Precious family time

Our big event of the week was yesterday - Quinn was baptized and we had a lovely family gathering as a result.  Elise and Steven drove over from Columbia.  Beckie didn't have to work so she was there.  The baptism was a smallish affair due to Covid restrictions but it was Zoomed to dear grandparents far away in Hawaii and to aunts, uncles, great-aunts, and friends far and near.  I gave a talk on baptism and Steve spoke on the Holy Ghost.  We went to the Southerland house afterwards for lunch and lots of visiting.   Elise stayed with us last night and went to church with us this morning.  Beckie joined us for lunch and we took the pups for a walk afterwards.  It has just been the best weekend!

Noah is as tall as I am!!!!

Lucy took the photo below!  She did a great job.

Larkin LOVES her kitties.  She introduced herself to everyone with  " Hi, pink is my favorite color and I love kitties"  

 

In other news - I took Sally to the veterinarian on Wednesday because she has a croup-type cough that she has had since we got her but, a week ago Thursday, it got worse for a while.  She couldn't seem to stop and was actually coughing up spittle.  We all had horrible sleep that night.  Since then, she has continued to have coughing spells but only intermittently and they never last longer than thirty seconds or so.  I managed to record her doing it a few times to share with the vet who believes it is the collapsing trachea that is so common in little dogs.  We were sent home with some cough pills (?) and a week of antibiotics just in case it is something else.  Since that Thursday night, Sally has never had as bad an episode, thankfully.  I saw my primary care provider on Friday morning.  We discussed my back issues and how physical therapy has made things so much better and we discussed my vertigo episode.  She prescribed some medicine that I can take should that ever happen again.  

In addition to physical ailments, our vehicle also had a few issues.  I accidently ran down the battery while at the vet and had to call USAA roadside assistance.  Steve shut the hatchback window on Friday and the glass completely shattered!  The earliest appointment to get it replaced is this coming Wednesday!  Thankfully, the weather has not been bitterly cold (and it IS the back window so we don't feel too much breeze anyway) and we haven't had to drive in torrential rain.  And, Beckie had her catalytic converter stolen this past week!  She is currently driving a rental and will hopefully pick her Prius up tomorrow.  We are both weighing the pros and cons of getting catalytic converter shields installed on our cars.  It is not an easy decision because some say the sawzaws can cut through those just as easily.  And, the shields are not cheap - about $300 and the installation is about another $200.  We are fortunate that we can park our car in a garage but we have heard of thefts happening in broad daylight in shopping area parking lots.  So, stay tuned on this one....

We managed to watch a few movies this past week.  On Monday, we watched the Netflix documentary on the Salamander Letter scandal.  Tuesday it was the Ed Norton "Incredible Hulk".  Thursday it was "Accidently Everafter" (AKA "I Love You Sally Carmichael" ).  Friday I watched the Netflix remake of "Rebecca" and last night, Elise joined us for "The Avengers".  Maybe more movie watching than we should have done but, by the time dinner is over, we are both to tired to do much else.  

My last photo is of the daffodils that have begun to bloom in my back yard.  We are in a rainy spell right now but once we get some sunny days, I am ready to start creating flower beds again because spring is almost here!!!