Steve got the green light

Steve had his two-week follow-up visit with the surgeon's office on Thursday and he is doing very well.  He can now drive and go into the mission office.  He can walk for exercise but still can't ride a bike. And he still has to wear his brace.   I can't tell you how great it is to have someone to talk to while driving to and from the mission office. 

Other than this big news, there is not much to tell....

I had to take my cello bow to be repaired.  Part of the wood on the frog broke off a few months ago and I finally decided I better get it looked at.  Silly me thought I could just get a new frog.  Wrong.  Evidently, with good bows, the frog is built to the specific stick.  And, evidently, my bow is worth the approximately $200 it will cost to fix it. 

My sister Juli came down on Saturday to visit and to go to the temple and run an errand or two.  That was a nice surprise as she was originally planning to come down next week during her fall break.  But, thunderstorms are predicted all next week and she is dog-sitting for Jesse and his Dex is just like our Trissy was in storms so she didn't want to risk property damage while she was down in Phoenix. 

Steve and I were invited to dinner at Jerald and Jenene Poulson's place Saturday night.  They are the parents of our mission president's wife and are working in the mission office.   She made tamales and they were delicious. 

An exterminator came on Tuesday to spray for scorpions.  So far, so good...

Below is a photo taken at the mission office of some of the senior missionaries:
Sisters Jenene Poulson, Jennifer Harris, me, and Patricia Brown