Ben and Haley were never so happy to have Jeff and Sarah back in Vegas for one last day together. Their families went frisbee golfing together.
We met up with the two families at a mall where we went on a train ride. The train was big enough for adults to sit in and the ride was amazingly long--winding all around the entire mall before arriving back at the train station. Lincoln was in train heaven!
In that same mall was SeaQuest. I had to disagree with the stink-o-meter. It was way more than intensely offensive smelling to me all the way through that place. The children didn't seem to notice.
Levi said this fish has an owie on his head.
Our last family dinner together was at the Cheesecake Factory.
Everyone was excited for one last swim session. There were some races on the slides before settling in the hot tub.
Our vacation was coming to an end. It had been a fun time--all except the missing Rebecca's family so much and intensely worrying about her health.
We all left the following morning to go back home. I was very anxious to go see how Rebecca was doing.
She had some drama upon returning home. She asked her next-door neighbor, a podiatrist, to come over and check on her black big toe. Her toenail was really bothering her and he said he thought it would be a good idea to remove it and also remove all that dead black skin.
If this picture doesn't scream progress, I don't know what does.
He told Rebecca he has removed toes before and he thinks her toe is good and will not need to be amputated because it's still warm and looks like it has good blood flow.
The doctor wrapped her foot and said he would come back and take off the bandage and check out his handiwork. He said this looks great!
At least that huge black blistery skin was gone. That part was an improvement.
This was how we found her when we got home and went to check on her. Poor girl!!
I felt a little guilty going to a nice dinner at Jan and Bill's home that evening with our friends knowing Rebecca was so miserable and was only getting up to go to the bathroom.
She had a meal coming in, so at least that was covered. She said Dallas and her kids were all taking good care of her. They had had a big scare and they were so happy to have her back home with them.
Jan had her house all decorated for fall/Halloween.
Always love her beautiful table centerpieces.
I really appreciated not having to cook right when we got home from our trip. Good food, good conversation, good friends. We were happy to be back home.
It was time for a Hale play date with Dad, Mom and Nani.
This wasn't one of our favorite plays, but it was sure interesting to watch the huge blue elephant move around the stage with two men under it maneuvering it and making it move like an elephant would.
Rebecca felt like she could make the trek from her home to ours, getting herself in and out of the car and up and down stairs at both homes to be here for Sunday dinner.
It was good to have her here, but it was painful to watch her struggle so much whenever she tried to get up and to watch her foot turn dark red and purple when it wasn't elevated.
