week. Ben's family was heading out to catch their flight back to Utah.

We very much enjoyed spending my recovery time with this sweet little family.