With Glen traveling every week, it's always such a treat when the weekend rolls around so we can spend time together. One of my favorite restaurants these days is La Jolla Groves. Love the salad with all the fruity stuff in it.
The main dishes are yummy as well.
In case anyone is wondering how Glen's shoulder is doing, let's just say it has been a very slow process of recovery! He goes to physical therapy if he is in town on Fridays. There he learns new exercises which he works on throughout the week. This was an interesting one where he got on the table and flapped his arms like he was trying to fly or something.
He is almost 12 weeks into his recovery and he is still experiencing a lot of pain and tenderness. After having been given hope he would be pain-free at 8 to 10 weeks, he has been a little discouraged he's not there yet.
It was a happy day when I got Jacob and Laurie's new family photos. Thanks all of you for posing so beautifully for your picture to be taken!!
I got the grandchildren photos all updated--except now Lincoln needs to be added. And in another 5 weeks Abe and Klarissa will have a new addition as well.
I absolutely LOVE having up-to-date photos of our children and their families. It's how I show my family to my friends.
We had the January family birthday dinner at Mom and Dad's.
Who would have guessed three nights later Sarah's water would break, meaning Lincoln Blair Excell would soon be making his appearance into the world 5 weeks early.
In a previous post, I told about being awakened in the wee hours of the morning on January 28, 2015, and driving to Jeff and Sarah's house to tend their sleeping boys so they could go to the hospital to have the baby.
At exactly 7 a.m. I heard little boy voices as their bodies emerged from the bedroom upon awakening from their night's sleep. Eli immediately insisted he needed to "show me something" whereupon he clicked on the t.v., grabbed the controller and proceeded to play whatever game this is under the guise of "showing me something."
Next on our agenda was breakfast. Mmmm!!
We then migrated from their house to our house where Eli and Carson happily played cars together.
Watching a movie while eating popcorn was another favorite activity.
Eli and Carson really loved it when Spencer came to play with them.
Brooke had an agenda when she arrived that particular day. She was on a quest to earn money. She had made up a list of things she could do and get paid for it. She had already gotten paid for one thing on her checklist.
Rebecca told her I used to have my kids dust the artificial plant leaves to earn money and Brooke thought that was a wonderful idea! She collected all the plants and began the dusting process. The other children even wanted to join in with their own dust rags.
Brooke had her treasure bear with her. There is a zipper on the front of the bear which Brooke carefully unzips to deposit the money she earns into the belly pouch of the bear.
Well look at her! She earned $1.50 for dusting the "leafs."
She's well on her way to becoming a wealthy woman.
