Whirlwind August

Wow - these past few weeks have been like in "Fast Forward" mode for Cathy and I.  Cathy has been having a real bad time with bursitis in both hips, the right side much worse.  Went to her orthopedic Dr. and he had had her on pain meds and anti-inflammatory (Ibuprophen).   It helped but didn't seem to be getting any better.  So - now she is scheduled for a bursectomy on the 19th of Aug.  During Cathy's bout with discomfort, our daughter, Kristy, arrived (23 July) with her four children for a 3 week visit.  Her oldest is 18 and the youngest is 14 months. 

We weren't sure until the last minute that she was going to be able to come to Tennessee for a summer visit.  But - they made it.  The last time they were here at Christmas 2013, Hunter, the little guy, fell off the bed and fractured his leg.  Now he's a real handful as are most little boys.

 

He sure likes his Gma's cooking.

 

He's a real "Cool Hand Luke"

 

Lilly Marie is absolutely certified "horse crazy."  She runs around the house and yard neighing like a horse and galloping everywhere.  So we contacted a friend that has horses and arranged for her to ride a real one.  She was blown away and never expected it.  Back when she was a lot younger and I had our horse "Jim", Lilly was scared to death of him.  But the next time she came up she was enamored with him and unfortunately that was the time when we had to put him down.  I believe we can say that Lilly had a good time at Gma's.

And what visit to Gpa's would be complete without the guys going 4 wheeling ~ ~ well does just sitting on one count.  Hunter thought so.  Of course, when the grandparents have a pontoon you just have to spend some time on the lake - right.

 

 

  Well - throughout their visit we had some real pleasant weather but we also had a few days of this -

The kids were amazed that you could actually watch the rain approaching from over the mountains and watch it pass by.  Unfortunately all good things come to an end and they had to leave today, headed back to Florida.  Its a hard 12 hour drive with four kids, but Jynna Mae helps with the driving and that takes a load off Kristy.  Kaylee is also a helper in watching the little ones during the travel so the workload is spread around.  We just love having them visit but it usually only happens once a year or sometimes twice a year if we're lucky and can afford it.  Like I said, it was a whirlwind but a truly enjoyable visit.  The grand daughters and Kristy pitched in and made the work load on Cathy a whole lot easier.  With Cathy's surgery scheduled for next week, we'll be in flap mode until her rehab  is complete.  Not sure how long it will take her to get back to normal mobility but I guess we'll find out.